Standing committee heads meet ADB delegation

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Head of the parliamentary Standing committee on social policy, education, culture and science Z.Bayanselenge and a head of the Standing committee on budget Ts.Davaasuren Friday received Mr Robert Schoellhammer, the Country director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and Diwesh Sharan, the ADB Director for urban development and social affairs. Mr Diwesh presented to the MPs a project on food and nutrition social welfare and the UB urban services and a ger areas development investment program. H e is confident that these project and programme will improve the social welfare of Mongolia through refining its IT system and will upgrade people's living conditions and create for them a healthy environment. Ts.Davaasuren thanked the ADB for its work and said parliament is ready to support the above project and programme. Ms Bayanselenge expressed opinions on directions of cooperation in developing the social sector, and asked the ADB to deliver to parliament information on their projects and programmes. She also touched upon issues of reducing the unemployment and augmenting jobs.