Ulaanbaatar
UNDP to support realization of policy document on sustainable development
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Head of the parliamentary Standing committee on state structure A.Bakei Monday received a delegation led by Ms Daniela Gasparikova, the first Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to Mongolia.
The latter said the UNDP decided to implement a special program to realize a policy document of Mongolia named “Concept on sustainable development of Mongolia 2030”, adopted by parliament in February of this year. A work launched to formulate the project, so the UNDP wants to hear the Mongolian government’s views about methods of the assistance, she added.
While talking about the project by the UNDP, Ms Gasparikova said it will be implemented until 2020 in two phases. In the first phase, a preparation will be ensured for realizing the document about the concept on sustainable development of Mongolia. Within the second phase, which will mostly focus on implementation of the policy document, programs will be worked out on middle-term development policy, and research will be done based on the policy. Data on the program will be created, and measures will be taken for strengthening the parliamentary potential for monitoring over the realization, Ms Gasparikova said.
In response, A.Bakei thanked the UNDP for supporting a realization of this policy document and emphasized a significance of promptly starting the project’s first phase, prior to a formation of the new cabinet.
Present at the meeting were S.Demberel MP; R.Khatanbaatar, a deputy chair of the working group for the policy document; officials at the Standing committee; Patrick Duang and Tom Beloe, consultants to the UNDP.
