Presidential Office head meets AF’s delegation

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/Head of the Presidential Office P.Tsagaan Monday received Mr David Arnold, the president of the Asia Foundation (AF), who is taking part in the Fifth Ministerial Meeting of the Online Freedom Coalition running in Ulaanbaatar. The AF launched its activities in Mongolia in 1990s, it was the very first international NGO in Mongolia. It opened its representative office in 1993. The AF has significantly contributed to Mongolia’s democracy, the sides highlighted. The AF’s main programs currently focus on strengthening good governance and on promoting a transparency, on improving urban service delivery, fostering civic engagement at sub-national level, promoting environmental rehabilitation of artisanal mining, implementation of national anti-trafficking mechanisms, and on promoting an access to information. Present at the meeting was Ms Meloney C.Lindberg, the AF’s Country director for Mongolia.