An enabling platform, not another institution
MNCRIP provides a common institutional framework bringing together government agencies, development partners, financial institutions, academia, the private sector, civil society and local communities — to coordinate programmes, develop investment-ready initiatives and mobilise long-term resources.
What MNCRIP is
- A nationally coordinated platform
- A multi-stakeholder partnership mechanism
- A strategic programme coordination platform
- An investment-enabling institutional framework
- A catalyst for integrated climate resilience and sustainable development
What it is not
- Not a government agency
- Not an investment fund
- Not a project implementation unit
- Not a single project proposal
Rather than centralising implementation, MNCRIP coordinates institutions and programmes so each partner contributes according to its comparative advantage and mandate.
Vision, mission and purpose
Vision
To position Mongolia as a globally recognised leader in climate resilience, natural capital stewardship and sustainable investment by building an integrated national platform that delivers lasting environmental, social and economic value.
Mission
To coordinate strategic partnerships, mobilise investment, strengthen institutional collaboration, and accelerate the development and implementation of integrated programmes that restore ecosystems, enhance climate resilience and support sustainable national development.
Guiding principles
- Integration
- Connecting policy, science, finance and implementation.
- Partnership
- Long-term collaboration among national and international stakeholders.
- Transparency
- Accountable governance and responsible resource management.
- Innovation
- Scientific, technological and financial innovation.
- Inclusiveness
- Broad participation across government, communities, academia, civil society, youth, women and the private sector.
- Long-term impact
- Sustainable value for present and future generations.
Institutional origins
MNCRIP was founded by Ganzorig Tsogzol, who also serves as President of the Federation of Mongolian Beach Volleyball. The platform states that relationship openly, because partners are entitled to know how an institution came to exist and who stands behind it.
That origin explains why Sport4Land sits among the six strategic programmes. Sport reaches rural youth and herding communities that conventional environmental programming struggles to engage, and it builds the participation that land stewardship depends on over decades rather than funding cycles.
The approach is not unusual within this convention. UNCCD’s own COP17 programme runs Fashion4Land and a Youth4Soil manifesto on the same principle: culture and participation are instruments of land policy, not decoration around it.
Sport4Land is accountable to the same monitoring, evaluation and learning framework as every other programme, and to the same independent oversight. It earns its place on land-stewardship outcomes or it does not earn it at all.
The path forward
MNCRIP advances through phased implementation — building institutional capacity, demonstrating flagship programmes and scaling measurable impact.
Establish the national platform and build strategic partnerships.
- Institutional governance & policy
- International launch at COP17
- Strategic dialogue with development finance institutions
Advance flagship demonstration programmes and validate the integrated model.
- Project preparation & feasibility
- Investment readiness
- Research & monitoring
Advance programmes to implementation and expand blended finance mobilisation.
- Implementation & delivery
- Blended finance & public–private partnerships
- National delivery via regional hubs
Position Mongolia as an international demonstration platform for dryland resilience.
- Long-term resilience
- International cooperation
- Continuous learning & improvement
From vision to national impact
- 01 Vision
- 02 Mission
- 03 Purpose
- 04 Strategic programmes
- 05 Flagship initiatives
- 06 Measurable impact