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PRIORITY INVESTMENT SECTORS FOR DARKHAN

Food Security
Smart city Sustainable
Tourism

Eco-
Digital and Industrial
Connected city Affordable Zone
Housing
Resource- Youth and
Efficient and Entertainment city
Circular city

INTER-REGIONAL DARKHAN-EUROPE FORUM (IDEF)

In the frame of establishing the IDEF will have ten members. The five sub-com-
set-up, developing concept notes, rules and mittees are represented by 5-members each
regulations, and membership activities have and focus on specific priorities aligned with
been executed. Through a consultative and the purpose of the FRIENDSHIP project.
collaborative approach, the Concept note The sub-committees will be composed of
and Rules and Regulations were crystal- EU-Darkhan policymakers, business lead-
lized into the Operational Manual for the ers, academia, industries, local authority of-
implementation IDEF work program. The ficials, etc. The role of the sub-committees
IDEF committee members discussed during is to create strategies, create investment
the inter-partners meeting the validity of the opportunities in the priority areas, and will
document in meeting the requirement of the engage in further dialogue with external
FRIENDSHIP project finalized. The draft stakeholders in the EU and Mongolia to fa-
framework and plan of IDEF were discussed cilitate investments, and sustainable busi-
during the Roundtable organized during the ness opportunities in priority areas, including
1st Mission from EU Delegation in Mongolia skill-building and socially inclusive projects.
between 26th June and 3rd July, 2022. The The 1st meeting for the IDEF network
IDEF structure was planned and constituted will be organized in November 2022 in Ri-
to meet the expectation of the FRIENDSHIP jeka, Croatia, EU. The meeting will be orga-
project and drawn from the assessment re- nized in the hybrid mode. IDEF committee
port based on EU-Mongolia Multiannual In- members, delegates of Mongolia and the
dicative Programme 2021-2027. European Union, experts, policymakers, and
As proposed to the European Com- researchers will participate in discussing in-
mission by the FRIENDSHIP project, IDEF novation, green cities, entrepreneurship,
executive committee and sub-committees support for start-ups, and other related is-
were constituted. The executive committee sues such as employment and accessibility.

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