Mongolia End-of-Term Report 2014-2016 – For Public Comment

In 2017, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM)The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) is OGP’s accountability arm and the main means of tracking progress in participating countries. The IRM provides independent, evidence-based, and objective ... published the end-of-term report for Mongolia’s first action planAction plans are at the core of a government’s participation in OGP. They are the product of a co-creation process in which government and civil society jointly develop commitments to open governmen.... The report covers the full action plan implementation period of 2014 through 2016.

In Mongolia, the IRM researchers, Batbold Zagdragchaa and Tserenjav Demberel, summarize their report’s findings below:

Mongolia’s first action plan was highly ambitious with nearly half of the plan’s commitments considered potentially transformative. By the end of its implementation, the government achieved important progress in environmental transparencyAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, transparency occurs when “government-held information (including on activities and decisions) is open, comprehensive, timely, freely available to the pub... More, public access to budgetary information, and crime mapping. Nonetheless, most commitments remain unfulfilled. Mongolia’s second action plan presents an opportunity to complete pending commitments and expand open government to new areas such as educationAccountability within the public education system is key to improving outcomes and attainment, and accountability is nearly impossible without transparent policies and opportunities for participation ..., health, and media.

And in Mongolian:

Монгол улсын эхний Үйл Ажиллагааны Үндэсний Төлөвлөгөө (ҮАҮТ)-ний зорилтуудын тал хувь нь томоохон өөрчлөлт гаргах боломжтой амбиц өндөртэй байлаа. Тайлангийн хугацааны төгсгөлд байгаль орчны ил тод байдал, төсвийн мэдээлэл иргэдэд хүрэх байдал, гэмт хэргийн гаралтын газрын зураг гаргах зэрэг чиглэлээр чухал ахиц дэвшил гаргасан болно.  Гэвч ихэнх зорилтууд нь бүрэн хэрэгжээгүй болно. Монгол улсын 2-р ҮАҮТ нь өмнөх зарим зорилтуудыг үргэлжлүүлэн хэрэгжүүлэх ба мөн нээлттэй засаглалыг боловсрол, эрүүл мэнд, хэвлэл мэдээлийн салбарт нэвтрүүлэх болсон. 

The version of the report for public comment is available in English and Mongolian here. The two-week public comment period closed 24 July 2017.

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