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UN Bhutan 2009 Resident Coordinator Annual Report 2009[13-05-2010] The country’s 10th Five-year Plan (2008-2013) was approved by the Parliament in January 2009. With a total budget outlay of Nu 148.074 billion (equivalent to USD 3.174 billion), the Plan aims to achieve Poverty Reduction, Enhanced Democratic Local Governance and Effective and Efficient Service Delivery. A new feature compared to the 9th Plan is a strategic framework to reduce poverty via vitalizing industry, rural-urban development, infrastructure, investment in human capital and good governance. Read more... UNDP Bhutan Annual Report 2008-2009
[05-04-2010] The 2008-2009 biennium has been an important period for Bhutan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Bhutan saw the adoption of the Constitution and the smooth transition to a democratic constitutional monarchy. It signified the start of the implementation of the UN common Country Programme Action Plan (cCPAP ) and the launch of the Tenth Five-Year Plan (2008-2013), which integrated the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with poverty reduction as its overarching goal. Read more... National Action Program to Combat Land Degradation
[21-12-2009] It is estimated that worldwide 1.97 billion hectares of all usable land have been affected by various forms of human-induced land degradation. Deforestation, overgrazing, fuelwood consumption, agricultural mismanagement, industries, urbanization, and infrastructure development are the key causes. Poverty, population growth and natural factors such as extreme climate and unstable geology also contribute significantly. At the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, the international community called on the UN General Assembly to establish an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to prepare a legally binding international instrument to combat desertification. Read more... Report on Public Enviroment Expenditure Analysis
[20-12-2009] An assessment of the ‘Public Environmental Expenditure (PEE)’ of the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) during the 9th Plan period was commissioned by the Department of Public Accounts. It was financially supported by the UNDP and UNEP through one of its project - ‘Bhutan Poverty and Environment Initiative (PEI) Project’. The main objective of the assessment was to understand the trends of public expenditure in environment and to obtain critical information for streamlining and strengthening future investments in environmental programs, project and activities. The scope of the study included a review of public expenditure in the environment and Read more... Bhutan Earthquake September 21, 2009
[23-10-2009] 2009 has been a difficult year for Bhutan. In May, Cyclone Aila brought unprecedented rains and flooding to the country. A strong earthquake on September 21 - the most devastating in Bhutan's recent history - killed 12 people and damaged or destroyed a large number of houses, public buildings, and cultural and religious monuments. Approximately 7,290 people were left without adequate shelter. Read more... Study on Poverty-Sustainable Land Management Linkages in Bhutan
[09-10-2009] The Medium Sized Project (MSP) on Building Capacity and Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Management Project funded by GEF through UNDP has the objective to strengthen institutional and community capacity for anticipating and managing land degradation in Bhutan while ensuring broad based political and participatory support for the process. Read more... Local Development Planning Manual
[03-08-2009] The governance system of Bhutan has changed a lot in the first decade of the new millennium. Formal decentralisation started in the early 80s and has continued. Today, Gewogs and Dzongkhags receive an Annual Grant for Local Governments from the central government, which enables them to plan and implement development activities that are a priority for the local people. Read more... Architecture of e-platform mode[30-03-2009] This report is a comprehensive architecture of the e-platform model. This gives an insight on the core architecture and flow of the e-platform model. The report describes the e-platform model in correlation with Zend Framework core engines, Zend_Controller, Zend_Acl and so on. The architecture also describes the core elements of the database schema, namely, roles, resources and privileges of the platform of the e-platform model as well as multi-layered verifications process flow. Read more... UN Bhutan 2008 Resident Coordinator Annual Report
[17-03-2009] On behalf of the UN Country Team (UNCT) in Bhutan, I am pleased to share the 2008 Resident Coordinator Annual Report with you. The Report highlights the UN agencies’ activities in support to the national development strategies and priorities as reflected in the Government’s Tenth Five Year Plan document 2008-2013. The Report also documents initiatives and results of the Bhutan UNCT towards ‘delivering as one UN’ through the implementation of Read more... Bhutan-Biodiversity Action Plan 2009
[04-03-2009] Over the past decades, loss of biodiversity has become a major global concern. Various international reports suggest that species are disappearing at 50 to 100 times the natural rate, genetic resources are diminishing, and ecosystems are being severely degraded worldwide largely due to unsustainable human activities. Many countries, both near and far, are suffering from economic and environmental woes brought on to them by the destruction of their ecosystems, species and genetic resources. Read more... Bhutan’s Progress: Midway to the Millennium Development Goals
[14-11-2008] Bhutan along with other member states signed the UN Millennium Declaration in 2000 that outlined a shared vision for the new century based on the fundamental values of freedom, equality, solidarity, tolerance, respect for nature and shared responsibility. The declaration focuses on overcoming critical development challenges facing humanity at the start of the millennium and formulates the required responses through the instrument of the MDGs. Read more... Final Report on Sustainable Land Management Review
[07-10-2008] Land degradation is a major environmental and sustainable development issue across many countries around the world. Recognizing it as a global phenomenon and the need for collective international action to address it, the international community adopted the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in June 1994. As of July 2008, 193 countries had become party to this international treaty. Bhutan acceded to it in August 2003. Read more... UNDAF for the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008-2012
[16-08-2008] The United Nations Development Assistance Framework for Bhutan (2008-2012) provides a collective, coherent and integrated UN response to national needs and priorities and is consistent with Bhutan’s overall development vision articulated by Gross National Happiness. The UNDAF formulated through a highly consultative and participatory process with the RGoB and other stakeholders embodies a rights based and results driven development approach aimed at poverty reduction and pursuit of the MDGs. Read more... Annual Report 2007-08 UNDP Bhutan
[06-08-2008] The past year has seen great changes in Bhutan with the country’s road map for democratization, initiated by the Fourth King in 1981, culminating in general elections and the transition to a Democratic Constitutional Monarchy. The country’s first democratic elections were conducted smoothly and effectively with voter turnout reaching 79% in the national assembly elections. The elected members reflect a broad and inclusive representation of society in terms of age, gender and other backgrounds. Read more... Bhutan Tenth Round Table Meeting Report[23-06-2008] The Tenth Round Table Meeting (RTM) between the Royal Government of Bhutan its and the development partners was held in Thimphu on 17-18 February 2008. The meeting saw a high- level participation of over 130 delegates, including 83 delegates representing 14 bilateral partners, 20 multilateral partners and 4 non-government organizations. Read more... Showing 1 - 15 of 31 Publications | Page 1 of 3
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