Recent Advocacy Efforts, Events, Opportunities, & More

Mergen Chuluun, Executive Director 2016-10-26

Overview

• Personel Changes

• Recent Advocacy Efforts

• Recent Events

• New Partnerships & Cooperation

Thank you, Bayarmaa!• Moving up to private sector

company

• Served as Vice Director, Senior Manager, and as Working Group Coordinator

• Champion behind the Summit Proceedings: Recommendation to the GoM

New Working Group Coordinator Baljinnyam (Baljaa)

• Work Experience: International Food Policy Research Institute (Washington, DC), Rio Tinto’s Kennecott Utah Copper (Utah), & Oyu Tolgoi.

• Founded B-Fit health & wellness program & Young Mongolian Professionals Association in America (YMPA)

• Education: MBA in International Business; Bachelors in International Studies (Summa Cum Laude)

Certificate of Origin• Issue raised 6/22

• NAMBC research & draft joint letter 7/23

• ED email to Japanese Ambassador 8/1

• BCM hosted meeting w Customs Agency & business community (MNCCI, CEO Club, AmCham…) 8/3

• ED call w NAMBC President Steve Saunders 8/5

• ED chat w MFA Director of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation 8/9

• ED chat w new MFA Director of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation 8/12

• BCM & NAMBC meeting w new MFA Director of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation 8/16

• ED chat w MFA Ambassador At Large 8/20

• ED chat w MFA Director of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation 9/16

• ED chat w MFA Director of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation 10/26

Meeting with Dr. Enkhbold, Director of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation at MFA 10/26

• Updates of Certificate of Origin:

• Implementation has been delayed to January 1, 2017

• Presented to Government of Mongolia 10/25

• Next steps: obtain approvel by GoM; secure spot for Parliament Fall Session; obtain passage of amendments to necessary law(s) to fall inline with international best practices

• Also presented Canada-Mongolia Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) to GoM

Law on Disaster Protection

• Risk Working Group meetings Jun 28th & Oct 13th

• BCM Statement on the Draft Amendment of the Law on Disaster Protection will be sent to NEMA & President’s Office

KSS: Lean Six Sigma by Wagner Asia Equipment 10/10

Opportunity to Sponsor on BCM Brochure

• BCM Corporate Brochure facts: - Over 1000 copies- English&Mongolian- Wide distribution- Quality content

• Unique marketing opportunity for your business: - Platinum sponsor: 1,500,000MNT (inside cover page) - Gold sponsor: 700,000MNT(middle page)

• For more details, please contact: otgongerel@bcmongolia.org

Upcoming Events# Event Date Location Organizer Notes

1 Mongolia Strategic Trade Industry Outreach Seminar

Oct 26-27

Best Western Tuushin Hotel

Center for Policy Research, University of Albany FREE

2 Yelloween Masquerade Ball Oct 31 Shangri-La BCM, MSM Group,

Shangri-La BCM members: FREE

3 Mongolia Investment Summit Nov 1-2 Hong Kong Beacon Events 15% discount for BCM

members

4 7th Annual Risk Forum Nov 9 Best Western Tuushin Hotel

Mandal Insurance, Golomt Bank By invitation only

5Workshop On Promoting Transparent And Ethical

Business Practices

Nov 15 Blue Sky BCM Ethics Working Group BCM members: FREE

6 Ger District Site Visit mid Nov UB

BCM Energy & Environment Working

GroupTBD

7 Sustainable Development Forum

Nov 24-25 UB Global Green Growth

Initiative (GGGI) TBD

8 BCM Monthly Meeting Nov 30 Blue Sky BCM BCM members: FREE

9 Invest Mongolia Tokyo Dec 4-5 Tokyo Frontier Conference 20% discount for BCM

members

10 BCM New Year Ball Dec 8 Shangri-La BCM TBD

Seeking Information about Initiatives to Address Air Pollution

• This is disaster impacts everyone, including the business community

• Please share comments & notes about initiatives/ideas to Energy & Environment Working Group chairs Jon & Tomas, Bayarmaa, or myself (ED)

• Ger area development site tour to be organized in November

Invest Mongolia Tokyo 2016

Frontier’s 4th Annual Conference in Tokyo, JAPAN

on Dec 7-8, 2016 (BCM Members get 20% OFF registration fee)

http://www.frontier-conference.com/tokyo

BCM New Year Ball Shangri La; Dec 8th

• Mark your calendars

• We have FANTASTIC ideas for TONS of fun!!

• Details will coming soon

• BIG THANK YOU for your continued support. We could not have achieved all of these efforts without your contributions.

• We have some AMAZING events lined up. And, we continue to advocate for fair, stable, & improved business environment.

• Membership renewal invoices were sent out last week. If you have any questions, please contact Saruul (saruul@bcmongolia.org).

THANK YOU Members! And, please continue to support us…

• Please fill out our event survey.

• Any questions?

• Email: mergen@bcmongolia.org

• Twitter: @bcmongolia & @mergenchuluun

Thank you.

Attending: D.Byambasuren, consultant/Quality Assurance Officer 

New Member: MIRIM Consultant LLC