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The UN Environment-ILO-UNDP-UNIDO-UNITAR Project ‘Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE)’

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MID-TERM EVALUATION REPORT

MONGOLIA-COUNTRY CASE STUDY

August 2016 - January 2017

National evaluation consultant: Narangerel YansanjavMid-term Evaluation TeamUnited Nations Environment

‘The UN Environment-ILO-UNDP-UNIDO-UNITAR Project ‘Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE)’MID-TERM EVALUATION REPORT- Mongolia Case StudyAugust 2016 – January 2017

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

MAIN REPORT

1. Background

2. Assessment of Progress Towards outcomes2.1 Overview of Mongolian Logical Framework2.2 Reconstructed Theory of Change –Mongolia 2.3 The analysis of the outputs toward achieving desired outcomes2.4 Key elements of success

3. Assessment of on-ward progress towards page impact and sustainability of results post page

3.2 Assessment of on-ward progress towards PAGE impact3.3 Sustainability: Socio-political Sustainability, Financial Resources and Sustainability, Institutional Framework, Replication, Exit strategy

4. Impact of Global Products5. Review of Governance and Operational Structure

5.1 Project Management: M&E, Supervision, guidance and technical backstopping 5.2 Efficiency and Cost-effectiveness5.3 Financial Arrangements 5.4 Partnerships and Collaboration

6. Meeting Country Needs with Emphasis on Poor and Vulnerable7. Conclusions & Recommendations

7.1 Summary of key findings 7.2 Success stories7.3 Challenges 7.4 Lesson learnt

ANNEX

Annex 1: Summary of Evaluation Rating

Annex 2: Stakeholder analysis and the list of the main stakeholders interviewed during the mission

Annex 3: Country logframe

Annex 4: Project budget plan

Annex 5: Project financial expenditure

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ABBREVIATIONS

CSO

ESD

EPCRC

GGGI

GDP

GDP

IGE

MOF

MET

MET

MTE

MBA

MMCG

M&E

NSO

NGO

UNEP-FI

SD

SME

SPP

SDV

SDG

ToC

RToC

Civil Society Organization

Education for Sustainable Development

Economic Policy and Competiveness Research Center

Global Green Growth Institute

Green Development Policy

Green Development Programme

Inclusive Green Economy

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Environment and Tourism (The name of the Ministry has changed after the election and it is the new name)

Midterm evaluation

Mongolian Banks Association

Mongolian Marketing Consulting Group

Monitoring and Evaluation

National Statistical Office

Non-government organization

United Nations Environment Finance Initiative

Sustainable Development

Small and Medium Enterprises

Sustainable Public Procurement

Sustainable Development Vision

Sustainable Development Goal

Theory of Change

Reconstructed Theory of Change

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. Mongolia has adopted the national Green Development Policy (GDP) to develop and implement green economy policies and strategies that cover many cross-sectoral issues ranging from poverty, education, renewable energy, employment, technology and innovation. Furthermore, other national level strategies, such as the Sustainable Development Vision and Action plan to implement the GDP endorsed by the Mongolian Government. These national efforts and initiatives at the policy level are conceptually and practically consistent with PAGE’s (Partnership for Action on Green Economy) objectives.

2. 2. Mongolia asked to be one of the first countries to receive PAGE assistance in 2013 with the intention to continue the project support through 2017. PAGE’s has played an important role in accompanying the launch and promotion of the Policy. The partnership has contributed to the national visibility of green economy as a development priority and has created awareness among high level officials about IGE and its concepts through organizing different high level events/meetings and trainings. Also it the stock taking report produced with support of the project played key role as a main baseline study to launch this policy in the country level.

3. PAGE partner agencies include United Nations Environmental (UNEP), International Lobar Organization (ILO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) UNITAR is the leading agency for Mongolia. An inter-ministerial technical PAGE committee in Mongolia was established in March 2014 through a decree co-signed at the ministerial level by MET (Ministry of Environment and Tourism) and MOF (Ministry of Finance) to support the implementation of the project providing advice to the other government stakeholders. More particularly, the committee’s main role is to ensure alignment of PAGE with Government priorities, ensure inter-sectorial coordination and oversee actions in priority sectors.

4. The specific areas of PAGE support in Mongolia, as agreed by the stakeholders, include the work streams of Green Economy Modeling and Policy Assessment, Green Development Indicators, Green Economy Learning Strategy, Sustainable Public Procurement, Green Building, National Waste Management and Sustainable Financing.

5. This midterm review case study aims to carry out an in-depth evaluation of PAGE implementation at the country level to determine progress and status toward achieving the main targets to identify key challenges facing the project implementation, and the key lessons learnt and to formulate recommendations to enhance effectiveness and impact of the project.

6. After reviewing available project documents and interviewing key stakeholders during the evaluation mission, the national consultant concludes that the project is likely to achieve its overall desired outcome within the planned timeframe. Most of the planned activities in the work streams were undertaken within the planned timeframe from 2013 till 2015.

7. More specifically,

Under Outcome 1:

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The stock taking reports, policy assessments, market analysis and related planned studies are conducted at the national level to trigger policy reform. Most of the studies are being reviewed and considered by the government agencies in terms of potential adjustments of existing laws and regulations. Government of Mongolia approved the Action Plan for implementation of the Green Development Policy of Mongolia. The Action Plan has incorporated many of PAGE’s initiatives and activities in support of Mongolia’s green development; particularly green development indicators, green jobs, green economy learning, sustainable public procurement, green building, sustainable financing and waste management (over 30 activities).

Under Outcome 2:

The Ministry of Finance already expressed its commitment to integrate SPP in the procurement law and is preparing to review related legislation by 2017.

Green school building design is under finalization and this effort is supporting the government to ensure that the next schools to be built are green

The development of a Green Credit Fund was initiated by Mongolian Bankers Association and conceptually supported by the Mongolian government.

Under Outcome 3:

Capacity of the key stakeholders in green economy development has been increased at the national level through organizing different trainings, workshops and international study tours. So far 739 people are trained at the national level. Out of which are 422 female and 317 male.

Collaboration and partnerships among the key national stakeholders has been effectively improved toward the achievement of transforming the national economic structure.

PAGE is already collaborating and partnering with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) through different work streams to avoid duplication of activities at the national level.

Some of the highlights of the project to date include:

Capacity building of different national level stakeholders (Outcome 3):

8. As a result of the broad effort of the project, individual and institutional capacity for green economy development has been improved through the organization of different workshops, meetings and trainings and through the development and distribution of printed materials such as the “Green Economy Handbook” and the “Green Building Book”.

9. Specialized support was provided to target institutions. The National Statistical Office (NSO) was able to increase its capacity while developing Green Development Indicators, including green jobs indicators to measure progress towards green development. Additionally, NSO has tested methodology and module for Green Jobs Survey and a pool of trained Statisticians are expected to carry out the work beyond PAGE. Therefore, in order to

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sustain the above success, a feasibility study on how some of the green economy concepts can be integrated into university courses is being undertaken with National University of Mongolia.

Policy change (Outcome 1 and 2):

10. PAGE in Mongolia is working effectively towards policy change. For instance, the Public Procurement Law is going to be reviewed based on the assessment and analyses done earlier in 2015. With regard to green indicators, ILO is working with the National Statistical Office (NSO) to integrate green jobs indicators into the national labor survey. This work will continue beyond the PAGE project. These examples signal that efforts by the project are effecting policy change at the national level to support transformation to an Inclusive Green Economy (IGE).

Project management:

11. Effective coordination of the project at national level has brought strong collaboration and country ownership. As a result, the key line ministries and agencies namely MET, MOF and NSO are supporting not only planning but also implementation by assisting with daily administrative tasks.

12. Notwithstanding the above successes, the project is also facing several challenges:

A lack of technical backstopping is one of the key challenges for the project. So far, technical studies and reports have been produced with support of PAGE for policy reform. However, due to lack of technical expertise at the country level, there remains a need for review and insightful comments by experts with relevant experience. The UN lead agencies are supposed to support the project in this regard, however there is also limitation for them to do distance support.

In the case of some work streams, stakeholders reported that technical backstopping provided by the agency leading a specific activity was not always sufficient (see paragraphs 95, 96, 97 and the case of work on SPP). This may be addressed by reinforcing the backstopping provided by responsible agencies and strengthening the Technical Committees (see paragraph 14 below).

Lastly, the technical committee mandated to provide advice and support to the project could not function properly. The key reasons are: (a) political instability with changes of committee members (b) committee members are department directors of different ministries, and they are often unable to attend committee meetings due to their job workloads and responsibilities (c) lack of buy-in by ministries with which PAGE has no direct joint activities; (d) and there is no budget allocation for conducting technical committee meetings.

13. To address this last challenge, it is recommended to consider a) to establish a Technical Committee that will not be affected by political instability by developing terms/mode of operation of the committee that enables it to continue work regardless of government changes, b) reshaping the structure of the committee by involving members from research

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institutes and the private sector. These changes could help to make the committee more productive and sustainable.

14. The key lessons learnt are:

Increasing the capacity of different levels of stakeholders and providing them with the same level of understanding of IGE is important to building a solid foundation for effective implementation.

Establishing a good basis of collaboration between stakeholders has been an important success factor

There is a need to ensure continuity. This can be supported by focusing on building technical capacity that is independent from political changes.

1. BACKGROUND

15. Mongolia adopted its national Green Development Policy (GDP) in 2014 to develop and implement green economy policies and strategies, as a direct response to Rio+20 Declaration “The Future We Want”. The GDP of Mongolia covers many cross-sectoral issues ranging from poverty, education, population settlement, renewable energy, employment, climate change, safe drinking water, improved sanitation facilities to science, technology and innovation. The GDP of Mongolia has many aspects in common with the PAGE project, which aims to contribute to the transformation of national structures in developing countries with the ultimate intention to achieve environmental sustainability, decent job creation, reduced poverty, and improved human well-being (PAGE ProDoc, page 9).

16. In 2016, three years after PAGE was launched in Mongolia, the government approved the Action Plan for the Green Development Policy. This Action Plan takes an important step in aligning the roles and responsibilities of ministries toward transforming the national structures. In this regard, PAGE is making a huge effort to develop inter-ministerial coordination and to build strong partnership and collaboration to strengthen the development of IGE at the country level by organizing high level workshops and meeting at the country level

17. Furthermore, the Parliament of Mongolia ratified the “Mongolia Sustainable Development Vision (SDV)-2030” on February 5, 2016. The Vision includes the three pillars of sustainable development and governance issues. The SDV and GDP are similar in some aspects as the objectives set out in these documents are relevant to all sectors. The cross sectoral issues are employment, labor productivity, poverty and middle class and consumption and production. In this manner, PAGE’s objectives are aligned with both SDV and GDP, the important documents for the further development of Mongolia.

18. As it is important to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the GDP Action Plan to ensure that the line ministries and agencies are on track to implement it effectively, PAGE plays an important role as a key supporter for Mongolian Government through its implementation of key workstreams.

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19. Following the request from the President of Mongolia, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, for support from Partnership For Action Plan for Green Economy, Mongolia was identified as one of the first countries to receive PAGE assistance together with Peru.

20. An inter-ministerial technical PAGE committee was established in March 2014 through a decree co-signed at the ministerial level by MET and MOF to support the implementation of PAGE by providing advice to other government stakeholders. The committee brings together different ministries such as the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Population Development and Social Welfare, Ministry of Construction and Urban Development, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light industr (the name of this ministry has changed after the election in June 2016).

21. The committee was renewed in June 2015 due to the change at the Parliament level and was again re-shaped by mainly changing the members of the committee after the central parliament election in Mongolia took place in June, 2016. However, the main structure and representing ministries and agencies remained as before.

22. Since the inception phase, MET has been the key ministry for PAGE in Mongolia, providing the coordination with other relevant ministries such as MOF and the Ministry of Labor, which is now called the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (the ministry has changed its name under the new parliament since June, 2016).

23. The role of MET, as the country level lead ministry, is to:

Lead the overall strategic direction of the PAGE initiatives Provide substantive comments and coordinate inputs to key activities, such as

stocktaking, modeling and national PAGE workshops Host and invite relevant government agencies and stakeholders to PAGE events,

including PAGE technical committee meetings Co-chair and provide the secretariat for inter-ministerial coordination of PAGE in

Mongolia (with support of the National PAGE Coordinator)

24. The specific areas of PAGE support in Mongolia include the below work streams, which were agreed by the stakeholders based on the stocktaking report and as a result of numerous consultative meetings:

Green Economy Modelling and Policy Assessment : Working with MET and the MOF, UNDP, UNITAR and UNEP are supporting capacity building for long-term macro-economic planning and forecasting through system dynamics modelling linked to the Green Development Policy.

Green Development Indicators : The National Statistical Office of Mongolia and MET, together with ILO, UNEP and UNITAR are developing and supporting the adoption of green economy indicators and measurements, including Green Jobs, taking into account the Sustainable Development Goals.

Green Economy Learning : MET, the Mongolian National University and UNITAR have worked together to develop a National Green Learning Strategy, produce a

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handbook “Introduction to a green economy”, deliver trainings for media and decision makers and organise a study visit for Government’s high level decision makers.

Sustainable Public Procurement: Led by the MOF and with the support from UNEP, this work stream focuses on the inclusion of sustainability within the national legal framework for public procurement.

Green Building: UNEP, with ILO as co-lead and in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Green Development and Tourism and Ministry of Construction and Urban Development, is, is supporting the development of green building codes and policies in Mongolia starting with new green school building constructed with public funds. The workstream will go beyond the design and include assessment and building of capacities in green construction including green entrepreneurship in this sector, with ILO leading along with UNEP.

National Waste Management Strategy: PAGE partners, through UNEP and UNIDO, are supporting applied research to explore waste management and recycling opportunities under the National Waste Strategy Development Process led by MET.

Sustainable Financing: The UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI) has been supporting the sustainable financing workstream since October 2015.

25. The national PAGE project coordinator Mr. Batkhuyag Choijiljav was replaced by Mrs. Altantsetseg Sodnomtseren in April 2015. The coordinator is based in the MET of Mongolia.

The national coordinator responsible for:

Supporting government departments and other national stakeholders Coordinating with PAGE partners, the Resident Coordinator and other

international partners Supervising the finalization of the stocktaking exercise Supporting the organization of PAGE events Supporting coordination and implementation of PAGE workstream Supporting the Technical Committee Supporting PAGE medium-term programme planning and policy integration

The organizational structure of PAGE in Mongolia, developed by the national consultant of the midterm evaluation is presented in Figure 1

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2. ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS TOWARDS OUTCOMES

2 1. Overview of Mongolia’s logical framework (Annex 2)

26. The logical framework includes the overall impact and the three main outcomes of the project. Under each specific outcome the national outputs have been developed in relation to the global outputs. Under each outcome and output the indicators are presented including baselines and targets. Assumptions as external factors are given for outputs. The logical framework includes lists of the key activities planned to be implemented under each outcome’s outputs.

27. The original country level logical framework was developed in 2014 based on the stocktaking report. It has been updated twice so far by the project team in close consultation with the key stakeholders, and mainly with MET. The first update in January 2016 provided more details on activities and their outputs. The output indicators were also changed. For instance, the activities under sustainable finance have been added. Also the key activities planned to be implemented in 2015 and 2016 were adjusted and some new activities were added.

28. The latest update was done in July 2016, adding “Green jobs included in national labour force survey” as national level output 1.5 under Outcome 1. Thus directly relates to global outputs 1.1, 1.2, 3.2. In addition, under national level output 2.2 Sustainable finance for Outcome 2 “Agreement by key stakeholders on way forward for establishing a green credit fund” was added complying with global outputs 1.2, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1.

29. Also under national output 3.1 for Outcome 3, sustainable finance integrated in national education and training programmes as 3.1.4 and green economy modelling integrated in

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national education and training programmes as 3.1.5 were amended complying with the key activities.

2.2 Reconstructed Theory of Change (RToC)

30. Country level outcomes reflected in the logframe:

Outcome 1: Mongolia has reinforced and integrated IGE goals and targets into national economic and development, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), planning through multi-stakeholder collaboration [based on global logframe]

Outcome 2: Mongolia has implemented evidence-based sectoral and thematic reforms in line with national IGE priorities [based on global log-frame]

Outcome 3: Mongolia has strengthened Individual, institutional and planning capacities for IGE action [based on global logframe]

The last outcome at global level (Outcome 4: Countries have improved their knowledge base for advancing IGE) is omitted in the logframe as an outcome and instead reflected in the outcome particularly in 2 and 3

31. A draft Reconstructed Theory of Change (ToC) is presented in Figure 2. The main highlights are:

1. Outputs: the outputs are the same as in the current country logframe. Only sub-outputs are combined under one part as 1.1 and 2.1 instead 1.1.1 and 2.2.2, for instance.

2. The original logframe does not distinguish between Assumptions and Drivers. The reconstructed ToC tries to identify both. The Assumptions and Drivers are separated for the outputs of each outcome and was reviewed by the stakeholders during the evaluation mission interview. During the consultation with the stakeholders, the political instability was mentioned as one of the main assumptions. To address the problem as a driver they suggested to develop not only effective inter-ministerial collaboration, but also to build strong public and private sector partnership.

3. The outcomes are same as the logframe and the PAGE Global Operational Strategy.4. The overall outcome is same as the logframe and as the Operational Strategy.5. The intermediate state is same as in the Inception Report of the MTE, with the

exception of the addition of the capacity building development part as it is highly emphasized in the country logframe

6. Impact is the same as in the current logframe

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Figure 2: Reconstructed Theory of Change- MongoliaOUTPUTS

1.1 Stock-taking and IGE priorities identified with multi-stakeholder input1.2 National Green Development Strategy/Policy and Implementation Action plans developed 1.3 GE modeling and policy assessment to support GDS implementation completed1.4 GE indicators developed monitor implementation of Mongolia’s GDS1.5 Green jobs included in national labour force survey

2.1.1 Policy analysis for public procurement

2. 2.2 Public Procurement Law drafted including sustainability considerations2.2.1 Design, construction, operation and maintenance of schools in Mongolia available2.2.2 Public procedures and policies for greening the design, construction, operation and maintenance of schools in Mongolia

2.3.3 Financing partners initiate action to

2.3.1 Policy analysis for waste management/

2.3.2 Waste management/recycling standards

2.3.3 Private sector committed to respond to standards and invest in recycling2.4 Analysis of green finance priorities and options for a green credit fund available

Agreement by key stakeholders on way forward for establishing a green credit fund

3.1.1 Capacity of Ministry of Environment and Tourism strengthened to plan, and coordinate

Green Development Policy 3.1.2 Inter-ministerial coordination for

green development and PAGE in

3.1.3 Strategic plan for green economy learning in Mongolia developed and capacity of national learning institutions strengthened3.1.4 Sustainable finance integrated in

ASSUMPTIONS: - Buy-in by government and stakeholders -Commitment of decision makers

DRIVERS:- Effective capacity building approaches -Effective coordination of related ministries

ASSUMPTIONS:

-Commitment by Key ministries: Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance of the new parliament after election

-Lack of professional and experienced national expertise (Technical backstopping)

-National Economic turndown

DRIVERS: - IGE- awareness raising activities for inter-ministerial level bodies , - Provide international expertise, -Traing national expertise–Business ideas to inspire private sectors, - Government incentives to private sectors to encourage -UN support on coordination

ASSUMPTIONSBuy –in by those ministries do not have direct relationship or activities/benefit with PAGE

DRIVERS:Effective capacity building approachesEffective/participatory design for the training programmes Availability of multi-lingual capabilities and material

OVERALL OUTCOME:

Mongolia reframed economic policy around sustainability and put in place enabling policy conditions, reforms, incentives, business models & partnerships to catalyze greater action and investment in green technologies, and natural human and social capital

[ASSUMPTION: Stakeholders’ constraint on agreeing priority sustainability targets, lack of required investment and shift in investment takes place, lack of prominent national institution to provide technical support ]

ASSUMPTIONSPolitical instability Continued & broad commitment by Government to implement IGE policy reforms led by senior ministries (e.g. Finance & Planning)Contributions from multiple sectors and stakeholder (including private sector) to ensure self sustaining integrated approachFinancial sustainability – self-financing mechanisms to facilitate scale up of actionsAvailability of national expertise and institutions for capacity building at individual and institutional level

DRIVERSOn-going engagement and strong coordination with

related government agencies by PAGE Sufficient capacity & skills to implement policies

Strong evidence base to promote policiesFocus on SDGs and fostering appreciation of the role

of IGE in achieving the SDGs

INTERMEDIATE STATE

Strong uptake of investments / projects / actions in line with IGE policy measures across a critical mass of sectors, policy areas and partnerships [over a sustained period] with strong private sector engagement and [independent] with strong capacity development demonstrating concrete results to catalyze upscaling

OUTCOME 1Mongolia has reinforced & integrated IGE goals and targets into SDG aligned economic & development planning through multi-stakeholder collaboration

OUTCOME 2: Mongolia has implemented evidence-based sectorial and thematic reforms in line with national IGE priorities

OUTCOME 3:Mongolia has strengthened individual, institutional and planning capacities for IGE action

IMPACT Mongolia is transforming its

economies to eradicate poverty, increase jobs and social equity, strengthen

livelihoods and environmental stewardship,

and sustain growth in line with the Sustainable

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Key activities undertaken toward implementing each national output

National outputs under Outcomes

(Global outputs)

Activities undertaken Status of Delivery to date

Usefulness

Lead agency

Output 1.1 Stock-taking and IGE priorities identified with multi-stakeholder input

(Related to global outputs: 1.1 and 1.2)

1. Stocktaking report completed by national research institute “Economic Policy and Competitiveness Research Center” (EPCRC) along with the Green Jobs Mapping Report

2014 as planned

Based on the stocktaking report the project identified its main priority sectors to support and identify the main stakeholders to collaborate with at the national level.

The key workstreams of PAGE were identified as a result of developing the stocktaking report.

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2. The stocktaking validation workshop was organized involving more than 30 participants.

3. Publication of the stocktaking report; the stocktaking report has been placed online on the UNEP website under the section for Mongolia. The hard copy of the final version of the report was shared with the Minister of MET that time.

In 7 March 2014 as planned

Through the validation workshop the main workstreams were identified and validated by the key stakeholders.

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Output 1.2 National Green Development Policy and Implementation Plan developed

(Related to global outputs: 1.1 and 1.2)

3. High level green economy forum was undertaken with close support of PAGE and other international programmes sharing similar objectives.

2013 as planned

Awareness raising UNITAR

4. PAGE Week was organized under the objectives to review progress on workstreams and actions supported by PAGE, agree on further actions and medium-term results under PAGE and mobilize commitment and partnerships for implementation.

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As a result of the stakeholders’ meeting organized during PAGE Week UNEP/UNITAR committed to support to improve T21 as the existing T21 Green Economy Model was unable to demonstrate several green economy assumptions.

It was also agreed to accelerate the report on the Green Economy Modelling

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and Policy Assessment. The discussions were useful to clear up the bottle neck on the indicators and catalyze PAGE work on the Green Economy Modeling and Policy Assessment report on time.

PAGE Week -High level event was organized on ‘Mobilizing Partnerships for Green Development.

Over 250 participants from Government, international development partners, embassies, private sector, banks, academia and civil society gathered at a high-level event

March 2016

It was another useful gathering of high level officials to accelerate the implementation of IGE. As a result MOF, MET and partners are agreed to draft a partnership statement. The above ministries committed to release an official statement describing the key findings from the meeting and proposing a way forward.

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6. Analysis and mapping of GDP against the national development vision. The objective of this exercise is to analyze the links among the three documents mentioned above (SDV, SDG and GDP) and determine sectors commonly identified in each document. A concept note was developed.

2016 as planned

This concept note has become an important analytical paper to understand the different policies of Mongolia for developing green economy such as the GDP, SDV and SDG at the international level. The commonalities of these policies were highly emphasized to identify the next level of the implementation of green economy It also outlined the next level of potential initiatives of the project.

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Output 1.3 Green economy modeling and policy assessment to support GDP implementation completed

Related to global outputs: 1.1, 1.2,

7. Report on green economy modelling and policy assessment

Started in 2014

Still to be completed

Receiving comments from the different stakeholders

It will help the Government of Mongolia to understand, validate and inform goal setting and feasibility of achieving strategic goals identified in the Green Development Policy and make optimal decisions towards green investments.

The Government of Mongolia has issued a

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UNITAR

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3.2. Planned to be finished by Nov, 2016

resolution to use the T21 model for policy assessment.

Output 1.4 Green economy indicators developed to monitor implementation of Mongolia’s Green Development Policy

Related to global outputs: 1.1, 1.2, 3.2.

8. Developed 108 green indicators related to measuring implementation of 6 goals and relevant strategies underlined in the Green Development Policy.

9. Workshop on Green Indicators was organized to share experience on developing green development indicators at the national level, to discuss challenges facing measurement of green economy and SDGs, and to identify next steps for collaboration.

2015 as planned

November 2015

The indicators will support the Mongolian Government to monitor whether green development investment brings expected results across sectors and improves economy, society and environment. Green development indicators are related to indicators for measuring SDGs.

Some of the indicators are already identified to be integrated in NSO surveys and studies conducted at the national level in accordance with the Mongolian statistical law.

Overall as the workshop brought together 60 officials and experts of all the ministries, research institutes and the private sector, it provided broad awareness at the national level about green development indicators and triggered the creation of informal networks to promote the use of the indicators in respected sectors for better implementation of the GDP at the national level.

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Output 1.5 Green jobs included in national labour force survey

Related to global outputs are 1.1, 1.2, 3.2.

10. Employment in the Environmental sector and Green Jobs in Mongolia: UNEP, ILO, NSO and MET.

The pilot run which tested the methodology for both HH-LFS survey and Establishment survey (and produced initial statistics) was conducted last

2015 The survey supports the Mongolian Government for better planning and policy development towards implementing both GDP and SDGs. The data on green jobs is needed to improve understanding of impacts of climate change on the labor

ILO

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quarter of 2016. The follow-up run which now involved the use of enhanced instrument and methodology for HH-LFS was conducted for two quarters 2106.

market, and making sure that effective policy measures and tools are formulated to respond to this shift to a greener economy. The results of the study on green jobs will be used in the Labour force survey by the NSO where it can inform the development of sectorial policies.

It is expected that NSO will sustain the work, fully integrate the Green Jobs Module in the LFS, through national funds starting 2017.

Theme/Sector 2.1: Sustainable Public Procurement

Outline of national output 2.1.1 Policy analysis for public procurement law available

Related to global outputs: 2.1 and 3.2

SPP):

11. Status report on situational analysis of existing public procurement

12. Reviewed legal framework of public procurement and drafted amendments to the Public Procurement law of Mongolia and relevant procedures

13. Market analysis of three selected products (A4 paper, toner and concrete block) and identified opportunities and gaps in the supply side of these products;

14. Medium term action plan for implementation of Sustainable public procurement is being completed by the consultant hired by the MOF.

2014-2016

The analysis and assessments are serving as important reference materials to track the progress of the implementation of SPP in Mongolia and were used to develop an Action Plan for the implementation of SPP in Mongolia.

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Output 2.2.2 Public Procurement Law drafted including sustainability considerations

Planned activities:

-Preparation of policy briefs, consultations and meetings with Parliamentarians

-Capacity building for procurement departments of ministries and agencies, 2nd Q,

Planned in 2016 and 2017

Ministry of Finance already expressed its commitment to integrate SPP in the procurement law and preparing to review related legislations by 2017.

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Related to global output: 3.2.

2017 (UNEP)

-Market analysis of green construction materials and database development, by 2017 (UNEP)

Theme/sector 2.2: Green school

Output 2.2.1 Design, construction, operation and maintenance of schools in Mongolia available

2.2.2 Public procedures and policies for greening the design, construction, operation and maintenance of schools in Mongolia developed) and 2.2.3 Financing partners initiate action to invest in green school, Related to global outputs: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 3.2

15. The scoping and planning mission took place in Mongolia.

16. “Green school building” handbook developed and 500 copies published

17. Green Building Design is under way to be completed within 4th Q, 2016,and was assessed by IT Power LLC based in UK.

As in Mongolia a Green Building Rating System does not exist, PAGE Mongolia has requested to assess the Green Building Design at the country level and UNEP (Green Technology Center and Network) has suggested and hired IT Power LLC to undertake the assessment.

Currently the design is being prepared to be presented to the Investment Department of the City Municipality office

April 2015

November 2016

Useful handbook for architects and construction engineers. Used as main reference material in trainings with policy makers, agencies’ officers and media.

The assessment highly emphasized its energy and water efficiency and recommendations were given for improvement.

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Theme/Sectors 2.3: Waste management/Recycling

Output 2.3.1 Policy analysis for waste management/ recycling available),

18. Waste management workshop was organized

19. Industrial waste management report was produced aiming to give an overview of the national waste management activities and identify the most promising areas of intervention to build a base for the development of a national waste strategy.

February 2015

2015

National waste management strategy was formulated

The report elaborates existing waste management policies e.g. regulation on segregation of recyclables and non-recycles waste including the regulatory, mandatory and voluntary instruments along with the industrial waste management chain.

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2.3.2 Waste management/recycling standards drafted

2.3.3 Private sector committed to respond to standards and invest in recycling

Related to global outputs: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 3.2

20. Study tour to Ulsan Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea, for information exchange and experience-sharing was organized The participants were from Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Environment and Tourism and Green Building Council of Mongolia.

PAGE supported the establishment and operations of a joint working group on green credit and market demand study for green project lending. Two specialists of Mongolian Bankers Association participated in the Green Economy Academy, organized by ITCILO in Turin, Italy, in October 2016.

Theme/Sector 2.4: Sustainable Finance

Output 2.4.1 Analysis of green finance priorities and options for a green credit fund available

2.4.2 Agreement by key stakeholders on way forward for establishing a green credit fund

Related to global outputs: 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 3.1.

20. Mongolian Sustainable Finance Forum was organized

November2015

The idea of a “Green Credit Fund” was developed. The fund aims to promote the implementation of the Green Development Policy and provide long –term, sustainable Green Finance in order to contribute to the development of green economy. This resolution was supported by MET.

UNEP

3.1 Institutional Capacity Development

Output 3.1.1

21. The former national PAGE project coordinator replaced

The new coordinator is based in the premise of MET.

2013-2015

UNITAR

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Capacity of Ministry of Environment, Green Development and Tourism strengthened to plan, and coordinate PAGE in support of GDP


MET is the key ministry for PAGE

22. The MET related department directors and officers are involved in various capacity development trainings and experience sharing study tours supported by PAGE

Output 3.1.2 Inter-ministerial coordination for green development and PAGE in place Related to global output: 3.1.

2.3 A Technical Committee was established, representing 14 ministries

January 2014

Output 3.1.3 Strategic plan for green economy learning in Mongolia developed and capacity of national learning institutions strengthened


24. The Green economy learning strategy was developed

2015 The strategy is linked to GDP goals to promote green lifestyle and ecologically friendly culture of all citizens and households and support for green entrepreneurship, production and innovation.

UNITAR

Output 3.1.4 Sustainable finance integrated into national education and training programmes

3.1.5 Green economy modelling integrated into national education and training

Integration of green economy in curricula of economics and business schools/departments is planned to be undertaken.

Planned in 2016

UNITAR

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programmes

Related to global output: 1.2, 3.1 and 3.2.

3.2 Individual Capacity Development

Output 3.2.1 Pool of national trainers to deliver green economy learning established

3.2.2 Strengthened capacities of the media and local decision makers to support Green Economy Policy


25. The manual “Introduction to Green Economy” was developed in Mongolian

500 copies were published. CDs of the handbook were also made for distribution purposes.

26. Different levels of trainings were organized successfully for central and local level policy makers, agency officers, media organizations (more than 200 individuals).

27. Study tours were organized to USA and to Sweden for decision makers. The tour involved 7 individuals representing Parliament members, MET, MOF and Ministry of Construction and Urban Development.

27. Developed a national green economy learning strategy/action plan.

2015-2016

Broadly used during the various capacity building trainings by PAGE

The handbook is for policy makers, media representatives, trainers of educational institutions, students, practitioners and the general public. It is written in a simple language for easy understanding and interpretation.

Capacity development of government agencies are strengthened to some extent

UNITAR

3.3 National Planning, Coordination and Communication

Output 3.3.1 Key sectors and stakeholder groups engaged in national PAGE planning


28. Briefing and planning meetings, workshops take place from time to time to support PAGE activities.

Different ministries, in accordance with the workstream are being engaged with PAGE planning.

The technical committee meetings should be regularized and committed to by the ministries.

2014-2016

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Output 3.3.2 Medium-Term 2014-2017 PAGE Programme and Results-Framework developed as a coordinated response of PAGE partners addressing country needs


29. Logical framework of PAGE was developed and updated twice. The latest update being in June, 2016.

The National Coordinator of PAGE is working with different line ministries to develop potential project proposals and related funding opportunities. Based on the above draft proposal the drafting of the programme for beyond 2017, is planned to be developed within 2017.

2014-2016

UNITAR

UNDP

Output 3.3.3 Partnerships with other green economy development partners developed


30. PAGE is collaborating with GGGI and ESD, to establishing a Green Credit Fund, 10YFP, FAO, Green Fiscal Policy Network, SWITCH Asia, PEI and UNEP FI

2015-2016

Avoid any duplication of the activities at the national level.

Output 3.3.4 Communication products developed and shared at the national and international level Related global output: 3.1.

Planned:

Development of a communication plan

2016-2017

UNDP

2.3 The analysis of the outputs toward achieving desired outcomes

32. After reviewing the various project documents and interviewing the key stakeholders it is likely that the project will achieve its desired outcomes within its time frame. Most of the planned activities in the workstream were undertaken within the planned period between

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2013 and 2015. The level of achievement is satisfactory. The summary of Evaluation Rating is attached to this report as Annex 1.

33. However, some activities are still to be completed. For instance, the report on Green Economy Modelling and Policy Assessment is at the stage of receiving comments from stakeholders. The delay is mainly due to the parliament election and the re-structuring process at the key ministries, MET and MOF. It is planned to be finalized before November 2016, when the high level briefing will be organized by PAGE for the new government.

34. The green school prototype design was supposed to be completed in 2015, but due to the limited fund allocation for this particular intervention, it was intended to be completed by November 2016. The allocated funding is 43,000USD on development of a green building design, which was considerably low compared to the local market price for this type of service. Due to this constraint the project lost time to find a private sector institution, which could do this work under this amount of budget.

35. There are two main challenges that might impact the achievement of the desired outcomes. Firstly, the political instability and secondly, the delayed funding for 2016 due to cash flow issues from the PAGE Trust Fund. The first challenge is anticipated to be resolved as the government re-structuring at the ministries is going to be settled soon within the second half of September 2016. Political instability was not listed as an assumption, neither for outcomes nor outputs in the logframe of the project, but has been added to the RTOC prepared through the MTE.

36. The second challenge needs to be solved urgently at the level of UN partner organizations; otherwise it might create the situation, in which too many activities would have been completed at once, either by end of 2016 or at the beginning of 2017. However, UNITAR confirmed that the PAGE Secretariat is aware of the situation and working towards a resolution.

2.4 Key elements of success

37. As a result of the awareness raising and capacity building workshops and trainings organized by PAGE, it is already noticeable that the capacity of line ministries has been strengthened. During the MTE mission, government officials were interviewed, and all expressed their interest and commitment to use their knowledge and experience for further implementation of IGE. Line ministries are committed to integrate IGE into policies and laws, which is one of the key objectives mentioned under the Outcome 1. For instance, MOF plans to review the public procurement law with the objective of including SPP, based on the assessments done at the country level with PAGE Support. Additionally, NSO is willing and committed to use a set of indicators for national level survey for Labor Force Survey.

Box 1 Capacity of the stakeholders has increased substantially

The activities undertaken under national output 3.2 (Individual capacity building) have progressed well and is becoming the main driver to align economic transformation toward IGE.

Firstly, the training manual “Introduction to Green Economy” is designed for a broad audience, including policy makers, media representatives, trainers of educational institutions, students, practitioners and the general public. Helped by this manual, the project has successfully delivered

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specific trainings on green economy to MET officers, who later provided training to 140 individuals from the central and local level decision makers and 37 journalists and experts from diverse media organizations.

Additionally, PAGE is working closely with the universities in Mongolia and a feasibility study was undertaken on how some specific green economy concepts can be integrated into university courses was undertaken.

The main drivers of the success are (i) the project successfully brought together the key stakeholders to commit to contribute to the development of IGE at the national level; (ii) the project prepared trainers of trainees within the government sector, where the trained officers of MET could able to train other related government bodies from local and central level; and (iii) the effective coordination of the project brought strong collaboration and country ownership.

3. ASSESSMENT OF ON-WARD PROGRESS TOWARDS PAGE IMPACT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF RESULTS POST PAGE

3.1 Assessment of on-ward progress towards PAGE impact

38. During the MTE mission, the evidence-based sectoral and thematic reforms are observed, already.

39. The Government of Mongolia recently approved the Action Plan for the Green Development Policy in 2016. It was an important step forward to align the roles and responsibilities of ministries with the GDP. The results framework for the GDP is now ready to be implemented.

40. Also, following the election, MET re-structured the Division of Clean Technology and expanded it as the Division of Clean technology, Investment and Production under the Green Development Policy and Planning Department with the main objective of supporting sustainable production, green technology and investment by encouraging Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) via different incentives in the country.

41. Based on the assessments and studies undertaken with the MOF, SPP regulation is going to be reviewed by the MOF and it is planned for potential adoption in 2017.

42. Additionally, as a result of the interventions undertaken within the scope of work on Green School building, the guidelines for Green Schools were developed.

43. Finally, a green economy learning strategy was developed at the end of 2015 to be used by MET and the Ministry of Education for Mongolia for policy making. It is included in the National Green Development Action Plan and features in will be a sub-programme of the National Programme for Education in Sustainable Development.

44. In general, Mongolia has shown commitment to continue towards a green economy transformation. Key sectors have committed to implement inclusive green economy policies and have started planning to integrate IGE in their policies and laws.

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45. Even though the Mongolian government is currently facing financial challenges as a result of the economic downturn, it is attempting to build institutional capacity to finance the implementation of IGE. Therefore, the Mongolian government, particularly MET, have strongly supported the creation of a Green Credit Fund, a initiative of the Mongolian Banks Association.

3.2 Sustainability

Socio-political sustainability

46. The analysis of the achieved results and progresses of the project allowed to observe the efforts made by the stakeholders to sustain the current achievements

47. Firstly, the ownership has been stimulated by the key stakeholders toward developing IGE at the national level. For instance, since the inception phase the line ministries have been actively engaged in planning and implementing of the project. Moreover, different related government ministries and agencies identified the key workstreams in Mongolia and committed to support the implementation of the project.

48. As MET of Mongolia is the key ministry for PAGE, the ministry and its related departments have shown their active participation in planning, budgeting and implementation. In particular, the focal point for PAGE in Mongolia, Ms.Tumendemberel Bulgan, Director, Green Development Policy and Strategic Planning (GDPSP) gives insightful comments and suggestions for the planning of PAGE.

49. Secondly, the capacity of the line ministries has increased to implement IGE at the national level. For instance, the capacity of MET has been strengthened to a sufficient level as the ministry officers were all interested and committed to align their respected responsibilities to IGE. The new department on technology innovation also has the potential to promote the sustainability of PAGE.

50. Thirdly, the project succeeded to gather non-profit organizations, research institutes and development partners to work towards implementing green development by bringing them in the same level of understanding on the concept of IGE. Various public institutions involved in the project as service providers, trainees and trainers, committed to support the project activities and delivered quality products under a limited budget and timeframe. The key attraction for the non-governmental institutions involved in the project was the opportunity to strengthen their capacity while sharing and gaining more implementation experience at. A number of research organizations are already prepared to act as champions and centres of excellence such as the Economic Policy and Competitiveness Research Center (EPCRC) and the Mongolian Marketing Consulting Group (MMCG).

51. Lastly, to sustain the progresses, the project is extensively using its existing communication channels and networks to disseminate the information and knowledge. The national institutions who conducted assessments and studies for PAGE are not just providing a one off service as they are often invited by the project to share their findings and results during diverse workshops and trainings, this creating buy-in for those stakeholders, who can then promote the work. During PAGE events, the project fully utilizes its network within media institutions to circulate the information to a broader audience.

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52. Development projects that share similar objectives are collaborating as a result of PAGE promotion. GGGI, ESD projects are working closely, jointly planning their activities to avoid any duplication at the country level.

53. As a next step, to scale up and sustain the results obtained through the project, the involvement of the private sector needs to be increased. It is also understandable and reasonable that in its first 2 years PAGE has worked extensively on capacity building and on assessment studies in order to understand the current situation and identify the workstream area. This has established the basis to implement concrete intervention. For the remaining years of the project it is essential to increase private sector involvement and to coordinate this with the government to create more substantial ownership at the national level and project sustainability.

54. Another aspect to sustain the project results is gender equality and how it is integrated in the project interventions. During the activities undertaken by PAGE the gender data has been collected. However, there still needs to be a thorough gender analysis of activities in order to further understand how socially inclusive PAGE activities have been.

55. However, there are some collateral impact that may have negatively influence the sustainability of project results and progresses towards impact. For instance, political instability has already negatively influenced project outcomes. Over the past 2 years, the technical committee members have changed twice due to the change in parliament level, which has delayed technical committee meetings. Such changes might risk weaken the commitment and effectiveness of the committee members, who are responsible for guiding and advising stakeholders on the successful implementation of PAGE.

Financial resources and sustainability

56. At the current stage the continuation of the project’s result and eventual impact of the project are dependent on financial resources.

57. The project has coordinated with MOF to conduct a status assessment, legal review and prioritization exercise and market analysis on SPP to develop an Action Plan to implement SPP in Mongolia. Although support was received by the MOF for the assessment, the government’s main challenge is mobilizing funding to implement the Action Plan under SPP development, as the country is experiencing an economic downturn.

58. Similarly, the project supported the development of a green school building design, but the government does not have the funds to construct a green demonstration building, and finances are also needed to develop Green Building Indicators.

59. Potential sources of finance are from development assistance and the private sector. However, in order to raise funds from the private sector, PAGE needs to increase and develop the involvement and capacity of private business.

60. The Green Credit Fund initiated by Mongolian Banks Association (MBA) with support of different development partners active at the country level including PAGE, is another factor supporting the sustainability of the project.

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61. As government ownership is the key to the PAGE approach, PAGE aims to engage public sector policy makers, especially in the MET and MOF and works with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and national research institutions that provide consultancy service to the project.

62. Co-operation with ministries: PAGE is building a close relationship with MET and UNITAR on several workstreams such as the Green Economy Modeling and Policy Assessment, and the Green Economy Learning Strategy working closely with Mongolian National University. MOF has worked closely with UNEP on SPP. NSO worked closely with ILO on a green job study putting MET at the center for coordination. For the workstream on waste management PAGE worked with MET and with the Mongolian National Recycling Association on a national waste strategy development.

63. Co-operation with national institutions: At the country level, PAGE is working closely with national institutions, hiring them as service providers at the national level. The national institutions support PAGE in organizing different trainings and share their findings and results, while producing different assessments, studies and country level related strategies.

64. Co-operation with international development partners : PAGE has already developed strong ties with international development partners to support government initiatives while avoiding duplication of activities at the national level. Currently several international partners are working on implementing the SDGs and SD (Sustainable Development), namely GGGI, ESD, 10YFP, FAO, Green Fiscal Policy Network, SWITCH Asia, PEI and UNEP FI.

65. PAGE is working closely with those development partners to support the government to achieve IGE. With the GGGI the project collaborates on strengthening capacity building for MET. Also to create the Green Credit Fund in Mongolia the above mentioned partners are working with MBA and sharing their responsibilities.

66. Co-operation with private sector: PAGE is working closely with Mongolian Bankers Association to develop a Green Credit Fund in Mongolia. This collaboration will eventually lead to influence private sectors that are working with banks. Additionally, it has been observed during the evaluation mission, that PAGE has not yet developed close ties with private sector organizations. So far only one private company is working on the green school building prototype design with PAGE and MET. As a next step PAGE should concentrate on developing closer collaboration with private sector to achieve more results at the national level.

67. Co-operation with civil society: PAGE has been developing substantial ties with different CSOs and engaging them in its different workstreams. For instance, BEST Consortium is a research and consulting NonGovernmental Organization (NGO) with key experts from business and economic universities and schools of Mongolia and is considered as a potential source of technical expertise. Also the Green Building Council participated in major events and in some consultative meetings; however, it has no direct engagement with PAGE at the moment. It is again considered as a potential source of technical expertise in the green building coding and rating system in Mongolia, which MET is seeking to develop.

68. In terms of institutional achievement, the country champion at this stage is MET as the ministry collaborates with PAGE in almost all of its work streams and their policies are

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directly aligned with the project. Almost all interviewees shared the opinion that the MET is playing an important role and champion’s the project. However, there are pros and cons to this. As a pro, most policy reforms that relate to MET are directly submitted to the parliament for the approval without much procedure or bureaucracy. On the other hand, there is a risk that the MET structure and other of their responsibilities might change if parliament changes again and trained officers might be replaced.

69. Therefore, national institutions or CSOs who are actively collaborating with PAGE could be encouraged to become a country champion, providing the sustainability of the PAGE interventions after the project ends.

70. To internalise the green economy concepts, the participating agencies should create a network to share the existing achievements, lessons learnt and challenges. An informal network has already been established among the stakeholders, but it needs to be formalized during project implementation to increase the sustainability of the project.

Replication

71. Good ownership has already been developed as a result of the various capacity building trainings, experience sharing meetings, study tours and high level briefing workshops and forums organized by PAGE. It is expected to be replicated at the national and subnational levels.

72. PAGE is successfully engaged with other development partners that share similar objectives such as GGGI, ESD, 10YFP, FAO, Green Fiscal Policy Network, SWITCH Asia, PEI and UNEP FI on knowledge sharing and capacity building activities. During the trainings the organizations exchange their experts who present on their findings. Also research institutions that conducted assessment or study under the service of PAGE are often invited to share their findings in different related events.

Potential exit strategy

73. During the interviews with the different stakeholders, the project exit strategy is defined in the following ways:

Long term strategy:

Link current progresses done by PAGE to overall SDG implementation at the national level through integrating the main concepts of IGE to SDV, to national Green Development Policy etc.

Short term strategy:

Continue the PAGE initiatives through incorporating it with current ongoing interventions led by UNDP on supporting the implementation of SDV.

Submit a proposal to Green Climate Fund to continue the current efforts done by PAGE (identifying main worksteams and the key stakeholders)

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74. Mongolia has shared its experiences in various sessions of the global PAGE activities, starting from 2014 at the first Global PAGE Ministerial Conference held in Dubai.

75. Since then, several international study tours were organized for Mongolian decision makers with the support of PAGE. In particular, with the support of UNITAR and the US Embassy, a study visit for MET, MOF and the Ministry of Construction and Urban Development was organized on 2-16 December 2015 to the USA. The visit enabled the decision makers to explore energy efficiency and renewable energy policy at the federal and state levels in the USA, funding of research and technologies to reduce energy use, and engagement of non-profit organizations in advancing energy efficiency.

76. During a visit to Sweden in 2015, the decision makers visited the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and learned about Sweden’s national environmental objectives, sustainable consumption, sustainable cities and circular economy. The trip included a site visit to share experiences about a newly built area with sustainable housing and to learn about a model of the area. The tour involved 7 individuals representing Parliament members, MET, MOF and the Ministry of Construction and Urban Development.

77. Both study visits were evaluated by the attending decision makers as effective and well-targeted with the right combination of meetings, on-site visits and interactive discussions. It has been an opportunity for Mongolia to learn more at the global level on implementation of IGE for achieving the overall goal of transforming its economy to bring growth in line with the SDGs.

78. Also the project stakeholders including government and research institutes had a chance to be involved in the training at the Academy on Green Economy organized with the support of PAGE (organized by UNEP, ILO, UNITAR, , UNIDO and UNDP) in Turin, Italy in 2014 and in 2016. The EPCRC deputy director, who attended the training in 2014, stated that it was an opportunity to learn more about PAGE at the global level and was a chance to present Mongolia’s stocktaking report to the delegates from other PAGE countries. Again in October, 2016, the representatives from National Statistical Committee, Mongolian State University and Mongolian Bankers Association attended the same event and conducted presentation and shared the country level experiences in the different sessions of this global event such as the Knowledge Fair, High Level Policy Dialogue and during plenary sessions.

79. Also representatives of Mongolia participated in the introductory e-learning course offered by PAGE through UNITAR. In total 3 individuals from MET and the PAGE national coordinator took part to the training. The training helped the participants to acquire knowledge about the fundamental concepts of IGE, which they use in their daily work tasks related to Green Economy. In addition to that the knowledge has been shared with other colleagues.

80. The work done by NSO under PAGE Mongolia is critical to the knowledge building and sharing work on Green Jobs Assessment. Already partners in Mongolia (NSO) is sharing experience in the conduct of the survey to the Philippines, which is piloting the application of the ILO Policy guidelines on Just Transition and is expected to carry out green jobs measurements as well.

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5. REVIEW OF GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE

5.1 Project Management

81. MET is the key line ministry for PAGE supporting policy and coordination, planning, budgeting and implementation of the everyday activities.

82. The technical committee supporting overall implementation was established in March 2014 through a decree co-signed at the ministerial level of MET and MOF. The Committee has 14 members representing diverse ministries and agencies.

83. Since 2015, only a few committee meetings have taken place. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, due to Government instability and restructuring committee members have been changed twice. Secondly, department directors of each ministry are not available to attend meetings due to their respected jobs and responsibilities. Thirdly, there is lack of buy-in for those ministries which PAGE has no direct joint activities, such as Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, Ministry of Education.

84. It may also be beneficial to include other stakeholders from the research institutes and other initiatives that PAGE is working with.

85. During the evaluation mission, it was found that the current project coordinator has already shown her effective management skills as the project has been managed well since her appointment. The inter-ministerial coordination has been appreciated by the different ministries and agencies. The national coordinator also provides support to the PAGE management board and gives technical input across PAGE activities based on her previous experience. The country manager of ILO and UNDP team leader of Human Development and Millennium Development Goal Programme highlighted that the national coordinator performs well in terms of ensuring consistency and making appropriate linkages with other on-going UN partnering organizations. The project national coordinator has effectively used the line ministries and agencies’ capacity and man power to bring the successful implementation of the activities under each workstream. The national coordinator is the sole body for the overall and daily coordination for the project at the country level and does not have an assigned assistant paid and hired by the project. Therefore, the national coordinator fully uses the capacity building and informal networking among different ministries and agencies.

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E).

86. The monitoring and evaluation plan has been developed for PAGE at the global level. It monitors the results and tracks progress against outputs and related outcomes.

87. The country specific M&E plan does not exist. The global M&E plan was developed last year 2015, only. And it is used for the monitoring and evaluation for each PAGE country.

88. Regular inter-agency meetings take place to discuss and plan the project based on the progress made and challenges, if any. Afterwards, monitoring of activities is done against the global indicators to report to the PAGE Secretariat.

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89. The M&E system is tracking the results and progress towards the project objectives. However, the monitoring has been done under one template for 8 countries according to the Annual Report in 2015. The M&E is being done by UNITAR for Mongolia. The filled template includes the achievements done in Mongolia illustrating the status till end of 2015. It captures the activities implemented at the country level against each global level output and indicator. Here is an example of how monitoring and adjustments in work planning are done: beginning of 2016, PAGE workstreams were discussed among national partners and the interagency group and it was decided to refocus activities under Outcome 1 on modelling and policy assessments, rather than indicators, as this was an area then covered by other projects (e.g. the GGGI team started to work with the Government on producing green development outcome indicators using the draft list of indicators which had been developed with support of PAGE). The readjustment of the support areas allowed the project to achieve Output 1.4 (as this was picked up by other programmes), while up-scaling support for modeling, forecasting and policy analysis (Output 1.3), the latter being an area where additional support was needed.

90. In terms of project logical framework, it is well designed for planning and monitoring as it includes the outcome indicators and assumptions. The indicators are all realistic and relevant to the objectives. Also they are pretty straight forward to monitor. However, there are some points, which need improvement in order to conduct monitoring using the logical framework. In particular, under the national level outputs of outcomes 1 and 2, some indicators could be more result based and indicate numbers. For instance, under national level output 1.4 (Outcome 1), it shows the national experts trained and contributing expertise. Yet it could even indicate the number of the national experts and contributing expertise, to make it more measurable.

91. As Mongolia is one of the first countries to join PAGE, the baseline was not developed for the logframe. Therefore it is recommended to develop a thorough assessment of the baseline for new countries joining PAGE. However, it is worth to mention that the stocktaking report serves as baseline for defining PAGE work in Mongolia.

92. At the national level MET is the main institution that monitors any implementation challenges together with the interagency group. As MET actively participates in PAGE implementation, the core officials for PAGE are often included in the inter agency email exchanges. Therefore, depending on the workstream, the lead government agencies also monitor implementation.

93. The budget for coordination is allocated to UNITAR, from which M&E budget is issued. The budget allocated to the project is adequate in terms of the its size.

94. The M&E is used to improve the project performance and adapt to changing needs. For instance, the project logframe has been updated to adapt as necessary.

Supervision, guidance and technical backstopping.

95. The technical committee is not functioning properly due to political instability at the country level and to the overwork because of other job responsibilities of the high ranking officials who constitute the committee.

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96. Also, the project is not always receiving the appropriate and effective supervision and guidance and technical backstopping from the relevant agencies. For example, in relation to the assessments and market research conducted related to SPP, the MOF expressed that they are not confident to use some of the tools as a reference material for the law and policy reforms, as these were all done by local experts without proper guidance nor review by international experts.

97. Staff of each of the UN partner organizations was designated at the country level. However, they largely support the project coordination and facilitation of activities rather than supervise and guide technical work through providing technical backstopping.

5.2 Efficiency and cost-effectiveness

98. As the project is working with the national institutions and linking closely with on-going national plans and processes implementation seems to be efficient and cost-effective. Particularly, activities with MET and MOF have gone smoothly as the ministries’ plans are aligned with the project activities.

99. However, the efficiency and cost-effectiveness could be improved if the following aspects were solved:

a. Improved application of the M&E plan involving various key stakeholders both at the national and international level.

b. Proper supervision and technical backstopping

c. Improved cost sharing, which is currently slightly scattered among UN partners and leads to complications in terms of M&E at the country level

5.3 Financial arrangements

100. In terms of the financial arrangement, the Secretariat in Geneva receives funding and acts as the fund holder. The PAGE agencies, which UNITAR coordinates, in discussion with the country government, develop a budget plan to implement the workstreams. Each PAGE agency receives a budget allocation according to the planned budget and country work plan.

101. In general, the current financial arrangements do not affect PAGE delivery substantially. However, some of the service providers shared that if the financial arrangements are done through the ministries or agencies of the Mongolian government, it usually creates a delay in payment. In contrast, if the contract is done directly with the UN agencies, it is often timely and effective in terms of financial arrangement. It can be explained that the government procedure might be complicated and slow on the payroll side. It can be discussed among the government agencies and PAGE at the country level to make the financial arrangement more effective and timely. Also positive aspects of channeling funds through Government should be considered to enhance the country ownership. The budget plan and its expenditure reports are attached to this report as an Annex 4 and 5.

102. Finally, it has to be pointed out that the funding for the project year of 2016 has not been fully disbursed yet due to cash flow issues from the PAGE Trust Fund. At the moment,

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the project is spending left over funding from the year of 2015 to undertake some of the activities planned in 2016.

5.4 Partnerships and collaboration

103. PAGE has leveraged a network of partners in some extent among its implementing agencies and external partners to achieve the effective delivery of PAGE goals The key partner of the project is MET and the partnership with them has already brought effective results. Out of 7 main workstreams that PAGE is supporting in Mongolia, five of them are being implemented in close collaboration with MET. The other key Government partners are MOF and NSO.

104. In the collaboration with line ministries and agencies, PAGE’s approach to cooperation includes involving them in the project planning, budgeting and implementation, and it receives from them administrative support.

105. As discussed, the project effectively collaborates with national research institutions, which are helping to deliver the project. This relationship is not limited to the development of the required assessments, studies and strategies, or time-bound but also usually continues beyond their contract period. They are often invited to the PAGE workshops, meetings, forums and events to share their results.

106. In terms of UN partners the PAGE coordinator collaborates with UNDP country office’s Human Development and DG team. The relationship between UN agencies at the country level creates harmony across the programs of the various offices and aims to explore joint resource mobilization. Discussion on the medium-term national level funding opportunities and mechanisms and programme document beyond 2017 is going on.

107. Another very effective and timely collaboration created by PAGE is the partnership with other international projects that share similar objectives on green development and green economy. GGGI, ESD and PAGE are working together and sharing their strategies to avoid duplication. They also share responsibilities in some aspects, such as to develop the Green Credit Funding under the initiative of MBA, which they support based in their expertise. PAGE is also invited by other projects to join activities, and events to share experiences and to share resource persons or trainers in the different capacity building activities; PAGE provides similar in kind service back to these projects.

108. PAGE’s collaboration with other organizations is based on sharing experiences and expertise and works effectively. To expand country engagement in PAGE, it is essential to activate the current technical committee and inter-ministerial cooperation to create strong ownership to become independent from direct support under PAGE. This is already planned by PAGE in the exit strategy.

6. MEETING COUNTRY NEEDS WITH EMPHASIS ON POOR AND VULNERABLE

109. PAGE has undertaken many activities involving various stakeholders and according to the coordinator of the programme, the seven main activities have recorded gender segregated data of the participants. However, there are still needs to be a thorough gender

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analysis of activities in order to further analyze how socially inclusive PAGE activities have been.

110. The ILO has consistently advocated for the consideration of social and employment issues in PAGE. It has likewise consistently advocated for the active participation and inclusion of the social partners- i.e., workers' and employers' organizations in the discussions and activities of PAGE within and beyond the worktreams led/co-led by the ILO.

111. CSOs are invited to the different national level workshops organized by PAGE to bring their voices to the decision makers. But again, their involvement has to be strengthened. It might be worthwhile for the project to organize capacity building activities for those CSOs such as Green Building Counsel working closely at the moment with the project, to reach out to broader audiences.

112. To reform the policies based on the assessments of current laws and regulations, the public consultation need to be organized to increase their presence in the decision making processes.

113. In order to incorporate gender issues in the planning stage, specific gender indicators for outcome, output and activity levels of the programme should be defined.

114. PAGE can be a potential partner to the Commission for Gender Equality in Mongolia by undertaking a gender gap analysis, formulating the next gender programme, and mainstreaming the issue into other policies and programmes.

115. During the evaluation mission, it was observed that the activities being undertaken by PAGE have the ability to improve vulnerable groups of people to some extent. A green school design is being developed in the school extension in suburban area where 80% of households are considered to be poor. If the school building becomes greener and if there will be extension of the school, more children could benefit to study in healthy environment.

116. Also, public awareness activities, promoting cost efficient and environmentally healthy ways of living, undertaken by the project, are targeting all citizens including the poorest. Yet it has to be measured correctly to monitor the impacts of the project.

7. CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS

7.1 Summary of key findings

Key findings under Outcome 1:

117. The stocktaking report, policy assessments, market analysis and related planned studies are conducted at the national level to trigger policy reform. Most of the studies are being reviewed and considered by the government agencies with the objective of adjusting existing laws and regulations.

118. For instance, the Green Development Indicators, including green jobs, are developed and ready to be integrated in the NSO survey, and studies are being conducted at national level in accordance with the Mongolian Statistical law and relevant regulations. Additionally, NSO has tested methodology and module for

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Green Jobs Survey and a pool of trained Statisticians are expected to carry out the work beyond PAGE. 118. The Ggovernment of Mongolia approved the Action Plan for Implementation of Green Development Policy of Mongolia. The Action Plan has incorporated many of PAGE initiatives and activities in support of Mongolia’s green development; particularly Green Development Indicators, green jobs, green economy learning, sustainable public procurement, green building, sustainable financing and waste management (over 30 activities).

Key findings under Outcome 2:

119. The MOF has already expressed its commitment to integrate SPP in the procurement law and is preparing to review the related legislations by 2017.

120. The green school building design is being finalized and this effort is supporting the government to ensure that the next schools to be built are green

121. The development of Green Credit Fund was initiated by the MBA and conceptually supported by the Mongolian Government. The fund is planned to be created by 2017. PAGE continues to support development of this fund for creating green businesses in Mongolia

Key findings under Outcome 3

122. Capacity of key stakeholders on a green economy has been increased at the national level through different trainings, workshops, international study tours for the targeted audiences, including local and central decision makers, ministry and agency level experts and officers, media representatives and CSOs. So far 739 people are trained at the national level. Out of which are 422 female and 317 male.

123. Collaboration and partnership among the key national stakeholders has been effectively improved

124. PAGE is already collaborating with GGGI, ESD, 10YFP, FAO, Green Fiscal Policy Network, SWITCH Asia, PEI and UNEP FI in Mongolia and developing partnership with them through different work streams, while avoiding duplication of activities at the national level.

7.2 SUCCESS STORIES:

1. Capacity building has increased substantially

125. As a result of the huge effort of the project, individual and institutional capacities on green economy have been increased through workshops, meetings and trainings, and the development and distribution of printed materials such as the “Green Economy Handbook”, the “Green Building Book”, Report on Green Jobs Mapping and Green Jobs Survey

126. There has been specialized support for target institutions. For example, NSO was able to increase its capacity while developing the Green Development Indicators, including green jobs, to measure progress toward green development.

127. In order to determine how to sustain successes of the project, a feasibility study on how green economy concepts can be integrated into university courses is currently being

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undertaken with universities in Mongolia. As the core phase of Mongolian PAGE is ending next year, to continue to build this capacity, the integration of the core concepts of green economy into universities’ curriculums is a good way to sustain project results. The actual integration work into the curriculum will start from next year.

2. Project has been effectively managed

128. Effective coordination of the project brought strong collaboration and country ownership. As a result of such effective coordination at the country level, the key line ministries namely MET MOF and NSO are supporting the project not only in planning, but also in implementing and administrating the daily activities. The workshops and meetings organized by PAGE are often supported by different agencies in terms of manpower and capacity building. Also, agencies and departments’ officers are always willing to support the day to day organizational (logistic) tasks despite their busy work schedule. In the long term, this is encouraging effective collaboration among the Government agencies and developing strong country ownership. Additionally, MET is playing an inclusive leadership role to increase the collaboration between different agencies in the implementation through organizing various consultative meetings.

3. Project is working successfully towards policy change

129. PAGE in Mongolia is working towards policy change. The ultimate goal of the project is not only conduct assessments or studies, but to change policy and the efforts of PAGE are definitely bringing about policy change at the national level to transform the country economy into IGE.

7.3 CHALLENGES

1. Lacking of technical backstopping (internal)

130. The lack of technical backstopping is the one of the key challenges for the project. So far a number of the technical studies and reports are produced with support of PAGE for the policy reformation. However, due to the lack of technical expertise at the country level, insightful comments are not often made by steering committee.

131. As the next stage of the project, the government is going to review and adjust the current laws based on the assessments and studies done already, and technical advice might be needed again by the government.

132. Again, to address this particular challenge, the technical committee at national level could be considered as a leverage point. However, the committee’s current performance status is inactive and weak due the political instability at the national level (see below).

2. Political instability of the country (external)

133. Due to the political instability, the technical committee whose role is to give advice and support the project could not function properly. Since its establishment the members have changed twice and only two committee meetings have been held in 2016. Secondly, the department directors of each ministry cannot attend meetings due to their respective jobs and responsibilities. Thirdly, there is lack of buy-in from those ministries which PAGE has no

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direct joint activities. And lastly, there is no budget allocation for conducting a technical committee meeting

134. It is recommended to establish a Technical Committee that will not be affected by political instability. Reshaping the structure of the Committee by involving stakeholders from research institutes and private sectors while developing terms of operation, would enable the committee to work regardless of Government changes and would become more productive and sustainable.

7.4 KEY LESSONS LEARNT

135. Increasing capacity building of different levels of stakeholders and giving them the same level of understanding on IGE has been important to build a solid foundation for effective implementation.

136. Establishing a good basis of collaboration is an important success factor

137. There is a need to ensure continuity. The key to this, is focusing on a technical capacity, which is independent from political changes.

138. It is very critical to design specific indicators on the issues of women, youth and poorest for the programme and come up with a clear and effective monitoring and evaluation plan. PAGE can be a potential partner to the Commission for Gender Equality in Mongolia in undertaking a gender gap analysis, formulating the next gender programme and mainstreaming the issue into other policies and programmes

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ANNEX 1Summary of Evaluation Rating- Mongolia

Criterion Summary Assessment Rating

A. Strategic relevance

• Objectives and implementation strategies are consistent and relevant with national key development documents such as GDP, SDV etc.• Activities/outputs consistent with goals/objectives• Activities consistent with intended impacts

HS

B. Achievement of outputs

• Based on the stocktaking report the workstreams of the project have been developed in close consultation with government key stakeholders.•Most of the assessments and studies are conducted and submitted to the government for further policy reform.•Some of the legal documents are panned to be adjusted in 2017: Public procurement law, Regulation on Green Building norms and standards.

S

C. Effectiveness1: Attainment of project objectives and results S1. Achievement of direct outcomes

• The activities have been successfully undertaken• Outputs are consistent with the goals and objectives

S

2. Likelihood of impact

• Studies and assessments are, in general, appreciated by the MET and MOF and impacts on policy are expected to be occurred in 2017• As capacity building of related agencies’ stakeholders are improved, MET have created special department to support SMEs on green development.

S

3. Achievement of project goal and planned objectives

• The project goal and objectives are being achieved in close consultation with government stakeholders in planning and implementation.

S

D. Sustainability2 and replication L1. Financial • As the Mongolian government is experiencing an economic

downturn at the moment, the main challenge will be to mobilize funding to sustain the project impacts. Increasing the capacity of private sectors is the key approach that government is developing.

L

2. Socio-political

2. Socio-political

• Ownership has been stimulated by the key stakeholders toward developing IGE• The capacity of the line ministries has increased to implement IGE• The project succeeded to gather non-profit organizations, research institutes and development partners to work towards implementing green development by bringing them in the same level of understanding on the concept of IGE.

L

3. Institutional framework

• The project has succeeded to improve the capacity of various institutions

L

1 Rating for effectiveness: Attainment of project objectives and results. An aggregated rating will be provided for the achievement of direct outcomes as determined in the reconstructed Theory of Change of the project, the likelihood of impact and the achievement of the formal project goal and objectives. This aggregated rating is not a simple average of the separate ratings given to the evaluation sub-criteria, but an overall judgement of project effectiveness by the consultants.2 Ratings on sustainability: All the dimensions of sustainability are deemed critical. Therefore, the overall rating for sustainability will be the lowest rating on the separate dimensions.

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The project could gathered development partners work together on IGE• An informal network among the institutions is created to share their lessons learnt, successes and challenges and work together for achieving the goal

4. Environmental • The project environmental impact is positive and there are no foreseen major environmental risks that may significantly jeopardize the sustainability of project outcomes.

L

5. Catalytic role and replication

• There is high potentiality for the project to play catalytic role in the future for implementing IGE in the country•The project should link its current progresses to overall SDG implementation at the national level through integrating the main concepts of IGE to Sustainable Development Vision (SDV), to Green Development Policy etc. It also should continue its interventions through working closely with other national initiatives such as activities undertaken by MBA etc. It is already being done by the project

MS

E. Efficiency • The activities undertaken by the project are efficient in some extent.Efficiency could increase, if the country has its own M&E plan and if there is proper technical backstopping at the country level.

MS

F. Factors affecting project performance S1. Preparation and readinessPreparation and readiness

• The preparation of the project was satisfactory as the national level stakeholders were involved in designing, planning and in implementation.•However, due to the political instability, the technical committee does not function properly and could not take its responsibility for supervision.

MS

2. Project implementation and management

• The project could involve stakeholders in project planning and implementation•It is successfully managed by the national coordinator

HS

3. Stakeholders participation and public awareness

PAGE has leveraged a network of partners among its implementing agencies and external partners to achieve the effective delivery of PAGE.Organizing various meetings, dialogues and trainings could increase the public awareness of the national stakeholders

HS

4. Country ownership and driven-ness

• The country ownership has stimulated by the project via effective collaborative approach.• The government level stakeholders increased their capacity building and ToT has prepared within the public sector.• The commitment of the country ownership was also demonstrated in a way that the research institutes establish research centers to develop green economy.

S

5. Financial planning and management3

• The financial planning is in general working well S

7. Monitoring and evaluation4 MS

3 Ratings on Financial planning and management: An aggregated rating will be provided based on an average of the various component ratings listed in the Financial Management Component Table.4 Ratings of monitoring and evaluation. The M&E system will be rated on M&E design, M&E plan implementation, and

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a. M&E Design

M&E Design

There is one global M&E. As Mongolia is one of the first countries to join PAGE, the baseline was not developed for the logframe. And it brings challenges for making proper monitoring.Notwithstanding, the current M&E is used to improve the project performance and adapt to changing needs. For instance, the project logframe has been updated to adapt as necessary.

MS

b. Budgeting and funding for M&E activities

The budget for coordination is allocated to UNITAR, from which the M&E budget comes. The budget allocated to the project is adequate in terms of the size of the project.

S

c. M&E Plan Implementation

The M&E system is tracking the results and progress towards the project objectives. However, the monitoring has been done under one template for 8 countries. The M&E is being done by UNITAR for Mongolia. It captures the activities implemented at the country level against each global level output and indicator.

MS

Overall Project. Rating

S

budgeting and funding for M&E activities (the latter sub-criterion is covered in the main report under M&E design). M&E plan implementation will be considered critical for the overall assessment of the M&E system. Thus, the overall rating for M&E will not be higher than the rating on M&E plan implementation.

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ANNEX 2

Stakeholder mapping and interviewed main stakeholders during MTE– Mongolia

Mid-term Evaluation (MTE) of the UNDO-ILO-UNITAR project “Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE)

StakeholderInstitutions

Workstream(ie finance, waste, capacity

building, indicators, etc)

Interests and / or impacts Role in evaluation Stakeholder Individuals interviewed

Government organizationsMinistry of Environment, Green Development and Tourism

A lead Ministry for PAGE in Mongolia. Responsible for inter-ministerial coordination, governance –Technical committee, planning, implementation and monitoring, communication, promotion

Implementation of Action plan for Green development policy of Mongolia. Areas include GE Policy assessment, indicators, GE learning, Sustainable finance, Green building, Waste management

Informant as a key partner, including on future directions and sustainability of interventions

1) Mrs. T. Bulgan (Director, Green Development Policy and Strategic Planning Department, MEGDT)

2) Mr. Ts. Tumurbaatar (Senior officer, Clean Technology Division)

3) Mrs. Uranchimeg (Director of Division for Clean Technology)

Ministry of Finance The Ministry was involved in

T21 modelling and Sustainable public procurement workstreams. Was a partner in organizing HLM including Mobilizing partnership for green development in March 2016

SPP: Amendment to the Law on Public Procurement and other key rules and regulations on Public procurement, Development and Approval of Action plan for Implementation of SPP and interest of MOF in future collaboration with PAGE

Informant as a partner and key Government agency for planning and development (The role may shift to newly established National development agency)

4) Mr. G. Batkhurel (Director, Economic policy department of Ministry of Finance)

5) Mrs. Amgalan (Senior officer of Public Procurement and Law Department of Ministry of Finance)

National Statistics Office

NSO is involved in Green Development indicators and

NSO is the key agency for monitoring progress of

Key informant and partner 6) Mrs. E. Erdenesan (Director of

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StakeholderInstitutions

Workstream(ie finance, waste, capacity

building, indicators, etc)

Interests and / or impacts Role in evaluation Stakeholder Individuals interviewed

of Mongolia

Green jobs study.

SDGs, SDV and GDP Mongolia. Its interests are to determine indicators for measuring progress to achieve the above mentioned global and national development goals, develop necessary methodologies for estimation, disseminate information and build capacities.

Macroeconomic Statistics Department, National Registration and Statistics Office)

Ministry of Construction and Urban Development

Green school building

Serves in the Technical committee on Green building. Organized Green city forum in 2016 and 1 specialist took a part in the study visit to Sweden and USA. In 2016-2017 it is planned to work with the Ministry in the areas of national building coding and rating system and capacity building

Key informant and partner.

7) D. Bilegsaikhan (Senoir officer of???)

National Civil Society and National Institutions

Economic Policy and Competitiveness Research Center

Stocktaking report, Green jobs mapping and GDP assessment

National, subnational and sectoral policy analysis and policy development in general. Advocacy in the areas of economic development, green

Key informant and partner

8) Mrs. L. Odonchimeg (Deputy Director)

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economy and enhancing competitiveness.

Mongolian National University

A Handbook on Green Economy in Mongolian and involvement in key trainings for media and policy makers

Integration of green economy concepts into University curriculum


9) Dr. Nergui (Lecturing professor)

Mongolian Marketing and Consulting Group (MMCG) Involved in GE Learning

activities including the Draft GE Learning Strategy and trainings

Potential source of technical expertise. Policy analysis and policy development, training of trainers. Extensive work with private sector, ISO 14000 study and training for business through ESD project implemented by MEGDT and MESC


10) Mr. Ch. Davaasuren (Director of Research and Development Director)

MIRIM

Involved in the SPP study-Market study of priority products

Potential source of technical expertise. Research, training and coaching, business consultancy and IT innovation


11) Mrs. D. Battseren (Quality Control Manager)

BEST Consortium Not involved in PAGE activities, but the key people were involved in development of Law on Development

Potential source of technical expertise. Research and consulting NGO with key experts from

Informant on larger context and expectations

12) Mr. Khashchuluun

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Policy and Planning and SDV Mongolia. Ms. Odmaa from the organization provided consultant’s service for Concept note

business and economic universities and schools of Mongolia

(Director)

Green building council

Participated in major events and some consultative meetings, but not direct engagement with PAGE

Potential source of technical expertise in green building coding and rating system in Mongolia

Informant on larger context and expectations

13) Dr. Nergui

Mongolian Bankers Association Sustainable Finance

workstream

Joint working group on Green credit fund, Market study (demand) on Green credit, establishment of Green credit fund in Mongolia


14) Mrs. Nomindari (Senior officer)

UN and Development Partners

UNDP

GDP assessment

15) Mrs. J. Doljinsuren (Team leader, Human Development and MDG team)

UNEP-PEI Not directly, but jointly worked at subnational level to provide training on Local development and Green economy

ILOGreen jobs study

16) Mrs. P. Bolormaa (National Coordinator)

Education for Working together in the areas Potential collaboration to Informant and partner 17) Mr. Odonkhuu (Senior

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Sustainable development

of training for media and Sustainable financing and Green credit fund

work in capacity building, training and learning

officer of Component 2)

International Civil Society

GGGI Relations between PAGE and GGGI in several areas: GE indicators, green building and sustainable financing

Work in the areas of Sustainable financing and Green credit fund

Informant 18) Mr. Jon (National Coordinator)

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ANNEX 3PAGE Mongolia National Logframe (July 2016)

With a dramatic decrease in economic growth from 17.3% in 2011 to 2.3% in 2015 Mongolia is facing significant fiscal challenges combined with environmental and social problems such as high levels of air pollution, poor public transport provision, and increasing inequality. The Government is committed to exploring options for alternative economic growth based on environmental sustainability and social inclusiveness. To facilitate such a transition, PAGE is supporting the Government since 2013 with evidence-based policy appraisal using system dynamics modelling, analysis of different options for implementation of the National Green Development Policy (NGDP), and supporting the adoption of green development indicators and measurements. PAGE provides support for advancing policy development and reform in specific sectors and thematic areas, such as green construction, sustainable public procurement, waste management, green economy learning and sustainable finance. Capacity building and training has been provided for more than 250 stakeholders across government, civil society and the private sector. The PAGE-supported initiatives are part of the national Action Plan for the implementation of Mongolia’s Green Development Policy that has been adopted by the Government in January 2016. To mobilize long-term support for the implementation of the Policy/Action Plan, PAGE is aiming to facilitate the development of a multi-donor support programme for the period 2017-2020.

Intended ResultsIndicators

(including baseline and targets)

Sources/Means of Verification

Assumptions/External Factors

Supporting PAGE Agencies/Fund holder* and

PartnersImpact [Overall Long Term Goal, by 2030] Impact Indicators

Mongolia is transforming its economy to eradicate poverty, increase social equity and decent jobs, strengthen livelihoods and environmental stewardship, and sustain growth in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (from global log-frame)

Increased decoupling of growth from resource

consumption & environmental degradation

increased number of decent green jobs (disaggregated by gender)

Increased number of people with access to safe water,

Clean energy, sanitation and other environmental

SDGs monitoring reports

Mongolia country reports of WB, IMF, ADB

Reports from International Resource Panel (IRP)

Global Environment Outlook (GEOs)

Long-term political commitment

Cohesive national development planning

All PAGE Partners Government Social Partners Other development partners

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amenities and social services

ILO reports Human

Development Reports (HDRs)

Outcomes** [Medium Term Objectives, 2014-2017] Outcome Indicators Sources/Means of

VerificationAssumptions/

External FactorsSupporting PAGE

Agencies/Fund holder* and Partners

Overall Outcome: Mongolia reframed economic policy around sustainability and put in place enabling policy conditions, reforms, incentives, business models, and partnerships to catalyze greater action and investment in green technologies, and natural, human, and social capital [based on global log-frame]

Priority national sustainability targets including at sector level announced

Investment increased to achieve the targets

Fiscal, industrial/sector and labour policies made conducive to greening of economic structure

A regular capacity development mechanism in place to support ongoing green economy policy process

National media Government

budgetreports

Policy documents

Stakeholders agree on priority sustainability targets

Required investment or shift in investment takes place

Enabling policies implemented and stable

A prominent national

Institution designated for providing ongoing technical support

All partners

Specific Outcome 1: Mongolia has reinforced and integrated inclusive green economy (IGE) goals and targets into SDG-aligned national economic and development planning through multi-stakeholder collaboration [based on global

National Green Development Policy (NGDP) and Implementation Plan adopted

Green indicators used

Decision by Parliament

Action Plans/policy reforms adopted by Government

Governance stability

Political commitment

All partners

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log-frame] for monitoring of NGDP implementation

GE integrated into the legal, regulatory and methodological base for national development planning, monitoring and budgeting

Specific Outcome 2: Mongolia has implemented evidence-based sectoral and thematic reforms in line with national IGE priorities [based on global log-frame]

At least 2 sectors/thematic areas reflect IGE approach and IGE targets

Decisions by Government

Action plans/policy reform documents adopted by Government



All partners

Specific Outcome 3: Mongolia has strengthened Individual, institutional and planning capacities for IGE action [based on global logframe]

Number of new institutions capacitated to engage in green economy action through PAGE support

Number of decision-makers and experts trained who engage in green economy action

GE knowledge base among national and sub-national stakeholders established

Workshop reports

Annual PAGE Reports



Funding availability

All partners

National Outputs per Specific Outcome

Relates to Global

Output # *

National Output Indicators Sources/Means of Verification

Assumptions/External Factors

Supporting PAGE Agencies/Fund holder* &

National Partners1. National Outputs for Outcome 1 [Mongolia has integrated and reinforced inclusive green economy (IGE) goals and targets into national economic and development

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planning though multi-sectoral/multi-stakeholder collaboration and aligned with the SDGs]Note: Individual capacity development activities that directly contribute to outcome 1 outputs are included below. Additional broader capacity development activities are included under outcome 31.1. Stock-taking and IGE priorities identified with multi-stakeholder input

1.1 1.2

Stock-taking report completed and agreed through consultative process

Key recommendations considered in priority setting and PAGE implementation

Stock-taking publication

Considered for development GDS implementation plan

Buy-in by government and stakeholders

UNEP*/UNITAR MEGDT

1.2. National Green Development Policy and Implementation Plan developed

1.1 1.2

Policy and implementation plan available

Policy and plan endorsed by key sectors and stakeholders

Draft policy document and implementation plan

Attendance list of events to review policy/plan

Commitment of decision makers

MEGDT All partners through

different activities GGGI ESD

1.3 Green economy modelling and policy assessment to support NGDP implementation completed

1.1 1.2 3.2

Generation of green economy scenarios relevant for NGDP implementation

Policy assessment of high quality prepared and considered by decision-makers

Modeling and Policy Assessment Reports

Annual PAGE report

Press releases

Buy in and commitment of decision-makers

Availability of data

UNITAR*/UNDP/ILO*/UNEP Ministry of Finance MEGDT EPCRC

1.4 Green economy indicators developed to monitor implementation of Mongolia’s Green Development Policy

1.1 1.2 3.2

NGDP implementation plan includes green economy indicators

National experts trained and contributing expertise

Green development indicators report

Workshop to disseminate results

Commitment by government decision-makers

UNITAR*/UNEP* MEGDT National Statistics Office Other international

organizations (GGGI, UNSD)

1.5 Green jobs included in 1.1 National labour force Labour force Commitment by ILO

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national labour force survey

1.2 3.2

survey includes green jobs indicators


survey document

government decision-makers

MEGDT National Statistics Office

2. National Outputs for Outcome 2 (Mongolia has implemented selected sectoral and thematic policy analysis and reform in line with national IGE priorities) Note: Individual capacity development which directly contributes to outputs included below.Note: Individual capacity development activities that directly contribute to outcome 2 outputs are included below. Additional broader capacity development activities are included under outcome 3.Theme/Sector 2.1: Sustainable Public Procurement2.1.1 Policy analysis for public procurement law available

2.1 3.2

Legal review, priority products exercise and market analysis of selected products a completed

Sustainable public procurement workshop and consultative process

Capacity building and through consultative process

Action plan for implementation of Sustainable public procurement

Contributing expertise

A number of reports (legal, prioritization and market analysis)

Action plan for SPP implementation

Annual PAGE report

Commitment by Ministry of Finance

UNEP* Ministry of Finance

2. 2.2 Public Procurement Law drafted including sustainability considerations

3.2 Draft procurement law includes green purchase provisions


Draft law

Theme/Sector 2.2: Green Schools

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2.2.1 Design, construction, operation and maintenance of schools in Mongolia available

2.1 3.2

Handbook for green schools developed

Prototype and blue prints of green school developed

Analysis completed and agreed through consultative process


Handbook on green school

Prototype and blue prints of green school

Analysis report

Commitment by key ministries (MEGDT, Ministry of Construction and Green Development and Ministry of Education, Science and Culture)

UNEP*/ILO MEGDT Ministry of Construction and

Urban Development

2.2.2 Public procedures and policies for greening the design, construction, operation and maintenance of schools in Mongolia developed

2.2 Roadmap for greening schools is available

Roadmap document

2.3.3 Financing partners initiate action to invest in green school

2.3 Evidence by financing partners to invest in green schools

Communications by financing partners or government

Press releasesTheme/Sector 2.3: Waste Management/Recycling2.3.1 Policy analysis for waste management/ recycling available

2.1 3.2

Industrial waste inventory (IWI) report completed and agreed through consultative process

IWI report Commitment by MEGDT

UNIDO*/UNEP MEGDT

2.3.2 Waste management/recycling standards drafted

2.2 Draft waste management/ recycling standards available

Draft policy

2.3.3 Private sector committed to respond to standards and invest in recycling

2.3 Evidence by financing partners to invest in recycling

Communications by private sector partners

Press releases

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Theme/Sector 2.4: Sustainable FinanceAnalysis of green finance priorities and options for a green credit fund available

1.2 2.1 2.2 2.3

Analysis completed and agreed through consultative process

International experiences on green credit fund development exchanged

Analysis report Experience-

sharing events concluded

Press release

Commitment by Ministry of Finance, Bank of Mongolia, Ministry of Environment, Green Development and Tourism

Support by financial institutions and private sector

UNEP MOF BoM MEGDT Mongolian Bankers’

Association/Sustainable Finance Initiative

Agreement by key stakeholders on way forward for establishing a green credit fund

1.2 2.2 2.3 3.1

Working group formally established

Working group uses analysis report findings and outcomes from knowledge-exchange activities to inform discussions

Government communique on establishment of working group

Commitment by Ministry of Finance, Bank of Mongolia, Ministry of Environment, Green Development and Tourism

Support by financial institutions and private sector

UNEP MOF BoM MEGDT Mongolian Bankers’

Association/Sustainable Finance Initiative

3. National Outputs for Outcome 3 (Individual, Institutional and Planning Capacities for IGE Action Strengthened)3. 1 Institutional Capacity Development3.1.1 Capacity of Ministry of Environment, Green Development and Tourism strengthened to plan, and coordinate PAGE in support of

3.1 Number of PAGE work streams effectively coordinated by Ministry

Dedicated staff in Ministry to support

Annual work plan of Ministry

Annual PAGE report

Commitment by MEGDT

UNITAR*/UNDP MEGDT

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Green Development Policy PAGE coordination3.1.2 Inter-ministerial coordination for green development and PAGE in place

3.1 Inter-ministerial committee formally established

PAGE Technical committee and Inter-Agency Working groups are functioning to address GDP targets

Government communiqué on establishment of committee

Committee meeting reports

Commitment of all concerned ministries

All partners MEGDT/other Ministries

3.1.3 Strategic plan for green economy learning in Mongolia developed and capacity of national learning institutions strengthened

3.2 Green Development Learning Strategy/Action Plan developed through participatory process

Number of learning actions implemented

National Strategy document

Annual report of PAGE

Press releases

Commitment by MEGDT

UNITAR* MEGDT Key national universities

3.1.4 Sustainable finance integrated in national education and training programmes

1.2 3.1 3.2

Programme of at least one learning institution includes sustainable finance

Curriculum/ training materials

Commitment by Ministry of Finance, Bank of Mongolia, Ministry of Environment, Green Development and Tourism and learning institutions/schools

UNITAR UNEP MOF BoM MEGDT Mongolian Sustainable

Finance Initiative

3.1.5 Green economy modelling integrated in national education and training programmes

1.2 3.1 3.2

Programme of at least one learning institution includes green modelling

Curriculum/ training materials

Commitment by Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Environment,

UNITAR UNEP MOF MEGDT

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Green Development and Tourism and learning institutions/schools

3.2 Individual Capacity Development (in addition to individual capacity development activities included under outcome 1 and 2)3.2.1 Pool of national trainers to deliver green economy learning established

3.2 Number of Mongolian nationals capacitated to serve as trainers

Annual PAGE report

Commitment by MEGDT

UNITAR* MEGDT

3.2.2 Strengthened capacities of the media and local decision makers to support Green Economy Policy

3.2 Number of journalists and local decision makers trained

Knowledge gained used in professional context

Training report Annual PAGE

report Handbooks

Commitment by MEGDT

UNITAR* MEGDT

3.3 National Planning, Coordination and Communication3.3.1 Key sectors and stakeholder groups engaged in national PAGE planning

3.1 Number of sectors, and stakeholder groups engaged in PAGE planning

Workshop/PAGE reports

Ex-post-evaluations

Commitment by participation institutions

UNITAR*/UNEP* MEGDT

3.3.2 Medium-Term 2014-2017 PAGE Programme and Results-Framework developed as a coordinated response of PAGE partners addressing country needs

3.1 2014-2017 PAGE Programme Document developed

High-level buy-in and commitment from decision-makers

Government press releases and reports

Commitment by government decision-makers

UNITAR*/All MEGDT

3.3.3. Partnerships with other green economy development partners developed

3.1 Number of development partners engaged in PAGE Mongolia activities

PAGE Reports Commitment by Partners

All

3.3.4. Communication products developed and shared at the national and international level

3.1 Number of documents published and widely shared

Websites Endorsement of communication materials by key

All

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parties1. Key Activities in 2014-2015 under Outcome 1 Outputs5 CommentsKey Activities Stock-taking, Foundational Learning and Initial Priority Setting (Output 1.1)

2013/2014 Commissioning of Stock-taking Report, 4th Q 2013 Stock-taking Validation Workshop, 2nd Q 2014 Publication of Stock-taking Report, 3rd Q 2014

2015/2016/2017 n.a

Key Activities: Green Development Policy (Output 1.2)

2014 High Level Green Economy Forum, 4th Q 2013 Regular Meeting with Decision Makers Adoption of Green Development Policy by Parliament

2015 PAGE Week, 2nd Q 2015 Concept to develop Action Plan for Green Development Policy Implementation, 3rd-4th Q 2015

2016 Analysis and mapping of NGDP against the national development vision, 2nd Q 2016 (UNDP) Local level development plans that integrate NGDP in Sukhbaatar aimag and Ulaanbaatar, 3rd-4th Q 2016 (UNDP) Gender equality analysis of NGDP, 3rd-4th Q 2016 (UNDP) Study on shifting tax and subsidies that support green development and alleviate poverty, 3rd to 4th Q 2016 (UNDP) High-level briefing on NGDP for incoming Government, 3rd or 4th Q (UNDP - tbc)

2017 …

Key Activities Modelling and Policy Assessment (Output 1.3)

5 2016 activities are subject to available funding.

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2014 Modeling and systems analysis skills development workshops, 2nd Q 2014 New Modules for T 21 developed, 3rd & 4th Q 2014 Green economy modeling scenario report, 1st Q 2014

2015 Modeling and systems analysis skills development workshops, 1st Q 2015 Drafting of Green policy analysis/assessment report, 2nd to 4th Q 2015

2016 Finalization and dissemination of green policy analysis/assessment report,1st to 3rd Q 2016 (UNEP/UNITAR) Advice on how T21 modeling results could be used for policy formulation and identification of gaps that could be

filled through the use of alternative modelling tools, 3rd & 4th Q 2016 (UNEP)

2017 …

Key Activities for Green Development Indicators (Outputs 1.4 and 1.5)2014 Initial proposal developed by government lead agency, 2nd Q 2014 LOA signed with Ministry of Environment and Green Development, 2nd Q 2014

2015 Development of green indicators report, 3rd to 4th Q 2015 Green economy study tour for decision-makers, 4th Q 2015 National workshop on green indicators, 4th Q 2015

2016 Support for operationalization/prioritization of indicators and streamlining GDP, SDG and INDC indicators, 1st Q 2016

(UNDP, GGGI and UNEP) Support to follow-up tripartite consultations on further definitions/criteria setting for green jobs in Mongolia, 1st -2nd Q

2016 (ILO) Support for full year LFS-GJ module, 1st -2nd Q 2016 (ILO) Preparation of policy briefs, consultations and meetings with Parliamentarians, 4th Q 2016 (UNDP/UNEP)

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2017 …

2. Key Activities under Outcome 2 Outputs6

Sustainable Public Procurement (Outputs 2.1.1 to 2.1.3)Key Activities2014 Initial proposal developed by government lead agency, 2nd Q 2014 Scoping and planning mission, 4th Q 2014 LOA signed with MEGDT

2015 Training and inception workshop, 1st Q 2015 Analysis of procurement laws, policies and practices and prioritization of sectors Analysis of market readiness and gaps in supply side Development of action plan

2016 Preparation of policy briefs, consultations and meetings with Parliamentarians, 3rd to 4th Q 2016 (UNEP) Capacity building for procurement departments of ministries and agencies, 3rd and 4th Q, 2016 (UNEP) Market analysis of green construction materials and database development, 4th Q, 2016 (UNEP)

2017 …

Green Schools (Outputs 2.2.1 to 2.2.3)Key Activities2014 Initial proposal developed by government lead agency, 2nd Q 2014 Scoping and planning mission, 3rd Q 2014

2015 LOA with MEGDT, 1st Q 2015 Handbook on green school buildings

6 2016 activities are subject to available funding.

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Development of prototype design for green schools Training workshop

2016 Development of road map for greening schools in Mongolia, 3rd Q 2016 (UNEP) Development of green building rating system, methodology and piloting, 3rd-4th Q 2016 (UNEP) Assessment and formulation of ‘business case’ for green buildings to provide sound basis for decision-making in

Mongolia, 3rd and 4th Q 2016 (ILO/UNEP) Institutional capacity-assessment/training needs assessment for sector stakeholders (including employers,

entrepreneurs and workers organizations), 3rd-4th Q 2016 (ILO) Institutional capacity-building and setting-up of pool of trainers on green entrepreneurship in the construction and

related sectors, 3rd and 4th Q 2016 (ILO) Conduct of training of entrepreneurs for green entrepreneurship in the construction and related sectors, 3 rd -4th Q

2016 (ILO)

2017 …

Waste Management/Recycling (Outputs 2.3.1 to 2.3.3)Key Activities

2014 Inception Mission by UNEP IETC Initial proposal developed by UNIDO, 4th Q 2014

2015 National Waste Management Workshop, February 2015 Industrial waste report, UNIDO, 3rd Q 2015

2016 Development of standards and norms on waste management and related capacity building activities, 3 rd and 4th Q

2016 (UNIDO)

2017 …

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Sustainable Finance (Outputs 2.4.1 to 2.4.3)Key Activities

2015 Sustainable Finance Forum, 4th Q 2015

2016 Formation of a working group on developing a green credit fund, 2nd Q 2016 (UNEP-FI) Conduct market study on green credit fund, 3rd Q 2016 (UNEP-FI) Sustainable Finance Forum, November 2016 (UNEP-FI) Preparation of policy briefs, consultations and meetings with Parliamentarians and Standing Committees on

Finance and Environment on Green Finance, 4th Q 2016 (UNEP)

2017 …

3. Key Activities under Outcome 3 Outputs7

3.1 Institutional Capacity DevelopmentKey Activities Ministry of Environment, Green Development and Tourism (Output 3.1.1 )

2014 Secondment of National PAGE Coordinator to Ministry

2015 Secondment of National Coordinator to Ministry



Key Activities Inter-ministerial Coordination (Output 3.1.2)

7 2016 activities are subject to available funding

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2014 Regular Meetings of PAGE Technical Inter-ministerial Committee

2015 Regular Meetings of PAGE Technical Inter-ministerial Committee

2016 Regular Meetings of PAGE Technical Inter-ministerial Committee Exploring opportunities for setting up an independent national coordination mechanism for SDV and NGDP

implementation, 3rd-4thQ 2016 (UNDP)

2017 Exploring opportunities for transferring responsibilities from PAGE Technical Committee to new coordination mechanism

Key Activities Learning Strategy (Output 3.1.3)

2014 Initial proposal developed by national partner, 2nd Q 2014 Meeting of Learning Institutions to Advance Green Learning in Mongolia, 2nd Q 2014 LOA completed with MEGDT, 4th Q 2014

2015 Development of green economy learning package in Mongolian, 3rd Q 2015 Final draft Green Learning Strategy developed, 4th Q 2015

2016 Establishment of IGE learning as sub-programme of MEGDT, 1st Q 2016 Adoption and launch of Learning Strategy, 3rd Q 2016

Key Activities (Outputs 3.1.4 and 3.1.5)

2016 Feasibility study to identify opportunities for integrating basic green economy concepts, green modelling, as well as

sustainable finance in national education programmes, 3rd Q 2016 (UNITAR/UNEP)

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Development of relevant training materials, 4th Q 2016 (UNITAR/UNEP)

2017 Training of trainers on IGE concepts and modelling, 1st to 2nd Q 2016 (UNITAR/UNEP)

3.2 Individual Capacity Development (in addition to individual capacity development activities included under outcome 1 and 2)Key Activities Training of Trainers

2015 Identification of potential Mongolian trainers, 1st Q 2015 Coaching of trainers on substantive and methodological aspects of green economy training, 3rd Q 2015 Development of a training package in Mongolian, 3rd Q 2015

2016

2017 Training of trainers on IGE concepts and modelling, 1st to 2nd Q 2017 (UNITAR/UNEP)

Key Activities Training of Media and Decision-makers

2015 Workshop for journalists and the media, 4th Q 2015 Workshop for decision-makers, 4th Q 2015

3.3 National Planning, Coordination and CommunicationKey Activities National Planning

2013/2014 National PAGE Inception Workshop, 4th Q 2013 National 2014 PAGE Implementation Workshop, 2nd Q 2014 National PAGE Inception Document, 1st-3rd Q 2014

2015 National PAGE Week, June 2015

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2016 High-level event with Government and development partners, 1st Q 2016 (UNITAR) Partnership event with in-coming Government, 4th Q 2016 (led by other development partner)

Key Activities Medium Term Programme and Results Framework

2015 Development of a National PAGE Programme Document 2014-2017 Results Framework, 2nd Q 2015 Drafting of concept note for programmatic framework (beyond 2017), 4th Q 2015

2016 Drafting of programme document for beyond 2017, 2nd-3rd Q 2016 (UNDP) Identification of medium-term national level funding opportunities and mechanisms, 3rd 4th Q 2016 (UNDP)

2017 …

Key Activities Partnerships with Development Partners

2015 Meeting with Development Partners, 2nd Q 2015

2016 Meeting with Development Partners, 1st Q 2016 (see above)

2017 …

Key Activities Communication

2015 Development of website for PAGE Mongolia, 2nd Q 2015

2016 Communication plan, 4th Q 2016 (UNDP - tbc)

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Support for collaboration with key targeted media agencies, 2nd Q 2016 (UNDP - tbc)

2017 …

ANNEX 4

Overview of project finances at the country level, as per available budget figures. It should be noted that actual expenditures are not available at country level. The Secretariat aggregates the available financial information on a regular basis to update donors and other stakeholders; however these are not certified actual expenditures and are informative in nature, based on available financial figures received by partner agencies. (Table, accompanied by narrative)

Activity description

TOTALUNEP ILO UNIDO UNITAR UNDP

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Green Economy Modelling/Green Jobs Assessment (MI, Green Jobs Contract) 0 20,000 68,000 88,000

National Coordinator (10 month salary, international travel) 32,000 32,000Technical Support for PAGE Inception Phase (Planning, Inception Report, Methodology, etc.) 3,000 24,000 27,000

National PAGE Planning / 2014 Implementation Workshop, May 2014 (Methodological support, venue, catering, training materials, cost of international experts)

3,000 30,000 33,000

Green and Energy Efficient Building Workstream / Sustainable Public Procurement Workstreams 100,000 13,000 113,000

Green Economy Learning Strategy/Institutional Capacity Development 64,000 64,000

Green Economy Modelling Workshops, May and second half of 2014 14,000 32,000 46,000Support for additional workstreams/sectoral GE strategies (incl. hiring consultants or nat. Institutes) 21,750 35,000 56,750

Green Economy Indicators Workshop and Technical Document 20,000 20,000

Action Plan to Implement Green Development Strategy 68,000 68,000Travel of staff from agencies (workshops, training, and planning meetings) 23,000 0 10,000 20,000 53,000

Sub-total 143,000 54,750 45,000 290,000 68,000 600,750

Personnel costs (to support implementation/coordination of activities) 35,750 13,688 11,250 72,500 17,000 150,188

Total 178,750 68,438 56,250 362,500 85,000 750,938

PAGE Budget for Country Mongolia (2015)

Balance from 2014 allocation 0(only stating the really unallocated balance, which can still be newly programmed; only to be include in the new template if activities can be suggested that can still be implemented in 2016)

Addtional allocation to country in 2015 200,000

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Total available 200,000

Activity / cost descriptionGlobal output

referenceUNEP

BudgetILO

BudgetUNIDO Budget

UNITAR Budget

UNDP Budget

Total for activity

workstream

Outcome 1: GE goals and targets in national dev planning processesGreen jobs survey in national labor survey, 2nd half 2015 1.1 25,000 25,000

Green economy indicators workshop, Oct 2015 1.2 5,000 5,000

Green policy assessment workshop, November 2015 1.2 5,000 5,000

… 0

Outcome 2: Sectoral policy reform

Additional support for waste inventory/recycling 1.2 5,000 5,000

Green financing 2.2 15,000 15,000

National workshop on green entrepreneurship and TOT workshop on greener business options (GBO) with focus on green construction/buildings

2.2 20,000 20,000

Outcome 3: Institutional and individual capacity building and planning

National PAGE Coordinator Mongolia + Travel 3.1 28,000 28,000Preparation, Logistics and Travel for PAGE Week, June 2015 3.2 35,000 35,000

Preparation of 2016-2018 National Programme Document 3.2 5,000 5,000

Implementation of Green Economy Learning Strategy 3.1 5,000 5,000

Preparation/Participation in PAGE Workshop, January 2016 3.2 5,000 5,000 5,000 10,000 20,000

… 0

Total 20,000 45,000 10,000 88,000 5,000 168,000

Overall coordination lead agency (32k flatrate) 32,000

Total 20,000 45,000 10,000 120,000 5,000 200,000

Balance 0

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PAGE Mongolia - 2016/2017 Budget

Proposed Activities Output ILO UNDP UNEP UNIDO UNITARGreen development strategyLocal level development plans that integrate GDP and SDGs, Sukhbaatar aimag 1.2 20,000

Development plan of Ulaanbaatar that integrates SDG and GDP, 2-4 Q 2016 (UNDP) 1.2 35,000

Study on shifting tax and subsidies that support green development and alleviate poverty, 3rd Q 2016 (UNDP 1.2 10,000

Modelling and policy assessmentCapacity development support for university department of economics/business administration schools on IGE and green economy modelling (e.g. technical support to identify opportunities for including modelling in education activities; support for green management curriculum development and training for lecturers), 2nd -4th Q 2016 (UNITAR/UNEP see 3.2)

1.3 35,000

1) Building on previous work on the T21 advise on how the results could be used for policy formulation and evaluaton;2) Identify gaps that could be filled through the use of alternative modelling tools, taking into account the insights from the ongoing work on the Integrated Green Economy Modelling tool, 3-4th Q 2016, UNEPOutput: Report reviewing past experience with T-21, identification of gaps and application of the IGEM tool to fill these gaps in the case of Mongolia (including link to some SDGs)

1.4 30,000

Green development indicatorsSupport to follow-up tripartite consultations on further definitions/criteria setting for green jobs in Mongolia and for LFS-GJ module for 1st -2nd Q 2016 (ILO)/ Follow-Activities-Publication and Advocacy- 3rd-4th Q 2016/1st Q 2017)

1.4 20,000

Sustainable public procurementMarket analysis of green construction materials and database development, 2nd-4th Q, 2016 (UNEP) 2.1 25,000

Green building

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Development and renewal of Mongolian building codes, align the current guideline for green building with codes, make the guideline a national guideline for green building, 2nd-3rd Q 2016

2.2 15,000

Assessment and formulation of ‘business case’ for green buildings to provide sound basis for decision-making in Mongolia, 3rd-4th Q 2016 Q (ILO/UNEP) 2.2 12,500

Development of green building rating system and methodology, 2nd Q 2016 (UNEP) 2.2 20,000

Institutional capacity assessment/training needs assessment for sector stakeholders (including employers, entrepreneurs and workers organizations), 3rd Q 2016 (ILO)

2.2 12,500

Institutional capacity-building and setting-up of pool of trainers on green entrepreneurship in the construction and related sectors, 3rd-4th Q 2016 (ILO)

2.2 18,000

Conduct of training of entrepreneurs for green entrepreneurship in the construction and related sectors, 3rd Q 2016 (ILO) 2.2 20,000

Waste management

Development of standards and norms on waste management and related capacity building activities, 2nd-3rd Q 2016 (UNIDO); 2.3 45,000

Sustainable financeSupport for regular consultative meetings and discussions to promote green credit fund, 2nd Q 2016 2.4 3,000

Conduct a market study (demand side) for green financing, 1st-2nd Q, 2016 2.4 20,000Sustainable finance forum (Nov. 2016) 2.4 5,000NEW PROPOSED WORKSTREAM: GE AND TRADEStudy and Workshop on Green Economy and Trade Opportunities (GETOP) for Mongolia, 3rd Q 2016 (UNEP) 2.2 60,000

Coordination and planningSecondment of National Coordinator to Ministry (UNITAR) 3.1 30,000Overall coordination 32,000Mission costs for high-level event 3.3 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000Identification of medium-term national level funding opportunities and drafting of programme document for beyond 2017, 3rd-4th Q 2016 (UNDP) 3.3 10,000

Communication

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Communication plan, 1st Q 2016 (UNDP) 3.3 5,000

Support for collaboration with key targeted media agencies, 3rd Q 2016 (UNDP) 3.3 7,000

TOTAL 85,000 89,000 180,000 47,000 99,000

GRAND TOTAL 500,000

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