Ulaanbaatar, February 10, 2025 /MONTSAME/ The Performance Monitoring Unit under the Prime Minister of Mongolia held its 5th meeting on February 8, 2025. The implementation of decisions made at previous meetings, the financing model for projects to be implemented in Ulaanbaatar City, and the improvement of the legal environment were discussed at the meeting.

Ulaanbaatar City plans to implement 24 projects related to reducing air pollution and congestion in 2025-2028. Of these, the financing sources for eight projects have been resolved, including the Tuul Highway Project, the Cable Car Project, the Selbe and Bayankhoshuu Housing Projects, the Infrastructure Project of the Emeelt Eco-Industrial Park, and the Ulaanbaatar Tram Project. The financing for these projects will be allocated in the Capital City Budget, foreign loans, and bonds, stated Governor of the Capital City and Mayor of Ulaanbaatar Nyambaatar Khishgee. The Tuul Highway Project, for example, requires MNT 1.9 trillion. The 32-km, six-lane highway from the Nalaikh Highway to the Darkhan Highway junction is expected to increase the average traffic speed by 14 percent when it is put into operation in 2027. Meanwhile, the Selbe Housing Project requires MNT 1.7 trillion and is planned to be financed with foreign bonds. Once the Project is completed, the number of households that burn coal for heating will be reduced by 10,000. As of today, the engineering infrastructure of the Selbe Housing Project has been completed, land release is at 70 percent, and construction tenders are underway. Furthermore, the work to resolve financing sources for the remaining 12 projects is ongoing. The financing for the Ulaanbaatar Metro Project (Line 1) will be confirmed soon, according to Mayor Nyambaatar.

A total of 73 tasks were given in six areas during the first four meetings of the Performance Monitoring Unit under the Prime Minister. Of these, 17 have been resolved, while the rest are in the implementation stage, said​​ Chief of the Cabinet Secretariat Uchral Nyam-Osor. In his presentation on the implementation of the Law on Permits, Mr. Uchral highlighted that there are some bureaucracies and shortcomings in the permit issuance process, including a large number of steps, insufficient digitalization, and government agencies requiring insignificant documents as well as some permits are issued under a regulation. Therefore, the Chief of the Cabinet Secretariat suggested implementing regulatory reforms based on risk assessment and transferring the function of issuing some types of permits to professional associations. Streamlining and expediting the issuance of permits is crucial for the construction work taking place in the Capital City, noted some members of the Performance Monitoring Unit, mentioning the need to reduce duplication and steps.

Prime Minister of Mongolia Oyuun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai instructed to continue working on the process of switching to gas fuel, using domestic resources, exploring opportunities for cooperation with entrepreneurs, continuing to work on financing sources for major projects to be implemented in the capital, improving the relevant legal environment, and developing and presenting proposals on how state-owned enterprises can support and participate in the construction projects to be carried out in Ulaanbaatar. The Prime Minister also reminded relevant officials that the pressing issues in the capital and their solutions should be comprehensively reflected in the general plan for the development of Ulaanbaatar until 2040.