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Radio Listeners Club Guideline in Bangladesh
Radio is one of the most popular, cheaper (sets) and friendly media to create an easy accessible environment for the community in line with the Right to Information (RTI) as well as enter-educating the listeners. Indeed, the listeners are the main stakeholder of this intervention.
Without listeners, Radio programs and services are useless. In Bangladesh there are few Radio listeners clubs but scattered all over the country. They do not have any organogram or institutional structure even no regular internal organizational communication in between them as having no platform.
On the other hand, they have no structural or vertical linkage or connection with the Radio stations. As a result, Radio management could not know the real needs of the listeners properly; likewise, radio programs are developed without reflection of expectation of the larger numbers of listeners.
For the sake of achieving development goals of the country, listeners as well as the larger community need to be connected with radios. To ensure this, it is considered essential to structure country wide Radio Listeners Clubs within a short and set form. RLCs, thereby, will take part in developing radio programs towards achieving the development goals.
UNICEF is implementing a number of development activities in Bangladesh giving special focus on women and children related issues. The programs implementation process can best strengthened if the people participations are ensured. For prompt dissemination of information and building awareness among the communities, radio is the most prior and friendly media to connect the extreme remote communities of the country.
In this connection UNICEF has taken initiative to develop and finalize a Radio Listeners Club Guideline for the RLCs for forming, strengthening and bring them in common understanding platform for contributing their support for designing, developing and producing development-oriented appropriate radio programs. UNICEF has offer this job and Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication, as pioneer networking non-government organization took the opportunity for implementing the activities towards developing and finalizing a Radio Listeners Club Guideline. http://www.bnnrc.net/resources/publications
Community Radio Strategy Paper: National Strategy for the Implementation of Community Radio Installation, Broadcast and Operations Policy in Bangladesh 2012
National Strategy for the Implementation of Community Radio Installation, Broadcast and Operations Policy in Bangladesh 2012
This document details the main steps for the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) to implement the Community Radio Installation, Broadcast and Operation Policy (CRIBOP) of 2008 published by Ministry Infromation with support from UNICEF Bangladesh.
The National Strategy for the Implementation of CR policy places the GoB at the centre, having two pivotal roles: as regulator and facilitator, to enable community radios to become full-fledged partners in the development process of Bangladesh.
As regulator, the main role of the GoB is to implement and opportunely revise the legislation for community radios, to create an enabling environment conducive to a strong CR sector. It must also ensure that national and local government officials understand the principles of CR and effectively implement the policy, supported by transparent, competent licensing, monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.
As facilitator, the GoB takes the leadership in promoting collaboration and establishing strategic alliances among all stakeholders to increase the chances of long-term sustainability of the CRs.
The Strategy identifies points of convergence and collaboration between community radios and several of the GoB most important initiatives, such as the Right to Information Act 2009, Vision 2021 and Digital Bangladesh, the National Strategy for Accelerated Poverty Reduction II 2009 (NSAPRII) and the Millennium Development Goals.
It also presents an assessment of the current situation in the county, in terms of enabling factors and opportunities for the establishment and growth of community radios, areas for further development and challenges ahead. Based on this assessment and the legislation itself, it sets out strategic objectives to guide the GoB’s interventions leading to a meaningful and sustainable Community Radio Sector
Community Radio Monitoring Framework in Bangladesh
Community Radio Monitoring Framework in Bangladesh
Community Radio is a new media in Bangladesh context. This is the first time inhistory, a community driven broadcasting system is about to air programs which contain voices of the voiceless people. There is a mind-set that media should be monitored to make it accountable or controlled. In case of CR, the intention is not putting control over its operation but to ensure its effective operation. The monitoring framework is aimed to assist CR from the beginning to be an effective medium for community people as mentioned inthe policy.
A handbook of monitoring is needed to address issues related license, establishment, planning, operation, content management, production, broadcast and evaluation. Community people don’t have practical knowledge and expertise for operating CR in this moment. A practical guideline could help them for smooth operation on CR station
For Community Radio Monitoring Hand Book, Please visit:http://www.scribd.com/doc/47352260/Community-Radio-Monitoring-Handbook1
Community Radio Handbook in Bangladesh: Voices for the Voiceless of Rural People
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC), since its inception, has been advocating with the government and with other organizations for the promotion of Community Radio to address critical social issues at community level, such as poverty and social exclusion, empowerment of marginalized rural groups and catalyze democratic process in decision making and ongoing development efforts.
Community Radio is going to make an important place in development field in Bangladesh. Ministry of Information has approved 14 Community Radio in Bangladesh on 22 April, 2010. Now total 14 Community Radio Stations are going to On Air first time in Bangladesh.
Under this circumstance, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has taken initiative of publishing a Handbook on Community Radio: Voices for the Voiceless of Rural People with the support from Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) 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 handbook 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, parliamentarian, upa zila chairman, deputy commissioner (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.
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