http://en.med.gov.mn/post/154199 ASSIGNMENT NAME: CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO RE-ENGINEER THE PROCESSES OF SPECIAL PERMIT REQUIRED ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL LOCAL GOVERNORS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FUNCTIONAL DESIGN OF INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC LICENSING SYSTEM http://en.med.gov.mn/post/154161 Ministry of Economy and Development is hosting a public discussion event for the Draft of Medium-Term Fiscal Framework on 29th of March, 2024. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/132825 The Governments of Mongolia and the Republic of Korea are pleased to announce that negotiations for the Mongolia-Korea Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) are ready to commence. The significant milestone comes after both sides reaffirmed their commitment to deepen economic ties and enhance economic cooperation during the visit of Mr. L.Oyun-Erdene, Prime Minister of Mongolia, to the Republic of Korea in February 2023.   http://en.med.gov.mn/post/131690 Ministry of Economy and Development and the Asian Development Bank jointly organized inception workshop meeting to support the participation of Mongolian small and medium-sized enterprises in e-commerce through digital marketplaces and platforms. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/131353 Distinguished Guests, Entrepreneurs, wealth creators and investors, Ladies and gentlemen, A very Good morning to all of you who have gathered today for the "World Export Development Forum." http://en.med.gov.mn/post/131169 The Ministry of Economy and Development has successfully organized a series of discussions on the revision of the draft Law on Investment. Today's discussion is distinguished by the introduction of suggestions submitted by the public over the past two months, as well as suggestions and requests made during a series of meetings and discussions with representatives of investors and professional associations. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/129840 The fourth session of the “Development Hour” discussion series was successfully organized with the topic of development economics. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/129516 The Ministry of Economy and Development successfully organized the first round of discussions on the revision of the draft Law on Investment, signaling its commitment to improving the country's investment and business environment. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/128982 Revision on the Law on Investment was developed within implementing the objectives and measures in improving the investment http://en.med.gov.mn/post/129143 In accordance with the Law on Public-Private Partnerships, the two-day consultation workshop, co-hosted by the Ministry of Economy and Development of Mongolia and the USA Commercial Department, on the drafts of Regulation on Full Analysis of the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Projects, Methodology for Risk Calculation and Allocation and the Charter of PPP Center, was hosted on April 10-11. Mr. Mark M Moseley, an expert of Commercial Law Development Program of the USA Commercial Department (CLDP), Mrs. Grishma Pradhan, a Senior Attorney Advisor of CLDP, and members of working groups participated in the workshop and discussed the possibility of improving the draft documents in accordance with international best practice and guidelines. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/129071 G.Tuvdendorj, Vice Minister of Economy and Development welcomed Mr. Thomas Østrup Møller, Ambassador of Denmark to Mongolia, and other officials. During the meeting, discussions were held on Denmark's experience in green development, the possibility of attracting investment to Mongolia in this field, as well as the possibility of further cooperation between the parties. The Vice Minister also invited the Danish representatives of the private sector and business investors to the "World Export Development Forum" to be organized under the auspices of the President of Mongolia. The two sides expressed their positive expectations on reigniting the bilateral relations after the COVID-19 pandemic. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/128189 Vice Minister of Economy and Development G.Tuvdendorj met delegates led by Ms. Lena Izotova, Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations of the Republic of Bashkortostan of the Russian Federation. During the meeting, the parties discussed the possibility of developing mutually beneficial trade and industrial relations between Mongolia and the Republic of Bashkortostan of the Russian Federation and agreed to explore opportunities to export cashmere and leather products from Mongolia and work closely together to expand trade relations. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/128116 MED is partnering with GIZ to conduct a survey for the recruitment of a qualified consultant for a short-term assignment (up to 55 working days). The consultant will be responsible for creating a new guidebook on Mongolia for domestic and foreign investors. We are seeking candidates who meet the following profile: http://en.med.gov.mn/post/128081 The Ministry of Economy and Development and the Asian Development Bank jointly organized the "Trade in Services and Digital Economy Statistics of Mongolia Training " in Ulaanbaatar on March 20-23, 2023 within the framework of the Central Asian Regional Cooperation (CAREC) program. Deputy Minister of Economy and Development G. Tuvdendorj emphasized in his opening speech of the seminar that trade in services constitutes the largest percentage of the world's GDP and is a rapidly growing sector, and Mongolia's service trade deficit of 1.6 billion USD by 2021 shows the space and importance of developing this sector. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/128084 Acting State Secretary of Ministry of Economy and Development B. Dashpurev met Mr. Tapan Mishra, the UN Resident Coordinator in Mongolia. During the meeting, the two parties discussed the Joint Work plan for the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework document for 2023-2027, which defines the strategy and framework of cooperation to be implemented by the United Nations in Mongolia in the next five years, and agreed to work closely on its implementation. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/127404 Mr. G. Tuvdendorj, Vice Minister of Economy and Development met with Mr. Shinozaki Yusuke, Director of East Asia Division of JICA, Mr. Tanaka Shinichi, Chief Representative of JICA Mongolia Office and other representatives today. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/127002 The Ministry of Economy and Development has successfully organized the first session of the "DEVELOPMENT HOUR" open discussion series in order to provide opportunities for officials to learn and develop themselves at their workplaces, and to share their knowledge and experiences. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/126989 International Trade Center’s (ITC) flagship annual event, the World Export Development Forum (WEDF) is underway to be organized in Ulaanbaatar on June 27-28, 2023, under the auspices of the President of Mongolia H.E. Mr. Khurelsukh Ukhnaa under the theme of "Diversifying Green Trade: Organic, Digital, Sustainable".  The launch event of WEDF 2023 was held on February 15th, 2023, on the premises of ITC headquarters in Geneva. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/125398 The Ministry of Economy and Development conducted a training on the topic “Developing National development plan for the year 2024 through result-based approach” in collaboration with the “SDG-aligned budgeting to transform employment in Mongolia” project implemented by United Nations Development Program with funding support from the European Union. It was held on January 5 and 6, 2023 including around 150 participants from the State Central and State Administrative Authorities. The Resolution No. 470 of 2022 of the Government of Mongolia renewed the “Regulation on developing development policy and planning documents”, which enabled the conditions to develop each development policy document using a methodology that is consistent with its characteristics. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124760 http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124624 On 18 November 2022, the Ministry of Economy and Development (MED) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) co-organized ‘Smart Borders in Mongolia’ in Ulaanbaatar. The roundtable was aimed to share good international practices of smart border crossings design, architectural layout reference guide, and the future of border crossings/disruptive technologies. Moreover, the roundtable is to help the government to prepare a BCP strategy and/or roadmap by considering: (i) smart and efficient planning practices; and (ii) practical guidance and recommendations for improving designs of BCPs using draft architectural design prepared for Bulgan BCP in Khovd province. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124625 On 15-16 November 2022, ADB, the Ministry of Economy and Development (MED), Free Zones Organization organized a Roundtable on Operationalizing Free Zones in Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar. The roundtable discussion—led by senior level professional managers of free zones in the PRC, Georgia, and the Philippines was held succeffully. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124338 During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on several topics including current economic situation of Mongolia, foreign investment environment, commodity markets, visas for traveling to Australia and Australia Awards. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124339 Minister Ch.Khurelbaatar held a meeting with Mr. Niels Annen, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Mr. Jörn Rosenberg, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, and other official representatives. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124446 Ministry of Economy and Development and Asian Development Bank within the framework of the Central Asian Regional Cooperation (CAREC) program co-organized "Forum on Developing Sustainable Economic Zones in the CAREC Region" and "Roundtable Series on Emerging Regional Trade, Transportation, and Logistics Landscape: Supply Chain Connectivity and Resilient Border Operations in the CAREC Region". http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124447 Mr. S. Narantsogt, Vice Minister of Economy and Development, met with Ms. Paramita Dasgupta, Manager East Asia Pacific, Regional Advisory at International Finance Corporation (IFC). http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124448 On August 22, 2022, Mr. Kh.Batjargal, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy and Development met with Mr. Nakazato Taiji, Head of the East and Central Asia Department of JICA, and his delegation. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124466 SDGs are everyone’s business. These goals are to be achieved by all concerted and collective efforts by all stakeholders, including the Government, development partners, private sector, academia, civil society and last, but not least, by individual citizens. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124473 The National Committee for Sustainable Development (NCSD), chaired by the Prime Minister of Mongolia, convened on 11 August 2022 and endorsed the draft of Integrated national financing strategy (INFS), prepared by the Government’s working group and United Nations in Mongolia. At the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, member states were advised to develop an "Integrated National Financing Strategy" aimed at fully mobilizing multiple financing sources for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Mongolia is one of the 86 countries around the world that are currently developing the Integrated National Financing Strategy for increasing, aligning, and mobilizing financing resources for SDGs. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124610 Mr. S. Narantsogt, Vice Minister of Economy and Development met with Dr. Verena Fritz, Senior Public Sector Specialist of the World Bank, and provide information about the structure and functions of the ministry, its cooperation with other ministries, and exchanged views on international best practices of ministries responsible for economic and development policies and opportunities and actions to improve government productivity. The parties emphasized the experience of the World Bank in supporting the Government of Mongolia in enhancing the capacity of government institutions and improving the budget, financial planning, and management. It was agreed to work closely with the World Bank in strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Economy and Development and holding monthly joint discussions on the macroeconomic outlook in the future.  During her mission in Mongolia, Dr. Verena Fritz will meet with other relevant ministries and agencies and present her recommendations to the ministry for further cooperation. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124611 Mr. Narantsogt Sanjaa, the Vice Minister of Economy and Development held a meeting with Mr.Tran Quok Khanh, the Vice Minister of Industry and Trade of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and his delegation. During the meeting, parties exchanged views on overcoming the obstacles related to global increase of food prices, current regional situation, transportation and logistics problems. Parties mutually agreed on possible sectors to cooperate and increase import/export of strategically important products.  From being food importing country, Vietnam has now become the world’s 3rd largest rice exporter, fully self-sufficient in food and energy supply, ranks in the top 20 in terms of export and import, and is one of the few countries that continuously increased their turnover, keeping their economic growth at 2 percent during the Covid-19 pandemic.  http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124612 Mr.S.Narantsogt, the Vice Minister of Economy and Development received Mr. Hassan Zaman, the Regional Director, East Asia and Pacific for the Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions on 25 July 2022. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124615 Mr. S. Narantsogt, the Vice Minister of Economy and Development, met with ADB representatives led by Mr. Thomas Panella, Director of Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division of the East Asia Department, and Mr. Pavit Ramachandran, Country Director to discuss comprehensive approaches to solve the problems for ensuring stable food supply and security and coordinate the implementation of some agricultural sector’s projects in this direction.   Parties agreed to explore the further possibility of cooperation within ADB’s technical assistance on developing a national system for monitoring, tracking, and managing food supply and safety based on the existing IT infrastructure of the Government and improving the relevant legal framework. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124614 Mr. S.Narantsogt, Vice Minister of Economy and Development, received the Ambassador-Designate of Ireland to Mongolia Ann Derwin. The Vice Minister of Economy and Development S.Narantsogt received the newly appointed Ambassador-Designate to Mongolia Ann Derwin. Ireland is one of the few countries that has shown sustained economic growth during the global Covid-19 pandemic and is home to the Pfizer vaccine. The Ambassador-Designate presented the experience of successfully attracting foreign investment, the strategy of developing the pharmaceutical industry in a cluster, and exchanged opinions on the possibility of cooperation in the fields of information technology and agriculture. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124613 Mr. S.Narantsogt, Vice Minister of Economy and Development, held a meeting with the Executive Director of EuroChamber Mongolia Tomas Bravenec. The parties exchanged opinions on how EuroChamber's research and recommendations on improving Mongolia's trade, investment and business environment are aligned with the government's policy and agreed to jointly organize a B2B meeting to create and support the access of Mongolian entrepreneurs to the European market. The Vice Minister S. Narantsogt expressed his gratitude to EuroChamber for its valuable contribution to expanding European-Mongolian relations and intensifying mutually beneficial cooperation and expressed his support and cooperation in the future within the framework of the duties of the Ministry of Economy and Development. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124618 The Vice Minister of Economy and Development S. Narantsogt met delegates led by Mr. Tapan Mishra, the UN Resident Coordinator in Mongolia, and agreed to cooperate on implementing the SDGs in coordination with the "Vision-2050" long-term policy, conducting public awareness campaigns on SDGs and “Vison-2050", and evaluating the implementation of the SDGs.  Moreover, the Ministry of Economy Development agreed to co-organize with the UN in Mongolia the 6th North-East Asia Multistakeholder Forum on Sustainable Development Goals on September 7-8, 2022 and SDG Open Day on September 10, 2022.  http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124617 During the meeting, the Vice Minister provided information on current economy, policy measures under the mandates of the Ministry of Economy and Development, and medium and long-term development policy documents. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124616 Today, B. Javhlan, a member of the Parliament and an Acting Minister of Economy and Development, submitted the Parliament draft resolution on "Approval of Targeted Development Program" to the Speaker of the Parliament, G. Zandanshatar. The Targeted Development Programs aimed to ensure the successful implementation of the 10-year goals and objectives of the “Vision-2050 long-term development policy” through the participation of all sectors, with comprehensive consideration of social, economic, and environmental issues adhered to the principle of providing development benefits to every citizen. The draft of the Parliament's resolution on "Approval of Targeted Development Program" includes Targeted Program of Human Development, Targeted Program of Social Development, Targeted Program of Environment, Targeted Program of Governance,  Targeted Program of Regional Development, and Targeted Program to Increase National Competitiveness. The Targeted Development Programs have united more than 500 discrete sectoral development policy documents that have been separately defined and implemented.  The approval of the draft resolution provides the opportunity to coordinate the sectors, ensure the full implementation of government policies, and direct the sectoral activities towards unified development results. The successful implementation of policy reforms reflected in the Targeted Development Programs ensures the execution of the first 10-year goals of "Vision 2050" as well as the drastic improvement of general indicators of social, economic, environmental, governance, national competitiveness, and balance of regional and local development. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124619 Mr. Kh.Batjargal, State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy and Development, held an online meeting on June 30, 2022, with the representatives led by Mr. Dimitri Gvindadze, Head of the Climate Strategy and Delivery team of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. During the meeting, Mr. Dimitri Gvindadze informed that the Bank is conducting a study to provide technical assistance to Mongolia in developing a long-term decarbonization strategy. Mr. Dimitri Gvindadze also clarified the role of the Ministry of Economy and Development in implementing green development policy in Mongolia, whether Mongolia has conducted a baseline study on the transition to a green economy in the past, and what policy measures have been taken. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124324 During the meeting, measures for accelerating the progress of ADB financed projects and solving challenges in project implementation are discussed, and agreed on certain steps to be taken. Also, the parties exchanged views on projects to be implemented in the future to improve the capacity of border posts and food supply and security which are aligned with the key pillars of the New Recovery Policy, and agreed on organizing international workshops in Mongolia on the topics of trade and economic free zone development, trade facilitation, and food supply, and security within the framework of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program /CAREC/. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124622 Vice Minister of Economy and Development S. Narantsogt received a delegation from Kyrgyz Republic led by Jibek Duisheyevа, First Deputy Minister of Finance.  The Vice Minister S.Narantsogt provided information to the delegation from the Kyrgyz Republic on the experience and the policies taken for developing a system for sustainable development and green financing and explained how the mid- and long-term development policy documents are incorporated in the State Annual Development Plan and the state budget.  http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124621 Mr. Narantsogt S., the Vice Minister of Economy and Development has received the delegation of the ‘’Doorknock 2022”, headed by James Liotta, Board Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Mongolia. The Ministry of Economy and Development presented the New Recovery Policy and the revised draft Investment Law, including current steps taken by the Government to improve the investment environment through investor protection, and digitalization of services as comprehensive reform. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124437 The Chairman of the National Development Agency Mr. Batjargal.Kh held an official meeting with the Head of EIB Representation to China and Mongolia Mr. Auvo Kaikkonen and Project manager – Cooperation section of the Delegation of EU to Mongolia Ms. Evgenia Faraza. During the meeting, the parties briefed each other on their activities and strategic directions and exchanged views on possible actions to improve further cooperation between the organizations. http://en.med.gov.mn/post/124337 Five Government agencies, National Development Agency, General Authority for State Registration, Immigration Agency, Taxation Agency, Social Insurance General Office, held a joint meeting to intensify the activities of the “Invest in Mongolia” One-Stop Service Center for Foreign Investors under the National Development Agency. The “Invest in Mongolia” One-Stop Service Center has provided 54,000 services of 60 types since its establishment in 2019. Before establishing the One-Stop Service Center investors had to spend a total of 15 days and travel 50km to receive services of five Government agencies, but now all services of all five agencies are concentrated at one point and it takes only 30 minutes to receive services. During the meeting five Government agencies have decided to set up a working group to work together on how to intensify the center's activities during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to integrate high-quality investor information into a single electronic platform and diversify services.  Centralization and digitalization of public services is a real condition for supporting investors, improving the quality of investments, expanding the tax base and the social insurance base, as well as raising taxes and fees.