An Opinion Exchange Meeting was held on March 11, 2009 from 13.30 to 17.00 at Conference Hall “E” of the Government House to discuss about a draft Law on Freedom of Information. MPs including S. Oyun, Ts. Monkh-Orgil, Su. Batbold and E. Bat-Uul initiated and submitted this draft law to parliament May 2, 2007. The draft was newly developed on the basis of receiving a series of recommendations and suggestions by NGOs.

Glob International NGO in association with 10 NGOs had set up a coalition with the purpose of regulating and legalizing the people’s right of having freedom of expression. During the meeting on March 11 we have scheduled to discuss a new draft Law on Freedom of Information  with MPs and planned to set up a Parliament Group to provide the inside lobbying.

As results of our activities, we have established the Parliament Group to provide the inside lobbying and now the number of the law initiators reached from 4 to 13 MPs.  The project activities involved 34% of the Parliamentarians.

- 61 persons attended the Opinion Exchange Meeting including 20 members of the Parliament and assistants of four MPs, 14 from the Parliament Office, Parliament Standing Committees, Parliament  Research Center and Parliament Group of the democratic Party, two legal consultants of the Ministries, seven NGO representatives and 15 Parliament journalists from 10 print and 5 broadcast media

- Nine  Members of the Parliament signed to join the law initiating group that consisted  from four MPs at that time 
- Six MPs signed to support the laws 
- Five MPs promised to respond after they get acquainted with  the available draft 
- Six Members of the Parliament attended the two Parliament Group meetings