[cr-india] Bangladesh: Community Radio Seminar on Peoples Voices & Peoples Participation

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Seminar on Peoples Voices, Peoples Participation and Community Radio
Posted by: "BNNRC" ceo at bnnrc.net

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
Promoting Communication Technology for a Fairer World


Seminar on Peoples Voices, Peoples Participation and Community Radio
04 May, 2008

We would like to appreciate that the present non-political Care
Taker Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
recently formulated Community Radio Installation, Broadcast and
Operation Policy – 2008 and then asked for applications from
interested initiators to install Community Radio in the country.
In order to facilitate the application and registration process
of the organizations for Community Radio, Bangladesh NGOs Network
for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) immediately opened a national
help desk in its secretariat in Dhaka. As a result, BNNRC is
receiving huge response from the interested development
organizations for technical support in this regard.

To accelerate the Community Radio Policy 2008, we are going to
organize a national seminar on Peoples Voices, Peoples
Participation and Community Radio at 09:30 AM -5:00 PM on Sunday,
04 May, 2008 at UNB Auditorium (7th Floor), Cosmos Centre, 69/1,
New Circular Road, Malibagh, Dhaka-1212.where resource persons
from Singapore, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh will present
their respective papers.

The seminar is jointly organized by Asian Media Information
Communication Center(AMIC), United News of Bangladesh (UNB) and
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC).

Taking this opportunity, we would like to brief about Asian Media
Information Communication Centre (AMIC). AMIC is a
charity-registered organization established in 1971 with the
support of the Government of Singapore and
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) of Germany. It aims to spearhead
the development of media and communication expertise in the
Asia-Pacific to foster socio-economic progress in the region. Its
mission is to nurture and promote Media and Communication
research, capacity building, knowledge management and dialogue
among academia, industry, government and civil society.
www.amic.org.sg <http://www.amic..org.sg>

For nearly two decades United News of Bangladesh (UNB) a private
sector news agency, has recognized the supreme importance of
quality and objectivity in reporting and disseminating
information. UNB is recognized as the nation's most dependable
and credible source of news and information, serving some 20
million readers, listeners and viewers in Bangladesh everyday.
UNB's sophisticated communications system process the equivalent
of a quarter million words a day gathered from its own network of
correspondents and the dispatches from its international
partners. www.cosmosgroup.net <http://www.cosmosgroup.net/> ,
www.unbnews.org

<http://www.unbnews.org/> Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication (BNNRC) is a national networking body working for
building a democratic society based on the principles of free
flow of information, equitable and affordable access to
Information & Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) of
remote and marginalized population. BNNRC now strives for core
interventions to achieve Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS), World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Action Plan and
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). www.bnnrc.net

<http://www.bnnrc.net/> Distinguished policy–makers and
representatives from Government, Media, Academia, NGOs,
Practitioners and private sectors are expected to join the
seminar.


Bazlu

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AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
&
Member, Strategy Council
UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID)

House: 13/1, Road:2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207
Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh

Phone: 88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501
01711881647 Fax: 88-02-9138501-105

E-mail: ceo at bnnrc.net, bnnrc at bd.drik.net,
www.bnnrc.net
<http://www.bnnrc.net/>