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RAPID ASSESSMENT REPORT ON JOINT AREAS OF
COOPERATION (RAR-JAC)

A Rapid Assessment Report on Joint governance of the Darkhan-Uul province,
Area of Cooperation (RAR-JAC) will be based solely on research methods within
prepared to identify the areas of cooper- the framework of the project’s goals and
ation between Darkhan-Uul Province and objectives.
EU member states. The RAR-JAC will A baseline study has been executed
have a futuristic outlook using perspec- by DUPM and SAB MULS project team
tives such as resilient, equitable, and in- members in the frame of Darkhan-Uul
novative growth and will seek to envision province’s 27 sub-sectors within the main
cooperation between the EU and the sector of Social, Economy, Governance,
Darkhan until the year 2030. This will be and Environment.
a guiding document for IDEF to make use When developing the RAR-JAC of
of for strategic and operational purposes. the project, among the long-term and
According to the FRIENDSHIP proj- medium-term documents implemented at
ect, the most critical component of the the national level, Vision-2050, New Re-
project’s RAR-JAC was supposed to vival Policy-2030, and the Government’s
study the status quo to assess the current Agenda for 2020-2024 were specially con-
situation of the Darkhan-Uul Province. It sidered. We have outlined the provisions
was intended to provide a realistic over- reflected in these policy documents, which
view of the current level and condition conform to the goal of the FRIENDSHIP
of social, economic, environmental, and project, support its activities and become
the legal basis.

RAR-JAC has been structured as below:

Section Content
I Introduction
II Review Mongolia’s National and Provincial Policy and Regulatory Landscape
Review of Institutional Framework for Line Ministries: Governance, Greening,
III Education, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Development
Review National Schemes in Darkhan-Uul Province aligned with Pillars of
IV
FRIENDSHIP Project
V Review of Policy Framework and Cooperation Mechanism between EU and
Mongolia

Review of Main External Finance in – Loans and Grants - Governance, Greening,
VI Education, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Development

VII Conclusions

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