The USD 1.1 million project is a part of the Government of Japan’s partnership with UNDP’s next phase of the Climate Promise: from Pledge to Impact. It seeks to accelerate promotion of electric vehicles to advance Bhutan’s carbon neutral ambition. The Gross National Happiness Commission (GNHC) and United Nations Development…

“At its best, the digital revolution will empower, connect, inform and save lives. At its worst, it will disempower, disconnect, misinform and cost lives.”- Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Akin to Bhutan’s development philosophy of Gross National Happiness (GNH), the concept of human security places people at…

Strengthening Bhutan’s capacity in climate-informed early warning system to enable farmers to make better farming decisions Extreme weather events are increasingly becoming a norm across the world as climate change intensifies. Bhutan is no stranger to climate-induced disasters. Just last year in October, unusually intense rainfall lashed several parts of…

The National Environment Commission Secretariat and partner agencies begin efforts to assess the country’s groundwater reserves as part of a climate adaptation project funded by the Green Climate Fund and supported by UNDP. Led by the National Environment Commission Secretariat (NECS) in partnership with UNDP, a taskforce for groundwater resources…

Meet Loday Wangmo, Founder of Zangden Flowers, a home-based business that makes home decorative pieces, mostly flowers, out of waste materials. Loday Wangmo is living her calling, which is to breathe new life into waste. The 24-year-old makes flowers, baskets, vases and many other decorative pieces out of waste materials…

The system map on youth unemployment has outlined a myriad of obstacles faced by the young people in finding work. Many of our youths have been observed to have limited skills, including job search skills and poor labour market information, among others. …

By Azusa Kubota, Resident Representative, UNDP Bhutan Another unprecedented year has ended. And the pandemic is far from over. The emergence of omicron, a new highly transmissible variant shows that COVID-19 is here to stay, and we must learn to live with it. Living with the pandemic entails being agile…

Why user centered design? All products and services are made for humans, but not all humans are your users. In other words, simply designing for people isn’t enough. You must design for the right people. As social beings, every person looks for connections, engaging platforms, meaningful engagement and needs to…

After completing the 21-day mandatory quarantine, Phuntsho Wangdi who returned from Thailand because of the pandemic, checked for public transport information so he could take a bus home in Yusipang, Thimphu. But the results were disappointing. Having lived in Thailand for five years, where he used public transport, Phuntsho had…