OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP. National Action Plan -II MONGOLIA

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1 Appendix 2 of the Resolution #2 of June 07, 2016 of the National Council of OGP Mongolia OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP National Action Plan -II MONGOLIA Working Group to develop NAP draft for Open Government Partnership Mongolia for June 07, 2016

2 1. INTRODUCTION Within the framework of the objective on strengthening governance, the Government of Mongolia joined the Open Government Partnership (OGP), which is a multilateral initiative that aims to secure concrete s from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, and fight against corruption and harness new technologies to strengthen governance in As a member country of the OGP, the Government of Mongolia has set and is actively working on the second OGP National Action Plan s (NAP) specific s on promoting public services towards more open, transparent, pro-innovation, and creating more safe society. Mongolia will implement goals reflected in the Sustainable Development Concept until 2030 by ensuring sustainable governance. With the goals to foster transparency, empower citizens, fight against corruption, and strengthen the governance for open government, working through the partnerships of public, private sector, civil society organizations, media and international organizations by maintaining the principle of introducing new technology in driving innovation is highly important to create the conditions for government to become more open, transparent, accountable and corruption-free. The II OGP NAP Mongolia was elaborated based on the lessons learned from the I OGP NAP ( ), and considering the objectives defined by the Sustainable Development Concept until 2030, with the leadership of the Cabinet Secretariat of Government of Mongolia, under the guidance of the OGP Mongolia National Council, and with the technical and financial support of The Asian Foundation and the World Bank. 2. MONGOLIA S OPEN GOVERNMENT EFFORTS It is important to note that the timing for the development of the Mongolian National Action Plan (NAP) for coincides with the concept of the Sustainable Development Policies and Priorities for Mongolia until Mongolia sets a goal to become a leading upper middle-income country with stable multisector economy, dominating middle and upper middle classes, preserved ecological balance, and with sustainable democracy by To ensure sustainable economic development, Mongolia is prioritising the four key objectives. The first one is to intensify agriculture, to create and export Mongolian organic brands, to promote value-added final productions, to improve a competitiveness of mining sphere, to attract more tourists through advertising untouched beauty of Mongolian landscape, to cover the domestic energy consumption, and to export energy by building more sources. The second key matter is to improve a quality of and access to healthcare, the public education on health, to form a national system of lifetime education, to eradicate all forms of poverty, to reduce unemployment rate, to enlarge a portion of the middle class. Next one is to protect water reserves and prevent its shortage, to enhance an access to hygiene facilities, to build national capacity of climate change adaptation, to reduce carbon dioxide emission, to strengthen a system of preventing natural calamities, to make sophisticate the green urban planning, and to improve waste management. The fourth goal is to determine the sustainable

3 development policies in local levels, to establish accountably monitoring system over the policy implementation, to enhance administrative leadership within the public services, and to consolidate good and transparent governance that ensures close public-private partnership. Working within the framework of reforms to strengthen governance and reporting mechanisms, Mongolia has joined the United Nations Convention against Corruption in 2005 and developed several pieces of draft legislations on fighting against corruption. This is in addition to the creation of the Independent Agency against Corruption in 2007 which serves as an independent mechanism in promoting good governance. Mongolia has made significant efforts towards good governance through approving numerous laws such as the Law on Information Transparency and Right to Information (2011), the Law of Preventing Conflict of Interest in Public Service (2012), the Budget Law (2011), the Law on Glass Account (2014), the Law on amendment to the Law on Petroleum (2014), the General Law on Administration (2015), the Law on Public Hearing (2015), and the Law on Debt Management (2015), and has also joined the International Budget Partnership (2005), the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (2006), the Open Government Partnership (2013), as well as established a branch of the Global Organisation of Parliamentarians against Corruption (2012) in Mongolia. The OGP will be the important leverage for continuously implementing these efforts more effectively, transparently, civic engaged and accountably and will be the international platform to share Mongolian best practices globally. In its second NAP, Mongolia has identified 13 s within the framework of four challenges out of five that OGP has identified. Of which two s are "Mobile Application for Government 11:11 center to receive citizens feedbacks and requests" and "Improving Glass Account System" which are ongoing s from previous NAP-I that will Mongolia plans to build upon continuously. The OGP also outlines a to "Online registration of VAT and the dissemination of relevant information to the general public as well as entities", which fully meets OGP s core principles and requirements, and we assume this initiative as a best practice at the international level. The previous NAP for the OGP for included 35 s in frame of three challenges. The Plan stipulated an implementation phase where the creation of a "Mid- Term Self Assessment Report" by the Cabinet Secretariat of the Government of Mongolia and the IRM report by Independent researchers were required. These documents were created in 2015 and adhered to international OGP Principles and requirements. Of the 35 s outlined in the NAP for the OGP for , two s received "STAR" rating and were shared as best practice at the international level. The IRM report also concluded that the daily operations of the National Council of Mongolia for OGP and the partnership between government and civil society organisations proved to be insufficient in the implementation phase of the OGP NAP-I Mongolia. 3. NATIONAL ACTION PLAN DEVELOPING PROCESS After discussing the Self-Assessment Report, the IRM Report for the NAP , as well as ideas and recommendations from participants for the next NAP draft development during the Public Consultation in last February, the Working Group was established with the task to draft the NAP of OGP Mongolia. All phases of the development process for the NAP draft have fully ensured the engagement of multiple stakeholders.

4 Based on the recommendations and feedback identified in the second Public Consultation all the ideas of the challenges, priorities, and s for the NAP were discussed and the most important priorities identified. The Consultation involved over 80 representatives from government, civil society, private sector, media and citizens Availability of timeline. The details of the Public consultation and its timeline with its draft of the ideas were available prior to the consultation as published on the Mongolian government website / newspapers such as "Daily Newspaper" and "National Post", Mongolian OGP webpage / "OGP Mongolia" Facebook group, and also distributed via s to CSOs, as well as broadcasted through MNB television. Moreover, several websites also published as news such as and Adequate notice: The Public Consultation to discuss NAP-II draft and get public feedbacks was announced through the multiple channels mentioned above the date of the Consultation sharing the written draft eight days before the official start of the consultation held to allow stakeholders to organize themselves. A soft copy of the draft NAP was uploaded and disseminated to the news portal websites mentioned above with the announcement. The Cabinet Secretariat of Government of Mongolia also sent out an official letter to the governor of every aimag with the NAP draft requesting to consult the draft at their local level and send us the feedback or recommendations Awareness raising. We have been briefing about Mongolian OGP as much as possible to enhance public participation along with the announcement of the Public Consultation and interested persons were able to access more information by joining "OGP Mongolia" a public Facebook group and by following the Twitter account "@OGP_Mongolia." There were also constant and continuous reminders to the public informing them that they can access more information on the following websites: // Multiple channels. Besides of providing opportunity for the public to be engaged in the consultation in person, to ensure the accessibility of opportunity also people were allowed to be introduced with the NAP draft in soft version and send their feedbacks via and other channels, even aimags were involved sending their feedbacks via letters The breadth of consultation. In order to reflect the feedback and recommendations that various stakeholders in the NAP draft, the Consultation aimed to include over 100 participants from government, civil society, international organisations and media sector. And it engaged over 80 representatives which ensured equal participation from each sector Documentation and feedback. A total of five sub-consultation sessions were held within that Public Consultation divided in accordance with the five challenges

5 identified by the OGP. Depending on their field, members of the Working Group facilitated different consultation sessions and then consolidated recommendations and feedback from the meetings. After the development of the initial draft, the document was sent to the Working Group members through . The Members are composed of representatives from both government and civil society organisations. In addition to being distributed to the Members, the draft was also uploaded onto the public "OGP Mongolia" Facebook group. Documentation in the form of memos was also kept at each meeting, discussions and consultation session Consultation during implementation. The Working Group for developing II OGP NAP draft of Mongolia was established by order #65 of the Chief of the Cabinet Secretariat of Government of Mongolia on April 20, And the Cabinet Secretariat plans to establish new working group with broader component and organize it as a forum where regular meetings to facilitate multi-stakeholder consultations and to monitor and ensure its progressive implementation of the II NAP. 4. PUBLIC CONSULTATION The Public Consultation on II OGP NAP draft took place on May 19, 2016, over 80 representatives from government, the private sector, civil society organisations, international organisations, and media sector participated. Mr. G.Ganbold, Deputy chief of the Cabinet Secretariat of Government of Mongolia and Deputy chief of the OGP Mongolia National Council opened the Consultation and presented an introduction session on "OGP and Mongolia". B.Lkhagvajav, President of the Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, B.Galaarid, President of the General Association of Mongolian Journalists, Z.Batbold, Independent researcher for I NAP, G. Undral, representative of civil society organisations, D.Ganbayar, a member of the Financial Regulatory Commission and head of the National Council for Corporate Governance were important representatives from the private and public sector, who attended the forum and presented on behalf of their sectors and provided valuable feedback and recommendations. The consultation involved five sector-specific meetings where participants were required to take part in one meeting. In the meeting, participants were engaged in group activities for the purpose of generating feedback and recommendations on the s of the NAP for the OGP for Total of 30 proposals consolidated within the frame of five OGP challenges as some of the ideas were recommended from the Med-Term Self Assessment Report and the IRM Report of the previous NAP , some of them were from all Ministries and local aimags, some made by representatives of Civil Society Organisations during the February 2016 National Council Meeting and broadened consultation, as well as there were some proposals from the World Bank. As a result of the Public Consultation total of 25 s were consolidated. 5. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP

6 The National Council for Mongolian OGP was established by directive #61 of Prime Minister of Mongolia on May 16, 2014 for the purpose of implementing the policies and plans of the OGP while supervising and coordinating the works of the Secretariat of OGP Mongolia. And changes made to the composition of the National Council by directive #207 of the Prime Minister of Mongolia on October Currently, the Head of the National Council is chief of the Cabinet Secretariat of Government of Mongolia, the Deputy is the Deputy Chief of the Cabinet Secretariat of Government of Mongolia as their positions. Members of the National Council are State Secretaries of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and President of the Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, President of General Association of Mongolian Journalists, Executive Director of Research Centre for Economic Policy and Competitiveness, the Executive Director of Open Society Forum and the secretary of the NC is head of Monitoring, inspection, evaluation and internal auditing department of the Cabinet Secretariat. By its first meeting, the NC has approved the I NAP and submitted to the OGP. And the second meeting with new structure was held on February 2016 as a broadened consultation including CSO representatives to consult and evaluate the I NAP Self- Assessment report and its IRM report, as well as discussed about II NAP draft. And it is remarkable that Mrs. Shreya Basu, Civil Society Coordinator for the Asia and Pacific region of the OGP and Mr. Jack Mahoney, Government Programme Officer participated in the meeting and co-facilitated consultations and discussions. Based on the proposal from the meeting, a Working Group dedicated to the development of II NAP draft was established. After the second Public Consultation on May 19, the working group concluded the NAP draft and submitted to the National Council on May 30 for review before it was discussed by Cabinet meeting, and the final draft was presented at the Cabinet meeting on May 31, Mr. S.Bayartsog, head of OGP National Council, a State Minister and chief of Cabinet Secretariat of Government of Mongolia presented the II NAP OGP Mongolia at the Cabinet meeting. By the Cabinet meeting, the NAP draft was principally encouraged and some feedbacks from Cabinet members were reflected in the draft. Reflecting the feedbacks from the Cabinet members, total of 12 s consolidated in the NAP draft. Afterwards, that draft was discussed by National Council meeting and approved with total of 13 s by resolution #2 of the OGP National Council of Mongolia on June 7, The Cabinet Secretariat plans to establish new working group with broader component and organize it as a forum where regular meetings to facilitate multi-stakeholder consultations and to monitor and ensure its progressive implementation of the II NAP of OGP Mongolia. 6. COMMITMENT AND TARGET ACTIVITIES OF OGP OF MONGOLIA

7 The following 13 s in the II NAP OGP Mongolia were submitted within the framework of 4 challenges out of 5 challenges 1 of OGP. Each of the s was detailed in templates with their implementation milestones, responsible persons, and main objectives as attached as follow. OGP CHALLENGE: IMPROVING PUBLIC SERVICES Other actors involved Commitment Template THEME: Public Services NAME AND NUMBER OF THE COMMITMENT: 1. Mobile Application for Government center to receive citizens feedbacks and requests. Commitment start and end date Jun 30, Jun 30, 2018; On-going /Is this new or on-going/ Responsible Ministries and Agencies Cabinet Secretariat of the Government of Mongolia Name of responsible person from Deputy head for CabSec, GoM, implementing agency I.Davaanorov, specialist at CabSec,GoM, Name of the Department or Division Department of Media, Communication and Public Affairs of the CabSec, GoM duuvaa@yahoo.com Phone Government authorities and local municipals. All Ministries and agencies ministries and agencies, Governors Office of the Capital city, aimags, soums and districts Private organisations, civil society organisations Status quo or problem addressed by the Democracy Education Centre NGO Partnership for Social Accountability Other relevant CSOs The government 11:11 center has been operating and receiving feedback from the public since Thus far it has been a successful project and received a Star rating in 2013 for the implementation of the NPA of the OGP of Mongolia. The 11:11 Call Centre responds to complaints and feedback from citizens, but currently it is unable to take action on these complaints and improve government service. Therefore, there is a need to establish a reporting system for citizens to rate provision, quality and transparency of services provided by the 11:11 Call Centre and make reports by the service providers by using modern technological innovations. Main Objective The introduction of the mobile application for the Call Centre and Service Centre of the government, the government service will become more transparent and efficient, and the quality of the service will improve. Brief Description of (140 character limit) OPG challenge addressed by the Introduce a mobile application for the Government Center and advocate and mobilise its usage by promoting the application to the public. Improving Public Services 1 The International OGP identified challenges faced by governments around the world in 5 specific themes: Improvement of Government Services, Improve Integrity in Government Operations, Effective Management of Government Resources, Ensuring Safe environment to Life, Improving Corporate Governance and Feedback mechanism.

8 Relevance: /Relevance to OGP/ Ambition: /Briefly introduce how the action is going to contribute in improving transparency and openness of government activities/ Milestone /Activity with a verifiable deliverable and completion date/ Transparency and openness Accountability Civic engagement Technology and innovation Public service will become efficient and accessible to public and has proper reporting mechanism with harnessing of new technologies. Start date: End date: 1. Audit the last two years activities of the Government Center Identify technological solutions and alternatives efficiently to deliver services and outcomes of the Government center for the public Prepare and develop contents and technology to introduce the special application for the Government center. 4. Test the application for the Government center. 5. Update the application for the Government center. 6. Announce service launch of the mobile application for Government center. 7. Promote, provide user instructions of the mobile application for Government center for public. 8. Sustain the operation of the services provided by the mobile application for Government center for public. 9. Conduct evaluation and develop concluding observations of the activities of the application for the Government center by independent NGO and disseminate information to the public COMMITMENT TEMPLATE THEME: Education and Health NAME AND NUMBER OF THE COMMITMENT: 2. Improve provision and quality of education and health services Commitment start and end date Jun 30, Jun 30, 2018; (on-going ) /Is this new or on-going/ Responsible Ministries and Agencies Name of responsible person from implementing agency Central Government Authority is responsible for Education, Central Government Authority is responsible for Health State Secretaries, R.Oyunkhand, Acting Director of the Strategic Policy and Planning Department, MoH B.Nasanbyar, Acting Director of the Strategic Policy and Planning Department of MoESC

9 Title, Department The Strategic Policy and Planning Department, MoH The Strategic Policy and Planning Department of MoESC Other actors involved Phone R.Oyunkhand ; B.Nasanbayar ; The Social Development Divisions of the Governor s offices in addition to education and health service Ministries and agencies providers in aimags and districts, where the Project on Mainstreaming Social Accountability in Mongolia by the World Bank is implemented. Private entities and Civil Society Organisations International organisations Urban and rural NGOs for social accountability Project on Mainstreaming Social Accountability in Mongolia by World Vision Status quo or problem addressed by the Although the quality and provision of the education and health sector have improved in the last few years, a lack of adequate resources is creating obstacles in the development and growth of these sectors. Therefore, there is a need to develop new ways to improve the provision and quality of the primary services provided by the government in the health and education sector especially to vulnerable groups and target populations. Social accountability, which is displayed through a productive and effective partnership between the service provider and beneficiary, is one of the possible solutions to meet this need. Main Objective Provide easy to access information about education and health services to the public and distribute such information through appropriate media channels. As a result, an efficient and productive feedback mechanism, which fosters mutual respect and understanding will be established. Leading to an improved relationship between the service provider and beneficiary. These steps are necessary for not only improving service and service provision of the health and education sector but also to improve the system within the sector. Brief Description of (140 character limit) OPG challenge addressed by the Improve the contents of the information about services provided by the two sectors and increase information outlets. Resulting in the implementation of effective partnership initiatives and the fostering of mutually respectful relationship between service providers and beneficiaries. Improve government services

10 Relevance: /Relevance to OGP/ Ambition: /Briefly introduce how the action is going to contribute in improving transparency and openness of government activities/ Milestone /Activity with a verifiable deliverable and completion date/ 1. Reflect the top priorities of the health and education sector in the local development of these documents Transparency and Openness Accountability Public engagement Technology and Innovation Government service will become more accessible and efficient and new technology, and feedback mechanism will be introduced. Start date: End date: 2. Implement partnership initiatives to improve engagement of parties in improving quality and provision of education and health services in aimags and districts, in the areas where the World Bank is currently working in. 3. Select from aimags and districts implementing Social Accountability Projects of the World Bank and improve their internal and external information systems while improving feedback mechanisms and fostering mutual accountability of both sides OGP: INCREASING PUBLIC INTEGRITY COMMITMENT TEMPLATE THEME: Civic engagement NAME AND NUMBER OF THE COMMITMENT: 3. Civic engagement in decision making Commitment start and end date Jun 30, Jun 30, 2018; New /Is this new or on-going/ Responsible Ministries and Agencies Central Government Authority responsible for Justice Name of responsible person from implementing agency Name of the Departments and Divisions State Secretary, T.Bat-Ulzii, Head of Legal Reform Policy Department, Department of Legal Reform Policy Other actors involved bat-ulzii@moj.gov.mn Phone Ministries and agencies Government organisations of all levels Private entities and Civil Society Organisations Open Society Forum, MNB- Mongolian News Channel, NGOs work with Monitoring and Evaluation and Policy Development Mongolian Association of Journalists, Globe International

11 Status quo or problem addressed by the Main Objective Brief Description of (140 character limit) OPG challenge addressed by the Relevance: /Relevance to OGP/ Ambition: /Briefly introduce how the action is going to contribute in improving transparency and openness of government activities/ Milestone /Activity with a verifiable deliverable and completion date/ The Mongolia Governments has adopted legislation to ensure that the engagement of the public in policy and decision-making processes. These pieces of legislation are the Law on Development Policies and Planning, the Law on Public Hearing, the General Law on Governance and the Law on Legislations. Thus, for these documents to be effective, there is a necessity to increase and mobilise public engagement in the implementation of these legislations. Ensure public engagement and transparency in the decision-making processes of government organisations, which in turn has a positive impact on the public interest. Promote and advocate the rights of public engagement reflected in these legislations to the general public and foster justice by enabling the public to implement their rights and obligations and actively engage and participate in the decisions concerning them. Improve integrity in the government activities. Transparency and Openness Accountability Public engagement Strengthen justice by ensuring citizen and public engagement in all decisions made after July 01, 2016 by the government authorities and governors. Start date: End date: 1. Provide training and advocacy on a broad scale on how to engage and provide feedback in the decision-making processes for decisions that could affect the legal interests and rights of the individual and the public. 2. Government authorities and governors shall present decisions that could impact the interests of the public to the public in a transparent and accessible manner with sufficient time for feedback 3. Evaluate the level of public engagement in the decisions by government authorities and governors that could impact public interest

12 COMMITMENT TEMPLATE THEME: Budget and Finance NAME AND NUMBER OF THE COMMITMENT: 4. Develop a legal environment that ensures transparency in the funding of political parties Commitment start and end date Jun 30, Jun 30, 2018; (New ) /Is this new or on-going/ Responsible Ministries and Agencies Central Government Authority responsible for Justice Name of responsible person from implementing agency Name of the Departments and Divisions State Secretary, T. Bat-Ulzii, Head of the Legal Reform Policy Department Department of Legal Reform Policy bat-ulzii@moj.gov.mn Phone National Audit Authority, General Authority for Tax, Ministries and agencies Independent Agency Against Corruption Other actors involved Private entities and Civil Society Organisations Civil society organisations who actively work and research on government transparency, corruption and governance issues. MNB, MNCCI, political parties Status quo or problem addressed by the Main Objective Brief Description of (140 character limit) OPG challenge addressed by the Relevance: /Relevance to OGP/ Ambition: /Briefly introduce how the action is going to contribute in improving transparency and Funding of political parties is a contentious issue not only in Mongolia but also in other countries as well. According to survey data and study reports, political parties have the highest risk of exposure to corruption. There are still cases of violations related to election funding; This shows that the system is not comprehensive enough to handle these issues. Various international studies reveal that corruption in political parties is the base of defects in the political system, and has a negative effect on the development of parties and creates a foundation for future corruption. Therefore, there is an immediate need to address the issues of funding to political parties and make these channels more open, transparent, monitored and accountable. Amend law on political parties of Mongolia and reflect the issue of funding transparency of political parties in the new amendment to the law. Amend the law on political parties of Mongolia to reflect the issue of funding transparency of political parties in the new amendment of the law. Make an Amendment to the Law on Political Parties of Mongolia to reflect the issue of funding transparency of political parties in the new amendment of the law. Improve integrity in the governments activities Transparency and Openness Accountability Public engagement By clearly regulating the funding of political parties and ensuring this funding aligns with the principles of open, transparent, accountable and monitored funding in the

13 openness of government activities/ amendment of Law on Political Parties, it will be possible to eliminate corruption in political parties and create an opportunity for the fair election process. Milestone /Activity with a verifiable deliverable and completion date/ 1. Design the draft amendment of the Law of Political Parties in accordance with the processes outlined in Law on Legislations and Law on Public Hearing while engaging stakeholders of the OGP in the process. Start date: End date: 2. Reflect detailed regulations regarding funding of political parties in the legal draft and organise actions to advocate the approval of legislation, which clearly states how to ensure transparency and accountability in the funding issues in the law Organise advocacy activities in cooperation with OGP stakeholders until the approval of the draft legislation. COMMITMENT TEMPLATE THEME: Media NAME AND NUMBER OF THE COMMITMENT: 5. Create favourable environment for media and journalism Commitment start and end date Jun 30, Jun 30, 2018; New /Is this new or on-going/ Responsible ministries and agencies Central Government Authority responsible for Justice Name of responsible person from implementing agency Name of the Departments and Divisions Other actors involved Secretary, T. Bat-Ulzii, Head of Legal Reform Policy Department Legal Reform Policy Department bat-ulzii@moj.gov.mn Phone Ministries and agencies Cabinet Secretariat of Government of Mongolia, Secretariat of Parliament and other relevant organisations Civil society organisations who actively engage and Private entities and Civil conduct research on government transparency, Society Organisations corruption and governance issues. Status quo or problem addressed by the Recommendation four of the special recommendations provided by the Independent Consultant Report on the implementation of the NAP for OPG of Mongolia for stated that Mongolia should have a special to freedom of media in cooperation with the media and journalism sector in the NAP for Journalists are worried about government actions to directly control the media. Currently, media outlets can

14 are meeting the domestic demand for its 3 million people. Many large companies and politicians now own the media or have a cooperation agreement with the media that restricts the media from publicly releasing any negative information about that person or company. Main Objective Adopt new Law on Freedom of Media, which meet international standards. To promote fair competition in media and to promote sector development, it is necessary to develop a transparent mechanism in media. To ensure and protect the rights of the journalists to maintain the confidentiality of their informants. Brief Description of (140 character limit) Make amendment into the Law on National Broadcasting to ensure media is free from any political influence and has independent finances from the government. Facilitate consultation with the wide participation of media, civil society organisations and review the limitations for media contents and establish a legal environment that ensures the financial and political independence of MNB by amending the Law on Mongolian National Broadcasting. OPG challenge addressed by the Relevance: /Relevance to OGP/ Ambition: /Briefly introduce how the action is going to contribute in improving transparency and openness of government activities/ Milestone /Activity with a verifiable deliverable and completion date/ Run consultation for the draft amendment of the Freedom of Media and present it to the Parliament upon assessing whether the legislation meets international standards Submit draft of the legislation that is consulted with the public and civil society and meets international standards. The draft should ensure transparency of media owners and protect and ensure rights of journalists to maintain the confidentiality of their informants. Improve integrity of government operations. Transparency and Openness Accountability Civic engagement Adoption of Law on Freedom of Media in line with international standards, where journalists maintain the right to confidentiality of their informant and responsibility to disclose information about media ownership and development of legal environment to ensure financial and political independence for the MNB. Start date: End date:

15 3. 3. Plan and organise advocacy actions until the adoption of the law in cooperation with OGP engagement Receive feedback and facilitate consultations with professional associations on what amendments can be made into the Law on Mongolian National Broadcasting to ensure the financial and political independence of the broadcasting Submit the draft amendment of the law, which reflects the outcome of the consultation and organise advocacy actions until the amendment is passed by the Parliament. 6. Develop legal environment to ensure information transparency of the ownership of media. COMMITMENT TEMPLATE TARGET: Fighting against corruption NAME AND NUMBER OF THE COMMITMENT: 6. National Action Plan for Combating Corruption Commitment start and end date June 30, to June 30, 2018; On-going /Is this new or on-going/ Responsible Ministries and Agencies Central Government Authority responsible for Justice and other relevant organisations Name of responsible person from State Secretary of MoJ, implementing agency G. Tsetsgee, Head of Department of Monitoring and Evaluation and Internal Audit Name of the Departments and Divisions Department of Monitoring and Evaluation and Internal Audit Other actors involved Phone Independent Agency against Corruption, Other relevant Ministries and agencies government organisations Private entities and Civil Society Organisations MNCCI, NGOs work on governance and transparency MNB and Mongolian News Channel Status quo or problem addressed by the Main Objective Since the completion of the National Programme for Combating Corruption for , there hasn t been any strategy or programme developed for combating corruption at the national level. Therefore it is necessary to define a comprehensive government policy against corruption and refine relevant legislations and actions and improve coordination between different agencies. Actively engage in and partner with the National Programme against Combating Corruption after it is approved.

16 Brief Description of (Within 140 characters) Relevant to which challenge of the OGP Relevance: /Relevance to OGP/ Ambition: /Briefly introduce how the action is going to contribute in improving transparency and openness of government activities/ Milestone /Activity with a verifiable deliverable and completion date/ 1. Organise a meeting with the engagement of all stakeholders of the OGP to make implementation plans if the NAP is approved 2. Deliver proposals of the OGP stakeholders on engaging and cooperating in the actions to implement NAP. Ensure multilateral engagement of the OGP to implement the National Programme against Corruption. Improve integrity in the governance. Accountability Public engagement Implementation of the National Programme against Corruption shall ensure public engagement in preventing corruption and enable the establishment of an effective mechanism to protect from government officials from corruption risks, thus increasing people s confidence in the government. Start date: End date: OGP CHALLENGE: MORE EFFECTIVELY MANAGING PUBLIC RESOURCES COMMITMENT TEMPLATE THEME: Budget and Financing NAME AND NUMBER OF THE COMMITMENT: 7. Transparency of loans and aid from foreign countries Commitment start and end date /Is this new or on-going / Responsible Ministries and Agencies Name of responsible person from implementing agency Name of the Departments and Divisions Jun 30, Jun 30, 2018; On-going Central Government Authority for Budget and Finance State Secretary, N. Oyun-Erdene, Specialist of Budget Expenditure Division, N.Munkhjargal, V.Lkhagvazaya, Specialists of Debt Management Division Budget Expenditure Division, Debt Management Division Other actors involved Erdene_n@mof.gov.mn; munkhjargal_n@mof.gov.mn Phone ; Ministries and agencies General regulators of budget Private entities and Civil Society Organisations Status quo or problem addressed by the Project implementing units Information about projects implemented with funding from international organisations is not accessible and transparent to the public.

17 Main Objective Make information about borrowings, aid, assistance, projects and programmes by international organisations open to the public Brief Description of (140 character limit) Accelerate actions to develop information database on borrowings, aid and projects and programmes by international organisations and make the information open to public OPG challenge addressed by the Relevance: /Relevance to OGP/ Ambition: /Briefly introduce how the action is going to contribute in improving transparency and openness of government activities/ Effectively manage government resources Transparency and Openness Accountability Public engagement Information about international borrowings, aid and projects and programmes of the government will become more transparent, and the opportunity to monitor spending of the funding from borrowing and aid will be established. Milestone /Activity with a verifiable deliverable and completion date/ 1. Update management database 2. Develop and expand information database 3. Organise trainings and capacity building on management information system 4. Promote information system to the public Start date: End date: COMMITMENT TEMPLATE THEME: Budget and Finance NAME AND NUMBER OF THE COMMITMENT: 8. Online registration of VAT Commitment start and end date Jun 30, Jun 30, 2018; on-going /Is this new or on-going/ Responsible Ministries and Agencies General Authority for Customs and Taxation, Implementing Agency of Government of Mongolia Name of responsible person from implementing agency S. Purvee, Head of GACT Name of the Departments and Divisions General Authority on Taxation tcc@mta.mn; info@itc.gov.mn Phone ; Other actors involved Ministries and agencies Private entities and Civil Society Organisations All government organisations Information technology centre for customs and taxation National Data Centre, GAST, Citizens, Entities, NGOS, MNCCI, Mongolian Economic Forum

18 Status quo or problem addressed by the The amendment of Law on VAT by the Parliament of July 09, 2015, established a legal environment for correctly collecting VAT. It created an opportunity for the customers to register their receipts onto the online receipt registration system and get back a certain portion of their tax payment in a form of incentives and lottery prize. GTA has started to implement the EBARIMT system, which meets international standards, from January 01, 2016 and as of now, the amount of VAT income increased 2.2 times a year on year for the first two months of implementation. Since January 01, 2016 a total of 29,880 entities and 37,045 cash registers are connected to the system. Since 1995, only 12,000 POS machines were connected to a system to register non-cash transactions in Mongolia. Connecting 37,045 Cash Register POS machines into the system in less than three months period is an impressive achievement. With the conversion from paper receipts to online receipts, it became easier for entities to report to the tax system and created an opportunity to reduce stress related to tax reporting. It also stopped the allocation of about 300 million MNT for paper receipts in the government budget. Main Objective Brief Description of (140 character limit) OPG challenge addressed by the Relevance: /Relevance to OGP/ Ambition: /Briefly introduce how the action is going to contribute in improving transparency and openness of government activities/ Milestone /Activity with a verifiable deliverable and completion date/ 1. Develop a draft handbook for citizens As of May 2016, traffic for Ebarimt.mn website reached 4.5 million and people now register their receipts through the website. As a result, the website became the most popular website in Mongolia after Facebook and YouTube according to. Provide accessible information to entities and public about VAT online receipt registration and relevant information Continue registering all sales centres, service providers and markets into the online receipt registration system and provide systematic information to public and entities. Effective manage government resources Transparency and Openness Accountability Public engagement Technology and Innovation Clarify misunderstanding among the public about online receipt registration system by continuing the process of registering all sales centres, service providers and markets into the online receipt registration system and providing systematic information to the public and entities. By learning the importance of the online registration of the VAT receipts, more people will be covered by the system. It will also improve economic transparency. Start date: End date:

19 to provide easy to understand instructions on how to register and log in to the online system and consult the draft with civil society organisations 2. Identify and prepare mediums to distribute the handbooks /online, publications, messages, radio, television programmes, use of social Disseminate new and improved handbooks in consultation with the public through different mediums 4. Prepare easy to understand and accessible handbooks for service providers and sales persons on VAT and HOW and WHEN to register receipts for customers and disseminate the information through different mediums and outlets. 5. Provide training on VAT for accountants in urban and rural areas. 6. Report the effectiveness of the online registration of VAT through the media on regular basis 7. Inform the public about the new procedures for the lottery system 8. Live to broadcast of the lottery process to the public COMMITMENT TEMPLATE THEME: Budget and Finance NAME AND NUMBER OF THE COMMITMENT: 9. Improve glass account system Commitment start and end date Jun 30, Jun 30, 2018; On-going /Is this new or on-going/ Responsible Ministries and Agencies Central Government Authority responsible for Budget and Finance Name of responsible person from implementing agency State Secretary, N.Oyunerdene, Specialist of Budget Expenditure Division, Budget Expenditure Division Name of the Departments and Divisions Phone Other actors All regulators of budget Ministries and agencies involved

20 Units implementing the project Private entities and Civil Society Organisations Status quo or problem addressed by the Main Objective Brief Description of (140 character limit) OPG challenge addressed by the Relevance: /Relevance to OGP/ Ambition: /Briefly introduce how the action is going to contribute in improving transparency and openness of government activities/ Citizens monitor budget NGO Network, NGOs for Audit and Monitoring MNB, Mongolian Journalism Association MNCCI Activities to ensure budget and financial transparency have an important impact on the implementation of the Law on Glass Account (2014) and all government organisations are now beginning to their budget spending s more transparent to the public. Despite this achievement, there is a public suspicion stating that government agencies are hiding their budget spending by dividing their expenses over 5 million on the actual budget spending. This it is necessary to reduce the transaction transparency threshold to MNT 1 million for government organisations. Increase transparency of the budget and financial activities Improve and refine indicators for measuring the budget and financial information transparency of government organisations. While strengthening response mechanisms to respond to complaints and feedback of citizens and civil society organisations. Effective manage government resources Transparency and Openness Accountability Public engagement Technology and Innovation Make the glass account online system more clear and accessible to the public and establish a feedback mechanism that responds to questions, feedback, and complaints from individuals and civil society organisations. Milestone /Activity with a verifiable deliverable and completion date/ 1. Promote updated and improved online system for the glass account on regular and continues basis. 2. In addition to the transaction information for the spending above 5 million in the budgets and finance, upload information about decisions and main agreement in relation to this transaction 3. Research and develop mechanism for community members to monitor, report, and follow-up on spending of their community. Start date: End date:

21 COMMITMENT TEMPLATE THEME: Budget and Finance NAME AND NUMBER OF THE COMMITMENT: 10. Make government procurement process transparent Commitment start and end date /Is this new or on-going/ Responsible Ministries and Agencies Name of responsible person from implementing agency Jun 30, Jun 30, 2018; On-going Central Government Authority responsible for Budget and Financing Issues State Secretary Ch. Bayarmaa, Senior Officer of the Government Procurement Agency Name of the Departments and Divisions Government Procurement Agency Phone Government Procurement Agency, All ministries and Ministries and agencies Other actors agencies, involved Private entities and Civil Society Organisations World Bank, SCO and Private Sector Status quo or problem addressed by the Mongolia has made significant achievements regarding making the government procurement process transparent to the public; this comes as a result of actions and initiatives spearheaded by the Ministry of Finance and Government Procurement Agency (GPA). Progressive changes were made in the Law on Purchasing and Procuring Goods and Services for Government and Local Resources in 2011 and 2014 and started using the online platform to make procurement processes transparent to the public. Main Objective Brief Description of (140 character limit) OPG challenge addressed by the Relevance: /Relevance to OGP/ Ambition: /Briefly introduce how the action is going to contribute in improving transparency and openness of government activities/ GPA is currently working on to create an online system to provide an opportunity for the public to receive information to support the productive engagement of this pool. The World Bank requested that the Ministry of Finance and GPA align this initiative with an International initiative on Open Contract Data Standards and that all stakeholders cooperate on this matter. Make government procurement processes transparent to the public Fully introduce the international initiative of Open Control Data Standards to government procurement activities Effective management of government resources Transparency and Openness Accountability Public engagement Technology and Innovation Improve public confidence in the government by making government activities open and transparent to the public while enhancing the allocation of government resources and spending Milestone /Activity with a verifiable deliverable and completion date/ Start date: End date: