The dialogue was led by Mr. Pavit Ramachandran, Country Director, Mongolia Resident Mission (MNRM), ADB, and Mr. Tapan Mishra, Resident Coordinator for Mongolia, UN. ADB sector specialists covering economics, rural development, tourism, social protection, health, urban development, regional cooperation and integration, education and environment. On the UN side, representatives of UNDP, WHO, FAO, UNICEF, UNESCO, UNFPA, IOM, UN Habitat, and UNIDO all attended. Participants actively discussed potential collaboration on the socio-economic response to COVID-19, health, environment, tourism, agriculture, WASH, urban development, and gender.

Mr. Mishra indicated that the “UN sees a lot of common areas, where ADB and the UN can work together going forward. We have good past experience of collaboration but today we have made the commitment to bring our joint collaboration to the next level and deliver real results for Mongolia”.

Mr. Ramachandran agreed and indicated that “there are lot of emerging opportunities to deepen collaboration. We must seek further efforts on partnership, as together we can better help the Mongolian people as they face the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare themselves for future challenges.”

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