FAO, EU and GIZ delegation visits Umnudelger soum
The European Union Ambassador to Mongolia H.E. Ms. Axelle Nicaise and staff from the Directorate-General for International Partnerships of the European Commission are visiting several projects implemented in Khentii. They are travelling with a mission team consisting of the Resident Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in Mongolia Mr. Vinod Ahuja, and the Country Director of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Mr. Daniel Passon.
The purpose of the mission is to visit the sites of the recently launched project “Sustainable Resilient Ecosystem and Agriculture Management in Mongolia” (STREAM” in short) and showcase proposed solutions within this project. The STREAM project aims to increase capacity of Mongolian communities to implement innovative and sustainable long-term landscape management to address food system challenges and climate stresses. The STREAM project is being implemented in Binder, Umnudelger and Bayan-Adraga soums of Khentii aimag, for a three-year period from 2021 to 2024 with a total budget of EUR 4.55 million. It is co-financed by the European Union and the the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and co-implemented by GIZ and FAO in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, and Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry.
Today the mission team met with the soum governor and the parties closely discussed priority areas of respective organizations and potential future cooperation. In addition, local authorities expressed their full support for the “STREAM” project implementation as well as current and future cooperation areas between Umnudelger soum and mission participants
Contact:
- M.Ganchimeg, Policy officer EU Del (tel. 88 88 56 68, e-mail: [email protected])
- G.Pagmasuren, Communications Specialist of FAO (tel: 9510 5095; e-mail: [email protected])
- B.Anarmaa, C&V and M&E Officer of GIZ (tel: 8802 7691; e-mail: [email protected])