Mongolia’s policy on decentralization presented
Society
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Cabinet Secretariat of the Government and Mongolian Productivity Organization jointly held an international high-level virtual discussion themed “Decentralization: Mongolia’s practice and impact on raising productivity of public organizations” on November 3.
Deputy Chief of the Cabinet Secretariat of the Government U.Byambasuren attended the discussion representing Mongolia, while Executive Director of the National Productivity Center of Pakistan Muhammed Alamgir Chaudhry represented the Asian Productivity Organization.
Mongolia approved a policy on
decentralization in 2016 and has been implementing it at stages. Increasing
citizens’ engagement in good governance, transparency and decision-making process
and delivering state services to citizens promptly and equitably are the main
goals. And the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation project “Policy support for decentralization” underway is providing support on the policy and
re-distribution of functions of government organizations.