The government-run Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy recently held a fascinating discussion by Bhutanese officials about the planned transition to democracy. With financial support from the United Nations Development Programme’s Good Governance project the Bhutan Centre for Media is to “nurture democracy in Bhutan through civic engagement, public discourse and media literate citizens”. All levels of the Bhutanese government have been democratically elected since 2011 after the rolling out of reforms by Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and his father.

The video is about 50 minutes. Take a look: