Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) is the apex body of the community media sector to promote community media to the Government, Industry, Regulatory Bodies, Media and Development Partners in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has been nominated in the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2017. Nominated Projects are:
Engage Community Radio for Elimination of Gender Based Violence in Rural Bangladesh
http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/prizes/2017/
English Language through Community Radio in Rural Bangladesh
http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/prizes/2017/
Bini Suter Mala ( Necklace without cotton thread ) under Project of ” Saving women from unwanted pregnancy and unsafe Menstrual Regulation
http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/prizes/2017/
Online community broadcasting library (OCBL) for Access to information and knowledge in Bangladesh
http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/prizes/2017/
Campaign through Community Radio on Improvement of the Real Situation of Overcrowding in Prisons in Bangladesh (IRSOP)
http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/prizes/2017/
Building Capacity to produce interactive, audience-led governance program through community radio
http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/prizes/2017/
We are proud to mention that Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has won the WSIS Award in 2016 for its project: Fellowship for youth women in Media and Journalism. The project has been awarded for its contribution in WSIS Action line-C9 Media. BNNRC has been chosen for this award on account of its high standard of program, strong leadership and management, exceptional innovation of community media sector contributing towards voices of the voiceless people in Bangladesh.
This year six BNNRC projects have been nominated in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2017.
Please cast your vote for six BNNRC projects by 30 April, 2017 : Vote for BNNRC Projects Now:
1. Go to https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/prizes/2017/ and click vote.
2. Scroll down the page and register for a new account.
3. Confirm registration on your email by clicking the link sent by
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4. Log in your account at https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/prizes/2017/ and
vote for the BNNRC projects in Category 4, 10 and 16
NOTE: You have to vote for the 18 categories before your vote for the six BNNRC projects gets counted.
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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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