Community Radio Handbook for
Good Governance and Development
Published by Bangladesh
NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
Community Radio is going to make an important
place in development field in Bangladesh. Ministry
of Information formulated Community Radio Installation, Broadcasting and
Operation Policy 2008. Having prepared a complete pro-people policy for the
first time in Bangladesh,
the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
has already been widely appreciated by local, national and international bodies.
Under
this circumstance, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)
has taken initiative of publishing a Community Radio Handbook for Good
Governance and Development to meet the basic needs and demands of the community
radio initiators, regulators, managers, community leaders and community
broadcasters in respect to setting up and operating the community radio stations
successfully in Bangladesh. In the meantime,
Community
Radio
Academy has been established by
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
(BNNRC) with the view to building up capacity on community radio
operation of the initiators. Under the initiatives of the academy, training
workshops, round table, seminar etc are being organized incessantly.
This handbook will be a good compilation of all necessary
chapters and key aspects of community radio operation mechanism. With the help
of this Community Radio Handbook, Community Radio stakeholders will have
knowledge of technical and management skills come to know about the function,
management, procedure, prospect, sustainability, working environment, interest
issues, culture, socio-economic status, challenges and difficulties of running
Community Radio and have all concerned resources and facilities available for
their progress and success.
Besides, from this handbook, a reader will
also get better understanding of the relevance of community radio in poor
communities; the broad applicability of community radio to a range of sectoral
activities such as MDG, PRS, WSIS action Plan, health, rights, education,
livelihoods, and conflict prevention; the need to deepen the capacity of
community radio broadcasters at all levels to conduct effective monitoring and
evaluation.
This publication will be helpful for long-term preservation
and sharing as a guide with the concerned policy makers, donor agencies,
regulatory, technical and monitoring committee members, local administration
such as, Parliamentarian, Upa Zila Chairman, Deputy Commissioners (DC), Upazila
Nirbahi Officers (UNO), officials of the local intelligence wings and law
enforcing agencies, local government and people working in this field for nation
building process at different level.
Bazlu
______________________
AHM. Bazlur
Rahman-S21BR
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication(BNNRC)
&
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
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