Highlights of the Past and Present

Helvetas/SDC Coordination Office has been shifted to Lower Motithang, near Thai Consulate.  For office location, click location map

Present

January
21^st                            Arrival EWK Bhutan from Switzerland (Holidays)

February
16^th - 27^th Feb.           Ernst Reinhardt, Society Switzerland - Bhutan
20^th - 2^nd  March        Patrick Vogel, Society Switzerland - Bhutan 
24^th - 11^th  May          Dr. Marianne Frei, STEP-Consultant, CE Samtse/Paro
28^th - 30^th Sept.         Auriane Mundler, SHL, Bajo RNR-RC

March
3^rd - 17^th Sept.           Melanie Fricot, Vol. Math. STEP, CE Paro / Samtse
5^th - 10^th March          Prof. Dr. Klaus Seeland, ETHZ, (Nature based tourism)
17th - 15th April          Fritz Loppacher, Weggis & Sissel Lund (PC 12 Survey)
18^th - 30^th                  Ursula Pfaffen-Hartmann, Prof. Dr. Kristina Hartmann, Chur
19^th - 23^rd                  Hanspeter Hoesli, Adliswil

April
2^nd - 30^th August        Samuel Zuercher, STEP ICT (CE Samtse)
4^th - 30^th October       Bendicht Urech, ETHZ, Forest-Engineer, PFMP
8^th - 26^th  April           Ursula Kreidler, Heinz Ruegg, Hausen a/A.
9th - 19^th                         Vinzenz Blum & family, Thailand (ex NRTI Co-Dir.)
16^th - 3^rd May            Markus Heiniger & Annette Gugger, EDA, PA IV,*Zch.
16^th - 3^rd May            Manuel Hartmann & Birgit Lubben*, Zuerich
20^th - 25^h April           Dominique Dreyer, Swiss Ambassador, New Delhi,**
22^nd - 29^th April         Francis & Isabel Sermet, Neuchatel** (Visit Bumthang)

May
3^rd - 9^th                     Gil Docommun, Prof. SHL, Zollikofen, (RNR-RC Bajo/AM)
8^th - 15^th                   Dora Rapold, Swiss Ambassador  and Malte Lipczinski, SDC
                                Dacca, Bangladesh
12^th - 16^th May          Riff Fullan, ICT-in charge, HO Helvetas
14^th  - 1^st June           Cecile Eisenring, HO / FT Helvetas, Anita Luethi, Zuerich

June
5^th - 18^th June           Melchior Lengsfeld, Secretary General, Helvetas, Zuerich

July
2^nd -  20^th                  NR Vreni Mueller-Hemmi & Dr. Mark Mueller, Zuerich
16^th - 31^st                  NR Mario Fehr, Adliswil &  Prof. Dr. Anna Maria Riedi,Zch.

August
1^st  - 31^st                    Holidays EWK in Switzerland (combined with visit Dr. Pema
                                Gyamtsho, Dy. Coordinator [and wife Chophel Doma Dayang]
                                12^th - 31^st  August)
10^th - 27^th                        Christian Rohrbach, STEP, Math.

September
1^st - 5^th October          Claudia Leisinger, Foto Journalist, (Studies), UK/Malans
18^th - 30^th                  Group of Board of Directors Helvetas (ZV) (8 people)
27^th - 21^st October      Alex & Barbara Benz, Adliswil, Yvonne Luedi (ex Hoesli)

October
1^st - 6^th October          SDC-Regional Conference in Vientaine / Laos (EWK
                                 together with Dr. Pema Gyamtsho or Tashi Pem?)
1^st - 10^th                     Prof. Dr. Peter Koenig, ZV, former Resid. Coord.
21^st - 4^th Nov.              Francis & Isabel Sermet, Neuchatel, (visit Bumthang/TPU)
29^th - 7^th Nov.             Archaeological Mission SLSA, Bumthang: Dr. Eberhard
                                 Fischer, Prof. Dr. Werner Meyer, Dr. Jorrit Britschgi
25^th - 10^th Nov.           Claudius Kuelling (son), Zuerich ??

November
1^st - 15^th ?                  Study Tour Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute Dharamsala/
                                 ETH Zuerich (Daniel Schwitter) ??
2^nd - 18^th                    Dr. Peter & Susanne Staehli, Italy, former Resid. Coord.
12^th - 25^th                     Andres Wiederkehr, Helvetas PK BH, (Markus Buerli, SDC)
?? - ??                        Ernst Reinhardt, Society Switzerland - Bhutan ?

December
11^th ?                          Inauguration RDT Zhemgang / Chief Guest from CH ??

Past

• 22nd October - 11th November 2006: Prof. Dr. Martin Menzi, RNR/NRTI/RDT/ECR Review Mission

• 29th October 2006: Inauguration of 6.8 Kilometre Farm Road at Zurphy, Zhemgang by Prof. Dr. Martin Menzi, Dasho Dzongdag, Zhemgang and Mr. E.W. Kuelling, Resident Coordinator, Helvetas

• 3rd November - 16th November 2006: Mr. Andres Wiederkehr, Helvetas Desk Officer, Project visit

• 4th November - 22nd November 2006: Mr. Erich Oberholzer, Review and Planning Mission for PFMP Phase I.

• 13th - 19th November 2006:  Visit of Swiss Ambassador, Delhi, H.E. Mr. Dominique Dreyer and Delegation

• A 64 metre suspended bridge over Binduchu was Inaugurated and handed over to the people of Kachin village under Tendru gewog in Samtse on November 21. The bridge, which will benefit about 65 households, was constructed at a cost of over Nu. 970,000, funded jointly by SDC/Helvetas and the Government.