GOVERNMENT REGULATORY AGENCY

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

LOCALIZATION OF THE SDGs IN MONGOLIA

Suzanna Sumkhuu
Specialist
Development Policy and Planning Division

2018.11
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA 2030 (2015)

NO ONE LEFT BEHIND

SOCIETY
The Sustainable Development
Goals are a global, long-term
policy document based on the
ECONOMY three pillars that are society,
economy and environment.

ENVIRONMENT 17 Goals
169
244 Indicators
Objectives
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MONGOLIA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT VISION – 2030 (2016)

Mongolia`s Sustainable Development Vision-2030 is approved by the

Resolution No. 19 of the Parliament on February 5th, 2016. It has 4 pillars,
44 goals within 14 sectors and 3 stages of implementation.

Sustainable Sustainable
Sustainable development
economic Sustainable social
environmental
development development governance
development
7 sectors, 22 3 sectors, 12 goals 4 goals
3 sectors, 6 goals
goals
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SUSTAINABLE ГАЗАР GOALS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT VISION– 2030
/169 targets/ /44 objectives/

SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABLE GOVERNANCE

SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY FOR
ECONOMY ENVIRONMETA
DEVELOPMENT L SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT 3 sector, DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT
7 sector, 22 12 3 sector, 6 4
objectives objectives objective objectives

Directly reflected Substantively aligned Not reflected Not related to

Mongolia
Number of targets 36 41 76 16
Percentage 21.3 24.3 45.0 9.5
 Ensure the alignment of

1 2 3
Develop a Medium-Term long, medium and short-
Set SDG indicators and
Plan for the term, national, sectoral
targets at the national
implementation of the and sub-national
level
SDGs and SDV development policy
documents

How should Mongolia

achieve the SDG and SDV
goals and objectives?

4 5
Develop and strengthen national
Ensure the alignment of priority objectives
institutional frameworks for development
with budgeting and financing
planning and ensure its stability
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MID-TERM
PLAN
MID-TERM
THREE PILLAR PLAN
2025 2025-2030
POLICY 2020-2025
2020
2018 2018-2020
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ҮНДЭСНИЙ DEVELOPMENT
ХӨГЖЛИЙН ГАЗАР GOALS,
MONGOLIA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT VISION - 2030

2030

2025 MEDIUM TERM PLAN FOR SDGs AND SDV-2030

PRIORITY AREAS PRIORITY AREAS PRIORITY AREAS PRIORITY AREAS PRIORITY AREAS

2020
Leather wool Chemical Informati Climate change
and cashmere industry Health Water
Livest Transportat on,
production Energy Poverty reserve Ecosystem
ock Crop Light industry ion, communicaEducation
Food
farming

… industry
… logistics tion
…
…
…
INFRASTR ENVIRON
AGRICUL
XAA
TURE
INDUSTRY
UCTURE
SOCIETY
MENT …..
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POLICIES THAT NEED ГАЗАР
TO BE REVIEWED CURRENT STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT POLICY
COHERENCE

Total 499

Active 170 Parliament 55 Vision 5

resolution
Policy 25
Policy basis 1
Strategy 3
Guideline 6
National Program 7
Program 3
Plan 3
Direction 1
List 1
Cabinet of 115 Policy 7
ministers’
resolution Strategy 9
National Program 48
Program 32
Subprogram 2
Master plan 1
Plan 7
Direction 5
List 4
Stopped 3
Inactive 67
Finished 259
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WORK PLAN FOR EVALUATING CONTENT OF POLICY DOCUMENTS WITH COMMON METHODOLOGY

Formulated an evaluation process as advised by the

Methodology Stockholm Environment Institute of Sweden.

It is being tested by certain sectors such as mining

Experience and energy.

Aiming to train policy planners in all areas.

Training

The evaluation process will include

Assessment participation from all ministries and public
institutions involved in policy making/issues.
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ASSESS POLICY SET DEVELOPMENT
1 COHERENCE 2 TARGETS

SDG, SDV-2030
SDV-2030

When the objective

Regional Development Vision for Development
State Policies
Policy of Aimag and Soum
is clearly identified
SDG
When the objective
Government Action Plan Gvernor’s Action Plan
is not clear
New Policy Documents
National Programs Sub-Programs

Public Investment
Program
Outcome

INTERMEDIATE OUTCOME FINAL OUTCOME

Irrelevant policy documents are abolished Interlinkages between policy documents will be
ensured
Policy documents not consistent with long term goals
are reviewed and amended SDG targets will be set
 ORGANIZATIONAL MAP FOR ASSESSING POLICY COHERENCE AND TARGET SETTING
ҮНДЭСНИЙ ХӨГЖЛИЙНGovernment
ГАЗАР
Principal Working Group
A comprehensive recommendation on
List of policy documents that need to Chairperson: CHIEF OF CABINET SECRETARIAT
follow-up actions to the development of
be amended re-adopted
methodologies, standards or data
with corresponding recommendations
collection for indicators that are not Members:
readily available
- STATE SECRETARIES OF ALL THE MINISTRIES
- CHAIRMEN OF ALL POLICY-MAKING BODIES
Principal Working Group Secretary: Chairman of NDA

Results from Guidance and Results of the work on Feedback and suggestions on Sub-Working Group Chairs
assessing policy support to setting the indicators and the policy document that need
coherence provided to sub- targets for the SDG at the to be amended or re-adopted
(STATE SECRETARIES of):
working groups national level, and related
in target setting recommendations 1. Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare
2. Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Light Industry
Sub- Sub- Sub- Sub- Sub- Sub- Sub- Sub-
working working working working working working working working 3. Ministry of Health
group 1 group 2 group 3 group 4 group 5 group 6 group 7 group 8
4. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sciences and
Poverty, Food, Health, Education, Environmen Governance Economy , Infrastructu
employmen agriculture, hunger culture, t, tourism, , human production, re, urban
Sports
t, gender industry science, disaster, right, cooperation developmen
equality, Cultural water, land equality, , t, planning,
5. Ministry of Environment and Tourism
population, heritage violation, partnership constructio 6. Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs
security migration n
7. Ministry of Finance
8. Ministry of Construction and Urban Development
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INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR SDG AND SDV IMPLEMENTATION

PARLIAMENT OF
MONGOLIA
Sub-committee on National Statistical
Policy Direction
SDGs Office
GOVERNMENT OF
National committee on
MONGOLIA Draft of DP
sustainable development
Proposal,
conclusion

MINISTRY OF FINANCE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

National
ACADEMIA
Consultation
Draft of DP Proposal,
conclusion,
permission Instruction,
LINE MINISTRIES guidance
Draft of DP,
proposal
Draft of DP,
Instruction, guidance,
proposal
conclusion
LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Information, proposal Information, proposal

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION, PRIVATE SECTOR
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ENSURING “NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND” AND “AT RISK OF BEING LEFT BEHIND”

• “Leaving No One Behind” also requires reducing inequalities and

disparities
• Poverty declined significantly in 2012-2014 (from 39.2 to 21.6%) but
increased in 2014-2016 (to 29.6%). Incomes of many households in
Mongolia are centered around the poverty line, thus these
households remain vulnerable to falling back into poverty NSO 2017.
There are a number of reasons why people are being left behind :
- Gaining economic growth does not bring equality,
- Accessing inequality in social services
- Rural-urban difference
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OTHER KEY PROGRESS

• SDG Dashboard development (NSO, UNDP)

• SDG and policy data stock staking (NSO, PARIS 21)
• UB City SDG indicator and target setting (UB City, UNDP)
• Nationally Determined Contribution Partnership Plan (MET,
MOF, NDC)
• National Programme on Climate Change (Phase 2)
 The national reviews is expected to serve
as a basis for the regular reviews by the
high-level political forum (HLPF), meeting
under the auspices of ECOSOC.
MONGOLIA
•In 2016, 22 countries,
VOLUNTARY NATIONAL
•In 2017, 43 countries reported
REVIEW implementation of SDGs
•In 2018, 47 countries
•In 2019, currently 51 countries are
2019 planning to report, including Mongolia.