In 2018 Mongolia has developed the Sustainability Outlook of Mongolia (SOM, ref at: https://www.unescap.org/resources/sustainability-outlook-mongolia) based on five national consultation processes in 2017, applying ESCAP methodologies for systems thinking, approach to the integration of the SDGs into national planning processes. These two days training has re-affirmed the approaches taken in the SOM and laid the ground for future modelling and scenario development using systems dynamics and defined the next steps for enhanced policy and data fusion to support an implementation strategy for the selected thematic pathways. This training package is tailored to the needs and specific requests of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) and the National Statistics Office (NSO) of Mongolia of 2018, and is built upon the recommendations of the second broad national consultations on SOM of November 2017 in UB. The target beneficiaries of the training are the MET, NSO, Ulaanbaatar municipality, and all related agencies, responsible for hydrological and meteorological data and statistics, water authorities, policymakers and statisticians.
Specifically, these training materials are supporting the SDG planning using system dynamics and integrated SDG modelling with a special attention to the water accounts for UB and national planning level. Upon completion of this 2days-training workshop, participants had refreshed their basic understanding of the process to create a simulation model using System Dynamics and be able to understand the structure and results of the iSDG model. The course was structured for the needs of 16 to 20 participants and focused on the development of a tangible work plan (on water accounts) for the data holders, that could be monitored in six months period and maintained systemically for monitoring the training impact.
The scope of the two-day training session was designed to achieve the following expected outcomes:
Day 1: Overview of SOM and integration tools. Introduction to the Systems Dynamics for National and Municipal Levels. iSDG Modelling and Systems Dynamics
the: clarity on leverage points for interventions and better awareness on approaches for fusion of policy and data for long-term planning
Day 2: Environment and water-related data in Mongolia and in Ulaanbaatar (UB). Creating the structure of environmental accounts at the national and city levels.
Outcomes: test environmental accounts (water) are set for national level and municipal levels (UB) and the work plan for the next steps is defined
Day 3: Follow-up/bilateral between the Statistics Division of ESCAP and the data holders of NSO and Ulaanbaatar city municipality at their premises at the working level on water accounts
Presentations
- Opening remarks from EDD, ESCAP
- Overview of SDG interlinkages in SOM, by ESCAP
- Ten steps of system thinking, opportunities for localising SDGs, by ESCAP
- SOM methodology and analytical approaches, by MET
- Refresher on system thinking, by Millenium Institute
- Feedback loops, by Millenium Institute
- Overview on Environmental Statistics (Eng), by ESCAP
- Physical flow accounts (Eng), by ESCAP
- Water accounts (Eng), by ESCAP
- Water accounts (Mongolian), by ESCAP
- Physical flow accounts (Mon), by ESCAP
- ESCAP_SDG diagnostic tools and results (Eng)
- ESCAP_SDG diagnostic tools and results (Mon)
- Overview of Environmental Statistics(Mon), by ESCAP
- Diagnostic Tool on Env Statistics (eng), by NSO
- Current env. statistics situation in Mongolia(eng), by NSO
- Current env. statistics situation in Mongolia (mon), by NSO
- Current status of water supply and protection, future measures (Mon)
- Group Work: 4 Systems Diagrams, examples of Feeback Loops and SDG Interlinkages
