XI Plenipotentiary meeting on implementation the agreement between the Governments of the Russian Federation and Mongolia on the Protection and usage of transboundary water resources was held in Ulan-Ude on 14-15 December 2012.
The Russian delegation was headed by Deputy Head of The Federal Agency of Water Resources Igor Nikitin. The Head of Mongolian delegation was the Deputy Minister of Nature and Green Development in Mongolia - B. Tulga.
Plenipotentiaries believe that the working group has successfully completed the previous plan approved by X Plenipotentiary meeting. Plenipotentiaries expressed a willingness to make joint efforts to further cooperation in the framework of the existing mechanism.
]]>
A workshop on tourism development in protected natural areas of Buryatia was held in the small hall of the People's Khural of the Republic of Buryatia on December 10, 2012.
]]>
On December 5th, project NPD, State Secretary MEGD J. Batbold, project board member, officer for Transboundary Water Issues in MEGD D. Munkhbat, project officer Ch. Altanchimeg travelled to Zagreb, Croatia in order to participate in an IW:LEARN Project Twinning Exchange to the Sava River Basin Commission. This twinning exchange was conducted from 5th to the 7th of December at the premises of the International Sava River Basin Commission in Zagreb, Croatia and at various sites in the region associated with the joint management of the Sava River Basin.]]>
The International Workshop “Bringing together Selenga-Baikal research”, devoted to exploration and preservation of Selenga river and Lake Baikal ecosystems was organized on October, 31 at the International Center of Moscow State University in Geneva, Switzerland. The purpose of the event - the expansion of scientific relations between Russia and the European countries in the study of the unique water bodies ecosystem like Lake Baikal and Lehman.
]]>
On 1 October 2012 a meeting of representatives of Audit Chamber of Russia and the General Auditor of the National Audit of Mongolia, together with the representatives of Audit Chamber of Buryatia, chaired by the head of the Russian Audit Chamber Sergei Stepashin and the Deputy General Auditor of Mongolia Badamdorzh Batbayar.
The workshop resembled an International Waters Conference at the regional scale, with a focus on inter-project knowledge sharing (Best Lessons and Challenges). The workshop discussed potential course modules to be provided by partners on content requested by Project Managers. Future learning priorities were also featured on the agenda, including twinning exchanges between projects and future workshops supported by GEF IW:LEARN. Facilitators were from the Global Community of Practice Partner IUCN, GEFSec as well as from actors in the region.