Day I – Monday, 9 July 2018

8:00am–8:30am

Registration

8:30am- 8:50am

Opening Remarks

Bekhbat Khasbazar, Ambassador and IRIM President (Conference Chair), Mongolia

Battsetseg Batmunkh, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mongolia

Enkhbayar Battumur, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs, Mongolia

Christian Suter, President, the World Society Foundation (Zurich) and Professor, University of Neuchâtel, Switzserland

8:50am - 8:55am

Group photo

8:55am –9:00am

Conference Introduction

Dolgion Aldar, Board Member, IRIM, Mongolia

SESSION 1.  CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY

9:00 am – 9:20 am

Chair: Bekhbat Khasbazar, IRIM, Mongolia

Keynote 1: Civil Society's Indispensability for Liberal Democracy

Steven Fish, Professor of Political Science, University of California, United States

9:20am - 9:40am

Discussion:

Munkh-Ochir Dorjjugder, National Institute for Security Studies, Mongolia and participants

9:40 am – 10:00 am

Coffee break

SESSION 1.  CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY

10:00am  –11:00am

Chair: Byambajav Dalaibuyan, Tohoku University, Japan

Presentation 1: The role of civil society in promoting democracy and good governance in Mongolia

Byambabat Munkhtogoo, Volunteer Development Center, Mongolia

Presentation 2: How do youth movements promote democracy in Azerbaijan? Their civic engagement and impacts on public spare (2000-2014)

Khayyam Namazov,  Humboldt University, Germany

Presentation 3: Citizen empowerment through the Check My Service Initiative in Mongolia

Undral Gombodorj, Democracy Education Center, Mongolia 

Presentation 4: Needs and necessities for sophisticating the legal framework for non-governmental organizations in Mongolia

Enkhbayar Battumur, Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs, Mongolia

Presentation 5: 1-O Catalan referendum turns into a struggle for democracy

     Núria Suero Comellas, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

11:00am – 11:20am

Discussion

11:20am–11:50am

Coffee break

11:50am- 12:40pm

Chair: Delgerjargal Uvsh, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States

Presentation 1:  The influence of international relations on democratization. 1972-2005

Mathias De Roeck, University of Antwerp, Belgium (Co-writer: Mr. Ronan Van Rossem, University of Ghent, Belgium)

Presentation 2: The transformation of civil society in post-socialist democratization: Theoretical and practical implications from Mongolia`s experience

Byambajav Dalaibuyan, Tohoku University, Japan

Presentation 3: Insurgency-its genesis in the failure of democratic governance: A Study of individual motivation to join armed groups in Northeast India

Banasmita Bora,  University of Delhi, India 

Presentation  4: Civilization, Citizenship and Democracy: The Challenge of Military Coups-The Case of Egypt

Haldun Karanhanli, Ibn Haldun University, Turkey

12:40pm –1:00pm

Discussion

1:00pm –2:00pm

Lunch

SESSION 2. URBAN-RURAL CLEAVAGES AND DEMOCRACY

2:00pm–2:20pm

Chair: Christian Suter,  World Society Foundation (Zurich) and University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Keynote 2: The perception of Mongolians about democracy: Do we have differences?

Ganbat Damba, Academy of Political Education, Mongolia

2:20pm– 2:40pm

Discussion

Mathias De Roeck, University of Antwerp, Belgium and participants

2:40pm–3:30pm

Chair: Dolgion Aldar, IRIM, Mongolia

Presentation 1: Democracy development in Mongolia: Challenges and Opportunities

Khatanbold Oidov, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Mongolia

Presentation 2: Democratic Education: Challenges and practices in rural and urban schools of Kazakhstan

Diana Mombayeva, University of Calgary, Canada

Presentation 3:  Poverty reduction and democratization-new cross country evidence

Frank-Borge Wietzke, Institut Barcelona Estudis Internacionals, Spain

Presentation 4: Community-based groups and agency of men and women in the public sphere in rural Bangladesh

Esha Sraboni, Brown University, United States

3:30pm – 3:50pm

Discussion

3:50pm-4:20pm

Coffee break

SESSION 2. URBAN-RURAL CLEAVAGES AND DEMOCRACY

4:20pm – 5:20pm

Chair: Tapan Sarker, International Business and Asian studies, Griffith University, Australia

Presentation 1:   Electoral gifting in rural Mongolia

Tuya Shagdar, National University of Mongolia, Mongolia (Co-writer: Dr. Lauren Bonilla, Research associate, University College London, England)

Presentation 2: Everyday democracy in Mongolia: An anthropological approach to democracy as lived in the ger districts of Ulaanbaatar

Elizabeth Fox, University of College London, England

Presentation 3: Chronicling Mongolia’s experience in transition

Craig Castagna, International Republican Institute (IRI), Mongolia

Presentation 4:   Social media rendezvous for egalitarian academic discourse in a monarchial democracy: An ethnomethodological study   

Reynaldo Gacho Segumpan, Ministry of Higher Education, Rustaq COE, Oman

Presentation 5. Spatial-econometric relationship between urbanization and economic development in Mongolia

Oyut Amarjargal, Clark University, United States

5:20pm – 5:40pm

Discussion

End of day 1

6:30 pm-8:30pm

Dinner

Day II – Tuesday, 10 July 2018

8:00am–9:00am

Morning coffee &Tea

9:00am -9:10am

Opening Remark

Jean-Jacques de Dardel, Ambassador of Switzerland to Mongolia, the People’s Republic of China and the DPRK, Switzerland

SESSION 3. EXTRACTIVE ECONOMICS, RESOURCE-RICH COUNTRIES AND DEMOCRACY

9:10am -9:30am

Chair: Byambasuren Yadmaa, IRIM, Mongolia

Keynote 3: The Role of democratic governance in improving transparency and accountability of multinational enterprises in resource-rich countries

Tapan Sarker, International Business and Asian studies, Griffith University, Australia

9:30am – 9:50am

Discussion

Stephen Brown, University of Ottawa, Canada and participants

9:50am – 10:40am

Chair: Boldsaikhan Sambuu, Waseda University, Japan

Presentation 1: Reversal of the curse? Negative revenue shocks and political regimes around the world

Delgerjargal Uvsh, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States

Presentation 2: The curse of foreign investment: Untangling Mongolia’s post-communist transition from its extractive dependence

Aubrey Menardt, Menarndt Global Consulting, Hong Kong

Presentation 3: What keeps economic growth unsustainability in Mongolia? Plan-irrational state and extractive economic institutions

Uuganbayar Tumurkhuu, Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports, Mongolia

Presentation 4: Democratization and judicial independence: A case study of Mongolia

Tuya Barsuren, Mongolian Gender Equality Center, Mongolia

10:40am – 11:00am

Discussion

11:00am –11:30am

Coffee break

SESSION 3. EXTRACTIVE ECONOMICS, RESOURCE-RICH COUNTRIES AND DEMOCRACY

11:30am - 12:20pm

Chair: Steven Fish, Political Science, University of California, United States

Presentation 1: Empowering local communities in the Kyrgyz mining sector: The case of Talas

Nazik Imanbekova, Public Foundation ICC Elnaz, Kyrgyzstan

Presentation 2: Democratization and the political economy of diamond sector policy in Southern Africa

Nathan Munier, Independent researcher, Austria  

Presentation 3: Buying votes with rents: The politics of economic populism and clientelism in natural resource dependent democracies

Boldsaikhan Sambuu, Waseda University, Japan  

Presentation 4: Foreign aid, the mining sector and democratic governance: The case of Canadian assistance to Peru

Stephen Brown, University of Ottawa, Canada

12:20pm –12:40pm

Discussion

12:40pm-2:00pm

Lunch

2:00pm – 2:50pm

Chair: Ganbat Damba, Academy of Political Education, Mongolia

Presentation 1: Regional Integration in Asia: FTA initiatives driven regional leadership

Purevdulam Jamiyansuren, SICA LLC, Mongolia

Presentation 2: Natural resources management in Southeast Asia: Challenges of corruption, compliance and effectiveness

Andrea Haefner, Griffith University, Australia

Presentation 3: The empirical analysis of political stability and inflow foreign direct investment: Case of Mongolia

Nandin-Erdene Byambajav, Value United Partners, Mongolia

Presentation 4: Natural resource abundance, democracy and economic growth in transition economies

Enkh-Amgalan Dorjgotov, National University of Mongolia, Mongolia

3:00pm-3:20pm

Discussion

3:20-3:50pm

Coffee break

Concluding session

3:50pm-4:50pm

Panel discussion: Democracy in the 21st Century: Ways Forward

Chair: Christian Suter, World Society Foundation (Zurich) and University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Panelists:

Ganbat Damba, Academy of Political Education, Mongolia

Steven Fish, Political Science, University of California,United States

Tapan Sarker, International Business and Asian studies, Griffith University, Australia

4:50pm- 5:00pm

Closing remarks  

Christian Suter, World Society Foundation (Zurich) and University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Bekhbat Khasbazar, IRIM, Mongolia

5:00pm-5:10pm

Cultural Activity Introduction

Erdenetsetseg Dashdeleg, IRIM, Mongolia

End of day 2

6:00pm-8:00pm

Dinner