USAID launches LEAD Mongolia program

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ LEAD Mongolia finished receiving the first-round applications for 30 trainee positions on Friday, October 14. The LEAD Mongolia Program was launched on September 21 by the US Embassy, US-AID and the Mongolian Government. In the margin of its USD 2.5 million cost, the program will recruit 90 young leaders from Mongolia aged between 25 and 40. The first 30 will be selected and will receive a 3-week training, focusing on environment and urbanization, poverty alleviation and unemployment, and transparency and anti-corruption.