Bhutan

Welcome to UNDP Bhutan

UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners.

UNDP started its assistance programme in Bhutan in 1973, although its office was established only in 1979. In Bhutan, the foundation of UNDP's work is to ensure that progress is based on people - on their needs, their efforts and their rights... Read More

Success Story: Maintaining a diverse agro-biological wealth for future generations

Diversity of plant genetic resources is the foundation for food security, but there are many factors leading to the gradual loss of domesticated crop diversity in the country. An UNDP/GEF-supported initiative, led by 15 farmers, revived the practice of cultivating buckwheat in Bumthang as a means of maintaining the diversity and preserving the traditional food habit and culture. Read More...

Latest News

UNDP puts forward eight-point action agenda to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development

[18-06-2010] The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched, today, an extensive assessment of what must be done to advance sustainable development and reduce global poverty. The report, titled What Will It Take To Achieve The Millennium Development Goals? An International Assessment, identifies a concrete action agenda to Read More...

Office of the Attorney General launches its first Prosecution Guidelines

[17-06-2010] The Office of the Attorney General held its first Annual Lawyers Conference in Paro on June 16, 2010. About 50 lawyers from government agencies and dzongkhags participated in the conference. Among the many important agenda items and issues for the Read More...

Drogba and Zidane launch “There are no spectators, we are all Players” TV Spot

[14-06-2010] To kick-off the 2010 FIFA World CupTM, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassadors, Didier Drogba and Zinedine Zidane, launched an anti-poverty TV spot appealing for the world to live up to the challenge and join the team that will beat poverty. Read More...

AGFUND AND UNDP CONTRIBUTE US$307,600 FOR EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL WOMEN

[25-05-2010] An inception meeting was held on 25th May, 2010 at the UN Conference Hall in Thimphu to initiate the project on “Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment of Rural Women in Bhutan”, which is funded jointly by the Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations (AGFUND) and UNDP. The meeting was attended by representatives from UNDP, Gross National Happiness Commission, Tarayana Foundation and RENEW Read More...