South Asia Network for Community Media Mooted

Community media practitioners and advocates from South Asia came together at the University of Hyderabad to form a South Asia Network for Community Media (SANCOM) on Saturday, July 12, 2014. Organised by the UNESCO Chair on Community Media, with support from UNESCO, the one-day consultation saw participation from about 30 representatives of organizations such as the Community Radio Forum (India), Community Radio Association (India), the Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (Nepal), the Bangladesh Network of NGOs for Radio and Communication (Bangladesh), the Sri Lanka Development Journalists’ Forum (Sri Lanka), besides a few community radio stations from India.