Programme List
Event: International Workshop on “The Role of University in Promoting GNH throughPractice, and Rural Development”
Date: 10th – 11th March 2017
Venue: New Conference Hall, Sherubtse College------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1st DAY (10th March)
9:00: Receive Honorable Chief Guest
9:10-9:30: Marchang Ceremony
9:30-9:40: Tashi Gyepa
9:40-9:55: Welcome address (Mr. Tshering Wangdi, President of Sherubtse College, RUB)
9:55-10:05: Welcome address (Dr. Kazuo Ando, Kyoto University)
10:05-10:25: Opening address (Dasho Dzongda)
10:25-10:45: Keynote (Dr. Pangchun, Director General of Research and External Relations, RUB)
10:45-10:50: Photo session--Tea Break (10:50-11:00)-Session-1: Problems for Sustainable Development in Rural Society in Bhutan, Japan and otherCountries
Chairperson: Dr. Kazuo Ando
1. 11:00-11:25: Urban Migration of Youth under the Rapid Economic Growth and the Impact on
Rural Depopulation: A Case of Japanese Village in 1960s by Kazuyo Minamide
2. 11:30-11:55: Commons in the rural life: Japan and Bangladesh's experience by Keiko Yoshino
3. 11:55-12:15: Presentation by Kyoto University Students--Lunch Break (12:30-13:30) –Chairperson: Dr. Sonam Tashi4. 13:30-13:50: Geographical Environment Changes after a Small-Scale Mine Industry Closure in
Okayama Prefecture, Western part of Japan by Shinji Miyamoto and Masashi Saito
5. 13:50-14:15: Comparative area studies of high montane areas and lowland tropical areas in Asia:
Poor resources with good management in Ladakh and rich resources with poor management intropical SEAsia by Isamu Yamada
6. 14:15-14:40: Rural Household energy consumption: The eﬀects of electriﬁcation on fuelwood
consumption by Tshering Thinley--Tea Break (14:40-14:55) –Chairperson: Dr. Isamu Yamada7. 14:55-15:20: Sustainable Rural Development Requires Addressing Domestic Energy Issues byWangchuk Tenzin
8. 15:20-15:45: Community-based medical care for the elderly in Bhutan by Ryota Sakamoto9. 15:45-16:10: Sustainable development in rural community of Taku River Tlingit, northern
Canada：Religious story-telling as the factor of educating relationship to the environment by
Noriko Iizuka
18:30- : Welcome Dinner (College Guest House)
2nd DAY (11th March)
Session-2: Role of RUB Colleges in promoting GNH in their Localities
Chairperson: Dr. Tenzin Wangchuk
10. 9:00-9:25: Understanding Challenges of Rural Development in Mountain Villages: Experiencesof Bhutanese Scholars through PLA in Japan by Yeshey Wangmo
11. 9:25-9:50: Learning through Exchange Program on Re-thinking Rural Development and its
Practice in Bhutan: A Case of Advocacy Program in Dramphel village, Central Bhutan, 2016 byYoshio Akamatsu and Jigme Norbu
12. 9:50-10:15: Sharing GNH in Practice by Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative--Tea Break (10:15-10:30) –Chairperson: Dr. Yezer
13. 10:30-10:55: Achieving GNH through sustainable rural development – challenges andinterventions by Sonam Tashi
14. 10:55-11:20: Preserving and Promoting the Cultural Values of GNH through Bhutan Cultural
Atlas (BCA) Project by Dorji Phuntsho
15. 11:20-11:45: Experience of practicing Gross National Happiness in College of Science andTechnology by Tshering, Namgay Om, Phub Zam, Om Kafley, Pema Youden, Karma Wangchuk,
Yeshi Jamtsho, Yeshi Choden
Lunch Break (12:00 – 12:50)
Chairperson: Mr. Tshering
16. 12:50-13:15: Let’s challenge the world common sense of development through University’s
Advantage by Kazuo Ando
17. 13:15-13:40: Rural Development through Wengkhar Agricultural Initiative
Session-3: General Discussion (Model of GNH practice by RUB Colleges for Local People)
13:40-13:50 (Moderator: Dr. Kazuo Ando)

13:50-14:00: Certificate Awarding (Mr. Tshering Wangdi, President of Sherubtse College, RUB)
14:00-14:10: Vote of Thanks (Mr. Sumjay Tshering, Coordinator, Sherubtse College, RUB)