Ulaanbaatar, August 6, 2023 /MONTSAME/. During his Official Visit to the US, Premier of Mongolia Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai visited Google’s offices in Washington, D.C., on August 4, 2023.  

At the Meeting, Mr. Prime Minister noted that Mongolia's transformation blends modernization with its cherished nomadic culture and heritage. He expressed his gratitude to Google Inc. for starting its cooperation with the Government of Mongolia to support digital transformation in the education sector, providing its products and services, and programs.

Mark Isakowitz, Google's Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy for the US and Canada, highlighted, “Mongolia's impressive jump in the UN E-Government Development Index in just a few years shows its commitment to becoming a country that embraces digital technologies to improve its society and economy.”

As a result of the Meeting, the parties agreed to introduce the products and services, and programs of Google in Mongolia. Google announced its part in supporting “Vision-2050,” a long-term development policy of the Government of Mongolia through its work in education.

The Government of Mongolia is dedicated to providing every child and educator with access to online learning devices. To realize this, Google and the Government of Mongolia will cooperate to provide local schools with an initial 20 thousand Chromebooks, with a goal of eventually getting a Chromebook to every student and teacher. Along with deploying new devices, they will simultaneously extend the life of older Macs and PCs that are already in schools by installing ChromeOS Flex, a version of ChromeOS made to modernize existing devices at no additional cost. This will help refresh tens of thousands of devices, providing significant improvements to device performance and battery life, as well as helping reduce e-waste.

To help educators using the one million Google for Education Workspace accounts being deployed in the region, Google will provide 10 thousand Level 1 and Level 2 Educator Certifications. These will enable the first group of certified teachers to then train their colleagues in becoming proficient in technology use.

To help prepare students for the future, Google will provide one thousand scholarships for the Google Career Certificates, which equips people with job-ready skills for in-demand fields like Cybersecurity, IT Support, UX Design, Data Analytics, Project Management, and Digital Marketing with no degree or experience required.

“Through this initiative with Google, the life chances of Mongolia’s youth will not only improve but also our thriving start-up ecosystems and growth in high innovation sectors will be further supported,” said Prime Minister of Mongolia Mr. Oyun-Erdene.