About Us

Nurturing democracy in Bhutan since 2008

In 2008, Bhutan became the youngest democracy of its time. BCMD was born from that moment: to strengthen the media and help a culture of democracy take root among citizens.

Participants of the Bhutan Democracy Forum 2026

2008Founded as Bhutan held its first elections
2010Registered with the Civil Society Organisations Authority
2016Awarded the National Order of Merit (Gold) by His Majesty The King

Get to know us

See what we doOur work is organised around three programme areas.