On 25 June the Economic Journalism Club hosted a business lunch to introduce thirteen journalists from daily newspapers and TV stations to current issues and project work in the energy sector. Mr. Amgalan Nordov and Mr. Khishigt Tamir, EPRC Energy Specialists, acted as facilitators and answered questions from participants. These questions ranged from the controversial “Mogoi River” Power Plant, for which construction began without a license, to the potential for building a nuclear power plant in Mongolia.
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On 18-20 June, in cooperation with The Press Institute (PI) and the Corporate Governance Development Center (CGDC), the project hosted a two-day workshop on ‘Corporate Governance for Investigative Journalists.’ Participants included twenty journalists from newspapers, television and online news media, including nine members of the EPRC-sponsored Economics Journalism Club.
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The seminar series, ‘Conflict to resolution – costs, risks, and avoidance,’ continued in June with two seminars for government officials held on 17 and 18 June. After focusing on industry, civil society, and media in recent months, the project held seminars for government officials. Attendees included twenty-one civil servants in the mineral sector departments of the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy, the Petroleum Agency, and the Mineral Resources Agency.
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On 16 June, the Cabinet Secretariat’s Open Government website sponsored a nationally televised chat between policy makers and citizens on ‘What does Mongolia’s Competition Authority do for me?’ The program included panelists MP N. Altanhuyag, First Deputy Prime Minister; Mr. Mandakh, Chairman of the Authority for Fair Competition and Consumer Protection; Mr. Myagmarjav Lkhachinbal, Executive Director of the Mongolian Meat Association; Mr. S. Demberel, Chairman of the Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce & Industry; Mr. B. Bold, CEO of Newcom Group; and Mr. G. Munkhbold, Attorney and CEO of Bold Partners Law Firm.
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On 28 May, the Economic Journalism Club (EJC), with support from the project, hosted its first roundtable discussion on the Role of Stock Markets in Corporate Governance at The Press Institute. Twelve journalists from print and television media stations attended the event. The goal of the roundtable discussion was to enhance EJC members’ knowledge of how stock exchanges can contribute to strengthening corporate governance practices in listed companies, particularly through increasing disclosure and transparency.
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On 27 May, the Mongolian Software Industry Association (MOSA), the Mongolian National Mining Association (MNMA), and the project, in partnership with the Responsible Mining Initiative (RMI) hosted the first Mine – IT Expo aimed at linking the information technology (IT) software industry and the mining sector of Mongolia to create opportunities for IT companies to serve the rapidly expanding mining sector.
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On 27 May, the Corporate Governance Development Center (CGDC) hosted the Third Mongolia Corporate Governance Forum with more than 130 participants from the private and public sectors in attendance. The project collaborated with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Business Council of Mongolia (BCM), Eurasia Capital, Golomt Bank and other partners to organize the event.
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On 26 May, D. Mandakh, Chairman of the Agency for Fair Competition and Consumer Protection (AFCCP) and Fernando Bertoli, Chief of Party of USAID/EPRC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aiming to assist the Authority in developing its public communications and capacity to conduct market analyses.
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From 30 April to 20 May, the General Department of Taxation (GDT), the Cabinet Secretariat of Government of Mongolia (GSGOM), Information, Communication Technology and Post Authority (ICTPA), and the project sponsored a series of four briefing sessions to familiarize Mongolian policy makers and IT stakeholders with digital signatures, the legal, regulatory, and institutional framework requirements; and lessons learned from other countries.
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Continuing with efforts to establish platforms for dialogue to build consensus in Mongolia’s mining sector, the EPRC/USAID project held two more seminars in the series, ‘Conflict to resolution: Costs, risks and avoidance’:
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