The government of Mongolia views all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as priorities, integrating them into its national development policies, specifically the long-term “Vision 2050” and the medium-term “Mongolia Sustainable Development Vision-2030” (SDV 2030). 

The National Development Agency was established to oversee long-term planning and ensure policy and vision coherence in achieving these goals. The comprehensive approach demonstrates a strong national commitment to 2030.

This long-term plan is led by related governmental bodies to meet SDGs step by step. As we all know, there are 44 landlocked countries in the world and Mongolia is one of them, sandwiched between Russia and China. However, the SDG 14 is ambitiously considered by the Government of Mongolia, despite its’ geographical location.

Today, under Mongolian National Flag, 200 commercial vessels sail permanently, since 2005 and we aim strictly comply with IMO and ILO conventions, which are being controlled by the Mongolia Maritime Administration. Which means we do contribute to the world economy with secure, safe and environmentally friendly activities.   

Female employees are actively participating in the Administrations’ duties with SGD oriented plans.

Since 2017[1], the Administration has shore cleaning activity once a year, after summertime leisure season in Huvsgul lake, which is one of tourist destinations in the country. The lake is one of the freshwater reserves of the world, however yachting and camping around the beach are very popular not only among foreign tourists, more popular for Mongolian domestic travelers, as we don’t have seashore beaches.

Our colleagues are used to visit the lake, spending their weekend days to brush the beach and collect garbage, accumulated from the seasonal activities, to protect the lake to be polluted by the trash, collaborate with local seaman and boatmen.  

The activity itself very important for local people, as the boat driving in this small place is the main means of livelihood, which runs only 3 summer months, depending on Mongolia’s harsh weather with 4 seasons in temperate fluctuations between -35 to +35.

Therefore, the Maritime Administration encourages local people to serve tourists with safe and secure boats and professional skills, training them with adequate lectures and drills, securing an inspecting boat and with special technical approval. All the measures are directed to the SDG 1, poverty reduction. 

This year the measure was organized during the International Maritime Days in September, and 28 employees of the MMA have cleaned up 15 to bags of 100 kg of waste, with the participation of waterborne vehicle drivers and business entities: like tourist camps, souvenir boutiques and coffee corners.

Participants were also informed about the negative effects of lake pollution and the importance of environmentally friendly consumption, and a training campaign was held to encourage responsible travel and not littering.