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Bhutan Media Foundation signs MoU with UNESCO

Thimphu, Mar 15 (UNI) Bhutan Media Foundation (BMF) and UNESCO have signed an MoU on the project ‘Strengthening Investigative Journalism to Ensure Public Access to Information’.
According to a report in the Kuensel, the year-long project will support an investigative reporting workshop for journalists, production of investigative journalism contents in the Bhutanese media, and develop a resource centre for investigative reporting in the BMF office.
This is the first collaborative project between BMF and UNESCO. The MoU was signed between Executive Director of BMF, Needrup Zangpo, and Regional Director of UNESCO, Eric Falt a few days ago.
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