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Organizational profiling and
learning needs assessment
ANSA EAP Mongolia Conveners Group
Strategic planning workshop
Khaan Jim, 23-24 June 2010
Organization
Focus Issue or Area of Work
Center for Citizen’s
Alliance (CCA)
Women’s rights and monitoring of CEDAW Convention implementation; education,
health, rural development sectors; democracy and decentralization
Chingeltei District
Health Unit (CDHU)
Public health services; primary and secondary medical care to district population
Centre for Social
Responsibility (CSR)
Mapping of social accountability initiatives in Mongolia; participatory planning and
budgeting activities with district governments
Democracy Education
Center (DEMO)
Strengthening NGO sector in Mongolia; development of active citizens through
democracy education; mapping study of social accountability in Mongolia
Infratest Research and
Training Center (IRTC)
Social well-being through research and training activities; mapping study of social
accountability in Mongolia
Organization
Focus Issue or Area of Work
Independent Research
Institute of Mongolia
(IRIM)
Professional research on social issues; training of policy researchers; formulating
new development policy measures ; organizing public awareness campaigns and
sharing best practices on overcoming difficulties in transitional countries; mapping
of social accountability initiatives
Mercy Corps Mongolia
(MCM)
Economic, civil society, and natural resource management programs; rural business
development ; promotion of CSO and local government collaboration toward civic
participation; social entrepreneurship
Responsible Mining
Initiative (RMI)
Building common framework for responsible mining among different stakeholders;
transparency in mining sector; equal participation among stakeholders in mining
Transparency
Foundation (IT NGO)
Improving public bodies and business transparency in Mongolia
Focus issues or areas of work:
• Public services delivery: health, education, livelihood/rural development,
natural resource management, extractive industries governance
• Protection of rights: women’s rights, citizen participation in governance,
right to information
• Support services to citizen groups: capacity building, research, awareness
campaigns, democracy and active citizenship education
Organization
CCA
Accomplishments
Challenges
Formed local networks for mobilizing CSO support
in combating VAW; mainstreamed democracy and
civil society through work on women’s issues
CDHU
CSR
Produced research and monitoring reports, media
articles, brochures, and other public information
materials on its social accountability activities
Lack of experience in implementing social
accountability initiatives; weak management;
funding issues
DEMO
Provided various support services to civil society
groups (training, sharing, network meetings,
counselling and information services, researches,
publication); recognition of civil society sector
(Civil Society Council and Cooperation Agreement)
Concept of social accountability is not clearly
defined in Mongolia and understood differently
by stakeholders; bureaucratic approaches of
government organizations; lack of capacity of civil
society groups; funding support
Organization
IRTC
Accomplishments
Challenges
Produced monitoring reports and papers
Lack of information sharing by government;
sustaining social accountability activities; lack of
citizen participation in governance at local level;
bureaucratic ways of working of government
MCM
Strengthened productive rural businesses; access
and increased use of business information by rural
entrepreneurs; supported CSO efforts at resource
mobilization (including tapping volunteers)
CSOs lack capacity and experience in conducting
social accountability activities like social audit and
procurement monitoring; government officials
don’t believe in collaborating with citizen groups
RMI
Responsible mining clauses in government plan;
organized multi-stakeholder forums on responsible
mining; development of mining land restoration
standards; development of criteria for measuring
responsible mining principles
Conflict of interests ; uncertain legal framework
on mining in Mongolia; information transparency;
different perspectives on mining; lack of trust
among stakeholders
IRIM
Organization
IT NGO
Accomplishments
Transparency rating of extractive industry
companies (2007-08); established coalition on
budget monitoring; public access to some parts of
budget expenditure reports; public discussion on
local budget process
Challenges
No law on access to information in Mongolia; lack
of knowledge on budget review and analysis; lack
of experts and funding
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Mobilized support of citizen groups on issues (e.g. women’s rights)
Coalition-building and networking among citizen groups
Support services to civil society groups (training, resource center, etc.)
Recognition of civil society sector (CS Council, Cooperation Agreement)
Implemented some social accountability initiatives
Facilitated citizen engagement with government (multi-stakeholder
forums, policy dialogues, public discussion on local budgeting)
Some policy influence (e.g., responsible mining standards)
Access to some information (e.g., budget expenditure reports)
Improved quality and delivery of public services (e.g., health, rural
business development)
Produced information materials and publications
Challenges:
• Varying understanding of social accountability
• Lack of experience with some social accountability tools
(budget review, PM, social audit)
• Capacity gaps (project management)
• Sustaining initiatives and activities (including funding support)
• Different perspective on issues (e.g., extractive industries)
• Public officials unsupportive of citizen participation
• Lack of information sharing by government/lack of
legal framework on freedom of information
• Bureaucratic ways of working of government
• Lack of trust among stakeholders
Planning and
policy formulation
Budget analysis
and monitoring
Expenditure
tracking
Performance
monitoring
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Centre for Social Responsibility (CSR)
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Democracy Education Center (DEMO)
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Organization
Center for Citizen’s Alliance (CCA)
Chingeltei District Health Unit (CDHU)
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Infratest Research and Training Center
(IRTC)
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Independent Research Institute of
Mongolia (IRIM)
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Mercy Corps Mongolia (MCM)
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Responsible Mining Initiative (RMI)
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Transparency Foundation (IT NGO)
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Level of
Engagement
Organization
National
DEMO (engaged with national government ministries)
RMI (Parliament members, ministries, inspection agencies)
IT NGO (Natural resources agencies)
Province
IRIM (Budget transparency)
MCM (Monitoring school tea break program and social welfare budget
expenditures; service quality of provincial hospitals)
District
CSR (Songinokhairkhan District)
IRTC (Songinokhairkhan District)
IRIM (Budget transparency)
CDHU
Village
CDHU (with CBOs)
Existing capacities/learning needs
Rating (average)
Capability to generate and use data/information
3.44
Capability to share data or information
3.44
Plan, implement, and monitor/evaluate projects
3.44
Conduct capacity development of partners
3.33
Engagement with other citizen groups
3.00
Networking capabilities
3.00
Capability to mobilize and manage resources
2.89
Manage and resolve conflict
2.89
Engagement with government
2.78
Knowledge of social accountability
2.67
Communicate, advocate for, and promote SAc
2.67
Practice and application of social accountability
2.22
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