Category: Events
Keeping the oral storytelling culture alive in the Digital Age
December 31st, 2021At the end of the five-day training, the participants presented their stories on four different themes: Mental health, Child sexual abuse, LGBTIQ and Entrepreneurship. As the child sexual abuse story was being presented at the listening exhibition on the final day, the Executive Director of Organization for Youth Empowerment... readmore
Celebrating the ending of 2021 Media lab class
December 2nd, 2021Students and faculty from Motithang Higher Secondary School (MHSS) gathered together in the month of November at MHSS to celebrate the closing of yet another successful series of multimedia classes at the Media Lab. This initiative was a result of the wonderful friendship and shared belief in making learning... readmore
Learning Video Editing Skills
October 1st, 2021The Media lab is alive with 73 high school students who attend regular weekly sessions to learn practical skills of using Adobe Premiere Pro to edit their videos. Tshering Selden, a student of 12 Arts B expressed that she enjoyed the video editing sessions and also joined the trainer... readmore
Media Lab class for Motithang Students Resumes
August 30th, 2021“Most of my media students have learned about movie, photography editing…when they have the equipment and they can practice on their own, that is an advantage for the students,” shared Ms. Jigme Choden, Principal of Motithang Higher Secondary School. In the month of August, Motithang students resumed their media... readmore
Equipping Youth with Multimedia Skills
July 1st, 2021Over the years, the Media Lab fostered an innovative learning space for youth, where they were educated on using different multimedia tools. The ongoing sessions with the students of Motithang Higher Secondary School contribute to extending this initiative to youth in schools. Following the introduction to photography, students were... readmore
Learning the Basics of Photography
June 1st, 2021“The students are lucky to be availing these multimedia sessions because when I was a student, there were limited opportunities to pursue my interest in multimedia,” says Siseer Chettri, the trainer for the Photography Basics sessions. The successful partnerships in the last two years with Motithang Higher Secondary School... readmore
Davos Lab Dialogues
May 31st, 2021The Davos Lab Dialogue builds on the momentum generated from Reset! at The Media Lab conversation series conducted at the end of 2020. The Dialogues provide a space and platform to inspire, empower and connect young people around the world in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic through a grassroots response... readmore
Basic Photography Training Closing
March 31st, 2021“I came to the photography training only expecting to learn how to take photos, however during the training I learnt that photography is also about telling stories” Tshering Selden, Grade 12, Motithang Higher Secondary School Family and friends joined the closing event of the Basic Photography Training on Sunday... readmore
Basic Photography Training Commences
March 12th, 2021“Most people think photography is just about pressing the shutter button but when you photograph wildlife, you have to first develop a relationship to your subject. You have to wait for hours for the birds to come to you; then you have to make them trust you that you won’t harm... readmore
Reset! At The Media Lab
October 15th, 2020The ‘Reset! at The Media Lab’ was initiated in order to provide a platform for young adults to converse with experts in different fields. The platform enables participants to connect with their country’s socio-economic and political issues by bringing them into conversation with practitioners who have the wisdom of... readmore
Reimagining Bhutan’s Education & Economy
July 23rd, 2020Three diverse speakers, an undergraduate student, an independent consultant in the field of Education & Social Development, and a teacher discussed in great length the impacts of the pandemic and its future implications in the forum “Reimagining Bhutan’s Education & Economy”. Overall, by bringing together diverse speakers and audience,... readmore
Facilitation training to co-facilitate the Youth Summit
August 13th, 2019Twelve YI participants with demonstrated leadership potential and interest underwent facilitation training to co-facilitate the Youth Summit expected to be attended by over 100 youths from around Bhutan. In the interest of collaboration, two youths from the Youth Centre in Paro were also trained in facilitation skills so that... readmore
Amplifying citizens voice through filmmaking
August 13th, 201915 participants attended a 10-day advanced filmmaking training resulting culminating in the screening of five short films. The training was designed in a way that stimulates social and civic consciousness in the participants first. This was achieved through bringing participants in conversations with professionals from the government agencies and... readmore
The 13 Volunteer from Paro College of Education, Media Club practice for the upcoming theatrical performance at Paro.
June 16th, 2019Nuns to be smart on use of social media
June 8th, 2019The training enabled nuns to judge the credibility of information and news. For the first time, 16 nuns from nunneries in Thimphu attended a three-day News and Media Literacy Training from 30 August – 1 September at Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy’s Media Lab at Nazhoen Pelri Complex... readmore
YI winter Camp 2019
June 8th, 2019Awakening socio-political consciousness: Winter YI kicks off at our Media Lab in Nazhoen Pelri Complex. “Through this cross the line activity, I feel blessed because I thought I was alone in these concerns but found out that others went through experiences that are even more challenging than mine,” said... readmore
MDL for Teachers of Special Needs School
June 8th, 2019The Special Needs School teachers were trained on how to deal with flurry of unregulated and unverified information to make them smart and responsible consumers and creators of digital information. A total of 17 teachers from Wangsel Institute in Paro and Muenseling Institute of Khaling, Trashigang and an employee... readmore
Photography Training
November 20th, 2018Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy is training media officials from the Parliament in Photography. The first day of the training started with the composition, exposure triangle and co-relationship between Aperture, Shutter, and ISO. Thank you International IDEA for supporting us. readmore
Through the lens of the youth
August 26th, 2018The second day started with the recap from the first day. The participants then learnt how to find the right composition and how to identify the main point of interest. During the afternoon they learned how lenses control the image and then the participants went out on field work... readmore
Through the lens of the youth
August 26th, 2018Photography Training 21 youth from Motithang Higher Secondary School attended the three days training at the BCMD Media Lab organised by BCMD in collaboration with UNICEF. The youth’s learned about how to identify the subject and composition. “Using Depth of field and learning how to use it, gave me... readmore
The Media Lab maintenance
August 21st, 2018The Media Lab carried out a regular maintenance to provide better facilities to the Media Lab members and visitors. readmore
Media Classes with Motithang Higher Secondary School
August 21st, 2018The students from Motithang Higher Secondary School had their regular media classes at the BCMD Media Lab. This week they learnt how to write a script. As an activity the students did a short activity, where they acted on a script with different emotional situations involved. “It’s not only... readmore
Upcoming training
August 15th, 2018BCMD in collaboration with UNICEF is organising: Photography Training for “In school youth” If you are interested please contact: Pasang Dorji Contact No: 02 339725/ 77223957 Email: passangdorji@bcmd.bt readmore
Learning to lead the change
July 19th, 2018Learning to lead the change @Peer Facilitation with BCMD. Thank You UNICEF Bhutan for your continued support. This will go a long way in creating a socially conscious citizenry to lead the “CHANGE”. readmore
News and Media Literacy for CSOs
July 19th, 2018In the wake of increasing incidents of online confrontations, misinformation, fake news, and disinformation, Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy (BCMD) is stepping up its efforts to expand its News and Media Literacy workshop. On June 29-30 BCMD conducted another workshop at its Media Lab for 24 communications officers... readmore
Second Photo Exhibition by Adolescents
July 6th, 2018Monks and nuns with 10 other out-of-school adolescents concluded their second photo exhibition on May 4-5 that was held at Royal Textile Academy. Sharing his experience at the exhibition, one of the participants, Deyon Phuntsho said that the training made him realise that attractive photography is not just about... readmore
Multimedia Training Begins for Youth
July 6th, 2018Students will learn film-making for the next few months with BCMD. This year, 46 students from Motithang Higher Secondary School are attending multimedia training in Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy (BCMD) Media Lab at Nazhoen Pelri Complex in Thimphu every Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. BCMD trained another... readmore
Youth to Address Local Issues
July 6th, 2018The participants visited the parliament to interact with officials from the National Assembly Secretariat Proposed Local Action Plans Zero Waste Policy Advocacy to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy 3Rs (Reuse, Reduce, and Recycle) of Paper Environmental Education Advocacy to Reduce Alcoholism A total of 24 students from schools in Thimphu and colleges... readmore
Photography Refresher Course for Nuns and Monks
July 6th, 2018Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy conducted the training in collaboration with UNICEF Bhutan at the centre’s Media Lab from 22-23 February. A total of 10 nuns from Drubthob Thangtong Dewachen Nunnery and Dechen Phodrang Monastery and a few other adolescents attended the refresher course facilitated by local photographers.... readmore
Conversation to Reflect Civil Society in Bhutan
July 5th, 2018Sustainability remains a big issue with the young civil society in Bhutan Civil society in Bhutan might have taken a huge stride with receipt of a National Order of Merit (Gold) in 2016 from His Majesty The King, but sustainability remains a serious issue with most of the civil... readmore
Teachers were educated on being a smart news consumer.
July 5th, 2018Teachers were educated on being a smart news consumer. Teachers from a number of private schools and colleges in the country were trained on Media and Democracy Literacy during a two-day workshop Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy conducted from April 23-24 at its Media Lab in Nazhoen (Youth Development... readmore
Creating Opportunity to Tell Untold Stories
July 5th, 2018Members of civil society organisations (CSOs), government, and out-of-school youth were trained in multi-media production from March 24-27. A total of 17 participants attended the multimedia training facilitated by a member of Friendship Association Denmark Bhutan, Marie Thesbjerg Denmark. Besides filming, the participants learned important elements of production such... readmore
Inspiring active citizenship
July 5th, 2018Think Critically When Consuming Information Participants found the News and Media Literacy most relevant in the age of digital information. Increasing number of people including the members of civil society, teachers, nuns, and monks found News and Media Literacy workshop relevant and... readmore