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Global Study on Child Poverty and Disparities in Mongolia Slide 2 Progress of the study - 1 Administration and coordination: Administration and coordination: Agreed with government on study coordination Agreed with government on study coordination UNICEF technical and financial support UNICEF technical and financial support Research implementing agency Centre for Social Development, Mongolia Research implementing agency Centre for Social Development, Mongolia Slide 3 Progress of the study - 2 Administration and coordination: Administration and coordination: Steering committee chaired by the Deputy Prime Ministers Office Steering committee chaired by the Deputy Prime Ministers Office Deputy Prime Ministers Office Deputy Prime Ministers Office Cabinet Secretariat Cabinet Secretariat Sectoral ministries incl Education, Health, Social welfare and Justice Sectoral ministries incl Education, Health, Social welfare and Justice National Authority for Children National Authority for Children National Human Rights Commission National Human Rights Commission Civil Society representatives and Civil Society representatives and Observers form international agencies inc UNDP, WB, ADB, WHO, SC (UK), UNFPA Observers form international agencies inc UNDP, WB, ADB, WHO, SC (UK), UNFPA Slide 4 Progress of the study - 3 Activities: Activities: Consultative meetings between Government, research team and UNICEF Consultative meetings between Government, research team and UNICEF Created information database (about 300 entries) Created information database (about 300 entries) Laws of Mongolia focusing children Laws of Mongolia focusing children Policy and Strategy documents Policy and Strategy documents Government Action plans Government Action plans Government National programs Government National programs Various donor agency documents Various donor agency documents Survey and study reports Survey and study reports Statistical information and data Statistical information and data Slide 5 Progress of the study - 4 Activities (cont.): Activities (cont.): Development of Policy Template Development of Policy Template Review of the laws, policies, strategies and national programs Review of the laws, policies, strategies and national programs Matrix of government national programs and strategies drafted Matrix of government national programs and strategies drafted Sectoral consultative meetings Sectoral consultative meetings Development of Statistical Template Development of Statistical Template Consulted and identified major indicators for each sector Consulted and identified major indicators for each sector Statistical tables drafted (based on LSMS/HIES and administative statistics) Statistical tables drafted (based on LSMS/HIES and administative statistics) Consultation meetings with children and parents Consultation meetings with children and parents Slide 6 Challenges Data quality and inconsistency across provinces and regions Data quality and inconsistency across provinces and regions Lack of transparency and accessibility of Government statistics and information Lack of transparency and accessibility of Government statistics and information Discrepancies of sources Discrepancies of sources Slide 7 Thank you for your attention!