October eNews

BCMD Welcomes New Executive Director Bhutan Centre for Media & Democracy Welcomes new Executive Director, Tandin Wangmo. Tandin Wangmo has a history of working in the planning and programme...

September eNews

Soel-Dep: A Plea from the 10th Cohort of Youth Initiative Members Co-created by the 10th cohort of the Youth Initiative, this song champions children’s inclusion in issues concerning them....

Druk Journal conversation discusses effectiveness of LG

The government spends up to Nu 2 M as grant for each gewog every year. It means, for 205 gewogs, the spending can go up to Nu 410 M....

GNH-based planning for LGs

Local leaders and their staff were trained on how to be democratic, inclusive and consultative in conducting public consultations for planning and decision-making in a five-day workshop at Kanglung,...

Need for a Youth Centre in Tsirang

Youth are considered the driving force for change. And for them to bring about that change, they need platforms to come together and spend their time productively. As such,...

Empowering youth to build child-friendly LG

Most of the young people at the first youth summit in Tsirang called for an integrated youth service centre in Damphu Town. According to them, a safe space like...

Participatory Consultation and Planning

Eight gewogs of Paro and Thimphu organised a Gallery walk of community development plans co-developed with residents of their gewog on 25th August. The Gallery walk is the culmination...

GNH-based planning for LGs

Local leaders and residents of nine gewogs in Thimphu and Paro successfully participated in a series of capacity-building workshops, and developed plans using the Gross National Happiness (GNH)-based planning...

Media Literate LG for Well-informed Societies

To help local government (LG) leaders use social media productively and be smart consumers, 26 LG leaders from 12 gewogs in Tsirang attended a two-day media and democracy literacy...

Equipping Local Leaders with Media Literacy Skills

From initiating developmental activities to providing various public services, local leaders play a vital role in disseminating information to the people in their gewogs. But with social media platforms...

Bhutanese economy should move from resource-driven to productivity-driven

With only hydropower dictating the economy of the country, Bhutanese economy is facing the risk of becoming a mono-line economy, according to United Nations Department of Economic and Social...

Students from Damphu Central school engage on the Youth Conversations Platform

The Druk Journal

Webinar on “Cultivating Civic Mindset and Civic Action”

Civic education is vital to democratic forms of government. It equips and empowers citizens with the agency to influence and shape society and to be active in democratic processes....

MDL for the Hearing Impaired

January 14, 2022 With the conviction to create equal access to education, the Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy launched literary resources for the hearing impaired. The Media and...

BCMD Launches Toolkit to Involve Citizens in Decision-Making

October 28, 2021 To infuse local planning processes with the voices of the citizens, the Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy launched a participatory planning toolkit for the Local...

International Youth Day: Youth Summit- Food Security and Sustainable Consumption

August 14, 2021 Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy’s Youth Summit 2021 Riding on the teachable moment presented by the ongoing pandemic, the Youth Summit 2021 made the youths...

BCMD Retreat 2021

Last week, the BCMD team went on a three-day retreat to Punakha which was the perfect opportunity to get out of our normal routine and to rejuvenate our minds...

Bhutan’s Pandemic Success Story Deserves to be Shared with the World

19 March 2021 Assistant Secretary-General, UNDP Assistant Administrator & Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Kanni Wignaraja talks to Kuensel about her recent virtual visit to Bhutan from...

Strengthening the Foundations of Democracy Through Media Literacy in Bhutan

BCMD is pleased to share the launch of a new project: Strengthening the Foundations of Democracy Through Media Literacy in Bhutan funded by The United Nations Democracy Fund. The...