Vision 2050 submitted to Parliament
On January 31, Chief of the Cabinet Secretariat L.Oyun-Erdene submitted Mongolia’s mid and long-term development policy Vision 2050 to Speaker of Parliament G.Zandanshatar.
The speaker expressed his appreciation to the Cabinet Secretariat chief and the National Development Agency, and all researchers and academics who worked to prepare the policy paper. He noted a particular clause in the new amendment to the Constitution on sustainable economic and social development of Mongolia, stating Vision 2050 is scheduled for debate in the 2020 spring session of Parliament.
He said the policy paper focuses on nine parts: national heritage, human development, quality of life and the middle-class, economy, good governance, green development, peaceful and safe society, regional development, development of Ulaanbaatar and satellite cities.
According to L.Oyun-Erdene, Vision 2050 can be considered as the combination of the previous 517 development policy papers, and consists of the aforementioned nine parts divided into 50 separate objectives. The policy will be implemented by 10-year increments in three phases through 2050.
The speaker delved into Mongolia’s current sub-par performance in economy and competitiveness, noting the country ranks 92 out of 177 in development, 99 out of 140 in economic competitiveness, 74 out of 190 in business environment, and at 93 out of 196 countries in terms of corruption.
“The prime minister of Mongolia issued Directive No. 52 on April 30, 2019 to reevaluate all policy papers of the past 30 years and redefine Mongolia’s development and social policy until the year 2050. The taskforce led by Cabinet Secretariat Chief L.Oyun-Erdene included researchers, academics, ministries, agencies, universities and other state organizations, totaling to approximately 1,500 individuals,” G.Zandanshatar said.
L.Oyun-Erdene stated that although Mongolia has developed and implemented 517 short, mid and long-term development policy papers since 1992, they have been poorly implemented and lacked unity, according to policy experts. The taskforce carefully reviewed all of these policy papers when developing Vision 2050. They took into account all the errors and successes within these development policies and developed Vision 2050 in seven months, and compiled their results just before the end of 2019. The taskforce submitted Vision 2050 to the prime minister on January 3, 2020.
The policy paper divides Mongolian territories into specific industrial regions, such as the vast majority of the Gobi region will be classified as a mining region, while Darkhan, Orkhon and Selenge provinces will be part of a wider agricultural region.
Its priority is to make fundamental changes to policies in housing, improve the scope and accessibility of insurance and savings policies, improve and standardize preventive examinations in public hospitals, modernize and bolster competitiveness of universities. The program will also redefine and develop six key development sectors beyond mining, such as agriculture, renewable energy and transportation.