"Opportunity for local business to enter EU market" meeting was held in Uvs province
2019/01/16

On 16th of Jan 2019, Globe International Center NGO organized “Opportunity for local business to enter EU market” town hall meeting with support of Mayor’s Office of Uvs province within framework of “Promoting Human and Labor Rights through GSP+” project. The meeting was gathered 25-30 representatives from Mayor’s office, Mongolian National Chamber for Commerce and Industry, National Commission for Human Rights, local media and business.

The meeting was designated to introduce GSP+ mechanism, particularly, ways of exporting goods to EU market under the GSP+ and sharing good practice of businesses that already benefiting from GSP+. Therefore, local government, businesses and CSOs acquire essential information on benefits of GSP+ such as reducing poverty through infensifying local economic growth and promoting human and labor rights through the scheme. Project team has planned to organize the same meetings in 5 provinces including Bayankhongor, Darkhan-Uul, Orkhon, Sukhbaatar and Arkhangai.


The Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) of the European Union (EU) is a trade arrangement that allows developing countries to pay less or no duties on their exports to the EU. The EU offers GSP programmes to help vulnerable countries to reduce poverty, improve governance and foster a process of sustainable development. The Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) is a special component of the GSP scheme that provides additional trade incentives to developing countries already benefitting from GSP. The EU introduced GSP+ with the aim of providing more extensive market access than the standard GSP scheme, giving beneficiary countries duty free access to EU markets for over 7200 products.

Democracy Reporting International is implementing “Promoting Human and Labour Rights through GSP+”, an EU-funded EIDHR project, in Armenia, Bolivia, Cabo Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines and Sri Lanka.

In Mongolia, Globe International Center NGO implementing the “Promoting Human and Labor Rights through GSP+” project since 2018. The project goal is to inform and empower civil society and social partners to become effective advocates and drivers of change, ensuring that EU Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) beneficiary countries meet their commitments to effectively implement core international conventions. The project gives us the opportunity to present to different stakeholders a new narrative of human rights, with a positive and constructive approach.