Seminar on Sustainable Development Goals
A 5 member Finnish Delegate led by Her Excellency Tarja K. Halonen, Former President of Finland, Liisa H. Rohweder, CEO of WWF Finland and Anne M. Brunila, Professor of Practices, Hanken School of Economics are in Bhutan from 5th to 13th November 2015 to take part in the glorious occasion of 60th Birth anniversary celebration of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo. To Honor His Majesty's farsighted vision on Sustainable development through the principle of Gross National Happiness, the delegates participated in a seminar and gave talks to diverse group of people from Bumthang on Sustainable Development.
The objective of the seminar was to address and communicate the major challenges of 21st century through Sustainable Development Goals. Around 50 participants from various agencies such as Schools, Regional Corporations & cooperatives, RNR offices and Financial Institutions took part in the seminar which was solicited by WWF-Bhutan and facilitated by Ugyen Wangchuck Institute of Conservation and Environment, Lamai Goempa, Bumthang.