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The Department of Information and Media under Ministry of Information and Communications conducted the very first Open House Dialogue with the Print Media. The meeting was chaired by Hon’ble  Secretary of Ministry of Information and Communications. The Open House Dialogue is the vision of the Hon’ble Secretary of MoIC and the Ministry as whole to periodically engage with the media Counterpart, which includes the mainstream media and the Social Media. 

The Open House Dialogue with the Print Media covered on areas such as 

1. 1. 1. The Neutrality of Media
      2. Promoting shared National Consciousness through responsible media
      3. Important role of Media in Democracy 
      4. The promotion of Heroes (Role Models) through media stories 
      5. Sustainability of News media 

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Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Bhutan Office handed over four thousand face masks and one thousand face shields to the Ministry of Information and Communications today.The handing-taking over note was signed between the Hon’ble Minister and the Chief Representative of the JICA Bhutan Office at MoIC, Thimphu in presence of the Hon’ble Secretary and other officials from MoIC and JICA.

The Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)  will be distributed to frontline workers under the Department of Air Transport and Road Safety Transport Authority towards the improvement of hygiene for the officials.Further, the Ministry deliberated on the importance of existing projects and initiatives under the scope of the JICA Bhutan Office and extended gratitude for all the help and assistance designated to Bhutan.

Contact Person : Ms. Pema Chetsho 

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Bhutan is participating in the 27th Universal Postal Union (UPU) Congress which is being held in Abidjan, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire from 9th August to 10th August 2021. The 27th UPU Congress commenced on 9th August 2021 by the Côte d’Ivoire Prime Minister, Patric Jerome Achi. 

The Bhutanese delegation was  led by His Excellency Minister for the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC), Lyonpo Karma Donnen Wangdi, Chairperson of Bhutan Postal Corporation Limited – Dasho Phuntsho Tobgay (Hon’ble Dasho Secretary, MoIC), CEO of Bhutan Postal Corporation Limited – Mr. Karma Nidup and officials of  MoIC and Bhutan Postal Corporation Limited .

His Excellency and the Hon’ble Chairperson graced the Ministerial Conference and plenary session on 10th August 2021. The plenary session will take place from 10- 27August 2021, and the sessions will dwell upon the Development Cooperation, General Policy, Finances and matters related to international postal services and will be attended by the officials of MoIC and Bhutan Postal Corporation Limited .

About UPU Congress

As part of the proceedings, the UPU Director  General and Deputy Director General  will be elected. The Congress will end with its closing plenary on 27th August 2021. 

Bhutan became a member of the UPU in 1969, two years before becoming a member of the  United Nations. Since then Bhutan has been an active member of the United Nations body.  Besides being instrumental for advancing the postal sector, Bhutan’s membership of the UPU has provided her another multilateral platform for it to engage with the international community. 

Bhutan’s membership of the UPU has helped it to develop and modernize the country’s postal services.  The membership enhanced the country’s communication and engagement with the rest of the world, and also within the country.  

With UPU support, Bhutan has been able to modernize and develop its postal sector in step with developments globally, and continue to do so.  The support Bhutan has received in the form of technical assistance, capacity development, access to information technology systems, and project tied assistance have been instrumental in enabling Bhutan to meet its Universal Service Obligation in providing postal services to the most remote parts of the country, introduce new services as well as to continuously improve the quality of these services.  

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The Department of Information and Media(DoIM) under the Ministry of Information and Communications launched 2 Dzongkha Nursery Rhymes today at the Financial Institutions Training Institute (FITI).  

The Department produced these nursery rhymes in line with its mandate to ‘create contents to develop and promote local content and make them accessible in the public domain, contributing to the preservation and promotion of culture, tradition and creativity and also to promote Dzongkha through rhymes as Nursery help young children develop key fundamental skills needed in learning, reading and writing.

 The Department will distribute these rhymes to all ECCD’s and Primary Schools of Bhutan for educational purposes. Further, it will be uploaded in the Departments YouTube channel and Facebook page. 

The event was graced by Hon’ble Minister Lyonpo Karma Donnen Wangdi, Minister of Information and Communications.

DoIM YouTube channel

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