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PILOTING "GENDER-RESPONSIVE BUDGETING" IN MONGOLIA

10/20/2021

One of the objectives of the “Strengthening Governance in Mongolia Project” is to support the Ministry of Finance in introducing Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) in the budgeting process of Mongolia by integrating it into the Public Financial Management reform.

The Ministry of Finance has been one of the front-runners in ensuring gender equality by adopting the Gender Strategy for portfolio agencies of the Ministry of Finance for 2016-2024. This Strategy aims to integrate a gender perspective in policy planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation stages, build capacity, and introduce the gender-responsive budgeting methodology in the budget process at the national and local levels. 

Inequalities in society are structural and complex, and gender gaps are common across Mongolian sectors. GRB is a tool that helps align gender equality policies and strategies with sectoral strategies, policies, and budgets to address gender gaps, improve gender outcomes of policies, and, consequently, the quality of life in Mongolia for women, men, boys, and girls. 

The Ministry of Finance has established a dedicated working group to support piloting the GRB in the budgeting process of selected sectors. The Ministry of Finance has been working closely with the National Committee on Gender Equality, the National Statistics Office, and other respective stakeholders.
Figure 1. The first meeting of the GRB working group was established under the Ministry of Finance.
Within the gradual phased introduction of GRB in line ministries, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection and the Ministry of Education and Science is selected as pilot ministries.  The sub-working groups were established at these ministries to pilot GRB and conduct a gender analysis of budget planning and execution. In addition, the GRB model for Mongolia that outlines procedures and steps for integrating GRB into budget planning, implementation, and reporting stages has been developed.
The pilot phase's primary purpose is to test how proposed procedures are working in practice, how they fit within the current policy and budget planning process, and what capacities are available and needed in the future. 
As part of the GRB pilot phase, a gender analysis of the selected programs and activities of the pilot ministries has been conducted. The GRB-related guidance and forms have been developed and included in Budget Circular for the fiscal year 2022. The capacity self-assessment and GRB budget proposals were received from 32 State General Budget Governors. Based on the inputs received from General Budget Governors, information on GRB has been prepared and included in the introduction of the 2022 State Budget for Parliament discussion and the " Citizens' Budget 2022."
Based on the pilot phase, lessons learned, and preconditions on the introduction of GRB, the Ministry of Finance has developed the GRB capacity building program and the training content to enhance a common understanding of the GRB among the respective stakeholders. It plans to organize online training workshops for the target audiences from October 27, 2021, to December 15, 2021. 
As a way forward, the Ministry of Finance aims to expand the pilot phase of the GRB and opt for a sustainable model that will fit well with other policy and budget planning reforms by implementing the pilot phase and involving all respective stakeholders.

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