UNESCO Beijing Cluster Office in collaboration with the Mongolian National Commission for UNESCO, launched the ROAM project in Mongolia to conduct the assessment of the digital landscape, using UNESCO’s Internet Universality ROAM-X Indicators and principles. The project is supported by the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC).

Over 30 people representing the Mongolian Ministry of Digital Development and Communications, the Mongolian National Statistical Office, and other relevant government departments, academia, the technical community, private sector, media organizations, civil society, organizations of persons with disabilities, as well as UN Resident Coordinator Office in Mongolia attended the meeting online and offline.

Prof. Shahbaz Khan, Director of UNESCO Beijing Cluster Office and UNESCO Representative to China, expressed the hope that the findings from this assessment will help improve the quality of policy-making and practice in Mongolia to ensure that the benefits of the Internet are universally available to every individual.

Mongolian stakeholders all recognized the relevance of the study to grasp the complexity of the Internet’s development, and its impact in effectively addressing the Internet for optimum contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals.

UNESCO reaffirms their support to Mongolia in developing and submitting Internet related policies based on the findings of the project in relations to the Mongolia Digital Nation Strategy and help in addressing digital divides to bring together a more inclusive Internet which leaves no one behind.