Another weekend in UB flew by, and it was back to work early this morning. A few new faces at our weekly Monday meeting -- two consultants from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California and Josh, a fellow intern who just arrived from Boston a few days ago. The two consultants are here working with MCA's Energy and Environment Project (EEP) on testing energy-efficient stoves -- part of EEP's efforts to increase the use of energy-efficient products in homes. Josh will be working on increasing the number of bids for project procurements and also lending a hand to the EEP team. We also have two more interns from the U.S. coming this week, so there will be plenty of Americans running around the office this summer.
Other events:
-The Property Rights project implementation unit (PIU) held a land administration workshop last week and had some appearances in local media including a local newspaper and an appearance on Education TV.
-The Vocational Education and Training PIU will be releasing the results of a big labor market study this week.
-The Health PIU will be holding a procurement workshop for bidders this week and are planning a grants awards ceremony for later this month.
-The North-South Road PIU just returned from an important field visit last week where they met with several governors and the project contractor.
-The Public Affairs team is planning an Open Door Day for July, inviting public relations specialists and journalists to come and learn more about MCA projects.
Some food for thought, an article about the widespread death of livestock (nearly a fifth of the country's) in Mongolia this winter, an issue that is costing many herders their livelihoods.
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