Governance
Machik partners with the Tibet Governance Program (TGP) at The Elliot School for International Affairs at the George Washington University. The TGP is a unique research initiative that seeks to advance scholarship, research and new perspectives on key issues confronting contemporary Tibet. Guided by a central concern for the well-being of communities on the Tibetan plateau, the program seeks to develop research initiatives that produce fresh insights, analyses and approaches to the challenges of governance and public policy throughout the Tibetan region. Machik seeds academic initiatives that advance new insight into the challenges facing Tibetan communities. The resulting research assists Machik in key decision-making processes for our programs.
For many years, the TGP has integrated a diversity of perspectives by convening workshops and symposia offering a nonpartisan forum for a broad range of stakeholders— not only scholars and researchers, but also policymakers, nonprofit organizations, local officials and community leaders from the Tibetan plateau as well as across China and globally. In 2009, Machik convened the first ever US-based Tibetan Education and Language Policy symposium at the University of Virginia. In 2012, TGI launched the Tibet Governance and Practice Forum (TGAP), a new global platform for research on policy issues in the Tibetan region. The inaugural TGAP forum on Language Policy and Practice Forum was held in Quebec, Canada, in May 2012. The second TGAP research forum on Conservation, Resource Management and Local Governance in Tibet was convened summer 2013 at the Harvard Center in Shanghai. In 2014, TGAP Seminar was held at the George Washington University on Multilevel Governance and Tibet Policy Studies.
For many years, the TGP has integrated a diversity of perspectives by convening workshops and symposia offering a nonpartisan forum for a broad range of stakeholders— not only scholars and researchers, but also policymakers, nonprofit organizations, local officials and community leaders from the Tibetan plateau as well as across China and globally. In 2009, Machik convened the first ever US-based Tibetan Education and Language Policy symposium at the University of Virginia. In 2012, TGI launched the Tibet Governance and Practice Forum (TGAP), a new global platform for research on policy issues in the Tibetan region. The inaugural TGAP forum on Language Policy and Practice Forum was held in Quebec, Canada, in May 2012. The second TGAP research forum on Conservation, Resource Management and Local Governance in Tibet was convened summer 2013 at the Harvard Center in Shanghai. In 2014, TGAP Seminar was held at the George Washington University on Multilevel Governance and Tibet Policy Studies.
Current Programs
add lectures organized by Tashi with Machik
Dr. Thupten Jinpa, a leading Tibetan language expert, launches his book, Fearless Heart.
Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro, a leading change-maker, speaks on his innovative approach to the philosophical education in Tibet.
Tsemdo Thar, innovative filmmaker & photographer, spoke on the dynamic film world in Tibet.
From the Archives
Tibet Governance & Policy Forum held in Montreal at McGill University in 2012.
Tibet Governance and Practice Forum
Machik’s Tibet Governance Initative (TGI) is a unique research initiative that seeks to advance scholarship, research and new perspectives on key issues confronting contemporary Tibet.
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Research & Partnerships
Machik is committed to identifying and supporting dynamic Tibetan individuals and groups who are innovative in their approach to meeting social challenges and who demonstrate an uncommon dedication to making a measurable impact in their communities.
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TGAP Meetings
2012
TGAP in Quebec |
2013
TGAP in Shanghai |
2014
TGAP in Washington, D.C. |
Tibetan Education and Language Symposium
From April 27th to May 1st, Dr. Tashi Rabgey at Machik convened the first ever US-based Tibetan Education and Language Policy Symposium. The Symposium was hosted through the Tibet Sustainable Governance Program at the University of Virginia. Never before have such leading pioneers and innovators of Tibetan education and language policy been convened at an international conference, along with high-level researchers from Beijing affiliated with the Chinese State Council.
Dr. Tashi Rabgey leads historic conference with language experts from inside Tibet, Tibetan diaspora, the global, & Beijing policy analysts.
The exchange that took place included, but transcended, academic knowledge and research on the urgent issue of Tibetan language education and treated bilingualism as a key issue across the Tibetan region. Through the formal two-day conference at the University of Virginia, a one-day retreat deep in a forest of Marshall, VA, and site visits of educational institutions in the DC area (including a guided tour of Sidwell Friends School, one of our Machik partners, and National Geographic Society), the symposium created an unprecedented occasion to build common understanding and a sense of shared stakes in progressive change for the Tibetan Plateau. All the participants – especially the Chinese and the Tibetans – left the symposium with a greater commitment to advancing Tibetan language education in the interest of sustainable peace and reconciliation.
Late professor Sangye Gyal, first to translate math texts to Tibetan.
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1st conference of Tibetans, Chinese, & global language experts.
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