BNNRC@ U.S. Bangladesh Consultations on Cyber Issues, Washington, D.C. USA from November 15 through 18, 2021

On November 15, The Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) of the U.S. Department of Commerce in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State & the Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership (DCCP) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) the welcome a high-level delegation from Bangladesh to the U.S. Bangladesh Consultations on Cyber Issues.

Mr. AHM Bazlur Rahman, Chief Executive Officer of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication (BNNRC) & Policy Research Fellow of Shaping the Future of Media, Entertainment and Information in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution has been nominated as a member of Bangladesh delegation from technocrat category.

The Bangladesh delegation will participate in the U.S.-Bangladesh Consultations on Digital Economy and Cyber Issues, taking place in Washington, D.C. USA from November 15 through 18, 2021

The Hon’ble Chairperson of Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum (BIGF) and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Mr. Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, lead the Bangladesh delegation with seven members high level representative from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), National Data Center of Bangladesh Computer Council, Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS), Bangladesh Government’s e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-GOV CIRT), Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum (BIGF),  e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) & Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication(BNNRC).

U.S.-Bangladesh Consultations kicks off with an exclusive interactive discussion at the Washington D.C. where delegation members will be welcomed by the Mr. Joseph L. Gattuso, CLDP, Office of the General Counsel, United States Department of Commerce in line with the outlining possibilities for potential future angles for cooperation between U.S.-Bangladesh both of nations.

Consultations will cover several important aspects of policy and regulatory environments in areas including personal data protection, consumer privacy, and cybersecurity. The program will feature meetings with experts from government, industry, and academia. Delegation members will be visiting several public and private stakeholders in the USA including the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

During the Consultation, delegation will gain a first-hand understanding of the latest developments in the approaches to Privacy and Data Governance, Regulatory Best Practices, Artificial Intelligence/Cloud Computing, Secure and Resilient Communities amid the Pandemic Recovery, Cybersecurity Framework & tackle challenges to the safety, stability & well-being and broadcasting.

The USA government has been long-standing in trade, democracy and governance, investment & security, cooperation and development in Bangladesh’s economy. The recent years see rising interest and engagements across diverse sectors. The visit from the delegation will further contribute to strengthening the collaborative bond between the USA and Bangladesh.

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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