Since January 2018, WLP participants have attended lunch forums with: Ms Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair at Global Water Partnership; Ms Sodontogos Erdenetsogt, Chief/National Coordinator, MCC Mongolia and Ms Nomin Chinbat, CEO of Mongol HD TV. The discussion topics were sustainable development, women in international development and business environment of Mongolia. The guests shared their own methods…
A Pre-Departure Briefing (PDB) for Intake 2, 2018 took place on 27-28 April 2018 at the Australia Awards Mongolia (AAM) conference room and was attended by 22 awardees and 20 family members. On behalf of Australia Award Mongolia, Ms Tsetsgee Yundendorj, AAM Country Manager, congratulated the awardees on their success before inviting Mr. Shayne McKenna,…
A Welcome Back event was held on March 15, 2018 to honour the six recently returned alumni who graduated from Australian Universities with a Master degree. The graduates were specialised in a variety of sectors including information technology, public health, strategic public relations, human rights and business administration. All the graduates presented on their in-Australia…
Since its launch in Septermber 2017, the 2017-18 Women’s Leadership Program (WLP) has been runnning successfully for the past 4 months. Participants have attended lunch forums with distinguished leaders from key sectors, skill-building seminars, and networking events. The WLP held two lunch forums with women leaders at the forefront of various industries, including Ms Catherine…
A Pre-Departure Briefing (PDB) for Intake 1, 2018 was conducted on 24-25 November 2017 at the Australia Awards Mongolia (AAM) conference room and attended by 15 awardees and 10 family members. Neville Saunderson, Program Manager, AAM congratulated the awardees on their success on behalf of AAM team. Mr. McKenna expressed his delight at the awardees’…
The fourth Women’s Leadership Program (WLP) commenced with a three-day Orientation Retreat which launched on 15 September 2017 with 20 participants (3 men and 17 women) selected from graduates of the Australia Awards Mongolia Program (AAM). The retreat has two core objectives: improving leadership and decision-making skills, and increasing awareness of gender equality. The event…
A Welcome Back event was held in September with graduates who completed their Master’s degrees at Australian universities in 2017 1st semester. Thirteen graduates attended together with their employers’ representatives from Mongolian University of Science and Technology and MCS International private company. Mr. John Langtry, His Excellency, Australian Ambassador to Mongolia, Mr. Duncan McCullough, Policy…
This year some lyceum students from the School of Technology in Darkhan successfully applied for the Student for Service project competition conducted by the USA Embassy in Mongolia. As headmaster and English teacher, I and my counterpart, Morgan, coordinated the project. Firstly, we took an idea from the television program “Mongolia’s Got Talent” where a…