Social Well-Being Index to Increase by 20 Percent

The Leadership Conference of the Family, Labour and Social Protection Sector was held in Ulaanbaatar, bringing together 175 senior officials representing a total of 4,893 public servants in the sector.

The conference reviewed key policy measures implemented in 2025, the progress of legal reforms, challenges and constraints faced by the sector, and priority issues requiring further attention. Participants also engaged in practical, results-oriented discussions on the sector’s medium-term development policy and direction, as well as the goals and measures to be implemented in 2026.

Under the Government of Mongolia’s 2024–2028 Action Program, the sector is responsible for implementing 104 measures across 62 objectives. Of these, 100 measures began implementation in 2025, three will commence in 2026, and one in 2027.

Within the “Five-Year Main Development Directions of Mongolia for 2026–2030,” ten national outcome targets have been defined, three of which directly depend on the performance and results of this sector. These include:

• Ensuring equal access for all citizens to quality and accessible education and health services, developing a workforce aligned with labour market demand, and increasing the Human Development Index from 0.756 to 0.813;
• Improving the coherence of labour relations, wages, and social insurance systems to promote decent employment, calculating the share of the middle class for the first time, and increasing it by 20 percent by 2030;
• Enhancing quality of life through a healthy and safe living environment, accessible housing, and quality social protection services; strengthening family stability; advancing child development and protection to a new level; and calculating and increasing the social well-being index by 20 percent over the next five years. These outcomes have been approved by the State Great Khural.

The conference emphasized that, to effectively implement the policy objectives and measures set for 2026 and to achieve meaningful sectoral reform, unified understanding, coordinated planning, strong leadership, and close cooperation among senior officials at all levels are essential.

Minister of Family, Labour and Social Protection Mr. T. Aubakir highlighted the importance of ensuring that citizens are not merely recipients of services, but active participants in decision-making processes that affect their lives able to make choices and clearly articulate their needs and priorities. He also underscored the need to develop an inclusive, simple, transparent, and technology-based service ecosystem, enabling citizens to access services without reliance on subjective assessments or discretionary decisions, and called on sector leaders to prioritize these efforts.