Currently, the most efficient path towards sustainable development is considered to be through science, technology, and innovation as it creates economic growth, job opportunities, and resources alongside being environmentally friendly. Thus, Mongolia has not only actively participated in the process of global sustainable development since 1996, but also become a country that closely correlates the sustainable development agenda with the country’s long-term development policy.

However, the answers to various matters such as the use of science and technological advancements in achieving sustainable development goals in the future, and the government’s support for the roles of scientific institutions, and scholars, have yet to be defined.

In the framework of this year’s forum, the scholars defined several matters that should be prioritized in the sector of basic science, and innovative research and development in Mongolia in aims of ensuring direct and concrete participation of science in sustainable development. These include:

-to have the agricultural sector of Mongolia based on genetic engineering, and bio and nanotechnology, and prioritize the development of genetic engineering,

-to redefine the conditions and environment for the development of science in Mongolia, and have the work to be done in the framework of basic science to be based on detailed research in aims of building the capacity of new information, technology, and innovation

-to develop the sectors of digital technology as priority sectors, and introduce cloud-based services by establishing computing centers

Previously, scholars of the academy held discussions on topics such as ‘The formula for development of Mongolia’, and ‘Development of Mongolia in the 4th industrial revolution’, and sent advisory guidelines to the government by summarizing the various noteworthy suggestions put forth.