Ulaanbaatar
Government, SDC to cooperate in new partnership level
Politics
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/.
On September 7, Chief of the Cabinet Secretariat of Government L.
Oyun-Erdene met with Head of Cooperation, Swiss Cooperation and Consular Agency
in Mongolia Ph.D Stefanie Burri.
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has
been implementing significant projects and programs in many sectors in Mongolia
for more than 20 years. Mongolia’s Government supports the agency's ongoing 15
projects and programs, in particular in the areas of strengthening governance,
agriculture, food security and vocational education, said Mr.Oyun-Erdene.
“Among the SDC projects and programs in Mongolia, projects towards
strengthening governance and increasing leadership seem to be the most
realistic and fruitful that cannot be expressed in monetary terms. We are
willing to collaborate to implement the goals stated in the Government's
action plan for the next four years. In the coming years, the government plans to
implement 187 major projects and the formulation of the feasibility studies is
intended to be done in the next two years. Feasibility study of any project
is the most important. As Switzerland is one of the most experienced countries
in this area, the Cabinet Secretariat of Government is ready to cooperate in
all aspects,” said Mr. Oyun-Erdene.
At the meeting, the sides also frankly discussed the major
activities implemented by the Government in the past and further necessary projects
to be jointly implemented in Mongolia.
Ph.D Stephanie Burry said that the SDC is interested in developing new equal partnership with the Government of Mongolia over the next four years as well as expanding existing projects and programs.
The Cabinet Secretariat of Government and the SDC agreed to cooperate in the fields of implementing the objectives set out in the Government
Action Plan 2020-2024, in particular digitizing public services and improving ethics of public servants within ‘E-Mongolia program’, decentralizing
Ulaanbaatar, reducing traffic congestion, reducing air pollution, and improving
local governance.
