The Training Workshop on Sustainability Strategy for Community Radio Stations in Bangladesh was held in YWCA Auditorium Dhaka from 17-20 February 2015. The workshop was organized by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) in collaboration with Free Press Unlimited under the support from European Union. The workshop was facilitated by Ideosyne Media combine, NewDelhi, India.
A total of 39 participants participated in the workshop. They included core Staffs, management committee members and representatives from 14 Community Radio of Bangladesh. Mainly this workshop has been organized for assisting community radios staffs for preparing work plan on sustainable short-term, mid-term and long-term strategy. Moreover, different aspects of sustainability and components of community radio were discussed in workshop.
The facilitators discussed and practiced on the work plan for the next 2 months for developing a sustainability plan for each of the CR stations. In the closing session of the workshop held at evening on the 20th February, the participants provided their feedbacks and mentioned this workshop as an important opportunity to find the ways to sustainability.
Ms.Reba Rani Saha, Joint Secretary (Radio), Ministry of Information, People’s Republic of Bangladesh attended as the Chief Guest of the closing session and distributed certificates among the participants. She assured the continued support in CR sector from the Government.Mr.Golam Chowdhury Najim, Executive Director, Betar Bangla (the Bangla community radio in London) participated as the special guest of the closing session.
N. Ramkrishnan, Director, & Venu Arora from Ideosyne Media combine, India worked as Chief Trainers in the Workshop. Mr.Nitesh Ananda, Program Assistant & Leona Farnandez, Program Assistant of Ideosyne Media combine, India and Syed Kamrul Hasan, Coordinator-Knowledge Management & Md. Kamruzzaman, Program Coordinator of BNNRC assisted them as co-Facilitators in the 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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