Moving Towards a Professional and Citizen-Centred Civil Service in Mongolia

The project aims to assist the Government of Mongolia in the implementation of its civil service reform program aimed at creating a stable impartial professional and citizen-centred civil service. It is designed to support the Government of Mongolia’s priorities to improve leadership of public organizations at all levels establish transparent and accountable governance at the national and local levels while ensuring citizen participation. Project activities include: (1) identifying areas that need improvement in existing human resource management in the civil service and preparing recommendations for improvements; (2) implementing gender-sensitive best practices and methodologies in civil service recruitment processes; (3) developing a training module on ethical conduct of civil servants; (4) assisting the Government of Mongolia in establishing enforcement mechanisms for the implementation of gender quotas in the civil service; and (5) providing and implementing a methodology for citizens to monitor public administration performance.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) strengthened legal and policy framework for a professional and gender-sensitive civil service; (2) improved professional capacities of civil servants; (3) enhanced gender equality in public administration; and (4) improved monitoring of public administration performance by citizens.