MON: Reform of Legal and Regulatory Framework for Involuntary Resettlement in Mongolia–Phase II STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION WORKSHOP II REPORT

In accordance with the project work plan, first stakeholder consultation workshop was organized by the project team on 6 April 2012 at the Kempinski Khaan Palace Hotel. Consultant team gathered extensive feedback information from the participants of the workshop. As a result of the workshop, it was decided to continue public consultation activities with the stakeholders through focus group discussions and targeted meetings. Between April 9 and September 7 2012, total of 29 meetings and 2 fieldtrips were organized by the consultant team. These public consultation activities allowed the Consultant team to improve and reflect the comments of the stakeholders in the draft law and come up with a second draft (of August 29, 2012) of the law on land acquisition, resettlement and compensation under the name Law on Land Expropriation (LE). It was also agreed with the Ministry of Construction and Urban Development (MCUD) to conduct the second, follow up consultation workshop to introduce the second draft of the law.