Mongolia’s exercise to develop democratic Governance
Indicators (DGIs) found its logical continuation in a project
to develop indicators for MDG-9 for the latter’s reporting
mechanism. The Project was institutionally located at the Institute of
Philosophy, Sociology and Law, the locus of the previous DGIs research
team. The objective of the Project was to refine previously developed
DGIs to enable national stakeholders to better monitor performance in
democratic governance reforms and build the capacities of the government,
the national statistical office and civil society in collection, maintenance
and analysis of governance related data. It was also to assist in developing
an inclusive and consultative framework for the systematic assessment
and monitoring of MDG-9 related goals and targets expressed in national
development plans.
The outputs of the Follow-up project (DGIs, Country Information
Notes (CIN) and National Plan of Action (NPA)) fed into the outputs
of the MDG-9 Project and helped formulate concrete activities aimed at
achieving the MDG-9 targets. Since the inauguration of the Project, the
DGIs were reviewed and specific target indicators and methodologies
for data gathering based on the selected indicators drafted, national
consultations on DGIs and methodology with stakeholders, including the
Parliament, NGOs, and the National Statistical Office (NSO) conducted,
and a network of MDG-9 stakeholders established.