Friday, 08 May 2009 11:22
On 8 May 2009 in cooperation with the Press Institute and the Energy Regulatory Authority (ERA), the project co-sponsored a half-day workshop for journalists on the “Energy sector financial situation and tariff issues.” Nineteen journalists from eight newspapers, six TV stations, two radio stations, two magazines and the MONTSAME News Agency attended the event.
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Monday, 04 May 2009 11:10
During the week of 4 May and as part of the ‘Hot Topix’ TV series, the project broadcasted a TV program focused on household energy conservation. Mongolian National TV aired the program three times and UBS TV four times. The Ulaanbaatar Heating Network (UBHN) sponsored the TV program and worked closely with the EPRC production team to develop the program content.
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 10:59
On 9 April 2009 the Financial Regulatory Commission (FRC) and the Institute of Finance and Economics (IFE) organized the second Mongolian Corporate Governance Forum to launch the Mongolian Corporate Governance Development Center (MCGDC). The program included a public presentation of the concept for the Center and an initial business plan.
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 10:30
On 2 April the Energy Regulatory Authority (ERA) and the project held a workshop for officials from the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MMRE) and the State Property Committee (SPC) on the general design of the new electricity market and bilateral contracts. The workshop was part of the series of workshops and presentations to stakeholders of the Central Electricity System (CES) that the ERA and EPRC have been conducting for the last several months.
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 10:23
On 2 April 2009, twenty-four webmasters from three ministries and twenty-one government agencies participated in a one-day, hands-on workshop on the Joomla! Content Management System (CMS) held at the Information Technology Park. The workshop featured a comparison of the existing Joomla! Mongolia International Edition with the latest release of Joomla! CMS (the 1.5.10 version) and encouraged the migration to the latest Joomla! CMS 1.5.10 edition to take advantage of the version’s improved website administration and native Unicode support.
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 10:13
On 6 April, following its official registration as the Credit Information Center LLC (CIB) five days earlier, the CIB, with assistance from the project, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Mongolia Bankers Association (MBA), held a day-long workshop for members of Parliament. The main goal of the workshop was to provide participants with information about the operations of credit bureaus around the world and the need for such enabling legislation in Mongolia.
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 10:01
As a follow up to the 8 April 2009 workshop on tax issues, EPRC co-sponsored a two-day workshop with the Press Institute and GDT in Erdenet town on 17-19 April 2009. Twenty-two journalists from eight newspapers, six TV networks and two radio stations, including Mongol Radio, visited Erdenet Ore Dressing Plant (ODP), which historically has contributed over forty percent of Mongolia’s corporate income tax.
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Monday, 09 March 2009 10:15
In accordance with the MoU signed on 20 February 2009 between GASI and the project, IT specialists from both organizations visited Zamyn Uud during 16 through 20 March to provide assistance with the installation of a local area network (LAN). The Fifty-three inspection officers from the GASI Zamyn Uud office received a two-day, hands-on IT workshop under project sponsorship. The workshop was designed to facilitate the installation and security of the local area network (LAN) of the GASI Zamyn Uud office.
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Monday, 09 March 2009 10:05
Pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 16 December 2008 between the Institute of Finance and Economics (IFE) and the EPRC project to develop a corporate governance program and complementary train-the-trainers program, seventeen participants attended the three and a half day Corporate Governance Directors train-the-trainers workshop launched on 21 February 2009. Held at IFE, the train-the-trainers workshop is the first event among a series of corporate governance activities planned for 2009 in partnership with IFE.
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New electricity and heat retail tariffs
Friday, 12 December 2008 15:24
Effective 15 July electricity and heat retail prices will increase by up to 28% and 39%, respectively, per resolution of 30 June of the Energy Regulatory Authority (ERA). The resolution introduced progressive block tariffs for electricity and updated the night time tariff. Nighttime tariffs are lower because consumption at that time is low. The new tariff design rationalized the time-of-use tariffs by increasing the night time tariff up to the minimum or floor price and introduced an additional new tool, progressive electricity tariffs, for energy conservation and demand side management thereby protecting vulnerable consumers from prices they cannot afford.
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