INTRODUCTION OF HEALTHY CITY NETWORK OF MONGOLIA (HCSC NGO)
Mission |
The mission is to intensify the capacity of health promoting cities, expanding framework of health topics of a city and increasing the number of Healthy cities of Mongolia which are supporting health friendly environment.
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Reason of establishment of network |
The healthy city approach is based on the economic, social and environment complex issues for enhancing health friendly setting of city dwellers. The Goal the 11 of UN-Sustainable Development Goals 2030 is mentioned to make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Countries adopted such goals and are achieving to make changes for being healthy, safe and resilient setting in a city. The Healthy cities program mainly focus on improving health promotion of dwellers which reasoned urban acute situation.
Mongolia has been supporting Healthy City approach since 1996. At the first time, Darkhan, Erdenet and Ulaanbaatar cities have been initiated the Healthy City local program based on local features and current facing issues in order to create Healthy setting in local level. Nowadays, the health promoting activity is complex policy of urbanization and its progress that has been dangerous signal in Mongolia, thus it is necessary to develop inter-sectoral cooperation within health and non-health sectors for resolving the health related complex problems. |
Our members:
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Our activity direction:
The activities of the Healthy City Strengthening Center NGO focus on encouraging the health friendly environment and initiatives for healthy cities of local governments in Mongolia.
We have been organized following activities based on the healthy cities initiatives.
Our experience & activity [June 2017 – June 2018]
Experience exchange and capacity building among Mongolian local authorities
- We arrange some of Mongolian local authorities delegation to important international study tour of good experiences and conferences, for example:
The activities of the Healthy City Strengthening Center NGO focus on encouraging the health friendly environment and initiatives for healthy cities of local governments in Mongolia.
We have been organized following activities based on the healthy cities initiatives.
- To collaborate with local government organizations which are supporting the healthy cities concept, and connect them with the international urban development organizations
- To organize the training and meeting on the development of Healthy cities and develop capacity building of local government officials in link with their human resources programs
- To implement the health promoting model project which may support for healthy cities activities with collaborating local government organizations
- To make a research work including collection of data connected to improvement of quality of life of urban area
- To improve community participation including extension of community based clubs for promoting a healthy city
Our experience & activity [June 2017 – June 2018]
Experience exchange and capacity building among Mongolian local authorities
- We arrange some of Mongolian local authorities delegation to important international study tour of good experiences and conferences, for example:
- In September 2017, the Educating cities conference in Changwon
- (in the result, Erdenet city joined that network of Educating Cities and Darkhan city have some communication with them)
- In December 2017, Astana urban development study tour for Uvurkhangai province with Astana Government office and Embassy of Kazakstan in Mongolia
- In March 2018, the Smart city conference in Taipei
- (in the result, “Bio-Toilet”, “Drinking water” projects are initiating)
- In May 2018, the Istanbul urban development study tour for Bayan-Ulgii province with TDBB
- In June 2018, “Urban greening” study tour in Erlian city of Inner Mongolia of China with Erlian City Government of China and Zamiin-Uud city Government of Mongolia
- We organize the domestic experience exchange activity every year, for example:
- In May 2017, Meeting of Healthy City Network of Mongolia and workshop with WHO CO & MoH in Ulaanbaatar city
- In May and June 2017, Experience exchange activity of a Healthy City with WHO CO & MoH in Darkhan city
- In November 2017, Experience exchange activity of a Healthy City with WHO CO & MoH in Choibalsan city of Dornod province
- In December 2017, “Human development and Life style” national forum with WHO CO and MoH (HCSC NGO – co organizer/side session organizer)
- In June 2018, Workshop on the urban greening with the Ministry of Construction and Urban development & the University of Science and Technology of Mongolia
Model Healthy City project
- Tobacco free city project (in the level of capacity building activity) with WHO CO
- Oral health friendly city in Choibalsan
- Student health education project in Darkhan city
- Healthy city research work
- Development of Healthy City indicators of Mongolia, 2017
- Policy research work of urban development (Mongolian refining city handbook in Mongolian, English & Japanese) of Tokyo Metropoiltan University, 2014
- (our involvement is arrangement of local study visit & free sharing research handbook to decision makers of urban development & governors of Mongolia)
Our funding source:
- Financial supports of members/ membership fee
- Implementing projects and
- Donation of international and national organizations
