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Bangladesh NGOs Network for<br>
Radio and Communication<br>
</b></font><font face="Arial Narrow, Helvetica" size=1>Promoting
Communication Technology for a Fairer World<br><br>
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<font size=4 color="#0000FF"><b>Seminar on <br>
Peoples Voices, Peoples Participation and Community Radio <br>
</font><font size=4>04 May, 2008 <br><br>
</b></font><font size=3>We would like to appreciate that the present
non-political Care Taker Government of the People’s Republic of
Bangladesh recently formulated <b>Community Radio Installation, Broadcast
and Operation Policy – 2008 </b>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.<br>
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To accelerate the Community Radio Policy 2008, we are going to organize a
national seminar on<b> Peoples Voices, Peoples Participation and
Community Radio </b>at<b> </b>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<b> </b>resource persons from Singapore, Sri
Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh will present their respective papers. <br>
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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).<br>
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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.
<a href="http://www.amic.org.sg">www.amic.org.sg</a><br><br>
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. <a href="http://www.cosmosgroup.net/">www.cosmosgroup.net</a> ,
<a href="http://www.unbnews.org/" eudora="autourl">www.unbnews.org<br><br>
</a>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).
<a href="http://www.bnnrc.net/" eudora="autourl">www.bnnrc.net<br><br>
</a>Distinguished policy–makers and representatives from Government,
Media, Academia, NGOs, Practitioners and private sectors are expected to
join the seminar. <br><br>
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<b>Bazlu<br><br>
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</font><font face="System" size=3 color="#0000FF">AHM Bazlur
Rahman-S21BR<br>
Chief Executive Officer<br>
</font><font face="System" size=3 color="#008080">Bangladesh NGOs Network
for Radio and Communication<br>
&<br>
Member, Strategy Council<br>
UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID)<br><br>
</font><font face="System" size=3 color="#800080">House: 13/1, Road:2,
Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207 <br>
Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh<br><br>
</font><font face="System" size=3 color="#0000FF">Phone: 88-02-9130750,
88-02-9138501<br>
01711881647 Fax: 88-02-9138501-105<br><br>
</font><font face="System" size=3>E-mail: ceo@bnnrc.net,
bnnrc@bd.drik.net, <br>
<a href="http://www.bnnrc.net/" eudora="autourl">www.bnnrc.net<br>
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