Local governance to be improved through capacity strengthening

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Today on March 7, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Governor’s Office of the Capital, the Management Academy and the Asian Foundation. Within the framework of the memorandum the parties will collaborate in capacity strengthening of officers of khoroo (smallest administrative unit) including governors, managers, social workers, members of livelihood support councils and heads of units. Chairman of the Governor’s Office of the Capital M.Otgonbayar said, “- Trainings for improving state officials’ knowledge and skills will be held with finance of the Swiss Development Agency and with support of Asian Foundation and the Management academy. And curriculum will be developed for state officials, who work at primary administrative level and trainings for local government officers will be organized for long period”. With funding of the Swiss Development Agency, the Asian Foundation together with the Governor’s Office of the Capital has been implementing a project “Improving governance of the city” for 3.5 years since September 2015.