Mongolia

The EU works closely with Mongolia on its transition to renewable energy. Support in this sector is also key for Mongolia’s energy sovereignty. 

Specific initiatives include: 

• Reinforcing the democratic institutions of the country.  
• Constructing an electricity transmission line between Choir and Sainshand, and an onshore windfarm near Sainshand. 
• Protecting, restoring and sustainably managing Mongolia's foreststhrough the EU-Mongolia Forest Partnership, that supports notably the country's national goal of planting one billion trees by 2030.  
• Developing urban infrastructure and waste management.  
• Assisting the development of improved insulation of less-privileged housing and developing near-zero energy building.

The EU is helping Mongolia build up sustainable agricultural and pastoral supply chains. It is also helping restore and sustainably manage Mongolia’s forests in line with the ambitions of the “One Billion Trees” campaign promoted by the President of Mongolia. Specific projects include: 

• Funding sustainable ecosystem, pastoral and agriculture management.
• Providing a guarantee and blending support to protect, restore, and manage Mongolia’s forests sustainably.
• Offering scholarships for Masters and PhD-level studies in forestry.
• Providing technical assistance in water sources for forests.
• Supporting protected areas to conserve the ecosystem.
• Changing the image of the forestry sector in Mongolia through awareness-raising campaigns targeted towards women.
• Supporting the offal and camel milk value chains.
• Analysing the potential for Mongolia’s cashmere and pine nuts value chains.
• Building Mongolia’s capacity in the bio-leather sector. 

The EU is assisting Mongolia with the development of urban infrastructure and waste management. Specific projects include: 

• Providing financial support to basic infrastructure in smaller cities.
• Financing a Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) plant and expanding the landfill capacity of Ulaanbaatar.
• Improving the sustainable plastics recycling sector.
• Building out the capacity of Ulaanbaatar’s solid waste management.
• Constructing flood protection district heating infrastructure, and water pipelines in Erdenet city.
• Rehabilitating and extending the district heating network in parts of Ulaanbaatar, as well as investing in its water, wastewater, and sanitation system. 

The EU is enabling a raft of Mongolian government reforms in the domains of employment, the judiciary, human and women’s rights, and digital transformation. Specific actions include: 

• Financially supporting the government reform agenda in employment policy and public finance management.
• Strengthening public finance management systems in Mongolia.
• Enhancing capacities in the justice sector through peer learning and exchange of experience with European counterparts.
• Strengthening commercial mediation and the enforcement of commercial court decisions in Mongolia to encourage a more conducive business sector.
• Enhancing child protections and the response to human rights violations against people with disabilities.
• Using human rights in the private sector to enable sustainable economic growth.
• Continuing the Ulaanbaatar Process dialogue for peace and stability in Northeast Asia.
• Strengthening Mongolia’s public sector expertise on gender and women’s empowerment.
• Boosting civil society’s ability to push for an inclusive digital transformation and enhanced democratic space.
• Empowering youth with the digital skills they need to further increase the strength of a democratic civil society.