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Prime Minister Zandanshatar: Employers Hiring Persons with Developmental Challenges Will Be Tangibly Rewarded
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, August 15, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Prime Minister of Mongolia Zandanshatar Gombojav participated in and delivered a speech at the “Implementation of the Rights of Persons with Developmental Challenges and the State Budget” Forum on August 14, 2025.
Prime Minister Zandanshatar noted that it is necessary to move away from the old habitual notion of “same standards, same requirements” and introduce new standards that reflect the advantages and capabilities of persons with developmental challenges. Practical gaps, where standards exist only on paper but not in reality, can be observed in the challenges faced by persons with developmental challenges. Addressing these issues comprehensively requires a triad of solutions: budget, legislation, and governance measures. In doing so, the Prime Minister emphasized adherence to three core policy pillars: ensuring a suitable living environment, promoting employment, and enhancing accessibility and social participation.
Within this framework, efforts will be made to raise living environments to standard levels, finance employer training, workplace adaptation, and guiding services as integrated packages, and incorporate criteria for purchasing products made by persons with developmental challenges into the state procurement policy. Organizations that employ persons with developmental challenges and provide adapted workplaces will be tangibly rewarded.
Furthermore, accessibility of roads, squares, transport, infrastructure facilities, and digital services for persons with developmental challenges will be aligned with state and local budget investments. Norms, rules, and standards for state-funded buildings and facilities will be revised to meet the standards, and state procurement requirements will include related provisions. Tax policies will also reflect support measures and incentives to address the pressing issues faced by persons with developmental challenges.
As Chair of the National Council for Children, the Premier affirmed his support for equipping the Children’s Fund with early detection, diagnostic, and treatment equipment for developmental delays and visual, auditory, and motor impairments. Prime Minister Zandanshatar highlighted during the forum that “a human-centered, minimally state-involved approach that respects individual rights will be incorporated into budget policy.”
