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<P align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><B><FONT color=#0000ff size=3>Theme
of the conference :</FONT></B><FONT size=3><BR><B><FONT color=#0000ff>Community
Radio: An Effective Tool for
Development</FONT></B></FONT><B><BR><FONT color=#0000ff>Sub themes:
</FONT></B><FONT size=3><B><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Participatory role of
communities through community radio in the following
sectors</FONT></B></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff> </FONT></P>
<P align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Agriculture and rural, 2.
</FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Medical and health, 3.
</FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Judicial and legal,
4.</FONT></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><STRONG>Education and
Information <BR></STRONG><BR>Community Radio is a new concept in India but this
form of participatory communication has proved to be very successful as a tool
for social development at the grassroots level in many countries like Australia,
Latin America, Africa and closer to our borders in Sri Lanka. Community Radio
utilizes the desire of every individual to communicate. Its strength lies in its
ability to involve a wide cross section of the members of the communities living
within the transmission zone and through the broadcasts project the needs and
aspirations of the people. Due to its close range of broadcast, community radio
programmes are usually made in the local dialects, often neglected by mainstream
media and commercial channels. The main challenge of community radio
lies in the understanding of community needs and ensuring inclusiveness of all
sections within the communities and making the community active partner in all
aspects of running the station.<BR><BR>More than 30 community radio stations are
already functional in different parts of India and have started
regular broadcast . Permission for starting community radio has
already been granted to another 91 organizations. As the idea of using community
radio starts getting popular it is also time to understand how this powerful
tool for social development should be used, its potential optimally
utilized and how it can be transformed into a tool for the overall development
in the communities. With this in view, the Indira Gandhi National Open
University invite papers from all practitioners and academicians aware of the
function and potential of community radio to suggest how this communication tool
should be tailored to be more focused in Indian contexts of social
development.<BR><BR>The participants are requested to send the following details
along with their 'Final Papers' limit to 2000
words.<BR></FONT></FONT></P>
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<LI><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Bio data</FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Details of their association/organization
with community radio</FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>The medium preferred would
English/Hindi<BR><BR>Please send your papers through email. Along with CD
copy and a hard copy to the given address:<BR><FONT
color=#990000><B>Hisamuddin Faruqui,</B></FONT> EMPC-IGNOU, Maidan
Garhi, New Delhi- 110068; <A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:mbandana%20@gmail.com" target=_blank>mbandana @gmail.com</A>;<A
href="mailto:hisam.faruqui@gmail.com">hisam.faruqui@gmail.com</A><A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://gmail.com/" target=_blank><BR></A><BR><B>The last date for
submission of final papers</B> : </FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><FONT color=#990000><B><FONT color=#ff0000><IMG height=14
src="http://www.ignou.ac.in/images/hand.gif"
width=33></FONT></B></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><B><FONT
color=#ff0000>16th August, 2008</FONT></B><BR><B>Important to
note:</B></FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>this the first and final call for
papers,</FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>the organizing committee has
the discretion to select or reject any paper,</FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>IGNOU will have all rights to the received
papers to print or publish for educational purposes.</FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>the presentation of papers in the
conference will be subject to limit, if submitted papers
are more in numbers.</FONT></FONT> </LI></UL></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Bazlu<BR>_______________________<BR>AHM. Bazlur
Rahman-S21BR<BR>Chief Executive Officer<BR>Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication(BNNRC)<BR>&<BR>Member, Strategy Council<BR>UN-Global Alliance
for ICT and Development (UN GAID)<BR> <BR>House: 13/1, Road:2, Shaymoli,
Dhaka-1207 <BR>Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh<BR> <BR>Phone:
88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501<BR>01711881647 Fax:
88-02-9138501-105<BR> <BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:ceo@bnnrc.net">ceo@bnnrc.net</A>, <A
href="mailto:bnnrc@bd.drik.net">bnnrc@bd.drik.net</A><BR><A
href="http://www.bnnrc.net">www.bnnrc.net</A><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>