On November 19, 2010, Globe International NGO organized a round table meeting entitled “Media Legal Environment and Challenges” in the “A” hall of the “Khangarid” palace of the Ulaanbaatar City Administration Office. This meeting was held in frames of a project called  “Enabling Environment for Free and Independent Media”  financed by the Asia Foundation of the USA.

The roundtable discussed the broader issues of the present situation of the media legal environment and the participants exchanged opinions on the important laws omitted in Mongolia.  The following presentations taken the round table:
- Media legal environment, Kh.Naranjargal, Globe International President and CEO
- Protection of journalists and editorial independence, M.Batsuuri, lawyer
- Media self-regulation, Ts.Onon, journalist
- Protection of Sources, Ch.Bazar, researcher
- Media Related Provisions of the Election Laws, D.Munkhburen, lawyer
- Libel and Defamation Legislation, G.Davaakhuu, lawyer
- Freedom of Information and State Secrecy, D.Saranchimeg, lawyer
- Media ownership and media concentration. M.Dorjkhand, lawyer
- Content regulation, D.Orosoo, lawyer
- Broadcasting Regulation and Digital Tendency, Ch.Oyungerel, Communications Regulatory Commission
- TV Advertisement Market and Some Issues of Legal Regulation. Ya.Khishigsuren, MAXIMA Research Center
- New version of “Media Freedom Law,” G.Erdenebat, Law Adviser of the President

While the reports were being delivered, the following issues emerged after concluding all proposals and opinions:

- Clauses concerning slander and insult in the criminal law serve more to censor the media  than to protect citizens. 
- There are three draft laws related to the media. Participants want the various terms mentioned in each draft law to be standardized, and a book defining terms used in journalism to be created.
- Participants want the present system, which imposes responsibilities only upon journalist, to be changed to a system which imposes responsibility on media organizations and editorial offices instead.
- Participants want some lawyers and advocates to be trained and prepared to do impact advocacy for the media sector.
- Participants want to improve the capability of NGOs working in the media sector.
- Participants criticized the birth of many TV channels without any research and sharing of the market.
- Participants demanded the creation of an Ombudsman, with free services for assistance and court appearances.

Issues of self-regulation, media responsibility and ethics, importance of the new regulation on media ownership transparency, training of lawyers and judges, capacity of the media NGOs, repealing criminal defamation and censorship were raised during the round table. The Participants also suggested Globe International to initiate the coordination of the working groups working on media and information related laws in order to come to the common understanding of the terminologies and the similar principles. In total, 86 persons represented lawyers, public agencies, media and NGOs attended the round table.