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Busy May for BCMD

State of Bhutan’s Democracy People lauded the candid open discussion and asked for more such space. The State of Bhutan’s democracy was the topic of a riveting forum where...
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Know What We Did in April.

Turning Teachers into Media Literate Citizens Teachers were educated on being a smart news consumer. Teachers from a number of private schools and colleges in the country were trained on...
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School Media Club Trains Teachers and Students on Media Literacy

The training made students and teachers to be more critical before sharing any content online. A total of 60 teachers and students of Gomtu Middle Secondary School in Samtse...
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Building Civil Society – a CSO Retreat

CSOs came together to work towards a nation-building through increased collaboration and coordination. Civil society organisations in Bhutan are committed to working together...
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Our Activities from March

CSOs Come Together to Address Issues Photo Caption: Civil society has a long way to go albeit it has made good progress in its last eight years of existence....
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Know What BCMD Was Upto in February

Conversation to Reflect Civil Society in Bhutan Sustainability remains a big issue with the young civil society in Bhutan Civil society in Bhutan might have taken a huge stride...
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Activities from January 2018

Youth to Address Local Issues The participants visited the parliament to interact with officials from the National Assembly Secretariat Proposed Local Action Plans Zero Waste Policy Advocacy to Reduce Teenage...
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Community Mapping Project Benefits People in Samdrup Jongkhar

Kinley Wangchuk, Samdrup Jongkhar Jan 30, 2018 A project called ‘Community Mapping’ has benefited the communities of Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag. Community mapping is an asset-based approach to community development....
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Press Release

Civic education and civic engagement are only as old as our democracy. Many Bhutanese still do not understand that their roles and responsibilities as citizen extends beyond voting and...
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December 2017 Activities

Teachers Find Democracy and Media Literacy Training Insightful Teachers from schools in Thimphu, Paro, Wangdue Phodrang, and Chukha Dzongkhags who attended the three-day Democracy and Literacy Training found the...
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BCMD Monthly e-News November

Youth Clean Up Metsina Stream Team “Accessibility” from the 3rd Youth Summit 2017 has successfully cleaned up Metsina stream in Punakha in collaboration with local residents and other youth...
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Students Complete Local Action

Four schools and Paro College of Education presented the results of their local action projects at the 3rd Town Committee meeting held on December 11 at Paro. The local...
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The Druk Journal 6 is Out

The 6th Edition of The Druk Journal on “Civil Society in Bhutan”, is out and you can read the articles on our journal website. Please visit www.drukjournal.bt to read...
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e-News Letter October 2017

Celebrating Civil Society Little is known and covered about the contributions of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) towards a nation-building. Many still misunderstand CSO as one of the government entities mostly...
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Students Adopt Spring Water at Tilikaysa

Shaba Higher Secondary School (SHSS) has completed carrying out the protection and conservation of spring water at Tilikaysa in Shaba at Paro on October 21. The protection and...
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2016 Annual Report

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TV Series, ‘Jurwa’ and Music Video ‘Dear Prime Minister’ Launched

Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy (BCMD) launched its first ever television series on “Jurwa” and released a music video “Dear Prime Minister” to commemorate the International Democracy Day...
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Watch Our Music Video Dear Prime Minister

https://www.facebook.com/bhutancmd/videos/1561803547176344/
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BCMD Monthly e-News

Students Learn Community Mapping The momentum on mapping communities in Paro is picking up with schools and colleges proposing local action to address community issues. Students of Shaba Higher...
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Shaba Students Learn Community Mapping

Students interact with local residents during Local Action Plan As follow up to Training of Trainers for teachers held at Paro in July, 27 students from Shaba Higher Secondary...
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