The ‘Strengthening of Local Self-Governing Bodies in Mongolia’ project is being-co-implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Mongolian Parliament.

N.Enkhbold, Head of Parliamentary Standing committee on State Structure opened the meeting which addressed a report on project operations in the first half of 2017, and revision to the project operations in 2017.

In the first half of 2017, a memorandum of understanding has been signed with the Academy of Governance within the scope of an objective to institutionalize national training programmes for local elected representatives. Members of local Citizens’ Representative Khurals will be attending capacity-building training programmes. Moreover, the Cabinet Secretariat will be in charge of running the www.khural.mn website of Citizens’ Representative Khurals.

Then, Ts.Tsolmon, Secretary-General of Parliamentary Office briefed the meeting attendees about revisions to the project operations which became, according to him, necessary after some changes made to project finance. The revision proposal was given a nod by the board members.

UNDP Resident Coordinator Beate Trankmann, SDC Director Gabriella Spirli and corresponding Mongolian officials were present at the meeting.