Supported by the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC), the Government of Mongolia, the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar, the Asia Foundation and civil society organizations jointly implemented the “Governance and Decentralization Programme” (GDP) in 2012-2022 on December 1. During the project’s closing event, the stakeholders shared the lessons learnt and discussed the issues of ensuring the sustainable results.

The GDP consists of three inter-linked projects, implemented together with relevant partner including Decentralization Policy Support project, implemented with the Cabinet Secretariat, the Urban governance Project implemented in Ulaanbaatar together with the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar and the Asia Foundation, the Civic Engagement project, which is implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs and youth organizations.

The Urban governance Project generated very specific and tangible results in de-concentration of most needed public services and digitalization of services, increasing citizens’ participation in city life and enhancing capacities of municipal public servants, providing services to 1.6 million residents.

“The Governance and Decentralization Programme is one of the SDC’s major co-funded governance programmes, aimed to address issues such as ineficienct in public sector and the empowerment of local government” highlighted Stefanie Burri, Head of Cooperation in her speech delivered at the event.

CAPITAL CITY TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENCY