Vacancy
Leave a CommentThe Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Bhutan is pleased to announce the vacancy for Marketing/ Value Chain Specialist.
Please follow the link for more details:
https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=1900285&tz=GMT%2B01%3A00
United Nations Sustainable Development Partnership Framework (UNSDPF) for Bhutan for 2019-2023
Leave a CommentThis United Nations Sustainable Development Framework (UNSDPF) articulates the collective vision of the UN system in Bhutan for 2019-2023.
Achieving Agenda 2030 and graduating from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category in a sustainable manner requires continued partnership between the Royal Government of Bhutan, its development partners, key stakeholders, as well as between UN agencies.
Focusing on sustainable development as Bhutan becomes a Lower Middle-Income Country (LMIC) will help ensure a smooth transition and avoid a reversal of results already achieved.
The overall goal of the United Nations’ support to Bhutan from 2019 to 2023 is to support “A Just, harmonious and sustainable Bhutan where no one is left behind”. Based on a theory of change, the UN aims to mobilize and invest an estimated USD 120 million to achieve results in four outcome areas, by 2023.
Country Programme Board Meeting
Leave a CommentDuring the Annual Country Programme Board meeting, the United Nations in Bhutan launched the United Nations Sustainable Development Partnership Framework (UNSDPF) for Bhutan for 2019-2023. The UNSDPF articulates the collective vision of the UN system in Bhutan for 2019-2023.
UNDP Administrator to co-chair 14th RTM with the Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Government of Bhutan
Leave a CommentThe UNDP Administrator, Achim Steiner, will be in the country to co-chair the 14th Round Table Meeting (RTM) with the Lyonpo Dr. Tandin Dorji, Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Government of Bhutan which will take place in Thimphu from 12-14 March 2019.
The RTM, organized by the Royal Government and in collaboration with United Nations in Bhutan, is the highest forum for policy dialogue. It provides an opportunity to deepen understanding and partnerships through sharing of development experiences including successes, challenges and future priorities.
“Enhancing Happiness and Sustainable Development through Partnerships” as the theme of the 14th RTM, the forum will;
- Sensitize development partners on the 12th FYP: the last plan as an LDC to address the last mile challenges and consolidate development gains.
- Take stock of Bhutan’s developmental progress, challenges and future priorities, including smooth graduation.
- Acknowledge and appreciate the contribution of development partners, while also assessing remaining financing gaps, and strengthening foundations for continued and future partnerships in Bhutan’s socio-economic development;
- Leverage the opportunity presented by the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs to set out a joint vision of Bhutan’s socio-economic development through effective partnerships; and
- Explore possible financing windows and opportunities for Bhutan in its efforts on the path of Sustainable Development and in line with the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.
“Shifting Development Mindsets; Accelerating GNH and SDGs”
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Host: Dr. Karma Phuntsho
The founder of Loden Foundation, a development organization that promotes education and entrepreneurship in Bhutan as well as the Shejun Agency for Bhutan’s Cultural Documentation and Research.
Speaker: Jurgen Nagler
The Resident Representative a.i of UNDP Bhutan is an international development practitioner with over 20 years’ experience in successfully delivering global, regional and field projects with UNDP, UN Global Compact, the private sector and international NGOs. He joined the UN after a 10-year career with major international companies in the areas of marketing, business development and Corporate Social Responsibility. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and a Masters in International Development. He is currently pursuing a PhD in exploring the role of mindsets for human development and the SDGs. He is passionate about transformative and holistic human development approaches, therefore, he also co-founded a grass-roots development NGO and the global UN Transformation Network.
Date: 17 January 2019
Venue: UN House, Kawajangsa
Time: 4 pm to 5:30 pm
Please register by clicking on the link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bhutan-dialogues-shifting-development-mindsets-accelerating-gnh-and-sdgs-tickets-54393378058?fbclid=IwAR11gqTXYhFvHa8_eTU4ZJsumsWOoh27GxjMG8n1E28zOs855ZhA7Euqbb0
Practical Emergency Logistics Training
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As an initiative for Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan of the United Nations in Bhutan, the World Food Programme, in collaboration with the Department of Disaster Management under ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs organized a four-day Practical Emergency Logistics Training.
The training focused on installing Mobile Storage Units (MSU) and operating it as an ‘Emergency Logistics Hub.’ These Mobile Storage Units are halls that are solid, multi-purpose and quickly assembled without having to use any special tools.
The combination of functionality, quality and flexibility has made this useful for the last 25 years for humanitarian communities during disasters.
The storage hall is expected to store just about anything and each unit can store up to 5,000 MT in weight and 1,600-meter cube in volume of goods. These can be used to store humanitarian cargo which are essential for an effective and fast response to any disaster like tents, blankets, mats, medical kits, food and water containers.
The World Food Programme has pre-positioned three such units in Bhutan as part of emergency preparedness.
The training focused on preparing a core team for Bhutan among the relevant stakeholders to prepare and train on how to provide efficient and speedy logistics service.
A total of 21 participants from the Royal Bhutan Police, Disaster Helpline and Communication Unit, Desuung, Food Corporation of Bhutan and Fab Lab Bhutan attended the training. The participants were also introduced to an emergency scenario in which the actors in the emergency and operating a logistics hub in an onset of an emergency.
Among the participants, a core team was identified who will henceforth conduct refreshers course and replicate similar training in other parts of Bhutan. The small core team will play a critical role in installing and operating the Mobile Storage Units in the event of an emergency.
For the next five years, World Food Programme will lead from the United Nations in Bhutan activities and programs targeted towards preparing for disasters.
The training was facilitated by experts from World Food Programme Nepal.
Signing of UNSDPF
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The United Nations Sustainable Development Partnership Framework 2019 – 2023 (UNSDPF) was signed today, between the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) and the United Nations System in Bhutan. Through this Framework, both parties have committed to engage in a strategic partnership to improve lives of the people of Bhutan and to ensure that no one is left behind. The total resource allocation for the UNSDPF 2019 – 2023 cycle is estimated at USD 120 million, a 40 percent increase in the allocation compared to the current 2014 – 2018 cycle.
The UN System in Bhutan will work closely with all stakeholders to support the RGoB in realizing the 12th Five-year Plan objectives and goals and the Sustainable Development Goals. The UNSDPF becomes effective on 01 January 2019 and it will formally be launched next month, together with the Gross National Happiness Commission.
CSO Capacity Building Course
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The UN Bhutan together with Australian Himalayan Foundation (AHF), Bhutan Foundation and the Civil Society Organization Authority organized an executive training program targeted towards CEOs/Executive Directors and Senior Management who are responsible for funds mobilization on in November 2018 in Bhutan. The topic covered during the course were:
- Strategic Planning
- Great-partnerships-how to identify them and keep them
- Networking Skills
- The Power of Storytelling
- Key aspects of Proposal Writing
- Key aspects of Donor Reporting
- Developing fund raising targets/budget projections
- Recovering Administrative Costs
Good to Great Gasa– Invigorating development in Gasa
Leave a CommentHost: Dr. Karma Phuntsho
The founder of Loden Foundation, a development organization that promotes education and entrepreneurship in Bhutan as well as the Shejun Agency for Bhutan’s Cultural Documentation and Research.
Speaker: Dzongda Dorji Dhradhul
Currently the Dzongda of Gasa, Dorji Dhradhul has a Master in Science in Agriculture Extension and Rural Development from the University of Reading from the United Kingdom. His specific areas of expertise are in rural development, trade negotiations, geographical indicators, farmers groups & cooperatives, research extension linkages, and agricultural marketing, education and communication. He enjoys reading and writing (has over 11 publications published). He also enjoys playing golf and tennis and is interested in abstract art.
Date: 13 December 2018
Venue: UN House, Kawajangsa
Time: 4 pm to 5:30 pm
Please register for your participation through the following link:
UN to recognize best development story to promote development journalism
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Dechen Wangmo, Paro
Nov 16, 2018
UN Resident Coordinator Gerald Daly
The United Nations in Bhutan will now honour development journalism in the country every year through the Best Development Story Award. The new award would be given at the annual Journalists Association of Bhutan (JAB) Awards.
The UN Resident Coordinator, Gerald Daly, announced the creation of the best development story category at the closing of the first-ever One United Nations Media Workshop held in Paro over the last two days.
“We want to support journalism in Bhutan. We also want to get out good stories about the great development work that is happening here in Bhutan,” UN Resident Coordinator Gerald Daly said.
The award is to recognise the importance of the role of development journalism in a developing country like Bhutan.
Derk Segaar, Director of UN Information Centre for India and Bhutan
The Director of the United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan, Derk Segaar, taught development journalism to Bhutanese journalists at the One UN Media Workshop.
Development journalism, he says, essentially means in-depth and well-researched stories about issues that are long-term and affect the common people.
Derk Segaar explained how development journalism differs from everyday quick-fire reportage and its importance for Bhutan.
“With news, people get stuck in day-to-day stories. They know what happened yesterday and what is about to happen tomorrow.”
But some of the biggest challenges the ordinary people in Bhutan face are longer term issues, he says.
“The issues include health, education, environment, nutrition, food security and all kind of issues that are much longer term. They are at the heart of what is really important for ordinary people in Bhutan,” Derk Segaar said.
He added it’s important to tell those stories and that the United Nations in Bhutan is looking forward to working closely with the media in Bhutan to bring these issues to life and change the lives of the Bhutanese.