Within the framework of ‘Decent employment soum and district model’ pilot project in Songinokhairkhan district and Bayanchandmani soum of Tuv province, implemented by the EU-Funded ‘SDG-aligned budgeting to transform employment in Mongolia’ project, a ‘Ensuring Inter-Sectoral Coordination to Support Employment’ multi-stakeholders consultation workshop was held on November 3,
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Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. Within the framework of the European
Union (EU) funded ‘Support to Employment Creation in Mongolia (SECiM)’ project,
which is jointly implemented by Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light
Industry (MoFALI), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), a 5-day
online based Advanced Training of Trainers course on ‘Food safety management
system and OIE regulations for meat exports’ was organized on 10-14 May 2021.
The training aims to refresh knowledge and build technical capacity of local
trainers in the food industry to be able to provide similar courses for their
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to promote responsible business practices with three key pillars including State’s duty to protect human rights in business operations, businesses’ responsibility to respect human rights, and both to provide remedies when violations occur. Since 2020, Covid-19 pandemic is causing more frequent human rights violations globally including Mongolia in public, social and business spheres requiring timely and urgent solutions.
Today, UNDP Mongolia officially launched the “Business and Human Rights in Asia: Enabling Sustainable Economic Growth through the Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework” programme funded by the European Union Partnership Instrument and co-implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia with the support from the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub and Business and Human Rights Asia Pro