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GOVERNMENT OF MONGOLIA

GOVERNMENT OF MONGOLIA

MONGOLIA VOLUNTARY NATIONAL

REVIEW 2019

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

GOVERNMENT OF MONGOLIA

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

ULAANBAATAR 2019

Government of Mongolia 2019. Mongolia Voluntary National Review Report 2019. Implementation Of The Sustainable Development Goals Ulaanbaatar. June. Report presented at the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainble Development, New York.

The 2019 meeting of the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development is being held from Tuesday, 9 July to Thursday, 18 July 2019. The three-day ministerial meeting of the forum will be from Tuesday, 16 July to Thursday 18 July 2019.

The HLPF is convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. It is the central platform of the United Nations for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. The HLPF provides for the full and effective participation of all Member States of the UN and of the specialized agencies.

Mongolia Voluntary National Review Report 2019 is published in Mongolian and English. Except for specific reference cases, all data and information used in the report have been taken from official statistics.

Cover photo (yaks in the countryside of Mongolia) credit: mpa.mn

Contact address: National Development Agency United Nations Street 5/1 Ulaanbaatar 15160, Mongolia

Telephone: Email: Website:

(976) 51-263333 info@.mn .mn

ISBN: 978-9919-21-662-7

CONTENTS

FIGURES............................................................................................................................................................5 ABBREVIATIONS...............................................................................................................................................6 FOREWORD........................................................................................................................................................7 PREFACE............................................................................................................................................................9 SUMMARY.......................................................................................................................................................10

CHAPTER 1. VOLUNTARY NATIONAL REVIEW REPORT: PROCESS AND METHODOLOGY

1.1. Voluntary National Review Report Preparation Process.......................................................................14 1.2. Voluntary National Review Report Preparation Methodology...............................................................16

CHAPTER 2. WHERE MONGOLIA STANDS ON THE SDGS

Goal 1. Goal 2.

Goal 3. Goal 4.

Goal 5. Goal 6. Goal 7. Goal 8.

Goal 9.

Goal 10. Goal 11. Goal 12. Goal 13. Goal 14.

Goal 15.

Goal 16.

Goal 17.

End Poverty in All Its Forms Everywhere.................................................................................19 End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition and Promote Sustainable Agriculture............................................................................................................19 Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Wellbeing for All at All Ages...........................................20 Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promote Lifelong Learning Opportunities for All..................................................................................................21 Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls................................................22 Ensure Availability and Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation for All..............23 Ensure Access to Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable and Modern Energy for All...................24 Promote Sustained, Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth, Full and Productive Employment and Decent Work for All.....................................................26 Build Resilient Infrastructure, Promote Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization and Foster Innovation..................................................................................27 Reduce Inequality within and Among Countries.....................................................................28 Make Cities and Human Settlement Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable...................29 Responsible Consumption and Production.............................................................................31 Take Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change and Its Impacts..........................................32 Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development........................................................................................................34 Protect, Restore and Promote Sustainable Use of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Sustainably Manage Forests, Combat Desertification, and Halt and Reverse Land Degradation and Halt Biodiversity Loss..................................................................................34 Promote Peaceful and Inclusive Societies for Sustainable Development, Provide Access to Justice for All and Build Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Institutions at All Levels...........................................................................................35 Strengthen the Means of Implementation and Revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development..............................................................................36

CHAPTER 3. MONGOLIA'S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT-ENABLING POLICY ENVIRONMENT

3.1. Localising the Sustainable Development Goals...................................................................................38 3.2. Ensuring "All-of-Government" Principle, Policy Coherence and Coordination..................................39 3.3. Directing Development Financing Towards Sustainable Development..............................................40 3.4. Creating Institutional Structures for Sustainable Development..........................................................42 3.5. SDG Progress Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting..........................................................................43 3.6. Building Multistakeholder Partcipation and Partnership.....................................................................45 3.7. Ensuring the "Leaving No One Behind" Principle.................................................................................46

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CHAPTER 4. DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE IN FOCUS: AIR POLLUTION

4.1. Air Pollution as a Key Development Challenge....................................................................................49 4.2. Systems Analysis: Air Pollution Drivers and Impacts..........................................................................52 4.3. National Efforts Undertaken to Reduce Air Pollution...........................................................................58 4.4. Bottlenecks from Weak Policy Coordination........................................................................................59 4.5. Towards Better Air Quality: Way Forward.............................................................................................62

CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1. Change Towards Sustainable Development is Possible.....................................................................66 5.2. Overall Conclusions...............................................................................................................................67

ANNEX 1.

KEY DEVELOPMENT ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES OF MONGOLIA

IN IMPLEMENTING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.....................................70

ANNEX 2.

STATE OF SDG INDICATORS IN MONGOLIA......................................................................72

ANNEX 3.

MONGOLIA'S POSITION IN THE WORLD: RANKINGS UNDER

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INDICES......................................................................................83

ANNEX 4.

STATE OF AIR POLLUTION IN ULAANBAATAR.................................................................84

ANNEX 5.

KEY BOTTLENECK AND FUTURE ACTIONS IN TACKLING AIR POLLUTION

BASED ON SYSTEMS ANALYSIS........................................................................................87

ANNEX 6.

MATRIX USED TO IDENTIFY POPULATION GROUPS WHO ARE

"AT RISK OF BEING LEFT BEHIND"....................................................................................90

ENDNOTES ..............................................................................................................................................91

REFERENCES ..............................................................................................................................................93

THE NATIONAL REPORT PRODUCTION TEAM..............................................................................................95

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