Premier to give permission to sign MoUs on int'l educational cooperation

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ At its regular meeting of Monday, the cabinet approved the issues of drafts of “Program of Cooperation in Education, Culture, Science and Sports in 2015-2018 between governments of Mongolia and the Republic of Italy”, “Intergovernmental Program of Cooperation in Education, Culture and Science between Mongolia and Romania”, and “Intergovernmental Agreement on Education, Culture, Science and Technical Cooperation between Mongolia and the Republic of France”. By signing of the cooperation program with Italian government, the sides will expand a coperation in education, culture, science and sports, and will exercise professors/scholars exchanges in all fields of study. The two countries are expected to implement joint academic projects, and organize events for safeguarding cultural heritage. In France, more than 140 Mongolians have received training and education since 1996. As of 2014, over 100 Mongolian students are studying in France, of which 10 have been granted French government scholarships. In the scientific field, Mongolia-France joint archaeological expedition started in 1993, and commenced studies on Hun Empire “The First Empire of Steppe”, holding excavations and researches in 55 historic landmarks. The French side has conducted remediation works of 200,000 EUR on more than 200 historic findings, and handed the latter to Mongolia. The original video of “Tsogt taij” film, one of the outstanding screen works of Mongolia, has been improved in France.