(Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) Korea Institute for Development Strategy (KDS), under the supervision by Korea Institute of Advancement Technology(KIAT), in a consortium with Korea Southern Power Co. Ltd (KOSPO), Samwon Millennia, Busan TechnoPark, Geogeny, and Korean Foundation for Quality(KFQ) is managing a project, “Eco Friendly Town Development Project in Mongolia.” Changuk An (Principle Program Officer), Yaya Kim (Senior Program Officer), and Sukyeon Kim (Program Officer) from KDS were dispatched to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from December 17th to 21th with KOSPO consortium.
“Eco Friendly Town Development Project in Mongolia” takes place in Nalaikh, Mongolia and is a 20-months long project (May 2017 - December 2018). The project aims to i) improve the surrounding environment of abandoned mines through soil stabilization, and ii) meet people’s growing demand for energy and produce “clean energy” through an installation of a hybrid-energy station. In the end, the project goal is to improve living conditions of residents and expand opportunities for the Korean companies to participate in ODA project.
In Oct 2017, KDS held workshops with MCDS(Mongolian Center for Development Studies) to review and monitor the Baseline survey's work plan including the Pilot survey, and participated in the Pilot survey to Nalaikh. Following the workshops, KDS completed the Baseline survey with Pilot survey report and Baseline survey report through MCDS's mission.
In this December trip, KDS presented performance management strategy of ODA on technical area to Mongolia stakeholders at a Korea-Mongolia seminar on renewable energy project capacity improvement. Meanwhile, workshops with MCDS were held to discuss results of the Baseline survey and 1st year Monitoring and share work plan of 2nd year's performance management.
**To review 1st year's implementation of performance management ,KDS held 1st year self evaluation seminar by inviting external specialists at the beginning of December, and published the Baseline survey report and the 1st year Monitoring report as a result of performance management.
