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2021-04-01 11:22:39 Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry (MoFALI) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed a new project aimed at creating new employment opportunities for youth in the agribusiness sector. This project is part of the larger European Union funded (EU) technical assistance project “SDG aligned budgeting to transform employment in Mongolia” that will be jointly implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization, and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The SDG aligned budgeting project aims to support employment and promotion of decent work and improved public finance management systems through results-oriented budget initiatives as direct contribution to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. ....
2021-04-01 15:12:04 Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Minister of Environemnt and Tourism N.Urtnasan had a virtual meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the European Union to Mongolia Traian Laurentiu Hristea to discuss cooperation.
Ambassador Traian Hristea underscored that the government of Mongolia and the EU plan to cooperate in three key areas of cooperation and that two of them require close cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Tourism.
Specifically, the Ambassador proposed cooperating in protecting the wilderness, boosting green economy, and increasing the use of environmentally friendly renewable energy.
Minister N.Urtnasan emphasized that the projects and programs implemented by the EU and its members states have contributed to the sector and undertook to provide support at all levels. ....
2021-04-01 17:54:39 Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. The World Bank Country Manager Andrei Mikhnev today handed over personal protective equipment (PPE) worth about USD 1 million to the Ministry of Health. The ‘Mongolia COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness’ project, with a total financing of USD 26.9 million, is being realized since April, 2020. The project helps coronavirus infection prevention, community participation, human resource development, and provide medical and laboratory equipment, reagents, and personal protective equipment. The PPE, purchased under the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Response Facility Grant, will be used by the public officers at high-risk screening points and health care providers in selected areas. ....
2021-04-01 14:27:15 Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. The Steering Committee meeting of the ‘Education for Sustainable Development-II’ (ESD-II) project, funded by the Swiss Cooperation in Mongolia and implemented jointly by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) and the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) was successfully held online on March 31. The meeting was attended by 15 participants including D.Ganbold, State Secretary of the MET, chairperson of the Steering Committee, D.Batbaatar, State Secretary of the MES and Benoit Meyer-Bisch, Deputy Head of the Swiss Cooperation in Mongolia, Vice chairs of the Steering Committee, the members of the Steering Committee and the project team. ....