Category Archive: Whats New

• Signing of UNSDPF

  December 7, 2018 5:22 am Leave a Comment

   

   

  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

  December 3, 2018 7:49 am Leave a Comment

   

   

  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:

  1. Strategic Planning
  2. Great-partnerships-how to identify them and keep them
  3. Networking Skills
  4. The Power of Storytelling
  5. Key aspects of Proposal Writing
  6. Key aspects of Donor Reporting
  7.  Developing fund raising targets/budget projections
  8. Recovering Administrative Costs

• Good to Great Gasa– Invigorating development in Gasa

  November 27, 2018 3:33 am Leave a Comment

  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: 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:

  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bhutan-dialogues-good-to-great-gasa-invigorating-development-in-gasa-tickets-52932878665?aff=erelexpmlt

• UN to recognize best development story to promote development journalism

  November 19, 2018 3:10 am Leave a Comment

   

   

  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.

• Learning and Mentoring in the Pursuit of Meaning in Life

  October 31, 2018 8:09 am Leave a Comment

  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: Daniel K. Spitzer

  Daniel has founded and led several companies in Asia that have successfully combined financial objectives with social and environmental goals, including Plantation Timber Products Group (PTP), which he built into China’s largest sustainable forestry company. He is also the Chairman and CEO of Mountain Hazelnuts, a dedicated team of agricultural, business, and development professionals determined to build a world-class, triple bottomline venture and a major player in the global hazelnut market.

  DATE: November 8, 2018
  VENUE: UN House, Kawajangsa, Thimphu
  TIME: 4 pm to 5:30 pm

  Please sign up for your participation through the following Eventbrite link:

  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bhutan-dialogues-learning-and-mentoring-in-the-pursuit-of-meaning-in-life-tickets-51325882095?ref=estw

   

   

• UN Greening Initiative

  October 30, 2018 9:35 am Leave a Comment

  Students from Mothithang Higher Secondary School paid a visit to the UN House today to learn about the greening initiative inside the UN House compound. The UN House was constructed in 2013 over an area of 6151.22 square meters. Some of the greening initiatives undertaken at the UN House are as follows:

  1. Solar GRID system

  2. Solar Heating System

  3. Rain Water Harvesting

  4. Paper Recycle

  5. Hybrid Cars

  7. Plastic Bottle Water Reduction

• Ethics Leadership Month

  October 15, 2018 9:09 am Leave a Comment

  The UN staff attended a short session on ethics by the Anti-Corruption Commission at the UN House today. The UN in Bhutan is currently observing the Ethics Leadership Month (October) through dedicated learning events to help staff members reflect and dialogue on ethics.

• UN Asia Meeting

  October 9, 2018 7:21 am Leave a Comment

  The Singapore Foreign Minister, Vivian Balakrishnan, with the Administrator of UNDP, Achim Steiner, at the UN Asia Meeting with emphasis on- ‘People need a just and safe society and a vibrant economy which are underpinned by good governance and multilateralism.’

   

• Bhutan at the UNGA

  September 28, 2018 8:24 am Leave a Comment

  Statement made by the Chief Advisor of the Interim Government of Bhutan, Thrimchi Lyonpo Tshering Wangchuk, at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

  Bhutan Statement

• Secretary General Addresses General Debate, 73rd Session

  September 26, 2018 10:09 am Leave a Comment

  26 Sep 2018 – Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, addresses the general debate of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly of the UN