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.
According to the MoU, EPRC will assist AFCCP with the:
Five television stations-TV C-1, TV 9, TV 8, TV Aist, and TV NTV-and four newspapers reported the ceremony. Newspaper articles covering the event are available at the project website through the ‘In the News’ panel links provided in this newsletter. News coverage noted the importance of the partnership in strengthening the Authority’s capacity to regulate competition in Mongolia and in improving the public image of the authority as an effective regulatory government body.
According to the MoU, EPRC will assist AFCCP with the:
- Redesign of the Authority’s website to improve the dissemination of public information by providing an internship to the webmaster of the Authority
- Organization of a Forum on Competition to educate the public about competition in a market economy and the role of Authority in promoting fair competition
- Capacity and methodology to analyze markets in at least two economic sectors.
Five television stations-TV C-1, TV 9, TV 8, TV Aist, and TV NTV-and four newspapers reported the ceremony. Newspaper articles covering the event are available at the project website through the ‘In the News’ panel links provided in this newsletter. News coverage noted the importance of the partnership in strengthening the Authority’s capacity to regulate competition in Mongolia and in improving the public image of the authority as an effective regulatory government body.