Preferential treatment for and transactions of goods and services in the culture sector

Where
Mongolia
Mongolia
When
2016
2016
Who
All related government agencies and none government agencies
All related government agencies and none government agencies
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Description of the policy/measure
Currently, under the concessional arrangements agreed between governments of mongolia and the russian federation, 58 students are studying in russia within majors of drama director, drama actor, music composer, film director, choir master, culture management, interior designer, music director and librarian-it specialist, and 1 student in poland majored in conservation and restoration of cultural heritage.in total, 30 music teachers of general education schools attended in-service trainings; i.e. one teacher from bayan-ulgii, gobi-altai, gobisumber, darkhan-uul, dornod, dornogobi, dundgobi, zavkhan, orkhon, sukhbaatar, uvs and khov aimags each; and two teachers from 聽arkhangai, bayankhongor, bulgam, uvurkhangai, umnugobi, selenge, tuv, khuvsgul and khentii aimags each, respectively. training was hosted and facilitated by the culture education school of the culture and arts university of mongolia in accordance with 鈥減rocedure for organizing and funding in-service and short-term trainings for culture and art sector employees鈥 approved jointly by education, culture and science minister and finance minister.training on 鈥渃ulture and art management and creative industries鈥 (may 21-23, 2015) was attended by 172 people in total, including specialists from the cultural policy coordination department of mecs and managers from national and local arts and culture institutions (museums, libraries, theatres). 聽mecs and the mongolian culture and art development academy (ngo) jointly organized at friendship international children鈥檚 summer camp. 聽聽
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Results achieved
Government has funded travel costs of 150 people who attended in international events and workshops held in france, spain, bulgaria, usa, russia, china, germany and monaco; tuition fees and scholarships of 80 students to study overseas (including 58 students majored in 9 professional fields in russia, 15 students majored in 2 professional fields, 1 student in poland, usa and uk each); and the training on 鈥渃ulture and art management and creative industries鈥 (may 21-23, 2015) jointly organized by the ministry of education, culture and science and the mongolian culture and art development academy (ngo).聽in total 82 mongolian artists have attended in international competitions of professional artists; of whom, grand prix and medal winners were rewarded by the government. the law on the rights of people with disabilities was enacted february 5, 2016. 聽the government of mongolia has rewarded cash awards (worth 810.75 million mnt) to 82 artists who won grand prix, gold, silver and bronze medals from international contests, such as international opera singers鈥 and other music competitions held in russia, the international circus competitions held in china and monaco, classical music competitions (of piano, violin etc.) held in the us, czech republic and france. as a result, artists contributed to promote mongolia on the international arena and the cash awards benefited artists resolve their social issues. 聽聽聽