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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN
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face=Verdana><FONT size=2>25th anniversary of AMARC:
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT
face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Capacity Building Workshop for Community Radios for
Fighting Poverty and Natural Disaster, October 17–20, 2008, Yoyakarta,
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT
face=Verdana><FONT size=2>The Asia Pacific section of the World Association of
Community Radio Broadcasters, AMARC, is organising two training of trainers
(TOT) workshops on the role of community radio in poverty alleviation and
disaster management in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from October 17–20, 2008.
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT
face=Verdana><FONT size=2>The workshops, which are being organised in
collaboration with Jaringan Radio Komunitas Indonesia (JRKI), Combine Resources
Institution (COMBINE, Indonesia), and the AMARC-Japan Working Group will aim to
strengthen the capacity of community radios to deal with issues of poverty
alleviation and disaster management in the communities they serve. Ford
Foundation Indonesia has provided financial support for the workshops.
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT
face=Verdana><FONT size=2>The TOT on the role of community radio (CR) in poverty
alleviation will take place on the 17<SUP>th</SUP> and 18<SUP>th</SUP> and will
cover issues and topics ranging from ‘Working with Community Members for
Identifying Key Developmental Priorities’ to ‘Enabling CRs to Address MDGs in
their Programming’, from ‘Engaging with Women and Marginalised Communities’ to
‘Learning from Successful Example in Communities,’ from ‘Decoding Policies for
Programming’ to ‘Creating Effective Linkages Beyond Communities.’
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT
face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Similarly, the TOT on the role of community radio in
disaster management will take place on the 19<SUP>th</SUP> and 20<SUP>th</SUP>.
It will address issues ranging from Safeguarding Radio Stations at times of
Natural Disaster’ to ‘Fast Resurrection of the station to support Immediate
Relief to the Community, from the role of Community Radios in reconstruction and
rehabilitation to ‘Gender Sensitising Community
Radios.’<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT
face=Verdana><FONT size=2>The TOTs will be participated by AMARC members, CR
representatives and subject specialists from Indonesia as well as other
countries from the rest of the Asia Pacific region (including Bangladesh, India,
Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Japan, Australia, Fiji, Thailand, and Pakistan).
The capacity building activities will also raise issues related to climate
change and food security in the framework of AMARC international coverage of the
World Food Day on October 16, 2008.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><BR>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>