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The National Assembly of Bhutan convened its Preliminary Meeting today to finalize the Agenda for the 11th Session of Second Parliament. The preliminary meeting, attended by 35 members, was presided over by Tshogpon Jigme Zangpo.

Eleven member European Union (EU) Delegation led by His Excellency Mr. Tomasz Kolowski, Ambassador of the EU to Bhutan and India, met Hon’ble Speaker, Mr. Jigme Zangpo today at the Parliament House.

22 Officers and staff of the National Assembly Secretariat attended the three-day Signature Program (Workshop) on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People held in Paro from 14^th - 16^th May, 2018. The workshop, organized by the National Assembly Secretariat was facilitated by Mr. Narayan Pradhan, a trained resource person from Franklin Covey Company.

The Hon’ble Speaker Jigme Zangpo offered Tashi Khadar to the Opposition Leader, Dr. Pema Gyamtsho, in a simple ceremony for being recognized as an outstanding alumni by the Lincoln University, New Zealand on April 13, 2018. 

The Hon’ble Speaker today met with the seven-member delegation from King Prajadhipok’s Institute led by the Hon’ble Secretary General, Prof. Woothisarn Tanchai. The delegation is visiting Bhutan on the invitation of Hon’ble Thrizin, Dasho Dr. Sonam Kinga.

Tshogpon Jigme Zangpo accompanied by Hon. Thrizin Dasho (Dr.) Sonam Kinga is leading a ten-member delegation to the 138^th session of the IPU Assembly in Geneva from 24-28 March 2018. The IPU Assembly is held twice a year and the next one will also be held in Geneva in October 2018.

The Hon'ble Dy. Speaker and Members of the National Assembly met with the Cultural Delegation from State Government of Assam led by H.E. Shri Naba Kumar Doley, Minister for Cultural Affairs yesterday at 3:00pm in the Grand Conference Hall of the Gyelyong Tshogkhang.

Mr. Adhy Aman , Program Manager of International IDEA  in Bhutan and Mr. Antonio Spinelli, Head of Mission, South Asia, based in  Nepal made a courtesy call on to the Hon’ble Speaker, Mr. Jigme Zangpo at the Gyelyong Tshogkhang today.

The Hon’ble Speaker today met with the seven-member high level delegation led by the Attorney General of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka who are here in Bhutan  learn from the tools, techniques and best practices and experiences of Bhutan in preventing and combating corruption.  

Last evening, the Hon’ble Speaker, Mr. Jigme Zangpo hosted a dinner in hounour of Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Member of Parliament and Chairman of Committee of Government Assurances of Lok Sabha, Parliament of India and the former Chief Minister of State of Uttarakhand. Dr. Pokhriyal is on a short personal visit to Bhutan.

The Hon’ble Speaker of the National Assembly with Hon’ble Deputy Chairperson of the National Council today released the Parliamentary Oversight Manual 2017 and the Parliamentary Committee Manual 2017. The Manuals, developed with technical and financial assistance from the International IDEA, will help in strengthening and streamlining the process of Parliamentary Committees and the oversight functions of the Parliament, which in turn will further strengthen the parliamentary democratic system in the…....

The National Assembly Secretariat Staff underwent a day-long intensive training on Google Suites on 21 December, 2017 at Royal Institute of Management. The training was conducted by resource persons from DITT and with financial support from International IDEA.

Two staff of the National Assembly Secretariat received their Service Medals and Certificates for their dedicated services in the civil service. Mr. Ngawang Norbu, Dy. Chief Administrative Officer received the service award (Gold) for his service of more than 30 years while Ms. Tshering Dema, PA to Dy. Speaker received the service award (Bronze) for her service of more than ten years.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) organized a presentation from Royal Audit Authority (RAA) on 14^th December, 2017 in the National Assembly Conference Hall. The presentations were made on Performance Audit on Delivery of OPD Services at JDWNRH and Provision of Drinking Water in Thimphu Municipality.  The programme was organized in accordance with Section 42 (a)(2) of the Rules of Procedure of PAC, 2017 and was attended by the Honorable Members…....

The Members of the National Assembly, chaired by the Hon’ble Speaker attended a workshop on the existing and development of the Strategic Development Plan of the National Assembly 2019-2023 on 13 December 2017 at Le Meridian.