Tibetan Parlimentary & Policy Research Centre

The Tibetan Parliamentary and Policy Research Centre based in New Delhi, funded by the Friedrich Naumann Stisftung successfully concluded a 9 day long 8^th Youth Leadership Workshop titled Today's Youth: Tomorrow's Leaders at Staff Mess, Gangkyi in Dharamsala from June 9- 17, 2009. The workshop was attended by 50 students from 12 different places including 2 participants from USA.

The main objective of this workshop was to groom Tibetan youth for their future responsibilities. To make the students understand thoroughly the structure and functions of Tibetan exile government based in Dharamsala. It also Aimed at helping the Tibetan students to have a better knowledge about the current political situation concerning Tibet and making them more responsible Tibetans.

The Tibetan Parliamentary and Policy Research Centre organized 7 days long workshop on Grassroots Democracy. Strengthening Local Assemblies in Tenzingang Tibetan Settlement from 26th to 31st of May. There are about 55 participants including four organiser cum resource person and 44 from Tenzingang, rest other from Tezu and Tuting. The best thing about this workshop was, women participants constitute 48% of the total number of participants and more than 80% of the participants are below 39 years old. Despite bad roads and poor transportation, participants from a distance of more than 850 Kms (Tezu & Tuting) were able to attend this workshop.

26th May, 2009

Due to land slides and heavy rain, we (organiser) could not able to reach Tenzingang on time. Therefore, the workshop which was scheduled to start on 26th afternoon as per the program had to postpone for a day.

During the TPPRC's first program for the Tibetan Cooperatives held at Bylakuppe, Karnataka State in June 2008, where representatives of the 15 Cooperatives took part in the meeting to take a stoke of the present state of Tibetan cooperatives in India. Participants found the program very useful and also suggested to organise such more programs.

A day after the Special Meeting on 23 November 2008, His Holiness also stressed on the sustainable development of the Tibetan settlements. In the meantime, the Federation of Tibetan Cooperatives had organised a workshop on project planning, which further need to be refreshed among cooperative secretaries and accountant.

Therefore, keeping those above aspects in mind TPPRC after having approval from its governing board, organised a workshop on Sustainable Development of Tibetan Settlements: Strengthening Cooperative Societies from May 10 to 16, 2009 in Auroville, Pondicherry and Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

The Tibetan Parliamentary and Policy Research Centre organized 7 days long workshop on Grassroots Democracy: Strengthening Local Assemblies in Mainpat Tibetan Settlement from 15^thto 19thof February 2009. There are about 36 participants six from Orissa and rest 30 from Mainpat. They attended the workshop very seriously.

On day one, the Executive Director introduced about TPPRC and gave an overview of the 7 day program. Executive Programme Acharya Y.Phuntsok made a power-point presentation on the role and responsibilities of local level assembly members and the procedures that govern the functioning of the local assemblies. In the afternoon, Mr.Gyalrong Dawa Tsering, member of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile explain the procedure of budgeting, financial accountability at both the central and local level followed by financial status of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile.

On day two, all the participants were divided into groups and gave specified assignments to prepare question, calling attention motion, resolutions, bills, amendment to rules, and report of the budget estimate committee. The settlement officers were asked to bring their annul report and budget presentation. Executive Programme Acharya Y.Phuntsok made a power-point presentation on autonomy and the middle way approach to the people of Mainpat Tibetan settlement.

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