Mongolia Sustainable Public Procurement Action Plan

Creating a National Action Plan (NAP) for Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) is a key part of SPP implementation. It provides a clear direction and mandate for SPP implementation and a sound basis for building a coherent and well-coordinated approach.

This NAP is based on a desk study and findings of the Status Assessment Report, Market Readiness Report, SPP Prioritization Report, Legal Review Report as well as feedback from the technical consultative meeting organized on 18th of September of 2017.

• Chapter 1: (Context and background) outlines the history of SPP implementation in Mongolia and provides overview the following chapters of NAP.
• Chapter 2: (Sustainable Development Priorities) describes links between the Agenda for Sustainable Development 2030, national long-term development policies and SPP.
• Chapter 3: (Legal framework) summarizes the PPLM, describes findings from the SPP Legal Review and highlights key amendments to the PPLM for integration of sustainability into the public procurement process.
• Chapter 4: (Political support and definition of responsibilities) presents the institutional structure and respective roles of the central state administrative agency and its relevant division.
• Chapter 5: (Capacity building) introduces the results of the Status Assessment Report regarding SPP training and presents target groups and capacity building trainings for stakeholders to introduce SPP concepts, tools and methodologies.
• Chapter 6: (Communication strategy and awareness-raising) identifies key stakeholders for public awareness and information dissemination and communication actions.
• Chapter 7: (Sustainable public procurement implementation) describes the integration of sustainability in the procurement process in Mongolia.
• Chapter 8: (Priority products) presents market assessment and sustainability criteria of A4 printing and copy paper, toner cartridges and concrete blocks and ways to apply SPP approaches for procurement purposes.
• Chapter 9: (Market engagement) gives a brief description of activities to engage with the market and suppliers.
• Chapter 10: (Monitoring and evaluation) describes how SPP is evaluated throughout the procurement cycle and how outputs are monitored to achieve the targets of SPP implementation reflected in the Green Development Policy.
• Chapter 11: (Budget) gives briefing on the budget for implementation of activities.