An Office Retreat Program/ Team Building Event was organized by the Borderlands PDP for the staffs of United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN-OHCHR) from September 14-15, 2009 at the Gokarna Forest Resort. The two-day long program comprised

Professional Development Program - Gokarna Forest resort

of various icebreaking activities and trust exercises in addition to team building activities and saw participation from more than 100 participants.
The Team Building program was a part of UN-OHCHR’s staff retreat and was designed to be fun-filled and enjoyable interspersed with learning opportunities and growth oriented games and initiatives which the participants availed to the fullest extent. Greater enthusiasm, improvement in communication, trust and leadership skills was seen by the end of the program. The division of the participants into sub-groups during the program further assisted them in enhancing their verbal and non-verbal communication, planning, leadership, and coordination skills. The program also assisted the participants to better know their colleagues who work in the field offices in Nepal.

Team building program-Gokarna Forest Resort

Overall, the program was successful as the participants felt rejuvenated and were very enthusiastic about the whole event. They also said that the games and initiatives will assist them to efficiently work together to achieve their organizational objectives.

Team Building Event-Orzanised by Borderlands Group