On 2-3 April 3013, over 60 participants met in Bhutan’s capital city Thimphu for a national workshop to share lessons learned on integrating local-level disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into development planning processes.

Organized by the Department of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs, in collaboration with ADPC, the workshop aimed to reflect on the country’s progress for safer local development practices and local disaster reduction planning.

The workshop laid the foundations for a more integrated framework for local risk reduction. Significantly, each of Bhutan’s 20 districts were represented by district development planning officers, and district disaster management officers. The event provided a rare opportunity for the officials to engage fully in the topic, alongside national counterparts and development partners.