The Collaboration to Cooperation project is a joint venture between the Silk Road Studies Program in Uppsala, Sweden and the Academy of Management in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Its main purpose is to strengthen the stability of Mongolian domestic politics. The main method of reaching the overarching goal of a more stable political situation in Mongolia will be accomplished through the training of top rank politicians and public servants in the basics of conflict management, coalition building and negotiation techniques. At a subsequent stage, the experiences drawn from these training sessions will be used in the establishment of a curriculum for courses in conflict management and negotiation at the Academy of Management. The primary target group of learners here will be politicians and public servants at all levels of the Mongolian administration. By building their personal abilities in managing conflict, the politicians will be able to act accordingly to solve their own conflicts in a constructive way, which will hence lead to the strengthening of the political situation in Mongolia. This will of course be to the benefit of all of Mongolian society, where it is vital that the new democratic values which were allowed to grow at the beginning of the 1990s are given a chance. In this process, Mongol politicians have to be role models towards their voters and show responsibility towards the given mandate. Only then can democratic values trickle all the way down through all aspects of Mongolian society. A stable continuation of Swedish support to the Academy of Management will safe-guard the long-term success of reaching the goals of the project.

Under this main structure described, other forms of cooperation include the exchange of guest researchers to both Sweden and Mongolia, adaptation and further development of the course curriculum, monitoring and analysis of the domestic political situation in Mongolia, conferences and finally a recurring evaluation of the perceived effects of the training given at the Academy of Management.