The project objective is that Mongolia is able effectively implement and coordinate national and international efforts for coping with desertification and promoting sustainable livelihoods in arid and semi-arid areas. To attain this objective the Project has four outcomes: 1) The NCCD is effectively coordinating & reporting on desertification issues relevant to Mongolia. 2) Local communities are empowered in sustainable management of natural resources and diversification of livelihoods to cope with desertification. 2400 Herders in 9 soums and 2/3 of all farmers in the Buyant River Delta will have organized themselves and are using the natural resources more sustainably. In Khovd city 8000 households will use energy efficient stoves 3) Mongolia’s youth as well as the general public is aware of the countries environmental challenges and has a basic knowledge about the threats of desertification. 24 Eco-schools will use the new curriculum for Education for Sustainable Development. 4) A database on appropriate knowledge, technologies, approaches and tools to cope with desertification in Mongolia is established and disseminated in order to support project implementation and scaling up at grassroots level and informed decision making at policy level. 30 desertification technologies will be tested and actively disseminated and 50 people per month will access the newly developed database.

The project in brief

Directorate/federal office responsible	SDC
Credit area	Development cooperation
Project partners	Contract partner Foreign state institution Swiss Academic and Research Institution Central State of South East SDC Field Office Unversität Bern
Budget	Current phase Swiss budget CHF    11’060’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF    11’032’017
Project phases	Phase 1 01.04.2007 - 31.12.2014   (Completed)

Further technical details

• Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	GENERAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION OTHER MULTISECTOR
  Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	Environmental policy and administrative management Multisector aid
  Cross-cutting topics	The project promotes biodiversity. The project takes account of gender equality as a cross-cutting theme. The project takes account of democratisation, good governance and human rights as cross-cutting themes.
  Type of support	Official development assistance (ODA)
  Type of collaboration	Bilateral cooperation
  Finance type	Aid grant
  Aid Type	Project and programme contribution
  Tied/untied aid	Untied aid
  Project number	7F05405