[cr-india] Raghu Mainali (NEFEJ), Kathmandu... CR experiences

[Frederick Noronha]

[From a presentation made at the National Consultation for Practising
and Potential Community Radio Operators in India, 6-7 March, 2007.
Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi]

 by: Raghu Mainali, Coordinator, Community Radio Support Centre,
NEFEJ, Kathmandu, Nepal email: rmainali at wlink.com.np

Volunteering and Community Participation in Community Radio:
Experiences from Nepal

Overview:
Community Radios (CR) in Nepal
Stations On Air                                 24
New licenses since last 6 months    48
District with CR				*52 out of 75
Population  with access to CR	      *15 million out of 24 million

* including new licenses
Types of ownership
NGOs owned                                   49
Cooperative owned                         18
*Local Government owned                2
**Educational Institutions                 3


*elected village level committees
**owned by journalism/mass communication college

Community Radio Volunteers
	
(Volunteer: A volunteer does not receive any financial compensation
for her/his contribution to the station. However, a volunteer may
receive capacity building opportunities.)

Total Number of human resource involved
in the Nepali CR sector (in CRs on air already):
Paid staff:                                330
Volunteers:                              270
Total:                                       600
Volunteers
vis-à-vis work area
Program                                  264
Technical                                     6
Administration                             -
Accounts                                     -
Library                                         -

Volunteers  vis-a-vis types of CR
NGOs owned                             125 out of 310
Cooperative owned                   105 out of 185
Local Government owned           40 out of 105

Community Participation in CR sector in Nepal
At Policy Level:
Governing boards
Action Committees and sub committee

Community Participation in CR .. ..
At Program Level:
Source of Content
Recipient of Content
Auditor of Content
Legitimize content
Lessons Learnt

Key factors that encourage Volunteerism & Community participation:
Equal opportunity
Transparency
Broad-based ownership
Democratic leadership

A leadership that has the following:
Unity of vision
Diversity of skills
Dedication

Lessons Learnt
Positional leadership  doesn't work in volunteer based organizations

Fundamentals  of  CR
Challenges
High dropout rate
Continuous Recruitment and Training

Organizational Chart
Thank you !
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