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Social security
Extending social protection coverage among Mongolian herders: Closing the social protection coverage gap for Mongolian herders
This policy brief highlights challenges that hinder the inclusion of herders in social protection coverage. Some policy options that can increase the coverage have been considered based on international experience and ILO social security norms and...
Social security
Social protection diagnostic review: From a schematic to systems approach for social protection
The objective of this study is to assist social dialogue in Mongolia by building evidence and engaging with constituents to make recommendations pertaining to the future of social protection in the country.
UN Joint Programme in Mongolia
Social Protection Diagnostic Review and Financing Strategy Study for Mongolia
ILO-led UN Joint Programme “Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness” begins its flagship study, Social Protection Diagnostic Review.
Social insurance for herders
A handbook for herders contains comprehensive information about social protection. The handbook is available only in Mongolian.
UN Joint Programme in Mongolia
ILO Led UN Joint Programme in Mongolia Contributes to 10 per cent increase to Herders’ Social Insurance Coverage in Target Soums
Initial reports show that United Nations Joint Project (UNJP) on Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness directly and indirectly contributed to the increase in social and health insurance coverage of herders by 10...
Social Insurance Officers Discuss Their Effort to Extend Social Protection to Herders
The ILO-led UN Joint Programme (UNJP) “Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness” has been collaborating with the Competency-Based Education Center NGO (CBE) on training social insurance officers in western provinces...
The Second Steering Committee Meeting of UN Joint Programme on Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness
The United Nations in Mongolia, in close cooperation with Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Mongolia has organized the second Steering Committee Meeting of the UN Joint Programme on Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced...
A Study on Herders’ Behavior towards Social and Health Insurance
“Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness” UN Joint Project, led by International Labor Organization in Mongolia is conducting a Study on Herders’ Behavior towards Social and Health Insurance research through the...
Virtual Knowledge Exchange Meeting Held among Mongolian Herder Cooperatives
Within the framework of the “Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness” UN Joint Project led by the International Labor Organization in Mongolia, the National Association of Mongolian Agricultural Cooperatives...
Making Herders Accessible to Skills Learning and Knowledge on Benefits of Social Insurance through Establishing Herder Programme to...
“Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness” UN Joint Project, led by International Labour Organization in Mongolia is establishing Herder programme at National Lifelong Learning Education institution in Mongolia...
Cooperatives Use Incentive Mechanisms to Extend Social Protection to Herders
The ILO-led UN Joint Programme (UNJP) on Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness aims to demonstrate how partnerships are critical to accelerating the achievement of the SDGs by supporting the government and...
Training on Extending Social Protection to Herders Held for Social Insurance Officers
Training of Trainers was organized for social insurance officers from Uvs, Khovd, and Bayan-Ulgii provinces between 23 and 25 June on the topic of extending social protection to herders. Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, the training was held online...
UN Joint Programme
Does herders’ behaviour affect their active enrollment in social and health insurance programme?
The United Nations SDG funded Joint Programme on Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness presents the findings of studies on herders' behavior towards social and health Insurance.
Capacity-building Training Held for Herder Cooperatives
Capacity-building training on leadership and advocacy held online for 30 herder cooperative representatives from 5 soums of Zavkhan province between September 16-17 as part of the ILO-led UN Joint Programme (UNJP) "Extending Social Protection to...
Trade Union Delegates Prepared as Advocates for Social Protection
In Mongolia, the new labour law will be effective from January 2022. It regulates the relation between herder and assistant herder and requires a labour contract between them for the first time. Therefore, to effectively manage the contractual...
Validation Workshop of the Herder Programme Held in Khentii province
As part of the ILO-led UN Joint Programme (UNJP) “Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness,” ILO has three main areas of intervention towards extending social protection to herders. One of them is to support the...
UN Joint Programme
Tools Become Available to Advocate Social Protection Programmes for Herders
UN Joint Programme
Zavkhan Herders Learn Cooperative Management
Training of Trainers of “My Coop - Managing Agricultural Cooperative” was organized in Uliastai soum, Zavkhan province between 25-29 October as part of the ILO-led UN Joint Programme (UNJP) “Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced...
UN Joint Programme
Training on Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining and Benefits of Social Insurance was held in Dornogobi aimag
The Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions (CMTU) organized a two-day training for herders in Dornogobi aimag about the Freedom of Association (FOA) and Collective Bargaining (CB) and benefits of Social Insurance Programme of Mongolia.
Informal Economy
It takes an average of 58 hours a week to earn less than 30 percent of the national average
Informal employment has been an enduring social phenomenon in Mongolia. This report presents the results of the 2021 Informal Employment Survey for Mongolia, which was undertaken to understand the current state of informal employment in the country.