to move to a smart government." Elbegdorj's Smart Government Program has fifteen key initiatives as follows: Enhance all government systems, policies and operations in conformity with the values of democracy and principles of market economy; Ensure the integrity and cohesion of the state policies and actions; Reform the organization, operations and processes of public service and institute accountability mechanisms at every level of the government; Improve the capacities and efficiency of the public service; Eliminate government participation in business activities; Affirm our full and unwavering support of the goal to make political discourse immune to business influences; Intensify the fight against corruption; Support domestic industries; Ensure economic growth by securing property rights and supporting private sector; Create government structures based on rule of law and provide for inclusiveness, producing research-based decisions and services; Instill the discipline to honor/implement contracts; Support direct democracy, sovereignty of local governments and local development funds; Create a long-term national development strategies and codify it by law; Improve the election law; Introduce information technologies to streamline and modernize government. Supporting education On 20 May 2013, Elbegdorj issued a decree that directed the government to provide financial support to Mongolian students to study at the world's top universities. By the implementation of the decree, Mongolian students accepted at the world's top 20 universities will receive funding from the government regardless of their major, and those accepted at the world's top 100 universities will be financed by the government if their major is included in the government's preferred profession list. Elbegdorj vetoed a section of a law amendment that would have increased his salary; in return, he submitted a bill to the Parliament to give allowance as salary from government to all Mongolian students studying in Mongolia. The law was passed and all Mongolian students studying at any university or college in Mongolia have received monthly allowances of 70,000 tugrugs since 2011 and the allowance may be increased to 96,000 tugrugs as per government decision in September 2013. Elbegdorj was a member of the board of directors of "Young Leader" foundation of Mongolia in 1992–2009 and a member of the director's board of the Mongolian Academy of Political Education in 1993–2009. Campaign to stop alcoholism Elbegdorj has been calling for a curb on the abuse of alcohol in Mongolia. Under his auspices and in collaboration with his office, civil society and non-governmental organizations organized many activities such as