A Project Steering Committee was held on October 23, 2007 at the Department of Geology and Mines Conference hall to discuss on how to best utilize the unspent budget of approximately US$ 59000.00 from the PDF-B activity of the DGM-UNDP/GEF project on “Reduce climate change-induced risks and vulnerabilities from glacial lake outbursts in the Punakha-Wangdi and Chamkhar Valleys”.

Click here to download the minutes of the meeting. For more information about the project, please contact Mr. Dowchu Dukpa, Project Manager at dawchu@gmail.com

Approved project activities:

1. ALOS Satellite images covering major river basins in Bhutan, which are the areas susceptible to GLOF, will be purchased as a part of the PDF-B project.
2. Community consultation has to be carried out by Disaster Management Division, MoHCA and DGM as submitted in the proposal.
3. Conduct third stakeholder meeting for the FSP consultant to present the final FSP project document to the stakeholders
4. Procurement of Video Camera and LCD projector to be done if the total expenditure does not exceed the budget available

PSC Meeting participants:

The following PSC members participated in the meeting:
1. Dasho Sonam Tshering, Secretary, MTI
2. Mr. Toshihiro Tanaka, Dy. Resident Representative, UNDP
3. Mr. Dorji Wangda, Director, DGM
4. Mr. Yeshi Dorji, Project Director, DGM
5. Ms. Karma D. Tshering, Sr. Program Officer, DMD, MoHCA
6. Mr. Karma Tenzin, Program Officer, WWF
7. Mr. Karma Chogyal, Program Associate, UNDP
8. Mr. Tshering Tashi, Chief Environment Officer, NEC
9. Mr. Dolay Tshering, UNDP
10. Ms. Jambay Zangmo, Planning Officer, Planning Commission
11. Mr. Dowchu Dukpa, Project Manager, DGM