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National Printing Press Project

Djibouti

Borrower Djibouti
Financing Type Public Sector
Instrument Project Loan
Focus Area Education
Approved 10.12.2002
Signed 15.04.2003
Status Completed
Loan Administrator OPEC Fund
Executing Agency Djibouti National Printing Press
Co-financiers Government
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) 4.50
Total Project Cost (US$m) 4.80

Schoolbooks in Djibouti are in such short supply and for some subjects no printed material is available. Due to lack of maintenance, IND, the country’s National Printing Enterprise, is operating well under capacity, necessitating the costly use of sub-contractors or printing services abroad. Project works will therefore include:

  • capacity building at the IND and at Djibouti’s National Education Research, Information and Production Center (CRIPEN), and carrying out infrastructural improvements;
  • rehabilitation of the IND building;
  • repair of equipment;
  • procurement of modern printing presses;
  • expansion of the CRIPEN facility;
  • purchase of computer equipment; and
  • provision of staff training.

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