Decentralization proceeds slowly
It is stated at a Decentralizing Policy-Regional Development Forum which was held in Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar with the help of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS).
Decentralization proceeds slowly. It is stated at a Decentralizing Policy-Regional Development Forum which was held in Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar with the help of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS). The forum participants discussed the lack of development and decentralization in independent regions and provinces over the past twenty years. They see the lack of autonomy and financial power at the local level as the biggest obstacle keeping local officials from providing faster services to residents and carrying out local and national level projects. However, a consensus at the forum voiced the necessity to keep all education, culture, health care, social security, social welfare and insurance, environment, and employment funding responsibilities to central agencies and ministries. In the above sectors, local authorities will have to continue to request funds from the government. They agreed to deliberate this issue by analyzing responsibility of local authorities, capacity building, and provincial and capital city councils, mayors and associated officials, to provide guidance for projects to be implemented by the government.
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