Analysis and Recommendations on Development Policy and Planning Documents of Uvurkhangai Aimag

“Strengthening the Government Capacity of National Development Policy and Planning” Project

“Poverty Environment Initiative” Programme

Analysis and Recommendations on Development Policy and Planning Documents of Uvurkhangai aimag

Consultant: B.Batmunkh, Advising Professor, Economics Department of the Sciences School of the National University of Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar 2016 CONTENT

1. PROJECT GOAL AND OBJECTIVES ...... 4 2. METHODOLOGY OF THE DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND PLANNING DOCUMENTS IN UVURKHANGAI AIMAG ...... 5 3. REVIEWED DEVELOPMENT POLICY PLANNING DOCUMENTS ...... 6 4. REFLECTION OF POVERTY REDUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICY PLANNING DOCUMENTS ...... 7 5. HARMONIZATION BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND PROGRAMS OF UVURKHANGAI AIMAG ...... 8 6. RELATIONSHIP OF THE DEVELOPMENT POLICY PLANNING DOCUMENTS OF UVURKHANGAI AIMAG TO THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND STRATEGY ...... 10 7. INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT POLICY PLANNING ...... 11 8. ALLOCATED BUDGET FOR THE PLANNED OBJECTIVES AND MEASURES ...... 12 9. RESPONSIBLE BODIES ...... 13 10. STATISTICS AND INDICATORS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO EVALUATE ...... 13 11. REVIEW TO THE DEVELOPMENT MAIN THREE POLICY DOCUMENTS OF UVURKHANGAI AIMAG ...... 14

11.1. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOCUMENTS IN 2014-2024 OF UVURKHANGAI AIMAG . 14 11.2. 2012-2016 “PRODUCTIVE- UVURKHANGAI” GOVERNOR'S ACTION PLAN ...... 15 А.In terms of Poverty Reduction: ...... 15 B. In terms of Environment Conservation: ...... 16 11.3 “GREEN DEVELOPMENT 2014-2024” PROGRAM OF UVURKHANGAI ...... 17 12. CONCLUSION ...... 18 13. RECOMMENDATIONS ...... 20 APPENDIX № 1. ANALYSIS ON REFLECTION OF POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOCUMENT IN 2014-2024 OF UVURKHANGAI AIMAG ...... 23 APPENDIX № 2. ANALYSIS ON REFLECTION OF POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE “PRODUCTIVE-UVURKHANGAI” 2012-2016 GOVERNOR’S ACTION PLAN ...... 31 APPENDIX № 3. ANALYSIS ON REFLECTION OF POVERTY, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TO THE “GREEN DEVELOPMENT” PROGRAM OF UVURKHANGAI AIMAG ...... 36 APPENDIX № 4. THEMATIC ANALYSIS ON EXPECTED RESULTS, BUDGET AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEVELOPMENT POLICY PLANNING DOCUMENTS OF UVURKHANGAI AIMAG ...... 45 APPENDIX № 5. ANALYSIS ON HARMONIZATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT POLICY PLANNING OF UVURKHANGAI AIMAG TO THE COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ...... 48

APPENDIX № 6. ANALYSIS ON RELATIONSHIP OF DEVELOPMENT POLICY PLANNING OF UVURKHANGAI AIMAG TO MDG IN MONGOLIA ...... 55 APPENDIX № 7. ANALYSIS ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOCUMENT IN 2014-2024 OF UVURKHANGAI AIMAG AND SUB-PROGRAMS ...... 58 APPENDIX № 8. ANALYSIS ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE “PRODUCTIVE- UVURKHANGAI” 2012-2016 GOVERNOR’S ACTION PLAN AND SUB-PROGRAMS ...... 61 APPENDIX № 9. ANALYSIS ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE “GREEN DEVELOPMENT” PROGRAM AND SUB-PROGRAMS...... 63

1. Project Goal and Objectives The Poverty Environmental Initiative (PEI) program is the UN Development Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme joint program has been implemented in more than 20 countries around the world. The purpose of the programme that supports country-led efforts to put pro-poor, pro- environment objectives into the heart of government by mainstreaming poverty- environment objectives into national development and sub-national development planning, from policymaking to budgeting, implementation and monitoring and evaluation. Since 2014, the programme is implemented one component of the project “Strengthening Government Capacity for National Development Policy and Planning in Mongolia” with the United Nations Development Programme and the Ministry of Finance (MOF). There were undertaken various activities such as to ensure policy recommendations in green development policy and its implementation action plan; and reflect the equitable green economy issues in the macro-economic modeling T21 model; and include poverty and environmental problems in the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Guideline; to strengthen the capacity of the planning and M&E officials of the ministries, local governments and the National Statistics Office. In 2015 the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Nature, Green Development and Tourism has jointly started the project to support the long-term development policy and planning with green development and poverty-environment issues in the local areas thus this consultancy is started. The consultancy has three main aims as following: • Assessment of environmental, social and economic vulnerability and determination of the risks and vulnerabilities facing environment and citizens in the local area; • Support the green development and poverty-environment issues in line with the long-term development policy and planning; • Support to strengthen the coordination and consistency of the national and local development policy and planning;

Consultancy service is aimed to support the local decision-makers, planners, M&E specialists based on the information, science and evidence in policy planning; in particular, to learn the participatory method of organizing discussions for people and women with incomes below the poverty level; and strengthening and local development policy planning and policy coordination between national and local levels.

This report presents the results of the analysis in point of view of poverty reduction and environmental degradation to the development policy documents of Uvurkhangai aimag. However, analysis is explores not only poverty and environmental points but also how do these documents linked each other and consistent to the national policy and strategy and do planning documents applied common requirements met, generally.

2. Methodology of the Development policy and planning documents in Uvurkhangai aimag The study initially was to review poverty reduction and environmental degradation issues in the Uvurkhangai development policy documents as mentioned in the project documents. The study was used the “Mainstreaming Environment and Climate for Reduction and Sustainable Development” handbook byUNDP for the analysis. At the same time, there was looked at Internet posted that what planning is and what requirements and principles for planning are which has used. By above mentioned studies, there is generally the same planning principles and requirements for the business plan and national policies, strategies and local development planning in parallel, its own unique differences too. Hereby, I highlighted the principles of local planning by the Michigan Planning Association, US state. These principles are considered good for local planning. The analysis was followed main approaches: 1.The analysis done on how do reflect objectives of poverty reduction and environment degradation in aimag delopment policy documents. It is assessed each measures by using three assessments that directly impacted, indirectly and no effect on poverty reduction. For the environmental issues, each planned activities assessed by four categories such as directly, indirectly affect, not affected and adverse impact. (See Appendix 1, 2, and 3) 2. Assessment was done in consistency of aimag development policy planning to the National development policy, strategy in terms of poverty reduction and environmental degradation. In other words, it was reviewed relationship of the development policy planning to the MDG based Comprehensive National Development Strategy and MDG of Mongolia. The analysis was employed content analysis and thematic analysis. (See Appendix 5 and 6) 3. In terms of concept, analysis was included that planning is appropriate based on the public policy and national integrated vision. It was mainly considered that a complete long-term policy planning covering economic, social and environmental issues in accordance with the concepts of public policy and sustainable development. 4. There was analysed local planning approach. The requirements and principles for a better planning are apply inclusive planning and participations of interested stakeholders in the planning stages. A planning with stakeholders’ participation is believed to affect better determinating of the responsible bodies and and ensuring the successful implementation. The analysis of stakeholder participation was focused on participants in planning of the policy planning documents of Uvurkhangai aimag. 5. Analysis of the aimag development policy planning documents was carried out ensure adequate budget and investment for implementation of the proposed measures. (See Appendix 4). Herewith it was analyzed on measures together its budget of the aimag’s socio-economic annual guideline and programs as well as central and local budgeting with the development policy planning. 6. Analysis was examined on relationship between these development policy planning documents each other and its continuity. (See Appendix 7, 8 and 9) The main three policy documents were examined and evaluated and concluded. 7. The proposed objective of the development policies and programs, was exanined in sufficient measure and statistics for assessing the implementation. Using a particular measure gives availability to monitor, review and objectively evaluate implementation for the development 5 policy and program. No measurement indicators to assess are makes difficulty to assessing the implementation of objective and remain an empty slogan. 8. There was consideration that whether the proposed measures have the responsible body. Also reviewed that how was its participation in the implementation of the plan. 9. In principles of bottom to top combination of planning tested as follows: - Relationship to sectoral ministries policy and strategy; - Relationship with local sub-programs each oter; 5. There was an attemption to analyze planned measures whether implementation the feasibility in terms of the legal and institutional framework. 10. The problem of poverty and environmental degradation was indicated. 11. An opportunity to reduce rural poverty, adaption to climate change impacts and reducing environmental degradation of implementation of development policies in local area was identified. 12. Actions, which were planned in the development policyplanning documents, taken to poverty reduction, promote environmental protection and green growth, and to overcome the economic and social vulnerability was reviewed and recommendations on the improvements provided.

3. Reviewed Development policy planning documents This analysis was done on the Development policy planning 16 documents of Uvurkhangai aimag as following: Table №1. Development policy planning documents was reviewed № Approved by Date of No.of Officials and Approval Pages Development Policy and Programs Organizations

1. Economic development policy documents Not approved yet 2014 59 2014-2024 in Uvurkhangai 2. “Productive-Uvurkhangai” 2012-2016 CRHural of aimag 2012 6 Governors Action Plan 3. 2014-2024 “Green Development” program of Not approved yet 2015 13 Uvurkhangai aimag, 4. Program “Learning Organization” 2010-2016 Governors’ Degree Dec 22, 6 2009 (implementation periodis uncertain ) 5. Sub program “Tourism” 2010-2015 Resolution of May 19, 6 members the CRH 2010 Governors’ Degree 6. Program on Capacity building of the civil May 13, 6 service 2010-2016 2010 Governors’ Degree 7. Sub program “Buckthorn” 2010-2016 Dec 02, 8 2010 Resolution of 8. Program on Mother and child health care, May 26, 7 improvement of quality of service and members the CRH 2011 6

accessibility 2011-2015 Resolution of 9. Sub program on Healthy citys, soum , bagh, June 08, 21 and family 2012-2016 members the CRH 2012 Resolution of 10. “Humanitarian program” ( uncertainty of Feb 01, 8 implementation period ) members the CRH 2012 Resolution of 11. Enterprises Development Program in Mar 20, 10 Uvurkhangai 2011-2016 members the CRH 2012

12. Program on Provision of work conditions and Governors’ Degree Mar 27, social security for civil servants 2012-2020 2012 Resolution of 13. Program on “Disabled children's rights” 2013- Oct 24, 4 2016 members the CRH 2013 Resolution of 14. Policy on agriculture, 2012-2016 May 09, 11 members the CRH 2013

15. Program on Increase Employment and Create Resolution of Apr 11, 6 Jobs in the medium-term 2014-2016 members the CRH 2014 16. Program “Civic Education” 2014-2018 Resolution of Apr 11, 8 members the CRH 2014

Total - - 179

Namely three policy documents which “Economic development policy documents in 2014-2024 in Uvurkhangai aimag”, “Productive-Uvurkhangai” 2012-2016 Governor’s Action Plan and “Green Development” 2014-2024 program of Uvurkhangai aimag are only an integrated policy documents for the aimag of all above mentioned programs wheras other documents are fallen into sub-programs. Thus, analysis was scrutinized on these main three documents.

4. Reflection of Poverty reduction and environmental degradation in the Development of policy planning documents By 2011 poverty mapping, 45.1 percent of the total population of Uvurkhangai aimag live under poverty line which showed the most poor aimag among the aimags and capital city. This shows that poverty is the challenging and vital issues the coming years in the development policy planning for Uvurkhangai aimag. On the other hand, the assessment of the social vulnerability in Uvurkhangai aimag that poverty was identified as a social priority of the population.

Objective of reduce poverty does not specifically and sufficiently focus on the development policy planning documents Uvurkhangai, especially the most important policy document as Economic development in 2014-2024 Uvurkhangai aimag has not at all idea of poverty reduction. This policy document purely has economic issues only, and was not developed consistent with problems of cross social development and environmental policy issues. Therefore, poverty issues have no reflection on it. In principle, policy document should be included a full chapter of poverty reduction and if it was planned as how many new jobs will create and it had become a real action to reduce poverty.

Analysis was examined how planned activities of policy documents of Economic development in 2014-2024 of Uvurkhangai, "Productive-Uvurkhangai" 2012-2016 Governor’s Action Plan and "Green Development" program to comply objectives of poverty reduction and of environmental pollution and degradation. (See Appendix 1, 2 and 3) It is assessed each measures by using three assessments that directly impacted, indirectly and no effect on poverty reduction. For the environmental issues, each planned activities assessed by four categories such as directly, indirectly affect, not affected and adverse impact. (See Appendix 1, 2 and 3)

Below table, it shows how actions of poverty reduction, environmental pollution and degradation and green development are refleted in the main three policy documents od Uvurkhangai Table № 2. Percentage of measures aimed at reducing poverty, environmental pollution and degradation, reflected in the main policy documents of Uvurkhangai aimag (number of actions in bracket) Total Poverty Reduction Environmental Planned Impact Pollution and Main three programs Activities Degradation Impact Direct Non-direct Direct Non-direct

The economic development policy 100(56) 25,0(14) 62.5(35) 10.7(6) 17,9(10) documents in 2014-2024 of Uvurkhangai aimag 2012-2016 “Productive-Uvurkhangai” 100(37) 16.2(6) 43,2(16) 18.9(7) 13,5(5) 2012-2016 Governor’s Action Plan “Green Development” program of 100 (73) 8.2(6) 34.2(25) 13.7(10) 54.8(40) Uvurkhangai, 2014-2024

Table №1 shows measures (14) that can directly affect to poverty reduction has included in the Economic development in 2014-2024 of Uvurkhangai aimag but other two policy documents have relatively few of such measures. However, the environmental issue is planned relatively more measures in the (2014-2024)"Green Development" program of Uvurkhangai.

5. Harmonization between the Development policy and programs of Uvurkhangai aimag There is a weak relationship bewteen development policy documents each other. It would seem that primarily due to different people involved during the different time and not followed the same integrated regulations and concepts. According to a time period, these documents were developed in different years for instance a program in 2009 and 3 programs in 2010 and one in 2011, 5 in 2012, 2 in 2013 and 3 in 2014 and one for 2015 in developed which is not adopted yet. The period of programe both sub-programs of “Tourism” and “Mother and child health care, improvement of quality of service and accessibility” were ended in 2015, and 9 sub-programs are ending in 2016. In a different time period, programs have been developed by the different Governors which every policy documents did not link to previous programs. For example, the policy document of Economic development in 2014-2024 of Uvurkhangai aimag was developed in 2014 but it did not connect to the 2012-2016 "Productive-Uvurkhangai” Governor's Action Plan which was approved in 2012, and included only economic development,

8 not social development and environmental issues at all. The relationships of sub-programs to the Economic development in 2014-2024 of Uvurkhangai aimag are shown in Appendix No. 7, to 2012-2016 "Productive- Uvurkhangai" Governor's Action Plan in Appendix No. 8 and "Green development" program of Uvurkhangai aimag against planned each provision and activity in Appendix No. 9.

Table № 3. Incoherence of the Economic development policy documents in 2014-2024 of Uvurkhangai aimag and previously approved sub-programs Name of Sub-programs The economic development policy documents in 2014- 2024 of Uvurkhangai aimag 1.2010-2016 Program “Learning Organization” No activities included in the policy document from the sub-programs

2. Program on Capacity building of the civil service No activities included in the policy document from the 2010-2016 sub-programs 3. Program on Mother and child health care, No activities included in the policy document from the improvement of quality of service and accessibility sub-programs 2011-2015 4. Sub program on Healthy citys, soum , bagh, and No activities included in the policy document from the family 2012-2016 sub-programs 5. “Humanitarian program” ( uncertainty of No activities included in the policy document from the implementation period ) sub-programs 6. Program on Improvement of work conditions and No activities included in the policy document from the social security for civil servants 2012-2020 sub-programs 7. Program on “Disabled children's rights” 2013-2016 No activities included in the policy document from the sub-programs 8. Program “Civic Education” 2014-2018 No activities included in the policy document from the sub-programs

Table No. 2 shows that the analysis covered 8 proposed provisions of total 13 sub-programs were not included in the Economic development policy in 2014-2024 Uvurkhangai aimag. Sub-programs generally were previously approved but the Economic development policy in 2014-2024 Uvurkhangai aimag was covered only economic issue and not social issues from sub- programs. But activities of the sub-programs “Tourism”, “Buckthorn”, “Enterprises Development Program in Uvurkhangai aimag”, “Increase Employment and Create Jobs in the Medium-term” and “Policy on Crop”were primarily reflected in the Economic development 2014-2024 Uvurkhangai aimag can be found in Appendix 7. The provisions contained in the 2012-2016 "Productive-Uvurkhangai" Governor's Action Plan to 9 sub-programs very well harmonized. While activities of these sub-programs on “Improvement of work conditions and social security for civil servants”, on “Disabled children's rights”, on “Buckthorn” were not included in the program Governor’s Acion Plan can be seen in Appendix No. 8.

Table № 4. Incoherence of the “Green development”program of Uvurkhangai aimag with previous sub-programs Name of Sub-programs "Green development" program of Uvurkhangai aimag 9

1.2010-2016 Program “Learning Organization” No activity in the “Green Development” program from the Sub-program No activity in the “Green Development” program from 2. Program on Capacity building of the civil service 2010-2016 the Sub-program No activity in the “Green Development” program from 3. Sub program “Buckthorn” 2010-2016 the Sub-program

No activity in the “Green Development” program from 4. Program on Mother and child health care, improvement of quality of service and accessibility the Sub-program 2011-2015 No activity in the “Green Development” program from 5. Program on Mother and child health care, improvement of quality of service and accessibility the Sub-program 2011-2015 No activity in the “Green Development” program from 6.“Humanitarian program” ( uncertainty of implementation period ) the Sub-program No activity in the “Green Development” program from 7. Program on Improvement of work conditions and social security for civil servants 2012-2020 the Sub-program No activity in the “Green Development” program from 8. Program on “Disabled children's rights” 2013-2016 the Sub-program

No activity in the “Green Development” program from 9. “Program “Civic Education” 2014-2018 the Sub-program

No activity in the “Green Development” program from 10. The development of enterprises in Uvurkhangai the Sub-program program, 2011-2016 No activity in the “Green Development” program from 11.Policy on Crop 2012-2016 the Sub-program

The "Green development” program of Uvurkhangai aimag was included only pure green development issue but no social development issues touched. Some sub-program with specific topic was duplicated in terms of content. For instance, program on Mother and child health care, improvement of quality of service and accessibility (2011-2015), on Healthy citys, soum , bagh, and family 2012-2016, on “Learning Organization” (2010-2016), on Capacity building of the civil service (2010-2016) have the similar topic and content.

6. Relationship of the Development policy planning documents of Uvurkhangai aimag to the National development policy and strategy National development policies and strategies that have addressed first, including the Millennium Development Goals-based National Development Strategy in Mongolia and the Mongolian Millennium Development Goals. MDG based NDS is the only document which is expressed national long-term development strategy to our country until 2016, Resolution#12 January 31st, 2008 adopted by the Parliament.

However, if the long term strategy titled "Sustainable development objective-2030" adopted by Parliament, then the first stage of the comprehensive national policy development in 2015, is completed. Therefore, the development policyplanning documents of Uvurkhangai shows how consistent to National Development Strategy in Appendix 5. It is shown measures and objectives in the development policy and planning main 3 documents of Uvurkhangai aimag are consistent with the national development policies and strategies side by side. Appendix No. 5 shows 20 objectives of the Economic development policy in 2014-2024 in Uvurkhangai aimag are consistent to total 56 objectives stated in the MDG based Comprehensive National Developmet Strategy. 16 objectives of the "Productive- Uvurkhangai" 2012-2016 Governor's Action Plan are reflected to total 37 objectives of the Comprehensive national development strategy. Table № 5. Coherence of Development policy documents of Uvurkhangai aimag to the National development policy and strategy Main three programs Total Planned Measures related to the MDG Measures related to MDG Measures based Comprehensive National Development Strategy The economic development policy documents in 2014-2024 of 56 20 5 Uvurkhangai aimag 2012-2016 "Productive- Uvurkhangai" Governor's Action 37 16 4 Plan “Green Development” program of 73 20 20 Uvurkhangai 2014-2024

While 20 objectives of the "Green Development" program of Uvurkhangai aimag is matched to 73 measures of the National Development Strategy. It can see that the some appropriate amounts of the Development policy planning documents of Uvurkhangai are consistent with the MDG based National Development Strategy. The objectives of the Mongolian Millennium Development Goals are based on the MDG of the UN proposed in 2000 which was mainly focus on social development issues, including poverty reduction, education and health issues, related to gender equality. However, the Development policy and planning documents in Uvurkhangai aimag have relatively few provisions of them. In Appendix 6, the objective and measures are included in the main three policy documents of Uvurkhangai aimag are shown with the provisions are consistent with the Millennium Development Goals, in parallel. Five measures of total 56 measures of the Economic development in the policy document in 2014-2024 Uvurkhangai are in line with the Millennium Development Goals of Mongolia. 4 of total 37 measures of the 2012-2016 “Productive- Uvurkhangai” Governor's Action Plan, however 20 measures of total 73 of the “Green Development” program of Uvurkhangai aimag to the Millennium Development Mongolian Goals are linked.

7. Inclusive Development Policy Planning The requirements and principles for a better planning are apply inclusive planning and participations of interested stakeholders in the planning stages. A planning with stakeholders’ participation is believed to affect better determinating of the responsible bodies and and ensuring

11 the successful implementation. The analysis was studied on how did planning in local community. According to interviews, the research team led by Ch. Khashchuluun, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor of Science school of the National University of Mongolia developed the Economic development in 2014-2024 Uvurkhangai aimag. Aimag Governor’s 2012-2016 “Productive-Uvurkhangai” Governor's Action Plan were developed by team is headed by the governor's office, the “Green Development” program by program Advisor B.Batkhishig and Ts.Altanzul “Poverty and Environmental initiatives”. Sub-Programs were developed mainly by working groups of the departments’ offices and Governor’s offce. As as result, development policy of the aimag mainly was developed including within the Governor's office and the consultants form the capital city. It seemed that participation of stakeholder’s was not enough and a variety of interests that affecting local groups such as herders, businesses and non-governmental organizations, doctors and teachers were not involved in planned measures to implement. Local people's views need to include in further development policies and projections. Another commonly issue observed that public, private partnership in the local economic and social development. Moreover, local government agencies are involved in whole development policy planning documents and planned toresponsible for how and what everything implement whereas lack of common problems observed the private sector and civil society organizations uncertainty to how to participate and to ensure civic participation. In other words, it did not properly concern on public, private partnership and citizens' participation which is the most important in the current market system. This may adversely affect the implementation to approved policy documents. The criterion of the better development policy planning refers considered that combined with bottom-up, and cross planning, which is superior policy and program. Up is that the coordination of state policies, strategies tracking, integrated under the principle of methodology; bottom means the relevant community features to the pipeline needs to listen to and reflect from the local. However, cross-linking is coordination of strategy and business plans of sectoral ministries.

8. Allocated Budget for the Planned Objectives and Measures Aimag development policy and program is provided the required financial resources but socio- ecnomic guideline and annual budget did not sufficiently reflect. This is inherently local budget revenues are low which majority is spent for the current expenditure and left a little behind. However, using the local development fund and other sources of supply it needs to focus on to mobilize the financial resources to implement proposed objectives of the development policy and program through the Socio-economic guideline year by year. In general, it was planned beyond the local domestic financial resources. More activities planned, but they were lacked the capital resources required. Similarly, as it plans objectives and measures without sufficient financial resources to implement, as a destiny before over 400 programs have implemented proven unsatisfactory in Mongolia due to budget shortage, it is likely to remain lag behind. It can see planned measures were left funds unclear and too general in the Appendix No.4.

9. Responsible Bodies There were no certain responsible bodies and reflected too general of key stakeholders, their duties and functions in the Development policies, program and planned measures to implement. Every measure was not clearly stated owner is responsible. Therefore, it should be stated in the Socio-economic guideline, a certain responsible body and budget funds required every year. The analysis shows that many policy documents have no certain responsible body for measures in Uvurkhangai aimag. It is noticed in particular, 2012-2016 “Productive-Uvurkhangai” Governor's Action Plan, “Green Development” of Uvurkhangai aimag Appendix No.4 and it needs to reflect measures and its responsibilities in annual aimag Socio-economic guideline.

10. Statistics and Indicators for Implementation of the Policies and Programs to Evaluate This analysis is evaluated the objective and measure in the development policy and program and sufficient statistics assessing its implementation. Using a particular measure gives availability to monitor, review and objectively evaluate implementation for the development policy and program. No measurement indicators to assess are makes difficulty to assessing the implementation of objective and remain an empty slogan.

In terms of statistics, the development policy planning documents of Uvurkhangai aimag were showed that weakness of statistics and insufficient to measure the objective, assessing progress and achieve exactly what level, when. As a result, many objective is remained a declaration in nature, it is no clear to measure and evaluate the results achieved.

Table № 6. Usage of statistics and indicators for evaluation and review of implementation Main three programs Statistical expression of implementation to evaluate

The economic development policy Key indicators to assess the implementation of strategic goals and documents in 2014-2024 of objectives discuss by the Development council. There is no specific Uvurkhangai aimag target each implementing measure and program evaluation indicator is a general that rate of GDP growth, and taxes paid to the local and central budget, infrastructure software parameters. 2012-2016 "Productive - Only 3 specific indicators to reach the level are indicating specific Uvurkhangai" Governor's Action criteria. Not available other measurement. Plan

“Green Development” program of There are 8 clear indications to reach the objective. Not available Uvurkhangai, 2014-2024 other measurement. Many objectives do not have clear indicators which make difficulties to monitor and assess the results implementation process. It can be also seen the last column of the Appendix 4.

11. Review to the Development Main Three Policy Documents of Uvurkhangai aimag

11.1. The Economic Development Policy Documents in 2014-2024 of Uvurkhangai aimag In 2014 this document was developed and only considered in the medium to long-term economic development with a leading 5 sectors such as agriculture, tourism, trade, construction and building materials and mining in Uvurkhangai. The policy document was developed not based on the concept of a sustainable balance of the global standards of economic, social and enivironmental development trilogy in terms of methodological approaches of developing the documents thus it became unbalanced. In other words, this document was not reflecting a clear resolution of social and population problems including poverty reduction and environmental protection. The policy document has total 59 pages and was included full of economic potentials and market resources in its first 42 pages. This section was generally considered much more about the current aimag’s economy. As yet it was been demonstrated strengths and weaknesses of Uvurkhangai aimag. The next 10 pages was included on objectives of the economic development priority areas over the medium term (in 2014-2018) and long (in 2014-2024). The last section of it described a mechanism for implementing these proposed objectives. Another disadvantage is workers of the aimag's entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises, education and health sector, herders, and civil society representatives did not sufficiently include in identifying objectives and developing document the development policy document and did not widely discussed and processed for long period of time, it was written usually within the external consultants and the Governor's Office. It is shown that the proposed objective included too general as aslogan and not reflected opinions of a various stakeholders and the local context. It can be said that implementation would be unsussessful because of the funding and funding sources are uncertain and poor. There is not clear statement that what is poverty rate in Uvurkhangai, actions and programs to its reduction and expected outcomes in any stage, and how many jobs where planned to create a new field of uncertainty. Except two provisions of establishment of a new treatment facility Arvaikheer, to explore the possibility of exporting renewable energy, natural gas and electricity production at Bayantee mine, no reflection in particular by environmental pollution and degradation reduction and green development issues. It is also unclear why trying to produce renewable energy using mine while already the production of energy relies on sun and wind power. Details of the Economic development in 2014-2024 policy paper in Uvurkhangai aimag shown in Table No.1. Within the aimag 5 priority sectors, the Economic development in 2014-2024, it has proposed total 13 objectives and total 56 activities against it. 14 (25%) activitis of total activities is directly connected to poverty reduction activities such as to establish industry and services and housing and connect to engineering network services. However, 6 (10.7%) activities are directly reducing environmental pollution and degradation, for example, engineering construction of ger area households and supply of engineering integrated and sewerage network, and the creation of a new treatment plant in Arvaikheer town. But while it considers the planned total 20 activities and jobs may have a negative impact on the environment. For example, new establishment of many small and medium-sized leather 14 enterprises may make environmental pollution, especially the river water could be polluted by cleaning chemicals so clearly deliberate plan for the development of the high-technology industry consistent with international standard of chemicals. Travel depots and resort possibility to expand environmental pollutions where environmental issues to be consider in the planning too. Appendix No. 1 shows that 35 of total 56 or 62.5% of the total indicated in the Economic development in 2014-2024 in Uvurkhangai are indirectly related to reduce poverty, 7 or 12.5% are no impact of poverty reduction. According to the effect of reducing environmental pollution and degradation, 10 planned measures or 17.9% are indirectly impacted to objectives but 21 measures or 37.5% are no effect on the environmental pollution and degradation, while 19 or 33.9% would pollute the environment.

11.2. 2012-2016 “Productive- Uvurkhangai” Governor's Action Plan Governor’s 2012-2016 Action Plan has following structure: Chapter One. Economic Growth-Citizen with employed and income 1.1. Budget, finance and investment 1.2. Urban Development and Infrastructure 1.3. Employment, small and medium manufacturing and services 1.4. Agriculture, food safety 1.5. Environment, land affairs, tourism

Chapter Two. Social Policy – Human Development

2.1. Healthy citizen -Society’s value 2.2. Education maturity – Human’s value 2.3. Culture, sport - Power to promote development 2.4. Family development – Social protection

Chapter Three. Community Participation- State Service Reform 3.1. Efficient public services to everyone 3.2. Legal services to improve justice values 3.3. Economic foreign relations This document was developed in 2012 or slightly before the previuos document, which was reflected the economic and social development and environmental conservation issues.

А.In terms of Poverty Reduction: In this document are set objectives of enabling conditions to get jobs and income of individuals and families to increase concessional lending resources to establishing a guarantee credit system, support small and medium enterprises by increasing small and medium-sized manufacturing and service sectors in accordance with employment policies. Within supporting livelihoods and local manufacturing and creating jobs projects such as “Stocking”,”Ger” and “Housing”,”Potatoes and Vegetables”, “Jobs” and “Local Products” are able to assess the implementation and 15 evaluation compared with the previous program. In addition, positively impact on livelihoods that measures are support meat and dairy, pig and poultry farms, encourage an initiative policy of cooperative labor such as rural cooperatives, herding groups in increasing employment. The conditions would provide irrigated agriculture; demand of aimag is supply by local production 50 percent of the flour, eggs, and vegetables, 100 percent of meat, milk and potatoes each soum. An increase of fruit and vegetable of growing areas Kharkhorin, Arvaikheer, Tugruk, Nariinteel, Zuunbayan-Ulaan and Taragt soums, more engaged and allow to supply for food and vegetables in the foreign and domestic markets that objectives impact to reduce poverty. Also, the policy document was included objectives of establishing maternal and child clinical nursing, increasing prenatal centre capacity and increasing access to quality of health care and take measures to improve oral health and dental caries. And the planned activities, including full support of the private sector and non-governmental organizations to address reducing alcohol and drug consumption and to set up a anti-drug and narkology center, which are impact on reducing alcohol-related unemployment, poverty that will positively impact on the lives of people.

Box: Factors that lead to poverty in rural area

A survey conducted focus group discussions to gather quality data within the framework of the preparation of the National 5th MDG progress report of implementation, which raised major questions about the main cause of exposure to poverty in rural areas. The study was conducted in selected 12 soums from Uvurkhangai, Arkhangai, Khuvsgul, and Bulgan of Khangai region between July 28 and August 4.

As results of the survey identified the following main 5 causes affect the poverty in rural population:

1. The most important reason of poverty as is in any areas of the aimag and soums, unemployment and a lack of suitable jobs were common. This causes the most significant of which sorted out by participants always had in the first place.

2. The second reason is poor people is usually lazy themselves, life helpless and apathetic thinking, especially young people is no aspiration and saw for easy.

3. Animal husbandry is very dependent on weather, natural disasters as drought and dzud which increase herders without animals to become poor and much urban transition. 4. The tuition fee of their student child causes to become families poor due to pay loan.

5. Another reason of falling into poverty is illness of one of family member for the long term and make significant treatment costs.

We have determined that it needs to more consider on these factors in planning measures to reduce poverty and rural communities falling into poor in the Box.

B. In terms of Environment Conservation: The Governor ensured a comprehensive policy reflects environmental protection and balanced policy, appropriate use of resources and rehabilitation, and safe environment for development in his Action Plan. At the same time, it was defined below objectives on environmental protection:

To protection of forests from fires, insects and illegal logging and preparation, to support reforestation and tree nursery professional organizations, and to intensify protective forest strips up, set up monitoring system works, to facilitate every enterprise, organization and family to planting green tree in urban areas, by 4 times the current facility will be increased. An appropriate fuel usage, reduce the use of desert scrub vegetation and increase production of replacement use of desert shrub, all initiatives will be supported. Implementation of the general plan for development in all towns and setting integrated database of land management was reflected. However, it was not clearly include any funding and financing sources required to planned measures, we can see that there is proposed objectives are unlikely to be implemented. In this context, above mentioned two policy documents are not linked each other, the certain measures was not covered at all in the Economic development policy document in 2014-2024 in Uvurkhangai aimag prior policy document has included. Detailed analysis in 2012-2016 “Productive-Uvurkhangai” Governor's Action Plan is shown in Appendix No.2. According to Appendix No.2, under three overall objectives, there were proposed 10 sub objectives and total 37 activities planned. 6 activities (16.2%) designed to work as establishment of a new manufactory and small and medium-sized enterprises, “Stocking”, “Ger” and “Housing”, “Potatoes and Vegetables”,“Jobs” and “Local Product” projects are directly impact on poverty reduction. Meanwhile 7 activities (18.9%) are directly correlated with the reduction of environmental pollution, for instance, protect forest from fires, insects and illegal logging, reforestation and tree nursery professional organizations, and set protective forest strips, to intensify the monitoring system, enterprises, facilitate organizations and families in planting with green areas and increase the center 4 times to cleaning and restoration the urban ruins and an old building, to organize centralized landfills, free recreation planned activities such as green areas with parks, child youth play area with healthy and standard quality. Appendix 2 shows that 16 of total 37 activities or 43.2% of the total in 2012-2016 “Productive- Uvurkhangai” Governor's Action Plan to reduce poverty indirect, 15 or 40.6% of total the provision of measures no effects. According to environmental pollution, the amount of 5 actitivities or 13.5% of the total planned indirectly effect on reducing degradation, while 25 or 67.6% of total activities that measures have no effects.

11.3 “Green Development 2014-2024” program of Uvurkhangai This document was defined objectives to put the whole environmental protection and green economic basis. In other words, green development issues are separately included without linkage to economic and social development. Here are inconsistencies proposed objective in the document to the previous two policy documents. For example, this document has the objectives in supply of fuel with complete combustion of coal briquettes for family fuel needs up to 50%, full support to establish less heat loss buildings factory, but this objective was not mentioned on the previous two documents. Another interesting thing is this program is specifically taken into consideration to the governance issues and protection of cultural heritage in programs of “Governance for Sustainable Development”, “Culture and Heritage”. But the previous two documents did not mention it.

Aimag and local environmental priority issues are the increased number of livestock has exceeded the carrying capacity and deterioration of pasture vegetation and conditions as a whole. However, it observed weakness in this document, the problem, what is pasture land capacity and degradation, how to improve it, what are approaches to solve the issue in Uvurkhangai, left in the policy document. Orkhon has been the main polluted river due to lowering of the reiver and lake water by causing mineral extraction. This field has not provided a specific meaningful way. This program has no focused specific tasks defined in the “Green Development Policy” in Mongolia at local level. For example, new coverage of specially protected areas in Uvurkhangai and increase the area of new local protected land did not plan, wherein no idea this is a pity. If there is no specific provision in the previous two documents reflected, in contrast, supporting family development and poverty reduction, and to improve access to quality social protection services, and strengthen the complex delivery based on the needs of family members in this document were reflected. This program outcomes included that in 2013 the poverty rate in the aimag was 23.2% and it would be 11.6% in 2021. However, the previous documents the performance was not included. According to an analysis of Table 3 within the program objectives of the “Green Development” program in Uvurkhangai aimag, 6 activities or 8.2% of total of 73 measures that implement direct poverty reduction measures, 25 or 34.2% of total measures indirectly impact, while 42 or 57.5% of total measures no effect on reducing poverty, respectively. According to environmental analysis, 10 or 13.7% of total measures are directly reduce environmental pollution and degradation, and 40 or 54.8% of total measures indirectly impacts, while 15 or 20.5 of total measures no effect show, but 8 or 11% of total 73 measures will increase the negative impact on environmental pollution and degradation. It can seen that only 13.7% of total activities of the “Green Development” is impact directly reduce environmental pollution and degradation but it is significantly fewer activities in harmony with the environmental name of "Green".

12. Conclusion According to the analyzes, 16 objectives reflected in the Development policy and planning document of Uvurkhangai, observed following: 1. There is a weak relationship bewteen development policy documents each other. It would seem that primarily due to different people involved during the different time and not followed the same integrated regulations and concepts. According to a time period, these documents were developed in different years for instance a program in 2009 and 3 programs in 2010 and one in 2011, 5 in 2012, 2 in 2013 and 3 in 2014 and one for 2015 in developed which is not adopted yet. The period of programe both sub-programs of “Tourism” and “Mother and child health care, improvement of quality of service and accessibility” were ended in 2015, and 9 sub-programs are ending in 2016. In a different time period, programs have been developed by the different Governors which every policy documents did not link to previous programs. For example, the policy document of Economic development in 2014-2024 of Uvurkhangai aimag was developed in 2014 but it did not connect to the 2012-2016 "Productive-Uvurkhangai” Governor's Action Plan which was approved in 2012, and included only economic development, not social development and environmental issues at all. 18

2. The development policy planning policy document was separately developed social, economic and environmental protection and green development issues no connection between them in Uvurkhangai. Concept of the sustainable development was not properly taking into account. 3. By looking at reasons for why the development policies planning documents and sub- programs do not linkages between them, it was required to reviev Law on Administrative and Territorial Unit its Governance which has Articles including implementing particular provisions of Mongolian laws and adopted Government resolution in local areas, and implements the Governor’s Action Plan. By this law the development polcy documents were approved by the local government. 4. Another commonly issue observed that public, private partnership in the local economic and social development. Moreover, local government agencies are involved in whole development policy planning documents and planned toresponsible for how and what everything implement whereas lack of common problems observed the private sector and civil society organizations uncertainty to how to participate and to ensure civic participation. In other words, it did not properly concern on public, private partnership and citizens' participation which is the most important in the current market system. This may adversely affect the implementation to approved policy documents. 5. Objective of reduce poverty does not specifically and sufficiently focus on the development policy planning documents Uvurkhangai, especially the most important policy document as Economic development in 2014-2024 Uvurkhangai aimag has not at all idea of poverty reduction. 6. The most important environmental issues did not primarily reflect on the Economic development policy in 2014-2024 in Uvurkhangai aimag. 7. The analysis shows that many policy documents have no certain responsible body for measures in Uvurkhangai aimag. It is in 2012-2016 “Productive-Uvurkhangai” Governor's Action Plan, “Green Development” of Uvurkhangai aimag Appendix No.4 and it needs to reflect measures and its responsibilities in annual aimag Socio-economic guideline. 8. Similarly, as it plans objectives and measures without sufficient financial resources to implement, as a destiny before over 400 programs have implemented proven unsatisfactory in Mongolia due to budget shortage, it is likely to remain lag behind. It can see planned measures were left funds unclear and too general in the Appendix No.4. 9. In terms of statistics, the development policy planning documents of Uvurkhangai aimag were showed that weakness of statistics and insufficient to measure the objective, assessing progress and achieve exactly what level, when. As a result, many objective is remained a declaration in nature, it is no clear to measure and evaluate the results achieved. Many objectives do not have clear indicators which make difficulties to monitor and assess the results implementation process. It can be also seen the last column of the Appendix 4. 10. Table №1 shows measures (14) that can directly affect to poverty reduction has included in the Economic development in 2014-2024 of Uvurkhangai aimag but other two policy documents have relatively few of such measures. However, the environmental issue is planned relatively more measures in the (2014-2024) "Green Development" program of Uvurkhangai. 11. The analysis shows that integrated approaches and methodologies, techniques, and training courses are necessary for aimag and local development policy and plans.

13. Recommendations 1. The analysis shows that integrated approaches and methodologies, techniques, and training courses are necessary for aimag and local development policy and plans. The Ministry of Finance is needed to be considering on this issue. 2. The local government should follow principles of the Law on Development Policy Planning” adopted in 2015 in developing the development policy planning document. 3. It is recommended that ensuring principle of public participation in policy development policy planning and collective work of each group. The development policy of aimag is reflecting the voice of herders and businesses and work closely with non-governmental organizations like “Promote Wealth Creators” in developing process. 4. In developing the local policy planning document it is proposed to better plan activities with the soum feature, advantage, in particular, consider carefully characteristics of the traditional farming, manufacturing and service and weaknesses, and use own particular strengths. 5. It is recommended follow principle of with bottom-up, and cross planning development policy planning.Especially, objectives of line ministries strategy plan are need to cover at local level. 6. Policy planning document is able to compile similar documents to as one program and integrate each others except the Governor's Action plan in Uvurkhangai aimag. The development policy documents should be correlated, combined and fewer numbers of systematic policy and programs. For example, the Economic development policy document in 2014-2024 of aimag is need to combine with the “Green Development” policy, and it offers a unified policy document compliance with the sustainable development conceps including poverty and social development issues. 7. In September 2015, the 70th UN Assembly adopted the most important primary objective of global sustainable development is considered to eliminate poverty completely everywhere around the world. Since Mongolia joined in this objective and must consider to reduce poverty as a national priority issue. Therefore, poverty reduction issue is specifically recommended to consider and implement development policy planning in Uvurkhangai by specific measures. 8. Based on poverty map of the 2010 Population and Housing Census needs to determine the current poverty rate in Uvurkhangai, take certain development policy stages and actions to reduce the poverty. 9. The “Stocking” program has proven to be the most important way to make citizens out of poverty in rural areas, if it finds the right owners. Therefore, the program should include in the Development policy document and allocate budget for this event every year, which it can become a key tool for poverty reduction through a commercial bank even it reflected in the 2012-2016 Governor’s Action Plan. 10. Objectives in the Development policy and programs should reflect each activity in the Socio-economic annual guideline andd specify the responsibilities and its budget. The Governor’s action plan mainly include in the Socio-economic annual guideline whereas fewer measures from the sub-programs reflected in the annual documents. 11. Today, people are facing unpredictable environmental and ecological difficulties and declining of even more natural resources and increasing temp of climate change, polluting of air, water and soil, and loss of natural diversity as well as increases the number of frequency of natural disasters. It should be consider that the development traditional pattern and way of life are necessary to change as adapting to the conditions 20

increased frequency of emergencies to deal the traditional animal husbandry, climate change and drought. 12. The “Green development policy” in Mongolia is proposed as reflected share of the protected area of total state territory reaches to 25% by 2020 and by this provision, to specify the size of the territory Uvurkhangai to national and regional protected area. 13. The “Green Development Policy” in Mongolia has been proposed to support activity and policy planning of "Green Procurement" addressed to the local governor's offices and public institutions. 14. It is further recommended that companies need to meet requirements of “Green Building" to build new schools and kindergartens, in tender of the construction. 15. It should set specific objectives to forward solve own local problems in terms of environmental protection. For example, resort places located in the Khujirt soum, their waste have been pollute the environment and nature because of lack of water treatment capacity. The local government and recreation, healthcare organizations need to manage this in the sites. 16. Objectives of implementation both environmental protection and poverty reduction are together priorities to allocate budget to implement these policy planning is recommended. 17. Objectives of aimag development policy need to extract into specific and real activities. These activities should be measurable indicators to monitor progress and evaluate the results to reach to expected outcome. 18. Uvurkhangai aimag is identified own priority sectors and manufactories. The aimag is considered attention to the development of small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in traditional livestock herders could achieve success. For example, the Mongolian traditional ger wooden furniture manufacture, felt production and make halter and bridle from leather strap etc. Demand for this type of products not only in aimag has but also Khangai regions and adjacent Gobi regions. 19. To establish a cultivating fodder factory and to supply power plants to the factory which are for poverty alleviation and increase people’s income, on the other hand, is considered essential to build capacity to cope with emergencies risks. Especially planted and grown accustomed alfalfa can be a valuable feed for tired degraded animals. 20. Uvurkhangai aimag has opportunity to develop domestic tourism and to expand into a large complex resort located in the Khujirt soum. The comfortable infrastructure is the most important to development of tourism which is needed to consider in meeting the requirement for foreign and domestic tourists. It firstly is necessary to build places the power and solar powered water heating boiler into houses and toilets as possible as many camps and trips. Where possible, it needed to open fresh water pool and beach run beaches. This can attract tourists. 21. If in summer season, direct flights have to the Kharhorin which attracts more tourists. It would significant to the people who served in the resort of Khujirt too by traveling aircraft. 22. By improving the supply of goods network of agricultural products is opportunity to expand local economy. 23. Table No.1 and Table No. 2 showed that there is a plan to build a recycled agricultural products, build a large number of small and medium enterprises to produce the final product in Uvurkhangai. Here is suggest that to train unemployed and poor, and reflect employment policy and desirable to provide new jobs as possible many people especially from unemployed people. 24. Some planned of building objects may risk to environmental pollution and thus it need to considered environmental issues to reflect in the plan.

25. According to the programs conducted by NGO “Promote Wealth Creators” and Agency "Mass" many small and medium enterprises with a variety of activities have Uvurkhangai aimag and soums. There is great potential to increase employment and diversify the economy and the aimag's economy by providing financial support to find markets. 26. To work closely with non-governmental organizations like “Promote Wealth Creators” in developing process of the development policy of aimag;

Appendix № 1. Analysis on reflection of poverty and environmental issues in the Economic development policy document in 2014-2024 of Uvurkhangai aimag

Is reduce environment pollution and Is reduce poverty? degradation and natural resource scarcity? Possibility to connect to objectives of Goal and activities on the Policy documents poverty reduction, environmental degradation and green economy Adverse Directly Indirectly No effect Directly Indirectly No effect impacts

I.Agricultural Objectives Propose: As possible engage more people Objective: -1 Supplying markets from the livestock sector who unemployed, poor and people without products with value added 27.8 thousand tons of meat and animals to offer in the activity 30.6 million liters of milk, 684.8 thousand pieces of leather Fur, cashmere, leather and wool processing

and 2044.6 tons of wool and cashmere per year industry possibly pollutes environment and To meet this objective the following activities shall be water quality thus it requires water treatment implemented: facilities technology Activity 1: Animals, animal infectious disease-free zone through the prevention and eradication of animal-based diseases and improve the quality of veterinary services; ✓ ✓ .

To establish industry with less waste and environment friendly technology Activity 2: To establish animal by-product meat based on processing plants in Arvaikheer, and to export hygiene meat ✓ ✓ To train unemployed people and specify the eligible with international standards; number of workers in these plants

Activiy3: To establish of spinning, knitting and weaving based on the factory wool processing plant in Arvaikheer sum; ✓ ✓ To establish industry with less waste and environment friendly technology

To establish industry with no adverse Activiy 4: To establish primary maintenance points to a environmental effect, use of European livestock commodity of each soum; ✓ ✓ standards of chemicals and discharges of refining technology

Activiy 5: To introduce a dedicated refrigerated transportation services to the livestock industry products and raw materials preparation; ✓ ✓

Activiy 6: To increase the number of head of cattle to develop Carbon dioxide production is impacts in the livestock structure and develop cow farming area with high herding. profit meat and milk in towns; ✓ ✓

To reflect the number of new jobs to create

Activiy 7: To increase investment and introduce of new technology in feed industry in connection with the development of farms, to establish soums reservoir and To engage unemployed people from soum in increase the amount of fodder crops currently being prepared, ✓ ✓ preparation of grass and hay, in growing in and provide resources of cattle forage resources to feed nutrient advance hay and forage, earlier contract to supplements for up to 15 days; procure hay and forage.

Objective -2.Domestic production 70% of grain, and 130% of potato and 70% of vegetables, 10% of fruits and berries by developing the agricultural sector.

To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activiy 1: Commercialization in animal fodder plantation area To provide Number of unemployed people of 15950 hectares of uncultivated, include whole grains and ✓ ✓ involved fruits; Activiy 2: To increase production of buckthorn in Kharkhorin To provide Number of people and soum by cluster type and to grow buckthorn and other fruits in ✓ ✓ households got jobs other soums; Activiy 3: To establish factory of organic fertilizer and potato recycling (starch, chips) inArvaikheer and Kharkhorin soums; ✓ ✓ To use technology less waste and environmentally friendly

Activiy 4: To introduce modern high capacity, innovation ✓ ✓ productive techniques for the agricultural sector; Activiy 5: To establish a technical maintenance service center for farmer’ household and enterprises; ✓ ✓ Number of new jobs created

Activiy 6: To develop irrigation for farming areas; ✓ ✓

Activiy 7: To establish specialized vegetable cellar, develop winter greenhouse farming and vegetables processing, Specify the number of unemployed to preserving and packaging industries in Nariinteel, Tugrug, ✓ ✓ employment and income Arvaikheer and Kharkhorin soums;

Activiy 8: To establish potatoes and vegetables mechanized Specify the number of unemployed to and automatic storage and shopping centers in Kharkhorin and ✓ ✓ employment and income Arvaikheer soums Activiy 9: To develop agricultural (crop) production combined Specify how many new jobs can be created, farming (pig and chicken farm field); ✓ ✓ and include an opportunity how many people working who were unemployed Objective 3. Strengthening the sector's human resources and promote employment

To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activiy 1: To support centers in order to the preparation of To reflect number of trained unemployed educated workers in required cources and detail research on the ✓ ✓ youth in training centers workforce needs for the agricultural sector; Activiy 2: To update training content and curricula of vocational training centers with relationship to aimag ✓ ✓ economy's leading sectors; Activiy 3: Preparation of human resources of agriculture and logistics with university in accordance with State development ✓ ✓ priorities, strategic planning and labor market needs sector; Objective 4. To export of raw materials and agricultural sector final product (2014-2024) To establish industry with less waste and Activiy 1: To develop Small and Medium Enterprises of wool ✓ ✓ environment friendly technology and cashmere products

Activiy 2: To establish camel farmer and develop with tourism ✓ ✓ in Tugrik, Guchin-Us, Baruunbayan-Ulaan, Bogd soums; Activiy 3: To increase beef exports by setting up infrastructure to export to the border crossing, to develop beef cattle, meat ✓ ✓ and wool sheep intensive farming in all soums;

To establish industry with no adverse environmental effect, use of European Activiy 4: To establish leather manufacturing and to produce ✓ ✓ standards of chemicals and discharges of the final product in Arvaikheer town; refining technology

Activiy 5: To construct a plant of milk with the latest To develop employment policy which hire technology in Arvaikheer soum and final products to markets ✓ ✓ from unemployed people together it in Ulaanbaatar and other aimags; Activiy 6: To develop Arvaikheer as west-khangai regional ✓ ✓ logistics city of livestock raw material preparation; Activiy 7: To construct a flour power plant with the latest ✓ ✓ To develop employment policy which hire technology in Kharkhorin soum; from unemployed people together it II. Objectives of developing Tourism

Objective 1.To develop regional aimag tourism, include sites of natural and historical and cultural travel routes To achieve the above objective aimag tourism is included to ✓ ✓ To reflect environmental protection and develop four main routes. reduce waste Objective 2. To focus on development types of tourism, To reflect environmental protection, waste, including the special interest, natural and of cultural toilet and sanitation facilities issues tourism To achieve the above objective aimag plans to organize a event ✓ ✓ from the following cultural and sports measures every year. Objective 3. To improve welcoming service to visitors in tourist destination and upgrade of natural and historical environment and cultural sites Within this objective, open the ruins of Kharkorin city as museum, construct new tourist camps based on hot minerals with hospitals and traditional treatments, massage and sauna ✓ ✓ To reflect environmental protection, waste, services to tourists, to upgrade stores and shopping centers in toilet and sanitation facilities issues Arvaikheer city and Kharkhorin soums; to improve transport services and quality for visitors. Objective 4. To become tourism center as connecting vertical axis of Russia and China through the development of infrastructure of aimag and regional tourism Within this objective, to construct a new aircraft, paved road ✓ ✓ based on the Kharhorin major tourist destinations. 26

III. Objectives of trade and services, transport and logistics sector development Objective 1. Development of trade and services, transport and logistics sector on the basis of public private partnership

To ensure this strategic objective in the medium-term following activities will be implemented: Activiy 1: To promote the establishment of agricultural To reflect environmental protection, waste, products, raw materials and construction materials warehouse ✓ ✓ toilet and sanitation facilities issues and wholesale in Arvaikheer; Activiy 2: To support initiatives to build trade and service and ✓ ✓ a large enterprise of agricultural areas in soums; Activiy 3: In order to support business activities, develop public private partnerships and to establish aimag development ✓ ✓ councils and accelerate private sector representatives into aimag development policies within private participation; Activiy 4: Increased employment and job created small and medium-sized enterprises and employers through policies ✓ ✓ including SME loans, guarantees and leasing, insurance policies will be promoted; Activiy 5: Type of one window services allows a business ✓ ✓ license will be increased; Activiy 6: An increase of civil society participation in policy documents developing as well as in implementation and ✓ ✓ To include voices of poor and medium results-based monitoring and evaluation system will be groups for their policy planning implemented; Objective 2. Arvaikheer city will be developed as agricultural products and other raw materials, wholesale trade, warehousing, retail trade, construction, building materials trade, transit transportation and logistics service center. To meet this objective of the long-term strategy (2014-2024) the following activities shall be implemented: Activiy1: Trade, transportation and tourism road Arvaikheer- Attract a large number of unemployed Guchin Usr-Shiveekhuren area 485 kilometers projects will be ✓ ✓ people to the road and construction involved, developed and implemented; increase their income and livelihood

Activiy 2: Road of Arvaiheer-Bayangol-Saikhan Ovoo-Mandal Ovoo direction 300 kilometers, and then Dalanzadgad- ✓ ✓ Tsogttsetsii, South Gobi aimag will be constructed and connected to the planned road network; Activiy 3: The vertical road networks of the Millennium Road and national tourism network based on Kharkhorin- Arvaikheer-Gurvantes-Shivee-Khuren route of paved roads ✓ ✓ will be developed and expanded; tranzit transportation and accelerate development of the soums of Gobi and local exports will be increased; IV. Objectives of building and construction and building

materials industry Objective 1. Support housing and develop of building materials industry based on aimag resources, in the long- term planning of the the main building material, transportation and transit hub linking of Western and Khangai regions will be set up. Activiy 1: Metal and concrete, bloc concrete, quarry and ✓ ✓ To develop employment policy which hire mineral wool factories will be established; from unemployed people together it Activiy 2: The project construction of thermal power plant and To develop employment policy which hire heating main line with capacity of 35 MW in Arvaikheer will ✓ ✓ from unemployed people together it be implemented; Activiy 3: In accordance with the general plan of Arvaiheer and Kharhorin, integrated housing districts and towns will be ✓ ✓ implemented; Activiy 4: A new treatment facility in Arvaikheer will be ✓ ✓ This is directly related to environmental constructed; protection Activiy 5: Households of dwellings to centralized engineering networks in Arvaikheer city and Bogd, Bayangol, Sant soums ✓ ✓ will be connected; Activiy 6: Apartments with constructing integrated engineering ✓ ✓ networks and treatment in soum center will be built; Activiy 7: Ger households to building with engineering ✓ ✓ network services will be connected; Activiy 8: With long-term low-interest mortgage of banks, financial institutions and international organizations for ✓ ✓ residential apartment will be implemented;

Activiy 9: Production of construction products and building materials to the market of Khangai-Western aimags will be ✓ ✓ introduced; V. Objectives of Mining sector

Objective 1. The mineral commercialization in order to create funds to provide investment and economic growth in the future. Activiy 1: Update detailed exploration of geological deposits resource in the medium and long-term the following: -Explore details in occurrence of gold (660 kg) resources to explore high-growth Taatsin river in Nariinteel, Uyanga soum, gold of Dargiatin sarkhia (836.8 kg); -Explore lead (14914.0 tn) zinc (8273.9 tn) in Burd and Bayan-Undur soums and to raise a detailed geological exploration and investment cooperation; -Detailed exploration to increase (726845 tons of copper, ✓ ✓ 13219tons of molybdenum) in Ulaan tolgoi, Arvaikheer soum and investment cooperation; -Detailed exploration to increase on considerable resources of phosphorite (4375460 tons) in Khuren-Undur, Taragt soum, (19557 tons) in Tsagaan-Ovoot and investment cooperation; -Detailed exploration on potential growth of oil shale (130 million tons) Zuunbulag, Bayan-Undur; - Detailed exploration on oil in Tugrik soum; Activiy 2: To promote exploration by private sector investment by the state and aimag orders, and to increase and intensify ✓ ✓ including oil shale and other exploration activities; Activiy 3: To explore opportunities to produce and export renewable energy, natural gas and electricity based at ✓ ✓ Bayanteeg mine; Activiy 4: By developing criteria and standards for responsible To reduce environmental degradation mining companies and maintain accountability ratings of a ✓ ✓ through satandard reclamation and year will be openly informed; environmental protection

Activiy 5: To introduce corporate governance code to the state- owned and state-owned participatory mining companies and mining enterprises and financial and activity reports became ✓ ✓ transparent and an integrated database of information will be created; Objective 2. To construct power station based on Bayanteeg mining and increase not only coal also electricity in the future and increase energy exports from reliable supply of fuel and energy source to mines and industrial complexes by improving the reliable source of energy in the West and Khangai regions /

2014-2024 / To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activiy 1: To undertake exploration update to determine ✓ ✓ To add reclamation and environmental Bayanteeg resource; protection issues Activiy 2: By determining the details around the Bayanteeg ✓ ✓ mine resources and export of products in economic circulation; Activiy 3: To renewal of equipment in Bayanteeg mine and To establish industry with less waste and development of technical and economic feasibility studies of ✓ ✓ environment friendly technology mining-based power plant at Bayanteeg;

Total 14 35 7 6 10 21 19 Source: Economic development policy document in 2014-2024 of Uvurkhangai aimag

Appendix № 2. Analysis on reflection of poverty and environmental issues in the “Productive-Uvurkhangai” 2012-2016 Governor’s Action Plan

Is reduce environment pollution and Is reduce poverty? degradation and natural resource scarcity? Possibility to connect to objectives Goal and activities on the Policy documents of poverty reduction, environmental degradation and green economy Adverse Directly Indirectly No effect Directly Indirectly No effect impacts

CHAPTER ONE. ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EMPLOYED, PROFITABLE CITIZENS Taking into account the planning issues including make economic General Objective1: Keep increasing economic growth through the growth more inclusive, particularly effective use of development resources and strengths, and to develop from unemployed and poor people to intensive agriculture and industry and 2 times increase in GDP per capita; access and get benefits. To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Objective:1 To increase local budgets and the independence, by improving investment planning, sources of funding and and benefits the economic growth is ensured; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: An increase of local budget revenues Activity 1: To focus on taxes and fees of local businesses which carried and funding makes opportunity to use ✓ ✓ out activities to respective administrative units; in the poverty reduction and environmental protection. Objective:2 To ensure with healthy, safe and comfortable work, live and learn conditions for people; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity1: To begin to work and study the city culture and a decision Possiblity hearing more voices of poor which open with citizen participation, citizens with certain rights and ✓ ✓ people responsibilitiesin urban areas; Activity2: To start to establish clean and dirty water engineering networks and treatment facilities in towns, connect it to agencies and organizations in the first stage and then develop ger district standards and ✓ ✓ to support initiatives to improve the living environment of the people such as drinking water supply, waste transportation, street landscaping, decorative lighting, sidewalks and green facilities;

Activity 3: To upgrade public roads area on the basis of own potentials, to establish public holidays parks and recreational green areas and youth ✓ ✓ and children to playgrounds meet hygiene standard requirement in each soum; Activity 4: To fix and build flood protection dams in Arvaikheer city, ✓ ✓ located in the in Kharkhorin, Khujirt and Nariinteel soums; Activity 5: To provide ZIP number to all central, town streets, offices and households and expand basic postal network and increase the number of ✓ ✓ shipping; Activity 6: To clean and restoration of the town ruins and old building, Possible to more involvement from organize to the town development plan as well as arrange the central ✓ ✓ unemployed and poor people landfills; Activity7: To establish offices of apartment service in some soums; ✓ ✓ Objective: 3 To enabling individuals and families to get jobs, income in line with supporting small and medium-sized manufacturing and service sectors and increase of loan for small and medium enterprises ✓ ✓ with a guarantee system of credit related to employment policy; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity1: Occupational health and safety employees of entities and organizations to optimize and transparent of payroll systems in place, to ✓ ✓ allow time and productivity at work costs; Activity 2: To implement projects “Stocking”, “Ger”, “Apartment”, This measure will play a decisive role “Potato and Vegetables”, “Jobs” and “Local Products” in order to in reducing poverty. There should be a ✓ ✓ increase jobs and encourage local manufacturing; plan about eligible households and the number of population. Activity 3: To promote an initiative policy of cooperative labor such as to Possible to more involvement from establish meat, dairy, fig and chicken farms, rural cooperatives and ✓ ✓ unemployed and poor people herding group around the town; Objective: 4 To develop grazing and intensive livestock farming adapted to environmental and weather conditions and taking an integrated approach to the manufacturer herder families and promote agricultural production and to provide fresh ecological food products to needs aimag's population; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented:

Activity1: To take comprehensive measures including improve the quality of livestock, increase productivity and to increase herders revenue and increase the amount of animal protection fund and organize the work ✓ ✓ of registering cattle in accordance with international standards and insurance; Activity 2: To increase the number of new engineered wells, well repair More involvement from unemployed by a professional team in the soum and increase the water supply of ✓ ✓ and poor people. pasture and farmland; Activity 3: The conditions would provide irrigated agriculture; demand of Possible to more involvement from aimag is supply by local production 50 percent of the flour, eggs, and ✓ ✓ unemployed and poor people vegetables, 100 percent of meat, milk and potatoes each soum; Activity4: An increase of fruit and vegetable of growing areas Kharkhorin, Arvaikheer, Tugruk, Nariinteel, Zuunbayan-Ulaan and Possible to more involvement from ✓ ✓ Taragt soums, more engaged and allow to supply for food and vegetables unemployed and poor people in the foreign and domestic markets; Objective:5 To implement a comprehensive policy in environment protection and to ensure balanced and sustainable development and proper use of resources and rehabilitation; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity1: To protection of forests from fires, insects and illegal logging and preparation, to support reforestation and tree nursery professional organizations, and to intensify protective forest strips up, set up Possible to more involvement from ✓ ✓ monitoring system works, to facilitate every enterprise, organization and unemployed and poor people family to planting green tree in urban areas, by 4 times the current facility will be increased; Activity2: An appropriate fuel usage, reduce the use of desert scrub vegetation and increase production of replacement use of desert shrub, all ✓ ✓ initiatives will be supported; Activity3: To increase access to safe drinking water meet population health safety needs, the introduction of advanced technologies to mitigate ✓ ✓ the soum and aimag centers and to metering and pricing water supply; Activity4: Implementation of the general plan for development in all ✓ ✓ towns and setting integrated database of land management was reflected;

CHAPTER TWO. SOCIAL POLICY-HUMAN DEVELOPMENT General Objective: To implement supporting of child and family policies and activities including equal opportunities to participate in access to health and social welfare services, education awareness; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Objective:1 Introduction based on the ethics and effective management, and improve the quality and accessibility of public health and medical services, improving health and extend the average life expectancy of the population through people-friendly, equal and quality of care and services; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: To establishing maternal and child clinical nursing, increasing prenatal centre capacity and increasing access to quality of health care ✓ ✓ and take measures to improve oral health and dental caries; Activity 2: The planned activities, including full support of the private Possible to more involvement from sector and non-governmental organizations to address reducing alcohol ✓ ✓ unemployed and poor people and drug consumption and to set up a anti-drug and narkology center; Objective:2 To increase the quality and accessibility of education, to create conditions of competitiveness, citizen with confidence and respect national traditions and culture and willing to learn; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity1: To increase family, parents and public participation in improving children’s upbringing and behavior based on veteran teacher's ability to develop and implement day-care groups through the a program ✓ ✓ respects national culture and tradition, in their own local conditions consistent with patriotic-minded, life skills learned and Mongolian pride; Activity 2: To improve service quality, access and efficiency and dormitory conditions of all levels of educational institutions,transfer ✓ ✓ schools complete 12-year education system; Activity3: To increase the participation of local government institutions In terms of universal education, to in order to improve access to universal education, quality management, train in live skills, to obtain ✓ ✓ create opportunities and conditions to be promoters and distributors environmental protection practices lifelong learning"Gegeerel" centers”; incorporate Activity 4: To make public education pride of Uvurkhangai and make ✓ ✓ available to the public;

Objective: 3 Building a citizen patriotic values of history and heritage, a universal movement in consistent with the culture, fitness and sports and increase quality, services and access to the culture, art and sports aimed at promoting human development; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity1: To increasing access to cultural services to rural communities and to create distance and mobile services through developing a project, ✓ ✓ program of human resources capacity of cultural institution; ; Activity2: Develop and implement policies improving the cultural tangible and intangible heritage, historical and cultural property ✓ ✓ preservation, protection, and to increase the participation of governmental and non-governmental organizations; Activity3: To support the physical and fitness centers by promoting sporting development and activity and public physical exercizes and sport ✓ ✓ as a universal; Objective: 4 To create people-friendly and social security conditions in order to support children and family development policies and quickly and no delay of social welfare services to citizens; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity1: To promote clubs and centers of talent and skills development area for children, and children folk traditions legacy and implementation ✓ ✓ of folk art and preaching program national games project; Activity 2: To support competency-based veterans employment needs and active participation of elderly people in society, foster the ability of Support veterans livelihood which their life experience and knowledge to the young people, establish ✓ ✓ affect their long productive lives. recreational and leisure centers each soum, chamber for elderly in Arvaikheer;

Activity 3: Implementation work of the elders to citizenship by stage, to To include households headed, single, support social welfare support and assistance to necessary households ✓ ✓ retired elders as priorities identified and individuals;

CHAPTER THREE. PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM WITH CIVIL PARTICIPATION

General Objective 3: Public service reform with civil participation To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented:

Objective:1 The state will provide accessible, justice and equal service to residents by improving and reforming structure of the service; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: By civil and consumer councils respond to a ungiven general suggestions and complaints by compiling database and monitor on ✓ ✓ decision public service organizations; Activity 2: To provide information to the community from the government organizations with planned budget for the activity, which is ✓ ✓ open, to be taken regularly; Activity 3: To undertake open and transparent of any bidding and ✓ ✓ selection of government officials held electronically Activity 4: To establish “Civil Chamber” in aimag and soums; ✓ ✓ Activity5: To implement the project “Addresses” in town and rural ways; ✓ ✓ TOTAL 6 16 15 7 5 25 0

Appendix № 3. Analysis on Reflection of poverty, environmental issues to the “Green Development” program of Uvurkhangai aimag

Is reduce environment pollution and Is reduce poverty? Possibility to connect degradation and natural resource scarcity? to objectives of poverty reduction, Goal and activities on the Policy documents environmental Adverse degradation and Directly Indirectly No effect Directly Indirectly No effect impacts green economy

ONE. DEVELOPMENT ADAPTED CLIMATE Goal: In maintaining ecosystem sustainability, to limit environmental pollution and degradation, appropraire use and conservation of natural resources, favorable health and safety environment to live will be supported. To meet this goal the following objectives shall be implemented: Objective 1: By implementing a comprehensive policy including environmental protection and ensuring it balance, and appropriate use of resources and restore with a sound and safe environment for development will be created. To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented:

Activity 1: Policies on natural resources possessed by local people and provide optimal More participation of protection through them and implement environmental protection and rehabilitation, ✓ ✓ low income and poor and optimally growing animal husbandry and other agricultural suitable to pasture people in the activity capacity, to ensure safe and healthy environment for community will be implemented.

Activity 2: By stopping environmentally harmful production and services and the ✓ ✓ amount of funding for environmental remediation will be increased.

Plan more Activity 3: To protection of forests from fires, insects and illegal logging and involvement poor and preparation, to support reforestation and tree nursery professional organizations, and to ✓ ✓ low income people in intensify protective forest strips up by 6 times the current facility by 2021 will be afforestation and increased. forest strips

Activity 4: Detailed surveys on aimag natural plant, animal distribution and resource done by professional groups, to take drastic measures to protect rare animals and plants ✓ ✓ based on the detailed establishment of zone of use will be implemented.

Activity 5: By developing water management plan and protection and increase of water resources and to metering and pricing water supply, access to safe drinking water meet population health safety needs in the soum and aimag centers will be increased. ✓ ✓ Upgrading water treatment facilities in Arvaikheer, Kharkhorin and Khujirt soums and by recycling gray water technology will be used. Objective:2. Reduce the risks of climate change and to developing prevention system of preliminary report of natural and weather dangerous disastrous phenomenon, and improve the adaption of vulnerable sectors. To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: By reducing risk of drought through the regular expedition activity to affect ✓ ✓ weather, prompt delivery of information systems to people will be provided. Activity 2: Defining air pollution limitation zone, to provide a filter in water-heating furnaces and combustion furnace for at least 50% of total households in Arvaikheer, the ✓ ✓ introduction of advanced technology and individuals and manufacturers to make progress in it will be supported. Activity 3: To support for initiatives on industrial and household waste sorting and recycling products manufacturing industry, and shops, refining central landfill facilities ✓ ✓ and the waste transportation services with car park, a safe and healthy environment through innovation will be created.

Activity 4: Conduct monitoring research areas are affected by desertification and define the spread of details and grow of woody plants and perennials adapted to the area, and ✓ ✓ pasture management will b e improved.

TWO. GREEN ECONOMY Goal: To introduce a reward system to support public and private sestor wit promotion of green investments based on development potential and strengths; To develop environment-friendly mining, tourism and agriculture with advanced technology and promote resource use and recycling; To meet this goal the following objectives will be implemented: Objective:1. Increase revenues of agriculture, tourism and mining, from local development fund and local budget will be increased investment spending for the green development;; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: Estimate a detailed annual budget for the green development and approve it; ✓ ✓ Activity 2: To discuss by a community event, list of activities from the local development fund to under the green development program and projects; ✓ ✓ The green development fund with at least 5% of revenues of mining and tourism will be established. Activity 3: Organizations, enterprises and individuals with environmentally-friendly activities are engaged in concessional loans and the tax policies, pollutants ✓ ✓ organizations entity are pay fee to support in funding to reduce pollutions; Objective:2 To increase the value of land into economics and improve the utilization and protection; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: Re- plan of ger districts to implement public participation in the district's ✓ ✓ possession and ownership; Activity 2: Conclude owner agreements of land, green facilities will be increased by 4 ✓ ✓ times; To let own land for Activity 3: Intensify to own land of every citizen, to create conditions with improved ✓ ✓ poor and less income infrastructure to live; people Objective: 3 Reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the introduction of new energy saving technologies and to increase the supply of renewable energy; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: Full support for industries with low heat loss building housing materials, Implement policy of provide fuel consumption burning briquettes to families up to 50% in urban centers; new jobs to create ✓ ✓ specific % for the poor and low-income communities

Activity 2: To establish wind power plant at Bayanteeg mining at government policy ✓ ✓ level discussion; Activity 3: Reduce loss of energy of sub-station in soum through power transmission ✓ ✓ line by technological innovation; Activity 4: Providing support for increasing the use of renewable energy in towns, tour ✓ ✓ areas and streets lights; Objective:4. To connect centralized heat supply systems in soum settlements and to create safe and healthy environment and through the processing of raw coal and declining the pollution heavier elements in the atmosphere; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: Establish of the gas and gas stations in central areas; support industry to ✓ ✓ produce domestic electricity from gas and gas products; Plan of regularly measured stations on Activity 2: Reduce air pollution by establishing thermal plants in Arvaikheer and ✓ ✓ air quality standards Kharkhorin soums; Arvaikheer Black khorin be Activity 3: Heating in all soums to connect to the central heating systems; ✓ ✓ Activity 4: By increasing capacity of Bayanteeg coal mining, establish factories of ✓ ✓ processing of coal and briquette fuel; Objective:5 Develop of transport network by increasing local paved roads and the use of environmentally-friendly transport, no threat effects to human health and biological diversity; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: To construct of paved roads located in the Khujirt-Ulaan tsutgalan-Bat- Ulzii area 90 kms, Khujirt-Arvaikheer direction 45kms, Uyanga-Taragt-Arvaikheer ✓ ✓ 77kms and 80 kilometers fot Bayangol-Arvaikheer directions; Activity 2: To use of vehicles for public transportation powered by renewable energy in ✓ ✓ Arvaikheer, Kharkhorin; Objective:6. To support adaptation of the agricultural sector, to develop industrial clusters with green technology, to increase the supply by local; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: To establish local cooperatives, farmers in Arvaikheer, Kharkhorin, Khujirt and Uyanga soums, intensive livestock micro-regions and beef cattle model farming in ✓ ✓ Khujirt, Zuunbayan-Ulaan and Kharkhorin soums; Activity 2: To improve the local breed animals with high profit meat and milk, to ✓ ✓ conduct breeding work;

Create inter-seasonal encampment and the amount of fodders from disaster will be ✓ ✓ increased. Activity 3: Possession of land on a concessional basis to intencive farming enterprises and people, promote initiatives on appropriate use of pasture and fenced and ✓ ✓ conservation; Activity 4: To carrying grazing livestock to market demand, the regional environmental setting and effective to the environment capacity, herder families become as ✓ ✓ manufacturing and disseminating best practices of herders; Objective:7. To be economic priority through the increase and improvement of natural, historical, culture and eco-tourism products and services; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: Develop a master plan for the development of local tourism and development of a comprehensive micro-domains such as in Kharkhorin, Khujirt, Bogd, ✓ ✓ Bat-Ulzii, Esunzuil, Guchin-Us, Baruunbayan-Ulaan and Uyanga; Activity 2: To develop and implement welcoming project in Erdenezuu Tuvkhun, ✓ ✓ Ulaan tsutgalan; Activity 3: To increase revenues from tourism and include into natural, historical and cultural monuments tour routes in Burd, Esunzuil, Ulziit, Uyanga and Baruunbayan- ✓ ✓ Ulaan and Bogd soums; Activity 4: The development of winter tourism and camps comply with the international ✓ ✓ standard, can receive four seasons; Activity 5: To establish information center for tourists in Arvaikheer, Kharkhorin ✓ ✓ soums; Objective: 8. To support of minerals processing industry which deliver positive socio-economic impact to Aimag development, environmentally no adverse effects, economically efficient, socially accountable, responsible and transparent green mining; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: The promotion of reciprocal protection, and environmentally no harmful ✓ ✓ technology introduce to the mining industry; Activity 2: To cooperate in production of combustion and building materials to the ✓ ✓ needs of the Khangai region; Activity 3: To newly explore mineral deposits of strategic important areas, and ✓ ✓ intensifying mineral exploration and resources in some of the major results; Activity 4: To create a system to pay a fee all types of resources by resource users; ✓ ✓ Activity 5: To promote factory production based on the final product of mineral ✓ ✓ deposits; Activity 6: To reach mining reclamation up to 90.0% of broken field; ✓ ✓ 40

Objective: 9. To develop in accordance with the Green City reference standards, and make urban planning regarding to the settlements and density of population, and growing needs to meet; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: To newly build clean water facilities in Arvaikheer and provide clean water to city residents, and expansion of the treatment facilities, engineering network step by ✓ ✓ step; Activity 2: To perform partial planning of new residential zones in accordance with the general development plan in Arvaikheer and Kharkhorin and graduallt turn public ✓ ✓ investment of civil engineering and infrastructure; Activity 3: To start to connect to the engineering network of ger district, to construct road and pedestrians, lighting and green areas, resolve complex activities including power, telecommunications, television, radio, the Internet and public transport services, ✓ ✓ drinking water supply, waste transportation and create a healthy, comfortable and safe environment for citizens in Arvaikheer and Kharkhorin soums; Activity 4: To set up separate clean and dirty water engineering networks and treatment facilities in the soum towns, to improve the living environment of the people through ✓ ✓ the drinking water supply, waste transport and street landscaping areas, decorative lighting, sidewalks and green facilities by supporting initiatives; Activity 5: Upgrading of public roads area on the basis of their potential, to establish public holidays and recreational green areas with parks, for youth children playgrounds ✓ ✓ to meet with hygiene standards required in each soum; THREE. EQUITY SOCIETY WITH EMPLOYED AND PROFITABLE CITIZENS Goal: To continuously improve the quality of life and sustainable development through in package delivery of education, health, social welfare and employment, financial services based on family members’ needs and initiatives by creating favorable healthy, safe and green living environment conditions and improving people ecological education and awareness; To meet this goal the following objectives shall be implemented: Objective:1. In order to reduce poverty, support family development, improve the quality and access to social welfare services based on the needs of family members and comprehensive delivery of services; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Plan the number of new jobs-income Activity 1: To increase the aimag labor and employment, and to implement a range of ✓ ✓ work, priority to train measures to support family development; unemployed without income

Plan to investment in Activity 2: To full support of green employment, engage of citizens involvement in the works of growing vegetables, buckthorn, green development and environmental remediation activities; ✓ ✓ and growing animal feed to involve unemployed people Activity 3: To require social responsibilities of enterprise, to prepare eco staff, organize ✓ ✓ green training and capacity building step by step in aimag; Objective: 2. To increase green education quality and accessibility to respect nature and the environmentof national traditions; ✓ To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: To develop green development education program and training methodology, applications and manual suitable for local conditions, distribution and ✓ ✓ delivery to the public; Activity 2: To improve the people’s knowledge and education on green development and expansion of formal and informal trainings step by step to learn the protection ✓ ✓ technology of the natural world; Activity 3: To create ecological environment in all levels of schools and kindergartens, ✓ ✓ teaching environmentally -friendly live science to teenager and children; Activity 4: To regular implement set of measures including to build life skills of respect family values, Mongolian products, traditions and customs, to improve environmental ✓ ✓ education and awareness to parents, increase of attitudes and knowledge, to provide new services of eco-living tips to family; Activity 5: Special attention to establishing and implementing eco-friendly children program and introduce the "Exchange Student" with local natural features, history, ✓ ✓ culture, traditions, heritage and culture; Objective: 3. To strengthen healthy green jobs by improving the community's participation and cross-sectors branches cooperation activities; To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: Supplied medical equipments, tools, medicines, reagents need to meet the ✓ ✓ modern requirements and be friendly to human health; Activity 2: To introduce of advanced technologies for the disposal of hospital waste is ✓ ✓ environmentally no harmful; Activity 2: To promoting the population diet, physical activity and promote activity prevent infectious and non-infectious diseases, physical fitness, and create a healthy ✓ ✓ people and a healthy environment by improving public participation and inter-sectoral cooperation;

FOUR. GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Goal: Improve the leadership of local organizations and to develop stakeholders partnership, to improve coordination and inter-sectoral coordination, transparency and accountability, with citizens' participation governance for the sustainable development will be created. To meet this goal the following objectives shall be implemented: Objective 1: To create transparent, accountable and coordinated, monitored governance which meet the public and private partnerships and civil society organizations at all levels, To establish internal control and accountability on activities of the state institutions. To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: The state will provide accessible, justice and equal service to residents. ✓ ✓

Activity 2: Aimag’s human development index will be reached at 0.685. ✓ ✓ Activity 3: By civil and consumer councils respond to a ungiven general suggestions and complaints by compiling database and monitor on decision public service ✓ ✓ organizations; Activity 4: By creating database of transparent, monitoring information on environmental responsibility of enterprise organizations, citizens will participate in ✓ ✓ decisions-making. Activity 5: By improving the case and control disputes and the court system related to inappropriate use of natural resources and environmental pollution to avoid losses ✓ ✓ environmental damage. Activity 6: To the public quarterly inform budget report on expenditure at all levels of ✓ ✓ the state organization and place in website "Transparent Budget". FIVE. CULTURE AND HERITAGE Goal:

To develop of patriotism that respects values, culture, history and heritage, and create conditions to being expanded the local network to ensure human development and promote green development. To meet this goal the following objectives shall be implemented: Objective 1: To increase traditional knowledge of future generation on protecting environment and cultural heritage promote and cultivate respectful culture to patriotic history of citizen, by spreading governmental and non-governmental organizations participation in the locals natural and cultural heritage of land conservation, and oversight to improve its protection. To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: To create incentives to stimulate and protect “The natural and cultural ✓ ✓ heritage” and responsibility of citizens. 43

Activity 2: To organize of cultural cognitive works on environmental and cultural heritage for cultivate the concept of protection of the land and to implement extensive ✓ ✓ management plan of activities in Orkhon Valley cultural monuments of joint administration of institutions. Objective 2: To develop in accordance with the cultural heritage-based tourism and concept of sustainable economic development. To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Early plan measures from environmental pollution in developing a travel Activity 1: To develop the Orkhon Valley as a tourism model based on cultural and and toursim, for natural heritages region. Bat-Ulzii, Kharkhorin, Hujir, and Uyanga soums are become ✓ ✓ example, waste the local tourism model area. collection, storage and placing the modern sanitary facilities and use water treatment, etc. Activity 2: To expand the scope of tourism into economic aspects by taken up to natural ✓ ✓ and cultural heritage tourism network in the territory of the total area. Objective 3: A green city, based on community participation and control by creating, restoring and green areas and reducing environmental pollution and degradation, will be created. To meet this objective the following activities shall be implemented: Activity 1: To implement the waste transportation services with car reform, upgrade unified waste center, to ensure waste sorting and recycling products manufacturing ✓ ✓ venture by sources, refining central landfill facilities press and burying by phases; Activity 2: To increase by 6 times the current level of urban green facilities and provision of hardware and equipments, improve irrigation systems and increase ✓ ✓ incentives to households and citizens who planted green facilities in their own expenses; Activity 3: Defining air pollution limitation zone, to provide a filter in water-heating furnaces and combustion furnace in households, the introduction of advanced ✓ ✓ technology and individuals and manufacturers to make progress in it will be supported. Activity 4: To train in good habit for people to create healthy living conditions by agitating awareness training through mass media and keeping clean the environment ✓ ✓ waste and protect springs; Activity 5: To construct paved road in town center and ger areas and set a new bicycle path step by step to renovate the old road and increase daylighting as integrated ✓ ✓ management system.

Activity 6: In urban areas, citizens decide with public participation in decisions, as a ✓ ✓ rule people have certain rights and responsibilities, and to learn the city culture.

TOTAL 6 25 42 10 40 15 8

Appendix № 4. Thematic analysis on expected results, budget and responsibilities of the Development policy planning documents of Uvurkhangai aimag Development policy planning Responsibilities Allocated budget Expression statistically evaluation and implementation documents of Uvurkhangai aimag

1. Economic development policy in Each measure to be not clearly The amount of capital required Key indicators to assess the implementation of the strategic 2014-2024 in Uvurkhangai aimag specified is responsible owner, while building concrete and polishing goal and objectives are discussed by the aimag Development Chapter 4 provides a general in stones, mineral wool plant, siirmeg councils. Each measure does not reach a certain level and stakeholders and their roles and concrete were estimated and specified program evaluation to assess performance indicates that level functions to implement development to build by private sector investment. of the GDP growth, and local taxes paid to the state budget, policies. infrastructure software parameters which are too general.

2. “Productive- Uvurkhangai” No responsible bodies for every No amount of required capital and Only 3 specific provisions to reach the level of indicating 2012-2016 Governor’s Action measure are clearly specified. resources. specific criteria. No other a measurements at all. Plan 3.”Green Development” 2014- No responsible bodies for every No amount of required capital and Only 8 specific provisions to reach the level of indicating 2024 program of Uvurkhangai measure are clearly specified. resources. specific criteria. No other a measurements at all.

4.“Learning Organization” The aimag Governor and his office, The state budget, own income of the Program results are difficult to measure because no specific program, 2010-2016 The civil service branch public sector, State Development indicator and it only contain that knowledge and skills are Fund and donations and grants improved.

Moreover, it stated that all civil servants have participated in any training.

5.Sub-program “Tourism” 2010- Annual action plan to implement Establish Tourism Fund No certain measurement in each activity to implement. Only 2015 approved by Authorities of one clear indicator that the amount of the local tax has Its sources: State and local budgets, Environment and Tourism and increased by 30%. foreign grants, aid and international Professional Inspection. projects and programs Reporting obligations is responsible for Development Policy Department.

6.Program on Capacity building of Program responsible for organizing State budget, own revenue, Program results are difficult to measure because no specific the civil service 2010-2016 and implementing aimag and soums, international project, program, indicator and it only contain that knowledge and skills are the Governor and his administration, organization, citizens’ donations improved. Governor, delegated range of Moreover, it stated that all civil servants have participated in departments and agencies and is any training. responsible for the civil service branch

7.Sub program “Buckthorn” 2010- Program implementation activities’ Funds from citizen and enterprises, Program results are given certain parameters, to reach the 2016 plan was developed for each year, each state and local budget, own revenue, expected level. For example, buckthorn and other fruits and responsibilities was stated. local SME fund, Employment fund, vegetables cultivated land will in no less than 1,000 hectares Agriculture fund, Reforesting and and will create 1,500 jobs. Environmental Conservation Fund,

donations and grants

8.Program on Mother and child Implementation plan was developed State budget, donation, grant and Program results were not use parameters that express health care, improvement of each year, executive agency is aimag other sources measurement and performance targets, set the general quality of service and accessibility Health Authority objective is to reduce child morbidity and mortality. 2011-2015

9.Sub program on Healthy citys, Responsible body is the Local Counsil State, local budget, donation, grant, Programийн үр дү нг хэм soum , bagh, and family , 2012- by the Governor’s degree. There were project and program funding үзү ү лэлтү ү д, хү рэх тү вшинг зааж ө гсө н. М өн 2016 state other responsible organizations. эр үү л мэ болзлыг хавсаргасан.

10. “Humanitarian program” Implementation strategic plan was Local budget, the Governor’s It was difficult to measure program results due to it did not developed, but was not specified resource budget, Mongolian Red use a specific indicator. Humanitarian activities will be (uncertainty of implementation responsibilities for each activity. It is Cross Society project, program, implemented in innovative approaches and state involvement, period ) should provide management from the donations and grants initiative and support wiil be improved and increased delegates of the CRH and Chairman of resources and capacity. the CRH, soums’ Governors. Program was no evaluation because Program was no evaluation because are missing some parts 11.Enterprises Development Implementation responsibilities in plan are missing some parts missing from. missing from. Program in Uvurkhangai 2011- are stated. 2016

12.Program on Improvement of Implementation responsible for the Annual budget from state institutions It was difficult to measure program results due to it did not work conditions and social security management of all government and international project fund, use a specific indicator. However, it was possible to specify for civil servants , 2012-2020 organizations of aimag. Activities in donation and grant the expected level. For example, how many civil servants the Governor’s Action Plan and the have own apartments. annual socio-economic guideline of soums are included. 13.Program on “Disabled Responsibilities: Education and No amount of required capital and Program result indicator: children’s rights” 2013-2016 Culture and Health Authority, Social resources. Number of legal acts and decision has been made about the Welfare Authority and Department of disabled child welfare; number of established friendly Children,Family and Development of environment for the disabled children; and the number of aimag disabled children covered by comprehensive service

Some result indicators and expected outcome were specified. 14.3.Policy on “Agriculture” 2012- The Governor’s Office, Food, Financing of expenditure 2013-2016 For example, Average 600-700 tons of wheat will be 2016 Agriculture, Small and Medium by year and reflect a particular source produced per year, agricultural use of land will be reached to Enterprises Authority was stated. 80%, and at least 80% of hardwares will be mechanical.

15.Program on Increase The Employment Department, the The local budget, Employement Program implementation indicators: Employment and Create Jobs in the Governor’s Office at soum level. Promotion Fund, Soum Development medium-term , 2014-2016 Fund Coordination is for the aimag Number of covered people, The amount of budget spent, Governor in cross- sectors in aimag. number of permanent and temporary jobs created, number of newly job created in every year which are possible to evaluate the program.

16.“ Civic Education” program, Responsibility of the Legal The local budget, Sectors’ program Program implementation indicators: 2014-2018 Department and the Health Authority budget, project, program and Lifelong Education Center and the Governor’s Office of soums. The plan The number of people who covered by program, the number to implement this program was of criminal cases declined, quality and access to legal aid approved on April 11th, 2014 and has services, quality and access to health services, number of responsiblites for each measure. newly established small and medium-sized enterprises;

Appendix № 5. Analysis on harmonization of the Development policy planning of Uvurkhangai aimag to the Comprehensive National Development Strategy Policy planning document of Provisions Provision of the Comprehensive National Development Aimag Strategy 1. Economic development policy document in 2014-2024 5.2.1.4. Agriculture and Food production policy

I.Agriculture Development Goals Set up animals infectious disease-free quiet zone through the Phase I (2007–2015 он): Strategic Objective 1. prevention animals and eradication of animal-based diseases and Objective: 1 -Begin to introducing high technology to infectious and parasitic improve the quality of veterinary services; diseases to livestock; Activity 1: -improve the quality of livestock, breeding activities; Objective:1 To increase investment for the introduction of new technology and Strategic Objective 5. nutrition industry in connection with the development of farms, A set of measures including revive crop production and to improve increase the amount of fodder crops currently being prepared, and of the nutritional quality of food, increasing supplies and access will Activity 7: cattle pasture and forage resources provide resources to feed nutrient be implemented; supplements for up to 15 days and soums reservoir and power plant; Objective: 2 -To commercialization of whole grains, fruits and in animal fodder Strategic Objective 2. plantation area of 15950 hectares of uncultivated; Activity 1: - Establish fruit, fruit tree nursery areas and expansion of fruit and -To increase the development of clusters of buckthorn and other fruits berry plantation; Activity 2: planting industry in Kharkhorum soums;

Objective: 2 Introduce innovation of modern high capacity productive techniques Strategic Objective 6. for the agricultural sector; Activity 4: Advanced technologies to reduce soil erosion and fertility of storage and evaporation in agriculture will be introduced; Objective: 2 Strategic Objective 2. Activity 6: Тo develop of irrigation in regions of farming area; -provide leasing of irrigation machinery and equipment, improved irrigation construction and use of ownership in accordance with the

market principles;

Objective: 2 To develop agricultural production combined with farming (pig and Phase II (2016-2021): chicken farms); Strategic Objective 1.-To develop the agricultural and industrial complex of mutually supporting of agriculture; Activity 9: - To construct a plant with the latest technology to process milk in Phase II (2016-2021): Arvaikheer soum and distributethe final product to market in Objective: 4 Strategic Objective 2.- To increase exports, rapid development of Ulaanbaatar and other aimags; food small and medium-sized high-technology production based on 48

the needs of the population, for domestic demand o f ecological To establish of flour power plant with the latest technology in food products; Kharkhorin soum; Activity 5: Activity 7: Objective: 4 5.2.1.2. Processing industry development policy -Establish of Small and Medium Enterprises for wool and cashmere Phase I (2007-2015):Strategic Objective 2. products; Activity 1: - To implementation of programs in developing regional industry -To establish leather deep processing plant and to produce the final with the innovative techniques and technology and no

product in Arvaikheer; environmental harmful in processing of “Coat cashmere, sheep and Activity 4: camel wool” and "The development of the leather processing; II. Objectives of tourism -To do a variety of tasks, such as improving the quality and type of 5.2.1.5. Tourism development policy development transport services for visitors; Phase I (2007-2015): Strategic Objective 1. -To construct international airport based Kharkhorin travel and paved - To improve communication, energy supply and major tourist roads in main tourist destinations; Objective: 3 regional roads and to develop in conjunction with other sectoral development policies;

5.3.1. Road and transport policy Objective: 4 Phase I (2007-2015):Strategic Objective 2.

- New airport establish in Kharkhorin, equip with lights and landing systems to local airports with paved runways; III. Objectives of trade, service, -Road construction of 485 kilometers in Arvaikheer-Guchin-Us- 5.3. Infrastructure development policy transportation and logictics Shiveekhuren direction, development of trade, transportation and 5.3.1. Road and transport policy development tourism road projects; Phase I (2007-2015):):Strategic Objective 2. Objective: 2 - Road of 300 kilometer in Arvaikheer-Bayangol-Saikhan-Ovoo- Tsogt-Ovoo directions and connection to Dalan-zadgad and then to the - To connect paved road to the city and the regional and aimag Activity 1: planned road networks Dalanzadgad-Tsogttsesii, Umnu Gobi aimag; centers, each other in the next round; Activity 2: IV. Objectives of construction - To establish concrete, siirmeg (block), quarry and mineral wool 5.3.5.Urban and construction development policy and construction materials factories; Strategic Objective 2. industry - the development of construction materials industries based on Objective: 1 local raw material resources; Activity 1: Objective: 1 To implement long-term mortgage with low interest rates with Strategic Objective 3. cooperation of banks, financial institutions and international -To increase financial resources to build apartments and develop a organizations; loan primary and secondary market in the long-term, introduce a Activity 8: fund for apartments to build and contracted savings system;

V. Objectives of mining sector Update detailed exploration of geological deposits resource in the 5.2.1. Industry development policy development medium and long-term the following: 5.2.1.1. Geological, mining and mineral resources, and heavy -Explore details in occurrence of gold (660 kg) resources to explore industrial development policy high-growth Taatsin river in Nariinteel, Uyanga soum, gold of Objective: 1 Phase I (2007-2015): Dargiatin sarkhia (836.8 kg); Strategic Objective 1. -Explore lead (14914.0 tn) zinc (8273.9 tn) in Burd and Bayan-Undur Activity 1: soums and to raise a detailed geological exploration and investment - expansion of geological survey and mineral exploration; cooperation;

-Detailed exploration to increase (726845 tons of copper, 13219tons of

molybdenum) in Ulaan tolgoi, Arvaikheer soum and investment cooperation; -Detailed exploration to increase on considerable resources of phosphorite (4375460 tons) in Khuren-Undur, Taragt soum, (19557 tons) in Tsagaan-Ovoot and investment cooperation; -Detailed exploration on potential growth of oil shale (130 million tons) Zuunbulag, Bayan-Undur; - Detailed exploration on oil in Tugrik soum Activity 2: To promote exploration by private sector investment by the state and aimag orders, and to increase and intensify including oil shale and other exploration activities; Objective: 1 By developing criteria and standards for responsible mining companies Strategic Objective 2. and maintain accountability ratings of a year will be openly informed; Activity 4: - To follow adopted standardized technologies mining operations; Objective: 1 To explore opportunities to produce and export renewable energy, 5.3.2. Energy sector development policy natural gas and electricity based at Bayanteeg mine; Activity 3: Phase I (2007-2015): Strategic Objective 2. -To connect soums and towns which not connected to a centralized system with power transmission air line, to provide a permanent electricity using renewable energy and other resources; 2. “Productive-Uvurkhanga” 2012-2016 Governor’s Action Plan 5.3.5.Urban and construction development policy CHAPTER ONE. ECONOMIC GROWTH-EMPLOYED AND Work of clean and dirty water engineering networks and sewerage Strategic Objective 2. PROFITABLE CITIZEN systems in soum centers will be started. According to partial improvement plan the engineering Objective: 2 infrastructure, land use in urban areas; Activity 2: Objective: 2 To clean and restoration of the town ruins and old building, organize to SIX. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY the town development plan as well as arrange the central landfills; 50

Activity 6: Strategic Objective 1. -To implement waste sorting and transportation, recycling products manufacturing and new technology with environmentally-friendly in waste management and create new jobs; Objective: 3 To implement projects “Stocking”, “Ger”, “Apartment”, “Potato and 4.1. Poverty and Unemployment reduction policy Vegetables”, “Jobs” and “Local Products” in order to increase jobs and -To increase economic growth and investment integrate to keep the encourage local manufacturing; unemployment rate not exceeding 3%; Activity 2: Objective: 4 To take comprehensive measures including improve the quality of 5.2.1.4. Agriculture and Food production development policy livestock, increase productivity and to increase herders revenue and Activity 1: Strategic Objective 1. Within introduction of biotechnology, increase the amount of animal protection fund and organize the work improve the quality of animal breeds and increase the yield of crop; of registering cattle in accordance with international standards and insurance; By using of biotechnology, revitalizes livestock and development of animal drugs, sterilization and disinfectant-preparation and implementation of program "Animal Quality" Objective: 4 The conditions would provide irrigated agriculture; demand of aimag Strategic Objective 2. To improving land use, develop irrigated is supply by local production 50 percent of the flour, eggs, and agriculture and increase the production of agricultural products by Activity3: vegetables, 100 percent of meat, milk and potatoes each soum; introducing biotechnology; Objective: 4 An increase of fruit and vegetable of growing areas Kharkhorin, Phase I (2007-2015):Strategic Objective 2. Arvaikheer, Tugruk, Nariinteel, Zuunbayan-Ulaan and Taragt soums, Activity4: - To stablish fruit and fruit tree nursery areas and expansion of fruit more engaged and allow to supply for food and vegetables in the and berry plantation; foreign and domestic markets; Objective т: 5 To protection of forests from fires, insects and illegal logging and SIX. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY preparation, to support reforestation and tree nursery professional Activity1: Strategic Objective 4. organizations, and to intensify protective forest strips up, set up monitoring system works, to facilitate every enterprise, organization Sustainable use of forest resources and ensure that forest protection and family to planting green tree in urban areas, by 4 times the current and restore ecological balance; facility will be increased; 5.3.5.Urban and construction development policy Objective: 5 Implementation of the general plan for development in all towns and setting integrated database of land management; Activity4: Strategic Objective 4. -Quck providing information regarding integrated land system to the public; CHAPTER TWO. SOCIAL 4.5. Health development policy POLICY-HUMAN Introduction based on the ethics and effective management, and The health development policy aims to equal health care services to DEVELOPMENT improve the quality and accessibility of public health and medical the population, have access to and quality and reduce the services, improving health and extend the average life expectancy of consistency of morbidity and mortality, promote clean growth in the population through people-friendly, equal and quality of care and population and increasing life expectancy in Mongolia. Health care Objective:1. services; financing is become as appropriate in accordance with international 51

standards. A "Health" national program will be implemented. By 2015, the health sector has met the full implementation of the master plan. Objective:1. By establishing maternal and child clinical nursing, increasing prenatal 4.5. Health development policy centre capacity and increasing access to quality of health care and take Activity1: Strategic Objective 1. measures to improve oral health and dental caries; Maternal and infant health protection system will be improved; Objective: 2 To increase the participation of local government institutions in order 4.4. Education development policy to improve access to universal education, quality management, create Activity3: Strategic Objective 1. opportunities and conditions to be promoters and distributors lifelong learning"Gegeerel" centers”; - Support for re-education; Strategic Objective 3. -improve education sector’s administration and professional management; Objective: 3 Develop and implement policies improving the cultural tangible and 4.6. Culture and art development policy intangible heritage, historical and cultural property preservation, Strategic Objective 2. protection, and to increase the participation of governmental and non- Activity 2: governmental organizations; -The preservation of traditional cultural tangible and intangible heritage of the Mongolia, rehabilitation and protection of it, disseminate nationally and globally as cognitive education , to support by the government policy; Objective: 4 To implementation of child talent and ability development centers, o 4.6. Culture and art development policy teach cultural traditions and national arts and games ; Strategic Objective 2.

Activity 1: - Implementation national program and project on traditional and classical art to children; Objective: 4 To support competency-based veterans employment needs and active 4.8. Social welfare and labor development policy participation of elderly people in society, foster the ability of their life Strategic Objective 3. experience and knowledge to the young people, establish recreational Activity 2: and leisure centers each soum, chamber for elderly in Arvaikheer; -Development and implementation of program on employment needs and services for women, senior elderly, herders and the disabled as defined social groups of the population; CHAPTER THREE. PUBLIC To provide information to the community from the government 7.1 Legal Reform SERVICE REFORM WITH organizations with planned budget for the activity, which is open, to be Strategic Objective 1. CIVIL PARTICIPATION taken regularly; - Ensure accessibility and transparency of public services; Objective:1Activity 2:

Objective:1 7.2. Mongolian state institutions, public administration, development 52

To implement a project “ Addressing” in urban areas and rural roads; Strategic Objective 5. Activity 5: -To renew adressing name in the city and the aimag center, and register of major urban codes in the integrated system, addressing with international standards, and name of land and river and establish address database; 3. “Green Development” program of Uvurkhangai aimag” ONE. DEVELOPMENT To protection of forests from fires, insects and illegal logging and SIX. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ADAPTED TO CLIMATE preparation, to support reforestation and tree nursery professional Strategic Objective 4. CHANGE organizations, and to intensify protective forest strips up by 6 times the current facility by 2021 will be increased. -Create conditions for sustainable use and protection of forest Objective 1: reserves, reforestation and maintenance of ecological balance; Activity 3: Objective 1: By developing water management plan and protection and increase of Strategic Objective 3. water resources and to metering and pricing water supply, access to - Create necessary conditions for protecting and ensuring proper use safe drinking water meet population health safety needs in the soum of water resources, preventing their shortage, and providing the Activity 5: and aimag centers will be increased. Upgrading water treatment population with water, which meets health requirements. Implement facilities in Arvaikheer, Kharkhorin and Khujirt soums and by a national “Water” programme recycling gray water technology will be used. Objective: 2. -Defining air pollution limitation zone, to provide a filter in water- Strategic Objective 1. heating furnaces and combustion furnace for at least 50% of total Activity 2: - Implementation of integrated legal, economic, management and households in Arvaikheer, the introduction of advanced technology structure on air pollution in Ulaanbaatar and major cities; TWO. GREEN ECONOMY and individuals and manufacturers to make progress in it will be supported. −Implement a set of legal, economic, managerial and organizational Objective:4. -By constructing heating station in Arvaikheer and Kharkhorin soums measures to reduce environmental pollution in Ulaanbaatar City, Activity 2: and toreduce air pollution; large towns and settlements. Objective: 2. To support for initiatives on industrial and household waste sorting and Strategic Objective 1. recycling products manufacturing industry, and shops, refining central - Implement an integrated policy of using new technology and landfill facilities and the waste transportation services with car park, a management to collect, transport, store, sort out, recycle, and reuse Activity 3: safe and healthy environment through innovation will be created. solid waste in urban and other settled areas and thus, create new job opportunities. Objective: 2. Conduct monitoring research areas are affected by desertification and Strategic Objective 6. define the spread of details and grow of woody plants and perennials -To expand public engagement and provide knowledge and adapted to the area, and pasture management will b e improved. awareness on climate change and desertification, adaptation and Activity 4: mitigation way, negative consequences to overcome them; 5.3.5.Urban and construction development policy TWO. GREEN ECONOMY Re- plan of ger districts to implement public participation in the district's possession and ownership; Objective: 2. Strategic Objective 3. Activity 1: -Develop ger districts into residential areas with participation of 53

residents and increase the supply of housing, which corresponds to the purchasing power of the population; Objective:3 - To establish wind power plant at Bayanteeg mining at government 5.3.2. Energy sector development policy policy level discussion; Activity 2: Phase I (2007-2015):Strategic Objective 2. - Providing support for increasing the use of renewable energy in Activity 4: - Apart from connecting soums and settlements, which are not towns, tour areas and streets lights; linked to the integrated energy system to electricity transmission air lines, ensure steady supply of electricity to soums and settlements through using renewable and other energy sources; Objective: 5 To construct of paved roads located in the Khujirt-Ulaan tsutgalan-Bat- 5.3. Infrastructure development policy Ulzii area 90 kms, Khujirt-Arvaikheer direction 45kms, Uyanga- 5.3.1. Road and transport policy

Taragt-Arvaikheer 77kms and 80 kilometers fot Bayangol-Arvaikheer Activity 1: directions; Phase I (2007-2015):Strategic Objective 2. - Build paved roads to connect regional and provincial centres to the capital city, followed by interlinking regional and provincial centres; Objective: 7 - Develop a master plan for the development of local tourism and 5.2.1.5. Tourism development policy development of a comprehensive micro-domains such as in Strategic Objective 2. Kharkhorin, Khujirt, Bogd, Bat-Ulzii, Esunzuil, Guchin-Us, Activity 1: Baruunbayan-Ulaan and Uyanga ; Build significantly larger tourist complexes and new varieties of tourist attractions, based on specific features of different regions of Activity 3: - To increase revenues from tourism and include into natural, Mongolia; historical and cultural monuments tour routes in Burd, Esunzuil, Ulziit, Uyanga and Baruunbayan-Ulaan and Bogd soums; 5.2.1.1. Geological, mining and mineral resources, and heavy industrial development policy Objective: 8. To newly explore mineral deposits of strategic important areas, and intensifying mineral exploration and resources in some of the major Phase I (2007-2015):Strategic Objective 1.

results; Activity 3: -Expand geological exploration and mineral survey; Objective: 8. To reach mining reclamation up to 90.0% of broken field; SIX. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY Strategic Objective 1. Activity 6: - To implement of restoration environmental policy based on economic assessment in damages; 5.3.5.Urban and construction development policy Objective: 9. - To start to connect to the engineering network of ger district, to construct road and pedestrians, lighting and green areas, resolve Activity 3: Strategic Objective 1. complex activities including power, telecommunications, television, Activity 4: radio, the Internet and public transport services, drinking water supply, - According to partial improvement plan the engineering waste transportation and create a healthy, comfortable and safe infrastructure, land use in urban areas; environment for citizens in Arvaikheer and Kharkhorin soums;

-To set up separate clean and dirty water engineering networks and treatment facilities in the soum towns, to improve the living environment of the people through the drinking water supply, waste transport and street landscaping areas, decorative lighting, sidewalks and green facilities by supporting initiatives; THREE. EQUITY SOCIETY 4.1. Poverty and Unemployment reduction policy WITH EMPLOYEDAND PROFITABLE CITIZENS To increase the aimag labor and employment, and to implement a range of - To increase economic growth and investment integrate to keep the measures to support family development; unemployment rate not exceeding 3%; Objective:1 Activity 1 Objective:3 4.5. Health development policy Supplied medical equipments, tools, medicines, reagents need to meet the Activity 1: modern requirements and be friendly to human health; Strategic Objective 4. - Develop leading production technologies for pharmaceuticals, medical tools, supplies and equipment; FOUR. GOVERNANCE TO - By creating database of transparent, monitoring information on 7.1 Legal Reform SUSTAINABLE environmental responsibility of enterprise organizations, citizens will Strategic Objective 1. DEVELOPMENT participate in decisions-making. - Ensure accessibility and transparency of public services; Objective: 1 - To the public quarterly inform budget report on expenditure at all levels of the state organization and place in website "Transparent Budget". Activity 4: Activity 6:

Appendix № 6. Analysis on relationship of Development policy planning of Uvurkhangai aimag to MDG in Mongolia

Aimag’s policy planning documents Provision of aimag policy planning document Provision of MDG in Mongolia

1. Economic development policy document in 2014-2024 of Uvurkhangai aimag III. Objectives of trade, service, Increased employment and job created small and medium-sized MDG 1: Objective 3 transportation and logictics enterprises and employers through policies including SME loans, To increase of the employment rate and reduction in youth development Objective 1: guarantees and leasing, insurance policies will be promoted; unemployment to labor market; Activity 4:

IV. Objectives of building and - In accordance with the general plan of Arvaiheer and Kharhorin, MDG 7: Objective 17 construction and building materials integrated housing districts and towns will be implemented;; industry - With long-term low-interest mortgage of banks, financial institutions By 2015 to improve housing conditions; Objective 1: and international organizations for residential apartment will be implemented; Activity 3: Activity 8:

Objective 1: - Households of dwellings to centralized engineering networks in MDG 7: Objective 16 Arvaikheer city and Bogd, Bayangol, Sant soums will be connected;; Activity 5: By 2015, to reduce the proportion of people without access - Apartments with constructing integrated engineering networks and safe drinking water and sanitation; Activity 6: treatment in soum center will be built;

2.”Productive-Uvurkhangai” 2012-2016 Governor’s Action Plan CHAPTER ONE. ECONOMIC GROWTH- To start to establish clean and dirty water engineering networks and MDG 7: Objective 16 EMPLOYED AND PROFITABLE CITIZEN treatment facilities in towns, connect it to agencies and organizations

Objective 1: in the first stage and then develop ger district standards and to support initiatives to improve the living environment of the people such as By 2015, to reduce the proportion of people without access drinking water supply, waste transportation, street landscaping, safe drinking water and sanitation; Activity 2: decorative lighting, sidewalks and green facilities;

Objective 3: To implement projects “Stocking”, “Ger”, “Apartment”, “Potato and MDG 1: Objective 1 Vegetables”, “Jobs” and “Local Products” in order to increase jobs and Activity 2: By 2015 compared to 1990, the proportion of people below encourage local manufacturing; the minimum subsistence level of income 2 times; Objective 3 To increase of the employment rate and reduction in youth unemployment to labor market; CHAPTER TWO. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT- To establishing maternal and child clinical nursing, increasing prenatal MDG 5: Objective 10 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT centre capacity and increasing access to quality of health care and take To access to everyone necessary reproductive health measures to improve oral health and dental caries; Objective 1: services, reduce maternal mortality rate 4 times in 2015 Activity1: compared to 1990;

CHAPTER THREE. PUBLIC SERVICE To provide information to the community from the government MDG 9: Objective 22 REFORM WITH CIVIL PARTICIPATION organizations with planned budget for the activity, which is open, to be To fully respect the Universal Declaration of Human taken regularly; Objective 1: Rights, ensure media freedom and an opportunity to get free Activity 2: access to information; 56

3. “Green Development” program of Uvurkhangai aimag ONE. DEVELOPMENT ADAPTED TO - Defining air pollution limitation zone, to provide a filter in water- MDG 7: Objective 14 CLIMATE CHANGE heating furnaces and combustion furnace for at least 50% of total

Objective 2: households in Arvaikheer, the introduction of advanced technology and individuals and manufacturers to make progress in it will be Sustainable development through reflecting international Activity 2: supported. development policy and program, and particularly reduce ХОЁР. GREEN ECONOMY air pollution in Ulaanbaatar; - Reduce air pollution by establishing thermal plants in Arvaikheer and Objective 4: Kharkhorin soums;; -Activity 2: Objective 9: - To newly build clean water facilities in Arvaikheer and provide clean MDG 7: Objective 16 water to city residents, and expansion of the treatment facilities, Activity 1: engineering network step by step; By 2015, to reduce the proportion of people without access - To perform partial planning of new residential zones in accordance safe drinking water and sanitation; Activity 2: with the general development plan in Arvaikheer and Kharkhorin and graduallt turn public investment of civil engineering and infrastructure; - To set up separate clean and dirty water engineering networks and treatment facilities in the soum towns, to improve the living Activity 4: environment of the people through the drinking water supply, waste transport and street landscaping areas, decorative lighting, sidewalks and green facilities by supporting initiatives; THREE. EQUITY SOCIETY WITH MDG 1:Objective 3 EMPLOYED AND PROFITABLE - To increase the aimag labor and employment, and to implement a CITIZENS range of measures to support family development; To increase of the employment rate and reduction in youth unemployment to labor market; Objective 1: - To full support of green employment, engage of citizens involvement in the green development and environmental remediation activities; Activity 1:

Activity 2: FOUR. GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE - By creating database of transparent, monitoring information on MDG 9: Objective 22 DEVELOPMENT environmental responsibility of enterprise organizations, citizens will To fully respect the Universal Declaration of Human participate in decisions-making. Objective 1: Rights, ensure media freedom and an opportunity to get free Activity 4: - To the public quarterly inform budget report on expenditure at all access to information; levels of the state organization and place in website "Transparent Activity 6: Budget". FIVE. CULTURE AND HERITAGE To train in good habit for people to create healthy living conditions by MDG 7: Objective 15 agitating awareness training through mass media and keeping clean the Objective 3: To protect stream water sources and reducing evaporation environment waste and protect springs; Activity 4: through rehabilitation;

Appendix № 7. Analysis on relationship between the Economic development policy document in 2014-2024 of Uvurkhangai aimag and Sub-programs Аimags Sub-Programs Provisions Provisions of the Economic development policy document in 2014- 2024 of Uvurkhangai aimag 1. Sub-program “Tourism” 2010- Objective 2. To extend the travel and tourism direction, type, II. Objectiveof tourism development 2015 route and scope of services, and establish brands and products Objective 1. To develop regional aimag tourism, include sites of which suit the local development and improve the regional natural and historical and cultural travel routes tourism infrastructure; Objective 2. . To focus on development types of tourism, including 3.3.5. To protect tourism resources such as historical sites and the special interest, natural and of cultural tourism natural beauty, monumental and cultural heritage and registration and restoration and connect integrated tourism routes; Within this objective, open the ruins of Kharkorin city as museum, construct new tourist camps based on hot minerals with hospitals and 3.5.3. By promoting springs and resert in Baruunbayan-Ulaan traditional treatments, massage and sauna services to tourists, to upgrade soum Sand Resort, and Khuren rock, Khujirt, Khust, Khuremt, stores and shopping centers in Arvaikheer city and Kharkhorin soums; to Mogoit, Biluut and Khyatruun and attribute domestic brand improve transport services and quality for visitors. tourism; 2.”Learning Organization” Incoherent. No objectives and activities on civil service including human capacity program, 2010-2016 building in the Economic Development policy document 2014-2024 was reflected, it were covered only economic development issues in

Uvurkhangai. 3.Program on Capacity building of Incoherent. No objectives and activities on civil service including human capacity the civil service 2010-2016 building in the Economic Development policy document 2014-2024 were reflected, it was covered only economic development issues in Uvurkhangai. Objectiveууд: 1. To create a legal and economic favorable I.Objectives of agricultural development condition to planting buckthorn and other fruits farming; Objective 2. 4.Sub program “Buckthorn” 2010- 2. To provide citizens and businesses under irrigation 2016 seabuckthorn area and their needs, to increase household income Activity 2: To increase production of buckthorn in Kharkhorin soum by by having market and provide ways of improving technology; cluster type and to grow buckthorn and other fruits in other soums;

5.Program on Mother and child Incoherent. No objectives and activities on social issues including maternal and infant health care, improvement of quality health in the Economic Development policy document 2014-2024 were of service and accessibility 2011- reflected, it was covered only economic development issues in 2015 Uvurkhangai. 6.Sub program on Healthy citys, Incoherent. No objectives and activities on health issues in the Economic soum , bagh, and family , 2012- Development policy document 2014-2024 was reflected, it were covered 58

2016 only economic development issues in Uvurkhangai.

7.”Humanitarian program” Incoherent. No objectives and activities on protection of people’s lives and health, prevent from disasters and humanititis in the Economic Development (uncertainty of implementation policy document 2014-2024 were reflected, it was covered only economic period ) development issues. 2.3.2. To support in promoting of the local product… to support III. Objectives of trade, service, transportation and logictics 8.Enterprises Development enterprises activities; development Program in Uvurkhangai 2011- 2.3.3. To classify SMEs as a large, medium and small capacity, 2016 Objective 1. Activity 2: To support initiatives to build trade and service to develop a new alternative clusters differently with the and a large enterprise of agricultural areas in soums; 2.3. Implementation Activity development of industry as import and export business industry, cooperatives, groups and household to support loans and financial Activity 4: Increased employment and job created small and medium-sized

assistance to cover in selected projects and land tenure, enterprises and employers through policies including SME loans, guarantees and leasing, insurance policies will be promoted; 9.Program on Improvement of Incoherent.. Activity 3: In order to support business activities, develop public private work conditions and social security partnerships and to establish aimag development councils and accelerate for civil servants , 2012-2020 private sector representatives into aimag development policies within private participation; 10.Program on “Disabled Incoherent. No objectives and activities on protection of disabled children right in the children’s rights” 2013-2016 Economic Development policy document 2014-2024 were reflected, it was covered only economic development issues. To increase the conditions for irrigated agriculture, by 2016, to 11.Policy on agriculture, 2012- I.Objectives of agricultural development provide 100% of the necessary potatoes population, vegetables 2016 50% and 60% of wheat will be harvested in each soum. Objective -2. Domestic production 70% of grain, and 130% of potato Objective and 70% of vegetables, 10% of fruits and berries by developing the Introduction of advanced technologies for the agricultural sector agricultural sector. Second priority and increase in irrigated agriculture and improve the use of arable land and hardware upgrades. Activity 4: To introduce modern high capacity, innovation productive techniques for the agricultural sector; 2.4. To conduct field research on irrigated area, establish Activity 6: To develop irrigation for farming areas; reservoirs and ponds and restoration of feasibility activities for old irrigation system was used; Activity 3: To establish factory of organic fertilizer and potato recycling 2.6. To introduce of advanced irrigation technology (drip, (starch, chips) in Arvaikheer and Kharkhorin soums; perfusion systems and sprinkler) to increase the yield per unit; Activity 7: To establish specialized vegetable cellar, develop winter 4.2. To establish potatoes, vegetables, fruit and vegetable greenhouse farming and vegetables processing, preserving and packaging processing plant, plant (chips, crystal, starch, pickles, canned industries in Nariinteel, Tugrug, Arvaikheer and Kharkhorin soums; goods) in Arvaikheer and Kharkhorin soums to support the expansion of concessional loan policies; 12.Program on Increase 1.3.To installing an Integrated information network (E- I.Objectives of agricultural development Employment and Create Jobs in the Exchange), to provide continuously information jobs and Objective 3.Activity 1 To support centers in order to the preparation of medium-term, 2014-2016 organizing counseling services, vocational guidance in all soums; 59

educated workers in required cources and detail research on the workforce FIVE. Measures within the 1.4.Support households manufacture of less educated people, needs for the agricultural sector; objective and to achieve results groups and cooperatives, to provide cooperative training, information and technical advice for employment; III. Objectives of trade, service, transportation and logictics Objective 1. development Objective 1.Activity 4: Increased employment and job Effectively support and incentives to conditions of employment Objective2. created small and medium-sized enterprises and employers through for unemployed people and specific groups created and increased policies including SME loans, guarantees and leasing, insurance policies employment; will be promoted; 13.“ Civic Education” program, Incoherent. The Economic development policy document in 2014-2024 of 2014-2018 Uvurkhangai aimag is only concerns the economic development due to no social issue and civic education objectives and activities were reflected.

Appendix № 8. Analysis on relationship between the “Productive-Uvurkhangai” 2012-2016 Governor’s Action Plan and Sub-programs Аimag’s sub-programs Provisions in the Sub-programs Provisions “ Productive-Uvurkhangai” 2012-2016 Governor’s Action Plan 1. Sub-program “Tourism” 2010-2015 Incoherent. No specific objectives on tourism development in “Productive-Uvurkhangai” Governor's Action Plan were specified. 2.”Learner Organization” program, 2010-2016 2.1.1. In a year, 1-2 times short-term external professional ХОЁРДУГААР Б -ҮHUMANЛЭГ . SOCIAL POL ICY training for government officials, and create a mechanism DEVELOPMENT for providing training to work with schools and training Objective 2.Activity3: To increase the participation of local centers in the Academy of Management and Public government institutions in order to improve access to Management; universal education, quality management, create opportunities and conditions to be promoters and distributors lifelong learning"Gegeerel" centers”; 3.Program on Capacity building of the civil service 2010- 3.2.2. Preparation mangers in training programs in Public ХОЁРДУГААР Б -ҮHUMANЛЭГ . SOCIAL POL ICY 2016 Management of the Academy of Management, study of DEVELOPMENT Master of Public Administration, and re-training in short- Objective 2.Activity3: To increase the participation of local term, vocational training services, Higher education base on government institutions in order to improve access to the agreement, training in within objectives of the line universal education, quality management, create ministries; opportunities and conditions to be promoters and distributors lifelong learning"Gegeerel" centers”; Objectives: 1.To create a legal and economic favorable Chapter One. Economic growth and employed and condition to planting buckthorn and other fruits farming; profiatble citizens 4.Sub program “Buckthorn” 2010-2016 2. To provide citizens and businesses under irrigation Objective 4. Activity 4: An increase of fruit and vegetable seabuckthorn area and their needs, to increase household of growing areas Kharkhorin, Arvaikheer, Tugruk, income by having market and provide ways of improving Nariinteel, Zuunbayan-Ulaan and Taragt soums, more technology; engaged and allow to supply for food and vegetables in the foreign and domestic markets; 5.Program on Mother and child health care, improvement 3. To provide continuous medical care and services .Activity1: To establishing maternal and child clinical of quality of service and accessibility , 2011-2015 mothers and children, improve access to quality and stable nursing, increasing prenatal centre capacity and increasing reductions in morbidity and mortality and access to quality of health care and take measures to 3.10. To study the child tooth and decay disease, increase improve oral health and dental caries; treatment and the number of children in the cabinet, study measures to implement the financial and legal framework in order to increase of dental and private dentists to work under a contract; 6.Sub program on Healthy citys, soum , bagh, and family , 4.2.2. To improve of solid waste collection and Chapter One. Economic growth and employed and 2012-2016 transportation and technological innovation widely to profiatble citizens engage individuals and entities mechanisms to involve; Objective 2. Activity 2: To start to establish clean and dirty 4.2.3. To connect homes to sewerage system by stage, and water engineering networks and treatment facilities in to provide hygienic boreholes and waste water toilets to towns, connect it to agencies and organizations in the first unconnect families and households; гэр хорооллын усан stage and then develop ger district standards and to support хангаж, ариутгах татуур-гын initiatives to improve the living environment of the people 61

4.2.4. To improve the residential facilities and outside area, such as drinking water supply, waste transportation, street to gardening and increase lighting; landscaping, decorative lighting, sidewalks and green facilities Activity3: To upgrade public roads area on the basis of own potentials, to establish public holidays parks and recreational green areas and youth and children to playgrounds meet hygiene standard requirement in each soum; 7.”Humanitarian program” ( uncertainty of implementation Incoherent. No objectives and on protection of peoples’ lives and period ) health, prevention of disaster and humanities in the Governor’s Action plan were reflected. 2.3.2. To support in promoting of the local product… to Objective: 3 To enabling individuals and families to get support enterprises activities; jobs, income in line with supporting small and medium- 2.3.3. To classify SMEs as a large, medium and small sized manufacturing and service sectors and increase of 8.Enterprises Development Program in Uvurkhangai 2011- capacity, to develop a new alternative clusters differently loan for small and medium enterprises with a guarantee 2016 with the development of industry as import and export system of credit related to employment policy business industry, cooperatives, groups and household to 2.3. Implementation Activities support loans and financial assistance to cover in selected projects and land tenure, 9.Program on Improvement of work conditions and social Incoherent. No objectives and activities on working condition of civil security for civil servants , 2012-2020 servants and ensure social security of aimag in the Governor’s Action plan were reflected. 10.Program on “Disabled children’s rights” 2013-2016 Incoherent. No objectives and activities on protection of disabled children right of aimag in the Governor’s Action plan were reflected. 11.Policy on agriculture, 2012-2016 To increase the conditions for irrigated agriculture, by Objective 2016, to provide 100% of the necessary potatoes Second Priority population, vegetables 50% and 60% of wheat will be harvested in each soum. Activity 3: The conditions would provide irrigated Introduction of advanced technologies for the agricultural agriculture; demand of aimag is supply by local production sector and increase in irrigated agriculture and improve the 50 percent of the flour, eggs, and vegetables, 100 percent of use of arable land and hardware upgrades. meat, milk and potatoes each soum; 2.4. To conduct field research on irrigated area, establish

reservoirs and ponds and restoration of feasibility activities Activity 4: An increase of fruit and vegetable of growing for old irrigation system was used; areas Kharkhorin, Arvaikheer, Tugruk, Nariinteel, 2.6. To introduce of advanced irrigation technology (drip, Zuunbayan-Ulaan and Taragt soums, more engaged and perfusion systems and sprinkler) to increase the yield per allow to supply for food and vegetables in the foreign and unit; domestic markets; 4.2. To establish potatoes, vegetables, fruit and vegetable processing plant, plant (chips, crystal, starch, pickles, canned goods) in Arvaikheer and Kharkhorin soums to support the expansion of concessional loan policies; 12.Program on Increase Employment and Create Jobs in the Objective: 3 To enabling individuals and families to get 4.2. Effectively support and incentives to conditions of medium-term 2014-2016 jobs, income in line with supporting small and medium- employment for unemployed people and specific groups 62

created and increased employment; sized manufacturing and service sectors and increase of loan for small and medium enterprises with a guarantee system of credit related to employment policy;

4.1.1.To provide the basic legal knowledge for children CHAPTER TWO. SOCIAL POLICY-HUMAN DEVELOPMENT and youth and organize pre-integrated measuresto avoid Objective 2. any legal conflic; Activity1: To increase family, parents and public 4.2.1.Awareness behaviors and healthy living for all ages of participation in improving children’s upbringing and population; behavior based on veteran teacher's ability to develop and 4.3.3. To possess ethics and communication skills to people implement day-care groups through the a program respects and help them learn to make the right decisions when faced national culture and tradition, in their own local conditions with problems, and plans for life and develop the consistent with patriotic-minded, life skills learned and Mongolian pride; 13."Civic Education" program, 2014-2018 conviction to reach it, creative thinking and organizing training on the ability to drive self-monitoring; Activity3: To increase the participation of local government institutions in order to improve access to universal education, quality management, create opportunities and conditions to be promoters and distributors lifelong learning"Gegeerel" centers”;

Activity 4: To make public education pride of Uvurkhangai and make available to the public;

Appendix № 9. Analysis on relationship between the “Green Development” program and Sub-programs

Аimags Sub-Programs Provisions in the sub-programs Provisions in “Green Development” program 1. Sub-program “Tourism” 2010-2015 Objective 2. To extend the travel and tourism TWO. GREEN ECONOMY direction, type, route and scope of services, and Objective 7. Activity 1: Develop a master plan for the development establish brands and products which suit the local of local tourism and development of a comprehensive micro- development and improve the regional tourism domains such as in Kharkhorin, Khujirt, Bogd, Bat-Ulzii, Esunzuil, infrastructure; Guchin-Us, Baruunbayan-Ulaan and Uyanga; 3.3.5. To protect tourism resources such as Activity 2: To develop and implement welcoming project in historical sites and natural beauty, monumental and Erdenezuu Tuvkhun, Ulaan tsutgalan; cultural heritage and registration and restoration and connect integrated tourism routes; Activity 3: To increase revenues from tourism and include into natural, historical and cultural monuments tour routes in Burd, 3.5.3. By promoting springs and resert in Esunzuil, Ulziit, Uyanga and Baruunbayan-Ulaan and Bogd soums; Baruunbayan-Ulaan soum Sand Resort, and Khuren rock, Khujirt, Khust, Khuremt, Mogoit, Biluut and Activity 4: The development of winter tourism and camps comply Khyatruun and attribute domestic brand tourism; with the international standard, can receive four seasons; 2.”Learning Organization” program, 2010-2016 Incoherent. No objectives and activities on public service including human resources capacity in “Green Development” Uvurkhangai aimag 63

were reflected.

3.Program on Capacity building of the civil service Incoherent. No objectives and activities on public service including human 2010-2016 resources capacity in “Green Development” Uvurkhangai aimag were reflected. Incoherent. No objectives and activities on planting of buckthorn and other 4.“ Buckthorn” sub-program, 2010-2016 fruits in “Green Development” Uvurkhangai aimag were reflected. 5.Program on Mother and child health care, Incoherent. No objectives and activities on maternal and infant health service in improvement of quality of service and accessibility , “Green Development” Uvurkhangai aimag were reflected. 2011-2015 6.Sub program on Healthy citys, soum , bagh, and Incoherent. No objectives and activities in “Green Development” from sub- family, 2012-2016 program on “Healthy citys, soum , bagh, and family” were reflected. 7.”Humanitarian program” ( uncertainty of Incoherent. No objectives and activities on protection of peoples’ lives and implementation period ) health, prevention of disaster and humanities in “Green Development” Uvurkhangai aimag were reflected. 8.Enterprises Development Program in Uvurkhangai Incoherent. No objectives and activities on enterprises development in “Green 2011-2016 Development” Uvurkhangai aimag were reflected. 9.Program on Improvement of work conditions and Incoherent. No objectives and activities on working condition of civil servants social security for civil servants , 2012-2020 and ensure social security of aimag in “Green Development” Uvurkhangai aimag were reflected. 10. Program on “Disabled children’s rights” 2013-2016 Incoherent. No objectives and activities on protection of disabled children’s right in “Green Development” Uvurkhangai aimag were reflected. 11. Policy on Agriculture, 2012-2016 Incoherent. No objectives and activities on developing irrigated agriculture, innovation of technology, prepare workers and build warehouse and cellar in “Green Development” Uvurkhangai aimag were reflected. 12. Increase employment and jobs medium-term 4.2. Effectively support and incentives to conditions Activity 1: To increase the aimag labor and employment, and to program, 2014-2016 of employment for unemployed people and specific implement a range of measures to support family development; groups created and increased employment Activity 2: To full support of green employment, engage of citizens involvement in the green development and environmental remediation activities; 13."Civic Education" program, 2014-2018 Incoherent. No objectives and activities on civic education were reflected.