Mongolia – Persons with disabilities

By Daniel Morris | 22. February 2024

CHAPTER II. Actions to improve the duty of the state in protecting human rights

14. Create an inclusive and disability-friendly environment and support disabled people to become an active member of the economic sector

Actions and measures to be implemented:

Guarantee the implementation of the provisions of 144.1 to 144.4 of the Labour Code, which require all enterprises with 25 or more employees to employ persons with disabilities, in all enterprises, regardless of their form of ownership.

  • Time frame: 2023-2025
  • Criteria: Number of enterprises employing people with disabilities or purchasing products and services related to the employment of people with disabilities
  • Implementing organisations: MLSP [Ministry o Labour and Social Protection], General Secretariat of the Development of Disabled Persons, General Secretariat of the Labour and Social Service, Mongolian Employers’ Association (MEA), MNCCI [Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry], Governors of all levels.

Increase opportunities to provide support for small and medium-sized enterprises employing people with disabilities through financial loans and premiums.

  • Time frame: 2023-2025
  • Criteria: The conditions and criteria for the granting of loans to disabled persons by the Foundation for the Promotion of SMEs
  • Implementing organisations: MoF [Ministry of Finance], MoFALI [Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry].

Coordinate training on knowledge of the rights of persons with disabilities for all enterprises that have 25 or more employees.

  • Time frame: 2023-2025
  • Criteria: Numbers of the enterprises participated in the trainings
  • Implementing organisations: MLSP, General Secretariat of the Development of Disabled Persons General Secretariat of the Labour and Social Service Mongolian employers’ association Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry Governors of all levels.

To ensure access for all disabled people to the entrances of the buildings of the major commercial centres and public services, all public places are classified and an inclusivity assessment of their infrastructure and dissemination of knowledge will be carried out by a professional organisation.

  • Time frame: 2023-2024
  • Criteria: Numbers of the companies that were evaluated
  • Implementing organisations: Ministry of Road and Transport Development (MRTD) Ministry of Road and Transport Development Ministry of Digital Development and Communications MLSP General Secretariat of the Development of Disabled Persons
  • Jointly implementing organisations: Mongolian employers’ association Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry Governors of all levels.

Prepare and implement specific plan and measures according to the inclusivity assessment

  • Time frame: 2024-2025
  • Criteria: Implementation of the adopted plan
  • Implementing organisations: Ministry of Construction and Urban Development (MCUD) Ministry of Road and Transport Development (MRTD) Ministry of Digital Development and Communications MLSP General Secretariat of the Development of Disabled Persons
  • Jointly implementing organisations: Mongolian employers’ association Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry Governors of all levels

Chapter THREE Actions to improve the responsibilities of business enterprises to respect human rights

5. Take actions to promotion of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the 159th Convention of the International Labor Organization on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities, the Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Law on Labor, and the Law on Employment Promotion

Actions and measures to be implemented:

Develop training programmes and organise training and advocacy activities.

  • Time frame: 2023-2025
  • Criteria: The number of training programmes, courses, and public events
  • Implementing organisations: MLSP, GADPWD [General Authority for Development of Persons with Disabilities], GALWS, MONEF [Mongolian Employers’ Federation], MNCCI, Governors of all levels.
  • Jointly implementing organisations: NGOs