Bhutan Democracy Forum 2026: Women Leading the Way

15 September 2026 · Thimphu On the International Day of Democracy, BCMD convened the Bhutan Democracy Forum 2026 on ‘Strengthening Inclusive Governance through Women’s Leadership’, with Hon’ble Lyonpo Yeezang...

Students Bring Their Stories to the Country’s Leaders: MDC Showcase 2026

11 September 2026 · Thimphu Months of citizen journalism by our Media and Democracy Clubs came together at the MDC Showcase. In April, more than 300 students from ten...

118 Aspiring Women Leaders Prepare for the Functional Literacy Test

September 2026 · Mongar, Tsirang and Wangdue Phodrang To help aspiring women leaders clear the Functional Literacy and Possession of Skills Test (FLT) required to contest local government elections,...

Strategic Planning Training for CSOs

31 August – 4 September 2026 · Thimphu Twenty-six representatives of civil society organisations completed a five-day Strategic Planning Training facilitated by Mr Wangchuk Namgay and Mr Ugyen Lhendup....

Reporting on the Law, Without Breaking It: Training for Journalists

10–14 August 2026 · Thimphu Sixteen journalists and editors from six media houses spent five days learning to report on the law accurately, ethically and safely, led by Sonam...

Parliament and Civil Society Agree to Meet Every Year

7 August 2026 · Thimphu Fifty participants, including Members of Parliament, CSO representatives, the Parliamentary Secretariats and the CSO Authority, gathered for the Parliament–CSO Meet 2026, addressed by the...

Youth in Action: Students Take Their Policy Ideas to Parliament

5–10 July 2026 Fifty-one students from 12 educational institutions spent five days in the residential camp ‘Youth in Action: From Issues to Impact’. Working in teams, they identified real...

Members of Parliament and CSOs Visit Berlin

14–17 April 2026 · Berlin, Germany A delegation of Bhutanese Members of Parliament and civil society representatives visited Berlin to learn how Germany’s parliament and civil society work together....

BCMD trains teachers to encourage youth participation in democracy

A Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop on Nurturing Student Representatives was conducted from 6th – 8th May in Tsirang District. The objective of this workshop was to equip Educators...

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,...

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...

Students from Damphu Central school engage on the Youth Conversations Platform

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...