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UNESCO to provide policy support for Mongolian economy
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ J.Batsuuri, Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Sports received Prof. Dr. Shahbaz Khan, the Director of the UNESCO Cluster Office in Jakarta and Regional Bureau for Science in Asia and the Pacific.
Prof. Dr. Shahbaz was the Chief of Section on Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management at UNESCO, Paris in 2008. Dr. Shahbaz was appointed as the Deputy Director and Senior Program Specialist at the UNESCO Office in Jakarta in 2012. Since 215, he has been entrusted with the Officer-in-Charge functions of the UNESCO Office in Jakarta.
During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on further cooperation opportunities in science, technology and innovation sectors and negotiated on future cooperation. On behalf of UNESCO, Dr. Shahbaz expressed UNESCO’s intention to provide policy support in creating a knowledge-based economy in Mongolia.
Prof. Dr. Shahbaz visited Mongolia in order to attend the Innovation Forum held by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports on the occasion of the annual “Innovation Week 2017” event.
Previously, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports prepared the Science and Technology Master Plan of Mongolia, 2007-2020 with UNESCO Cluster Office in Beijing and Jakarta, along with Science and Technology Policy Asian Network.
Prof. Dr. Shahbaz was the Chief of Section on Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management at UNESCO, Paris in 2008. Dr. Shahbaz was appointed as the Deputy Director and Senior Program Specialist at the UNESCO Office in Jakarta in 2012. Since 215, he has been entrusted with the Officer-in-Charge functions of the UNESCO Office in Jakarta.
During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on further cooperation opportunities in science, technology and innovation sectors and negotiated on future cooperation. On behalf of UNESCO, Dr. Shahbaz expressed UNESCO’s intention to provide policy support in creating a knowledge-based economy in Mongolia.
Prof. Dr. Shahbaz visited Mongolia in order to attend the Innovation Forum held by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports on the occasion of the annual “Innovation Week 2017” event.
Previously, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports prepared the Science and Technology Master Plan of Mongolia, 2007-2020 with UNESCO Cluster Office in Beijing and Jakarta, along with Science and Technology Policy Asian Network.
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