The Steering Committee has been established successfully

In May 2020, the first Steering Committee meeting of the Mongolia Sustainable Cashmere Platform was held at the UN House in Ulaanbaatar. Chaired by the UNDP Mongolia Resident Representative, Elaine Conkievich, the meeting was attended by 7 out of the 8 members forming the new Steering Committee, including A. Amgalan, Technical Advisor at FAO, Ts. Erdenebat, Economic and Industrial Policy Advisor to the Mongolian President, T. Bulgan, Head of Green Development Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, D. Altantsetseg, Executive Director at the Mongolian Wool and Cashmere Association, N. Gankhuyang, Executive Director of the Mongolian National Federation of Pasture User Groups, and B. Bathkishing, Representative of the Advisory Committee. Absent in this inaugural meeting was B. Bathkuu, Director of the Light Industry Policy Implementation and Coordination at the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry.