Mongolia resources

October 2021

  1. Decent Work podcast series for coal truck drivers (in Mongolian)

    The Podcast series was produced by the Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions with support of the ILO project on Promoting Formal Employment for Inclusive and Diversified Economic Growth in Mongolia.

  2. Herder’s peer-to-peer approach to extend social protection to herders

    In September 2020, 32 herders, herder cooperative representatives, lifelong education teachers, social insurance officers, and trade union delegates from five soums (lower administration unit of the province) in Zavkhan province attended a two-day training in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, as part of the ILO-Led UN Joint Programme “Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness.”

  3. ILO/MONEF Guided Practical Sessions for Trained Facilitators of IN BUSINESS Programme

    6 - 8 October 2021

    This training aims at providing an opportunity for trained facilitators to practice their facilitation skills. The training is supported by the ILO project on Promoting Formal Employment for Inclusive and Diversified Economic Growth in Mongolia (MNG/18/01/RBS).

September 2021

  1. Validation Workshop of the Herder Programme Held in Khentii province

    29 September 2021

    As part of the ILO-led UN Joint Programme (UNJP) “Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness,” ILO has three main areas of intervention towards extending social protection to herders. One of them is to support the herders to increase their income. The main objectives of the intervention are to 1) improve herder’s life skills and update their knowledge on the livestock production, 2) set up a knowledge infrastructure tailored to enable herders to access information equally.

  2. Trade Union Delegates Prepared as Advocates for Social Protection

    24 September 2021

    In Mongolia, the new labour law will be effective from January 2022. It regulates the relation between herder and assistant herder and requires a labour contract between them for the first time. Therefore, to effectively manage the contractual relationship, herders must know about concepts of freedom of association, collective bargaining, and social protection to govern their contractual relationship like standard practices in many other parts of the world.

  3. Social insurance for herders

    A handbook for herders contains comprehensive information about social protection. The handbook is available only in Mongolian.

  4. International Labour Standards Training for Law Professionals in Mongolia

    20 September - 22 October 2021

    International labour standards (ILS) adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) are important tools for the development of national legislation. However, the contribution of international labour law is not limited to its impact on labour legislation. ILS can also contribute to strengthening domestic case law on labour matters.

  5. Youth discusses employment challenges they face amidst COVID-19 pandemic

    20 - 27 September 2021

    Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Mongolia (MLSP) and Junior Chamber International Mongolia (JCI Mongolia) are organizing a three-day event to discuss challenges of young people facing in labour market amidst pandemic. The event is organized under the auspices of the Prime Minister of Mongolia.

  6. Capacity-building Training Held for Herder Cooperatives

    16 - 17 September 2021

    Capacity-building training on leadership and advocacy held online for 30 herder cooperative representatives from 5 soums of Zavkhan province between September 16-17 as part of the ILO-led UN Joint Programme (UNJP) "Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness."

  7. Social Insurance Officers Discuss Their Effort to Extend Social Protection to Herders

    16 September 2021

    The ILO-led UN Joint Programme (UNJP) “Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness” has been collaborating with the Competency-Based Education Center NGO (CBE) on training social insurance officers in western provinces of Mongolia with an aim to increase the social insurance coverage of herders.