Endline survey summary
2015/06/27
According to the constitution of Mongolia, every person has a right to abtain access to public information except that which the State and it’s bodies are legally bound to protect as secret. The 2011 Law on Information Transparency and Right to Information guarantees the Mongolian citizens to access public information.
In the frame of the UNDEF-funded two-year project Globe International Center, a Mongolian NGO has conducted the baseline and final surveys to gather information the types and scale of the problems affecting transparency and integrity in public service as well as a clear picture of the level of knowledge and understanding on the right to access information and existence of the FOI law.
The surveys also conducted to measure impact of the project activities. The survey involved the following areas:
a) Level of knowledge of the citizens on their legal right to access to public information and the FOI law including their experiences in accessing public information, their perception on the transparency and integrity level of the local governments etc
b) Level of understanding of the public officials on the legal right of citizens to access to public information and their duties to disclose the public information
c) Assessment of the performance of the public services in the project soums by the local communities
d) Most used information sources for the local communities including the national and local media
e) Scale of the problems affecting transparency and integrity in the public services in the 20 project soums
The baseline survey was conducted in January - May 2013 among 1948 community members of 20 project target soums: Battsengel and Ulziit soums of Arkhangai aimag, Ulaankhus, Buyant, Bayannuur soum and Tolbo soums of Bayan Ulgii aimag, Bulgan and Orkhon soums of Bulgan aimag, Khujirt and Kharkhorin soums of Uvurkhangai, Naran, Munkhkhaan, Asgat and Sukhbaatar soums of Sukhbaatar aimag, Altai soum of Khovd aimag, Tsagaan Uul, Ulaan Uul and Tsagaan nuur soums of Khuvsgul aimag, Zuungovi and Tes soums of Khuvsgul. The end-line survey was conducted between 18 February and 15 May 2015 using the same methodology and it involved a total of 1712 citizens of the above 20 soums of 8 aimag. The data was collected by Citizens monitoring teams who have been trained by the project and processed and analyzed in Ulaanbaatar.
The end line survey allowed comparing data with results of the baseline survey.
ENDLINE SURVEY SUMMARY
In the frame of the UNDEF-funded two-year project Globe International Center, a Mongolian NGO has conducted the baseline and final surveys to gather information the types and scale of the problems affecting transparency and integrity in public service as well as a clear picture of the level of knowledge and understanding on the right to access information and existence of the FOI law.
The surveys also conducted to measure impact of the project activities. The survey involved the following areas:
a) Level of knowledge of the citizens on their legal right to access to public information and the FOI law including their experiences in accessing public information, their perception on the transparency and integrity level of the local governments etc
b) Level of understanding of the public officials on the legal right of citizens to access to public information and their duties to disclose the public information
c) Assessment of the performance of the public services in the project soums by the local communities
d) Most used information sources for the local communities including the national and local media
e) Scale of the problems affecting transparency and integrity in the public services in the 20 project soums
The baseline survey was conducted in January - May 2013 among 1948 community members of 20 project target soums: Battsengel and Ulziit soums of Arkhangai aimag, Ulaankhus, Buyant, Bayannuur soum and Tolbo soums of Bayan Ulgii aimag, Bulgan and Orkhon soums of Bulgan aimag, Khujirt and Kharkhorin soums of Uvurkhangai, Naran, Munkhkhaan, Asgat and Sukhbaatar soums of Sukhbaatar aimag, Altai soum of Khovd aimag, Tsagaan Uul, Ulaan Uul and Tsagaan nuur soums of Khuvsgul aimag, Zuungovi and Tes soums of Khuvsgul. The end-line survey was conducted between 18 February and 15 May 2015 using the same methodology and it involved a total of 1712 citizens of the above 20 soums of 8 aimag. The data was collected by Citizens monitoring teams who have been trained by the project and processed and analyzed in Ulaanbaatar.
The end line survey allowed comparing data with results of the baseline survey.
ENDLINE SURVEY SUMMARY