A five day-long Training workshop on “Skill Enhancement for Production & Editing in Program & News for Community Radio Station” was started on May 25, 2011 at the conference room of Hotel Mukta, Rajshahi.
The Training workshop was jointly organized by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC), Free Press Unlimited (FPU) and Radio Padma with the support of European Union (EU).
Two prominent facilitator of community radio namely Mr. Hans Noortman of The Netherlands and Mr. Raghu Mainali of Nepal has joined as the facilitators of the course. The course will be concluded on May 29, 2014.
The objectives of the training workshop are to upgrade the skills and knowledge level of participants in selecting topics, contents, collecting information, editing and mixing for developing News for the community radios.
In the inaugural speech, Ms. Shahana Parvin, Station Manger of Radio Padma as the local host has welcomed the participants to Rajshahi as well as in the training workshop event. After word Mr. Mark Manash Saha, Program Coordinator, BNNRC has narrated the objectives of the course and BNNRC as well.
In his speech Mr. Raghu Mainali said that he has been working with community media for last couples of decades and particularly working with the community radio movement of Nepal for last seventeen years. He recalled that since the inception of community radio movement in Bangladesh, he was closely worked with the initiators here as a community radio practitioner.
In his speech, Mr. Hans Noortman of Free Press Unlimited has described his experience with community radio since 1999. He invited all the participants to take active role in the discussions so that each everyone will be benefitted with others views and information.
A total of 16 practitioners from 8 different community radio stations namely Community Radio Padma 99.2 , Community Radio Mahananda 98.8, Community Radio Chilmari 99.2, Community Radio Borendra 99.2, Community Radio Mukti 99.2, Community Radio Jhenuk 99.2, Community Radio Nalta 99.2 and Community Radio Sundarban 98.8 are participated in the Training workshop.
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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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