Mongolia : Enhancing Youth-Led Engagement for Creating an Inclusive and Livable City in Ulaanbaatar Ger Areas
The TA will focus on participatory research, capacity building, and developing action plans for engaging local youth for youth development and urban community development in Ulaanbaatar's ger areas in a sustainable and purposeful way. It will primarily expand existing outputs and activities being conducted under the ongoing multitranche financing facility (MFF) 0078-MON: Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and Ger Areas Development Investment Program (MFF Program) Tranche 2, approved in March 2017. It will also support capacity building activities for the ongoing Ulaanbaatar Green Affordable Housing and Resilient Urban Renewal Sector Project (Green Affordable Housing Project), approved in August 2018. The TA will build on synergies among youth development activities, improved youth participation in urban community development, and the outputs and activities of the two ongoing ADB loan projects.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Chen, Jinqiang
Sectors Group
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Country/Economy
Mongolia -
Sector
- Water and other urban infrastructure and services
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| Project Name | Enhancing Youth-Led Engagement for Creating an Inclusive and Livable City in Ulaanbaatar Ger Areas | ||||
| Project Number | 45007-013 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Mongolia |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Operational Priorities | OP1: Addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality OP3: Tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability OP4: Making cities more livable OP5: Promoting rural development and food security OP6: Strengthening governance and institutional capacity OP7: Fostering regional cooperation and integration |
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| Sector / Subsector | Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Urban policy, institutional and capacity development - Urban slum development |
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| Gender | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||
| Description | The TA will focus on participatory research, capacity building, and developing action plans for engaging local youth for youth development and urban community development in Ulaanbaatar's ger areas in a sustainable and purposeful way. It will primarily expand existing outputs and activities being conducted under the ongoing multitranche financing facility (MFF) 0078-MON: Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and Ger Areas Development Investment Program (MFF Program) Tranche 2, approved in March 2017. It will also support capacity building activities for the ongoing Ulaanbaatar Green Affordable Housing and Resilient Urban Renewal Sector Project (Green Affordable Housing Project), approved in August 2018. The TA will build on synergies among youth development activities, improved youth participation in urban community development, and the outputs and activities of the two ongoing ADB loan projects. | ||||
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| Geographical Location | Ulaanbaatar |
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| During Project Design | ADB staff and consultants from NGOC and EASS met with the project management offices under the MFF Program and Green Affordable Housing Project to discuss their needs and perspectives for designing the TA. They solicited feedback from PMOs on all documents, and the selection of the implementing NGO and consultants. NGOC also reached out to local youth-led NGOs, such as advocacy organization Youth Policy Watch, before finalizing the design. |
| During Project Implementation | The implementing NGO designed a comprehensive communications strategy alongside the stakeholder analysis and mapping in the inception phase. The NGO reached out to many national and international organizations, and local government offices, for collaboration, including for accessing and supporting vulnerable youth for participation in the youth engagement activities. Citizen engagement activities are embedded in all of the project outputs with 99 youth from the target sub-districts directly engaged to conduct peer-to-peer capacity building, participatory planning workshops, participatory research and a micro-grant program. Weekly coordination meetings were conducted with the PMOs, the implementing NGO, and ADB consultants. |
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| Consulting Services | An NGO, with total national consulting inputs of 22 person-months with specializations in team leadership, research, communications, partnerships, and monitoring and evaluation, will be recruited through limited competitive bidding (LCB) using consultants' qualifications selection and biodata technical proposal. Three individual consultants will also be recruited: a youth economic empowerment specialist (international, 0.7 person-months); a youth civic engagement specialist (international, 0.7 person-months), and a youth communications and partnerships coordinator (international, 3 person-months). ADB will engage the consultants following the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated procurement staff instructions. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Chen, Jinqiang |
| Responsible ADB Department | Sectors Group |
| Responsible ADB Division | Water and Urban Development Sector Office (SG-WUD) |
| Executing Agencies |
Ulaanbaatar Municipal Government |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 23 Dec 2021 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 18 Sep 2023 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 23 Dec 2021 | - | 23 Dec 2021 | 31 Jul 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 140,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 140,000.00 | 16 Sep 2023 | 67,528.78 |
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| International Youth Communications and Partnerships Coordinator | Individual - Consulting | Closed |
Contracts Awarded
| Contract Title | Approval Number | Contract Date | Contractor | Address | Executing Agency | Total Contract Amount (US$) | Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$) |
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| Capacity Development Technical Assistance | Technical Assistance 6895 | 03 Jun 2022 | Save the Children Japan, Mongolia Office (MONGOLIA) | Arizona Center, 4th floor, 1st micro district, Chingeltei district Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar Municipal Government | 111,151.00 | — |
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