Objectives

PURPOSES: - Promote the right to information, freedom of expression and media; - Maintain and promote ethical journalism; - Protect and defend journalists from threats, harassments, attacks etc. from interest groups. OBJECTIVES: - Enhance the quality of journalism in Bhutan - Develop and implement the journalist’s codes of ethics - Deal with the common and individual challenges faced by Bhutanese journalists; - Explore opportunities to advance the profession of journalism; - Explore collaborative opportunities to promote professional education programmes for journalists; - Institute mechanism to recognize journalists through awards and grants; - Support journalists who are injured/disabled and provide compensatory grants to those killed in the line of duty; and, - Stimulate and sustain professional debate on crucial issues through seminars, workshops and discussion forum

Registration

Registration number
CSOA/MBO-12
Organisation type
Mutual Benefit Organisation
Registered on
10 November 2014
Certificate valid from
10 November 2025
Certificate valid to
10 November 2026
Membership
Membership based

Performance

Score out of 100
Published performance scores over the years
YearScore out of 100
FY 2022-230
FY 2023-2482
FY 2024-2570
FY 2025-2684
Published performance scoresMost recent year first. See the full ranking on the accountability page.
Year Score Rank Annual report
FY 2025-26 84 26 —
FY 2024-25 70 14 —
FY 2023-24 82 15 —
FY 2022-23 0 40 —

See the FY 2025-26 ranking

Board of directors

No board information published

This organisation has not published board of director information.

Contact

Location
Thimphu
Phone
+975 02339154

Thematic group

Good Governance, Media & Democracy

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