A total of 17 projects received total investment grants of more than USD1,200,000 at a recent ceremony organized by the Millennium Challenge Account-Mongolia (MCA-M) Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Project. Of these nine were in the field of Employers and Training Institutions Cooperation and eight in Incubation and Dissemination of Best Practices.

This was the final step of a Competitive Grants Program aimed at improving the quality and relevance of TVET services to meet labor market needs. Initially, 66 proposals were received from over 30 TVET institutions, and 38 of them were evaluated by an independent panel which chose the final 17 on the basis of pre-set criteria.
The grant certificates were distributed by Minister for Education, Culture and Science Yo.Otgonbayar, MCC Resident Country Director Robert Reid, and MCA-M Chief Executive Officer Bayarbaatar.