Youth and Women Engagement and Skills Development in Community Contracting

The Department of Local Governance has conducted capacity development program for engagement of youths and women and skills development in community contracting under the Decentralization on Local Governance Project (DLGP) in Lumang Gewog which is one of the Helvetas project sites in Trashigang Dzongkhag. 
 
A total of 24 youths (21 male and 3 female) will undergo a month-long basic skilling program in trades of carpentry. After completion of the program, the youths and women participants shall form Community Contracting Groups (CCGs) preferably within the Chiwogs to be able to participate in the community contracting works both at the chiwog and gewog levels as per Community Contracting protocol, 2021. 
 
Inline to this, DLG in collaboration with TTI, Chumey is conducting the program from November 16 to December 16, 2022 at the Lumang gewog center. This program is aimed at engaging youths and women in the development of their own communities, build the capacity and retain resources within the local economy. 
 
The opening session of the training was graced by the Wamrong Dungpa and LG officials of gewog. 
 


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