Everyone is invited to join the celebrations to mark the longstanding partnership between

Helvetas and Bhutan.

Celebrating Fourty Years of Development Partnership

Helvetas Bhutan 1975 - 2015

40 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP

1975 - 2015

Exhibition Tradition and Innovation in Architecture Date: 24 October – 1 November 2015Opening Event: 23 October, by invitation onlyVenue: RUB AuditoriumOpening hours: 10am - 5pm

The 40 years anniversary of the partnership between Bhutan and Helvetas will be celebrated with the exhibition ‘Tradition and Innovation in Architecture’ and related events.

The exhibition features architectural and construction details of the following institutions:

Wangdichoeling Hospital, BumthangCollege of Natural Resources (CNR), LobesaParo College of Education (PCE), ParoRenewable Natural Resources Research and Development Center (RNR-RDC), JakarRural Development Training Center (RDTC), ZhemgangRoyal University of Bhutan Auditorium and IT/Library Building , Thimphu

Guided tours upon request: please contact HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Bhutan office: +975 2 32 28 70 Closed Workshop with students and staff from the College of Science and Technology in Rinchending and the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BUAS), Switzerland

Panel DiscussionTradition and Innovation in Architecture Date and time: 27 October 2015, 4pmVenue: RUB Auditorium

This event will deepen dimensions of architecture and construction works presented in the exhibition ‘Tradition and Innovation in Architecture’ and touch upon pressing issues, challenges and opportunities in this field.

Moderated by Ugyen M. Tenzin Chief, Regional & Rural Planning Division, DHS, MoWHS

Panelists and resource personsNagtsho Dorji, Head, Division for Conservation of Heritage Sites, Dept. of Cuture, MoHCAChimi Dem, Estate Manager, Paro College of Education (PCE) Hanspeter Buergi, Professor of architectureFritz Baumgartner, Architect Bhim Pradhan, EngineerFelix Sigrist, ArchitectBhutanese expert on architecture and/or culture

Tradition and Innovation in ArchitectureEXHIBITION

Seminar Education for Jobs?Date and time: 21 October 2015, 4pmVenue: Tarayana Conference Hall

Themes of the seminarIssues emerging from a comparative presentation of the VET (Vocational Education Training) systems of Bhutan and Switzerland;

The role of employers in VET, with an input from the WALO construction company of Switzerland;

Three Bhutanese and Swiss youth sharing their views and experiences on education, training and career perspectives.

Moderated bySangay Dorjee Director at the Royal Institute of Law

PanelistsPema Wangda, Secretary, MoLHRKarma Yeshey, Director General, MoEPhuntsho Gyaltshen, CEO, CDCL (Constrution Development Corporation Ltd.)Lhendup Dorji, Vice President, CAB (Construction Association of Bhutan)Karma LhazomRepresentative of WALO Bertschinger Construction Company Young ProfessionalsSonam Choki (Carpenter), Tek Bdr (Mason), Pema Choden (Plumber), Alain Zoellig, Kevin Bertschinger and Nils Silvan Gygax

Photos by Yeshey DorjiCover photo by Dr. Walter Roder

LOCATION OF RUB AUDITORIUM AND IT/LIBRARY BULIDING

www.bhutan.helvetas.orgContact Nr. +975 2 32 28 70

EXHIBITION

RUB AUDITORIUMRUB IT/LIBRARY

ENTRANCE GATE

THONGSEL LAM

RUB VC’S OFFICE

Celebrating Fourty Years of Development Partnership

Helvetas Bhutan 1975 - 2015