Ten Youth Women and Youth from 07 community radio stations broadcasting areas of the Bangladesh received “Community Radio Video Challenge (CRVC)-2015 “award in a short film competition introduced for the first time in Bangladesh.
The program was organized by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) in collaboration with Commonwealth Educational Media Center for Asia (CEMCA)
Kaisar Riday from Community Radio Padma 99.2 area received the 1st prize. The second prize has been jointly shared by Md Ohidul Islam, Community Radio Jhenuk area and Kamrul Hasan Polash of Community Radio Chilmari area.
The third winners in third position are three.They are: Monira Alam Mimi Community Radio Chilmari area, Md.Mostafizur Rahman, Community Radio Borendra area and Biplob Kanti Dev, Community Radio Pollikontha area.
Four other contestants received the Merit award.They are Sanjoy Chowdhury, Community Radio Sagargiri area, Mahfuj Faruq, Community Radio Sagardwip Area, Mijanur Rahman Dipu, Community Radio Chilmari area and Md. Mijabur Rahman Mijan, Community Radio Chilmari area.
The short film competition titled as: “Community Radio Video Challenge-2015” has been organized during the month of June under the initiatives of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) in collaboration with Commonwealth Educational Media Center for Asia (CEMCA) aiming to encourage the importance and role of community radio in making change and improvement in rural people’s lives in Bangladesh.
The theme of the completion was: Community Radio: Citizens’ voices: Empowering Societies. Responding to the call for film submission 17 participants from 15 community radio station area submitted 20 short films (of 3 minutes duration each) ,which they have uploaded in You tube, Vimeo or Blip.TV.
Later, a jury Board formed by BNNRC. The Jury Board is composed of 4 veteran film makers and journalists from electronic TV Channels. They were: Mr.Harun-ur-Rshid ( Dutche valle ), Mr. Ameen Al Rashid(Channel 24), Ms. Nadia Sharmeen (Ekattar TV) and Mr. Fahin Arfin Evan (Ekushey TV). The winners will be awarded very soon.
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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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