19 December 2023

Child money for every child

UNICEF Mongolia country office led advocacy yield to reinstate the Universal Child Money programme (CMP) in Mongolia., History of Child Money Programme (CMP, ) Mongolia’s CMP first introduced in 2005 has served as an exemplary and progressive programme in Asia undergoing several policy changes, transitioning from targeted to universal coverage. During the pandemic, the Government made a historic decision to increase the child money five-fold - fr...
07 June 2023

Child Protection in Emergency (CPiE)

The first-ever regional training on “Child Protection in Emergency (CPiE)’’ was organized for Child Protection Rapid Response team members of the Western region in Bayan-Ulgii on 17 and 18 May and for the Gobi region in UmnuGobi on 24 and 25 May 2023. A total of 100 team members from 12 provinces and over 50 school children attended the training…
11 May 2023

Bolortsetseg Sosorburam

Bolortsetseg Sosorburam Ms. Bolortsetseg joined UNICEF Mongolia in April 2023. Prior to joining UNICEF, she worked as a Director of training, research, and information center at the Authority for Family, Child and Youth Development (AFCYD). She holds a Bachelor's degree in English Studies/Linguistics from Stuttgart University, Germany, and a…
30 March 2023

Our Representative

Mr Evariste Kouassi-Komlan joins as UNICEF Representative to Mongolia in December 2021. He brings extensive experience working on children’s issues in development and complex humanitarian contexts, with a particular focus on ensuring linkages between climate change and social sectors, as well as a track record of ...
01 February 2023

UNICEF urges to help children affected by severe winter

UNICEF Mongolia team has visited remote western soums of Davst, Turgen, Altai, Uench, Bulgan in Uvs and Khovd provinces to assess the winter conditions and deliver assistance on the ground. The communities are hard hit by severe winter known as dzud because of unusual cold temperatures and frequent snowfall compar...
16 May 2022

Mobicom Corporation and UNICEF renew their cooperation

21 April, Ulaanbaatar -, UNICEF and Mobicom Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding to continue working together for the well-being of children and women. Cooperation between UNICEF and Mobicom began in 2016, when the two organizations started working together to build standard sanitation facilities in ...
01 April 2022

Climate Change at the Core of UNICEF’s Fact-Finding Mission in the Gobi

16 March, Ulaanbaatar –, UNICEF team of twelve specialists led, by Mr. Evariste Kouassi-Komlan, UNICEF Representative in Mongolia, worked in Dundgobi, Umnugobi, Dornogobi and Sukhbaatar aimags from 9-16 March. Mongolia’s Gobi aimags, most affected by climate change, became the first ones in a series of fact-finding mission trips, undertaken by UNICEF for situational analysis and gathering inputs into the…, Dundgobi aimag:, assessing climate resil...
13 August 2021

Child-Focused Subnational Budget Analysis

UNICEF Mongolia is working closely with the Mongolian Ministry of Finance (MoF) to increase investment in children by strengthening national child-friendly budgeting capacity. In this context, child-focused local budget analysis is being launched in Bayankhongor, Zavkhan, Gobi-Altai and Umnugobi Aimags, and Bayanz...
15 April 2021

INSPIRE: Seven strategies for Ending Violence Against Children

INSPIRE: Seven strategies for ending violence against children identifies a select group of strategies that have shown success in reducing violence against children. They are: implementation and enforcement of laws; norms and values; safe environments; parent and caregiver support; income and economic strengthenin...
31 March 2021

Myth vs Reality: a look behind the scenes of cash transfers

Cash transfer programmes – regular money payments to poor households - aim to reduce poverty, promote sustainable livelihoods, and increase production in the developing world. Although local economies and numerous households have benefited from this social protection measure, critics remain doubtful. Let’s take a closer look at 5 common myths…, Myth : , Cash will be wasted on alcohol and tobacco, ., Reality , : Alcohol and tobacco represent only...
11 March 2021

Building shock responsive social protection systems

Table 1. Timeline, First Case of COVID-19, Outbreak declaration and measures, Date and type of social protection responses, Days to implement SP since first case of COVID-19, 10 March 11 November 2020 Partial lockdown (Ulaanbaatar) April - December 2020 Vertical expansion -38 Even before the first registered cases...
03 January 2021

#ChildUtopia: The story of 5 youths and 1 dream city

This year, climate action was one of the central pillars of World Children’s Day because more than anything else, the climate crisis is a child’s rights crisis. More and more, children and youths are raising their voices and demanding their right to a safe and sustainable environment. It is becoming increasingly ...