Third Sustainable Livelihoods Project

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The objectives of the Third Sustainable Livelihoods Project for Mongolia are to improve governance and community participation for the planning and delivery of priority investments in rural areas of Mongolia. The project comprises three components. The first component, capacity building for local governance and livelihoods, aims to build the capacity at local and national levels for the implementation and further development of the Government's program and mechanisms for support rural development. At the local level, this component provides training and technical assistance in the areas of medium-term planning, community participation, budget preparation, procurement, supervision, reporting and monitoring and evaluation. At the national level, this component provides technical support to central public administrative organizations. The second component, good governance performance-based support program, includes budget preparation and adoption, budget execution, accounting, reporting, internal and external control and public scrutiny. Particular importance will be given to citizen participation. This component will also carry out annual performance assessments. The third component, project management and monitoring and evaluation, supports the implementation structure, financing of staff costs, related expenditures, monitoring and evaluation, procurement, and financial management.