A five day-long follow up training workshop on “Skill Enhancement for Producing program, news & drama for Community Radio producers” has been started on November 29, 2014 at the training room of Rural Reconstruction Foundation, Ramnagar, Jessore. The course is jointly organized by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) and Free Press Unlimited (FPU) with the support of European Union (EU). Mr. Hans Noortman, a prominent facilitator of community radio of The Netherlands has leaded the facilitation where Mr. Mark Manash Saha, Program Coordinator, BNNRC joined as the interpreter and to coordinate the course as well. Mr.Manjur Ahmed,technical producer, ABC Radio and Solaiman Khoka,renowned actor and script writer of drama( Radio Soap Opera) also assist in facilitation of the workshop .The course will be concluded on December 03, 2014.
The objectives of the training workshop are to improve the radio producer skills in gathering and selecting information, producing program, news and development drama and engaging the audience in journalism and educational programming. With these objectives to achieve, the course includes sessions on Radio news, Interview Techniques, Story Telling (local stories), script writing, balanced reporting, problems in involving listeners, Radio Drama, use of sound & music and how to make programs attractive. The workshop is being conducted in a Hands-on nature by giving emphasis on practical demonstration and lot of demonstration to make possible the theory into practice. It is expected that after completion of the training workshop, participants will be able to develop authentic radio programs, news and drama by maintaining the quality.
A total of 10 participants from 05 radio stations attended in the training workshop. Out of 10 community radio practitioners there is one female participant from Community Rural Radio Krishi Radio 98.8. Mr.Suzaur Rahman and Sohel Biswas from Community Radio Nalta 99.2, Aminul Haque Liton and Jewel Islam from Community Radio Lokobetar 99.2, Rasel and Sanjib Roy from Community Radio Jhenuk 99.2 , Mr.Shamseem Mridha and Sahnaz Perveen from Krishi Radio and Robiul Islam & Imran Hossain from Community Radio Sundarban 998.8 joined the workshop.
It can be mentioned that another workshop on the same contents will be held at another cluster (c-2) in northern region of the country from 5 December-10 December 2014.10 participants from 05 CR stations will join in the program.
The Producers from rest of the stations will join in another cluster(c-3), in another training workshop which is scheduled to be held in January 2015.
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AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR is Chief Executive Officer and founder Secretary of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC). He has more than 20 years experience in leveraging community media and right to communication to create successful policy advocacy in Bangladesh in line with community media development. His areas of expertise straddle community media policy advocacy, training, project management especially in the area of community media.
He founded Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC). BNNRC Devoted Entirely to Promote Community Media for Development (CM4D). BNNRC Leads Supports and Advocates for the Initiators to actively provide independent community broadcasting in Bangladesh since 2000. BNNRC represent the community electronic media sector to Government, Industry, Regulatory Bodies, Media, Academia and Development Partners from 2000. The BNNRC provides leadership and support for rural initiators to facilitate independent electronic community broadcasting services and to build and strengthen rural communities.
He actively works to improve recognition of the community electronic media sector [Community Radio | Community TV | Community Film] & its work in and involvement with the communities it seeks to serve. BNNRC's outreach extends to local, national and international forums for communicating Knowledge for Development (KM4D). In this backdrop, communication is recognized as an essential human need and, therefore, as a basic human right. Our working strategies are:
1. Communicating on the Public Sphere: The role of communication and media in exercising democratic political participation in society
2. Communicating Knowledge: The terms and means by which knowledge generated by society is communicated, or blocked, for use by different groups.
3. Civil Rights in Communication: The exercise of civil rights relating to the processes of communication in society &
4. Cultural Rights in Communication: The communication of diverse cultures, cultural forms and identities at the individual and social levels.
BNNRC now strives for the following core interventions to contribute in achieving 6th five Years Plan, UN World Summit on the Information Society (UN WSIS) Action Plan and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through:
Right to Information- RTI for ensuring improved livelihood of the marginalized
ICT for Development- ICT4D for Bridging the Digital Divide in rural areas &
Community Radio/Community TV/ Community Film for amplifying voices for the voiceless and Amateur Radio for Disaster Risk Reduction
He graduated from University of Dhaka and Post graduated from Asian University of Bangladesh in the field of Social Science (MSS) in Government & Politics and Participated in certificate course on Development Management by Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) New Delhi, India
He currently founder member of Bangladesh Working Group on UN World Summit on the Information Society (UN WSIS) headed by Bangladesh Government, Community Radio Monitoring Committee of Ministry of Information, People’s Republic of Bangladesh, founder member of Bangladesh UN Internet Governance Forum( UN IGF) Headed by Minister, Ministry of Information, Multi-stakeholder Steering Group Members of Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (AP-RIGF) & Distinguish Fellow, Center for e-Parliament Research. Contact: ceo@bnnrc.net www.bnnrc.net
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