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Mongolia - Vision
Long term vision
All residents of the capital city (Ulaanbaatar) of Mongolia will
have access to improved water supply and sanitation facilities
by 2030, which is estimated to be about 50.3% of the total
population.
Focus for 2014-2016
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Focus on increasing political prioritization of water,
sanitation and hygiene
Strengthen the national WASH monitoring systems of
communities, schools and health centres for assessing the
national water and sanitation progress with equity.
Create financial, institutional and human resource
capacity to scale-up community based sanitation
programmes (elimination of open defecation) in priority
areas and promote sanitation as the entry point for
delivering integrated WASH services.
Water:
85% have access to
improved water, but
rural areas have
only 53% access.
Sanitation:
53% use improved
toilets nationally
26% practice open
defecation in rural
areas
GDP losses:
Mongolia loses
USD 26 million a
year (equal to 3.5 %
of GDP) due to poor
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sanitation
Challenges
Key bottlenecks
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Weak national sanitation policy.
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Lack of clarity on institutional roles and responsibilities for
water and sanitation in schools and health centres.
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Lack of national level assessment of WASH in schools and health
centres.
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Lack of clearly defined national standards or agreed upon
performance indicators for hygiene promotion.
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Unavailability of disaggregated data regarding WASH government
expenditure.
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Lack of specific measured government financing plans to target
resources to reduce inequalities in access and level of service of
water and sanitation.
Tools used:
2013 GLAAS
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Progress on 2012
commitments
Did not Attend in 2012
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2014 Commitments
Monitoring
Finance
Invest over 622 billion MNT on
water and sanitation, with about
70% of this amount committed to
activities in 2014 to 2016,
increasing access to safe and
sustainable sanitation services.
MCUD (Ministry of Construction
and Urban Development) will
lead annual evaluations and
tracking system for water and
sanitation indicators in close
collaboration with the line
ministries (Ministry of Education
and Ministry of Health) and
sectoral partners
Equality
Carry out a review of the
National Programme on
“1000 apartments for each
province”, on water and
sanitation and publish
evidence
MCUD in collaboration with
the Ministry of Finance will
hold regular public
expenditure reviews to
monitor the actual budget
expenditure from domestic
resources allocated to the
Drinking Water and
Sanitation Sector.
Equality
Sustainability
Evidence
Transparency
Coordination
Ensure that the Ministry of
Health, as the related
accountable institution takes
clear leadership of the
national sanitation portfolio,
and promotes sanitation and
hygiene in addition to
education
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