Social inclusion and evidence
For every child, an equitable chance in life.
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The challenges
Recent economic trends indicate that without a strong focus on social and environmental issues, Mongolia’s sustainable development, and its ability to achieve the SDGs, are at risk with considerable longer-term consequences for Mongolia’s development and for the wellbeing of the people.
Challenges persist in areas related to political accountability, rule of law and effective decentralization, as well as sustainable budgetary allocation for child related services, especially in times of macroeconomic downturn.
The solutions
UNICEF will support government efforts to reduce poverty and social exclusion. In partnership with the International Labour Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization and others, UNICEF will continue supporting the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection in strengthening knowledge and evidence on the social protection system to inform the development of a holistic, child-sensitive national policy framework as a basis to enhance the coherence of social protection interventions as well as their effectiveness and shock-responsiveness. UNICEF will work directly with beneficiaries to increase their knowledge of the social protection system and its available benefits.
- Help build national child-friendly social protection system that is effective and shock responsive
- Ensure that state budget allocations and expenditures are adequate for the progressive realization of child and adolescent rights
- Engage youth in the budget process for child/adolescent-responsive budget allocations.
- Increase national capacities to produce and use quality data and evidence for policy decisions related to child multidimensional poverty at the national and subnational levels.
Resources
These resources represent just a small selection of materials related to the Social Policy Programme of UNICEF Mongolia and its partners. The list is regularly updated to include the latest information.
