GGGI Country Representative awarded Ministerial Certificate of Merit for advancing Mongolia’s Green Growth www.gggi.org
On April 21, GGGI’s Country Representative to Mongolia, Mr. Jon Lyons, was awarded the Environment Ministerial Certificate of Merit for outstanding contributions to Mongolia’s development and natural resource stewardship.
The Award was presented by H.E. Batbayar Tserendorj, Vice Minister for Environment and Tourism, together with key technical Director-level partners and GGGI’s country team.
This high-level award may be issued by Cabinet members to recognize outstanding contributions to the policy and development goals of a given sector. In Mongolia, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism is charged with leading the implementation of the National Green Development Policy, which forms the foundation of the country INDCs to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
“This award recognizes the outstanding collaboration and effective contributions to Green Development of GGGI in Mongolia under Mr. Lyons’ leadership,” said Vice Minister Batbayar. “The Ministry of Environment and Tourism looks forward to further deepening its collaboration with GGGI.”
The Ministry of Environment and Tourism is GGGI’s primary government counterpart in Mongolia, overseeing all technical and advisory services for green development implementation as well as participating as a Member in the GGGI Assembly.
Published Date:2017-04-25