SCOPE: Mongolia, The Kyrgyz Republic, The Republic of Kazakhstan, The Republic of Uzbekistan, The Republic of TajikistanDATA COLLECTION METHOD: Qualitative researchSAMPLE SIZE: n=12TIME PERIOD: 2022.10.19 – 2022.12.02GOAL: The purpose of this study is to determine how financial services can be strengthened to better serve the needs and expectations of young entrepreneurs.MAIN FINDINGS: This study was conducted in 5 Central Asian countries and Mongolia and included young business owners or management level officials in small, medium, and large companies. In this study, the following issues were identified.
On doing business,
To study the behavior, motivation and difficulties of a business,
Management styles, types of management and the current level of digital technology (present and future conditions),
Clarifying and confirming the conditions of banking, credit and financial services,
To study the needs and requirements of financial products and services and non-financial products and services related to banking,
Identify financial goods/products of interest.
SCOPE: MongoliaDATA COLLECTION METHOD: Quantitative research, qualitative research, and secondary researchSAMPLE SIZE: n=120TIME PERIOD: 2022.10.14 – 2022.12.02GOAL: Determine the current availability of sports facilities, training camp quality standards and other needs and requirements from public and private sports organizations and national team athletes operating in Mongolia, study the international experience related to sports complexes, and the competitiveness and prospective activities of the sports complex currently being built.MAIN FINDINGS: In this study, the needs of Mongolia's professional sports organizations and athletes, international best practices, and domestic competitors' data were processed. According to the results of the research, athletes' training is active in April-June and August-October, and most of the professional athletes are training 6 times a week. Athletes are least satisfied with the ice machines, clothes washing services, sports canteens, car parking and psychological services. Furthermore, financial and training facilities problems are the most common problems for athletes to continue training regularly and effectively.
SCOPE: Mongolia, UlaanbaatarDATA COLLECTION METHOD: Sample survey and secondary researchSAMPLE SIZE: n=100TIME PERIOD: 2022.10.25 – 2022.11.29GOAL: The purpose of this research is to conduct the preliminary technical and economic study of the Comprehensive project which includes National Park aimed at increasing the availability of green spaces, Cultural and recreational center (cinemas, libraries, child development centers, etc.), and construction of roads to reduce the traffic congestion.MAIN FINDINGS: The proposed cultural and recreational center should be differentiated from the other similar organizations. For example, by reflecting the development path of Ulaanbaatar city or showing the love of young people or the lifestyle of the people of Mongolia, being unique from others is important in many ways, such as concentrating investors' funds and creating an opportunity to recoup the investment by meeting the needs of consumers.
SCOPE: MongoliaDATA COLLECTION METHOD: Sample surveySAMPLE SIZE: n= 4,560TIME PERIOD: 2022.06.01 – 2022.11.22GOAL: The main purpose of this consulting service was to collect data according to the integrity assessment survey questionnaire and instructions, make calculations based on the collected data, prepare a report and report the results to the public.MAIN FINDINGS: According to the results of this research, the assessment of integrity was evaluated at 73.9 points, which increased by 1.0 points from the previous year's evaluation. This increase in integrity by 1.0 points was largely influenced by the improvement in external integrity by 3.5 points and internal integrity by 1.0 points. According to the results of the previous research (IAR-2021), the decrease in the evaluation of external integrity contributed to the decrease in the overall evaluation, while in the past year, progress has been made in providing public services equally and accessible to citizens.
MSPA-AP's annual conference among member organizations was held this year in Phuket, Thailand.The 17th annual conference was held on November 17-19, 2022, under the theme "Customer Experience Research: Challenges in changing times".SICA became a member of the association in 2018 and participated in the conference and gained experience.
"Khureltogoot-2022" social and humanitarian scientific conference was successfully organized.SICA LLC has been cooperating with the conference and sponsoring the special awards for the 7th year.Young researcher B. Uyanga won this year's Special Award for her presentation on the topic "Research to determine new voter's attitude towards political elections".
SCOPE: Arkhangai, Uvurkhangai, Khentii, and Sukhbaatar provincesDATA COLLECTION METHOD: Quantitative research and key informant interviewsSAMPLE SIZE: n=120TIME PERIOD: 2022.09.27 – 2022.11.08GOAL: The goal of the evaluation was to conduct an external evaluation of the implementation of project indicators, expected results, and operational performance, and to develop recommendations for relevant parties to ensure the implementation of the Labor Law.MAIN FINDINGS: The results of this study showed that all the activities carried out within the framework of the project had a certain impact on the improvement of the conditions of the assistant herders. For example, before the implementation of the project, only 52.6 percent of the assistant herders surveyed were able to receive health services on time, but after the implementation of the project, this figure increased to 88.3 percent. Although the above and other indicators indicate that the project has been successfully implemented, on the other hand, the results of the study indicate that formal employment contracts between the main and assistant herdsmen are still insufficient. Therefore, we concluded that it was important to continue the activities carried out as part of the project to a national level and disseminate the labor contract model with assistant herders. The evaluation team provided relevant conclusions and recommendations to the client based on all research data.
SCOPE: Ulaanbaatar cityDATA COLLECTION METHOD: Document Analysis, Mystery Shopping StudyTIME PERIOD: 2022.09.05 – 2022.11.04GOAL: The purpose of this study is to determine the sectors that use safety shoes and to measure the market capacity.MAIN FINDINGS: We analyzed the data collected using secondary data sources such as document analysis method and secret shopping method.As part of the secret shopping method, the selling price of the shoes made for labor safety and health market from major domestic manufacturers and its capacity and annual sales revenue were studied.