World Bank and SDC support civic engagement to improve social services
The World Bank and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation project recently brought together a wide range of stakeholders to discuss solutions for the health and education.
World Bank and SDC support civic engagement to improve social services. The World Bank and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) project recently brought together a wide range of stakeholders to discuss solutions for the most pressing issues in health and education, including increased outbreaks of communicable diseases and limited access to education services, facing people living in three Ulaanbaatar districts. At the past workshop, community and civil-society representatives from the 3 biggest districts identified priorities based on local needs, along with officials from central and local governments, development partners and public-service providers. The two-way collaboration between citizens groups and the government was supported by the joint WB– SDC project, Mainstreaming Social Accountability in Mongolia. Since the project’s launch in November 2015, more than 700 people representing civil society and community groups have been trained on how to address challenges through social accountability tools. The project also helps the central and local governments, as well as sector ministries to institutionalize social accountability measures so that achievements are sustained even after the project is closed. The project is being implemented in 10 provinces and three districts of Ulaanbaatar with relatively high poverty rates. Results and best practices from these provinces and districts are envisioned to be replicated nationwide.
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