Parliamentary journalists trained

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ With a support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), a training themed "Parliament and journalists’ participation in strengthening civil relations" was held last Saturday. Held in frames of a project on supporting the legislation actions with civil participation, co-realized by the Parliamentary Office and the UNDP, the action involved some 80 journalists from TV channels, daily newspapers and websites. They got acquainted with the projects on supporting the legislation actions and on strengthening local self-governance bodies. They also heard reports about a legal environment for regulating the parliamentary actions and plenary meetings, actions and functions of the ethics council of media and professional ethics of journalists. Other reports were given by Kh.Nomingerel, a coordinator of the “Supporting the legislation actions with civil participation” project; Sh.Sodnomjamts, a media expert at the Parliamentary Office; B.Dulamkhorloo, a journalist from Bloomberg TV Mongolia channel; and L.Onorjargal, a coordinator of the “Maximizing women’s participation in politics” project. Others were at the training O.Enkhtuvshin MP; B.Boldbaatar, a general secretary of the Parliamentary Office; and S.Lambaa, a chief advisor to the Speaker.