Улаанбаатар
Ulaanbaatar might cooperate with Brazilian city
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Brazil Ms Ch.Sosormaa Monday met with Mr Jose Fortunati, the Mayor of Porto Alegre city.
Ms Sosormaa gave to Porto Alegre city Mayor a letter of D.Battulga, the head of the Citizens’ Representative Khural (council) of Ulaanbaatar, on a proposal to start inter-city cooperation.
After this, the sides expressed their views on ways of sharing experiences in a participatory budget planning and ensuring civil role in the implementation of the Brazilian city, which has been running since 1989.
Citizens of Porto Alegre have a right to exploit expenses of the city budget of up to USD 200 million a year. This experience has been successfully introduced in USA, China, Portugal, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Peru.
