Mongolia : Establishing a Digital Museum for Heritage, Livelihoods, and Tourism in Western Mongolia
1.The transaction technical assistance (TA) will support the implementation of the Sustainable Tourism Development Project (Phase 2) (STDP2) in Mongolia. Developing Mongolia's tourism sector is a high priority under national recovery efforts to revitalize the economy following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The STDP2 will support the development of tourism in three aimags (provinces) of western Mongoliaan area of national priority for economic developmentfocused on inclusive benefits for communities, nature-based solutions to protect wilderness and heritage values, and post-COVID-19 recovery and resilience. The STDP2 is aligned with the following impact: sustainable tourism development in Mongolia improved and diversified. The expected outcome of the STDP2 is: sustainability and inclusiveness of tourism in western Mongolia increased.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Bezuijen, Mark R.
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| Project Name | Establishing a Digital Museum for Heritage, Livelihoods, and Tourism in Western Mongolia | ||||
| Project Number | 51422-004 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Mongolia |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Operational Priorities | OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality OP3: Tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability OP4: Making cities more livable |
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| Sector / Subsector | Industry and trade / Trade and services |
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| Gender | Some gender elements | ||||
| Description | 1.The transaction technical assistance (TA) will support the implementation of the Sustainable Tourism Development Project (Phase 2) (STDP2) in Mongolia. Developing Mongolia's tourism sector is a high priority under national recovery efforts to revitalize the economy following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The STDP2 will support the development of tourism in three aimags (provinces) of western Mongoliaan area of national priority for economic developmentfocused on inclusive benefits for communities, nature-based solutions to protect wilderness and heritage values, and post-COVID-19 recovery and resilience. The STDP2 is aligned with the following impact: sustainable tourism development in Mongolia improved and diversified. The expected outcome of the STDP2 is: sustainability and inclusiveness of tourism in western Mongolia increased. The STDP2 has four outputs: (i) inclusive planning and capacity for community-based tourism enhanced, (ii) enabling infrastructure constructed, (iii) sanitation and waste management improved, and (iv) management of cultural heritage sites and protected areas strengthened. The executing agency is the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET), acting through the Department of Tourism Policy Coordination (DTPC). The STDP2 is supported by a regular loan of $30.0 million from the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) ordinary capital resources and a grant of $2.0 million from the Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific. | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The TA will support a key component under output 4 of the STDP2: establishing Mongolia's first digital museum for the conservation of rock art heritage, livelihoods and tourism. The digital museum will include high-quality two- and three-dimensional virtual displays of the unique rock art of western Mongolia, including from a cave systemTsenkher Cave (TSC)in Khovd aimag; establish a digital inventory of rock art and other heritage sites; and develop an online platform to promote digital tourism based on heritage values. The digital museum will be housed within a visitor center in Khovd aimag to be constructed under the STDP2. The center, digital museum, and access to the TSC will be managed by the Khovd aimag government in collaboration with MET, through an integrated approach for operation and maintenance (O&M), entry fees, and guided visits to and protection of the TSC | ||||
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| Geographical Location | Nation-wide |
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| Consulting Services | Firms will select the types and number of international and national experts and skills required to achieve the consultancy deliverables, except for a minimum list of 'key experts (Section D.5) which all applicants are required to include in their proposals. Through this approach, ADB expects a stronger use of in-house expertise from consultant firms and greater innovation and originality in the proposals to achieve the deliverables. |
| Procurement | The quality- and cost-based selection method will be used to recruit the firm, with a qualitycost ratio of 90:10 and using simplified technical proposals. Output-based proposals will be requested from short-listed applicants. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Bezuijen, Mark R. |
| Responsible ADB Department | Sectors Group |
| Responsible ADB Division | Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office (SG-AFNR) |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Environment and Tourism |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 08 Nov 2022 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 14 Nov 2022 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 08 Nov 2022 | 19 Dec 2022 | 19 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2025 | - | - |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 0.00 | 650,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 650,000.00 | 27 Sep 2023 | 0.00 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Establishing a Digital Museum for Heritage, Livelihoods, and Tourism in Western Mongolia: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Nov 2022 |
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