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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=4><STRONG>Community Radio Handbook for Good
Governance and Development </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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BNNRC</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Community Radio is going to make an important place
in development field in Bangladesh. Under this circumstance, Bangladesh NGOs
Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has taken initiative of publishing a
Community Radio Handbook for Good Governance and Development 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.<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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
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.<BR><BR>This publication 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 such as, Parliamentarian, Upa Zila Chairman, Deputy Commissioners
(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.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><BR><STRONG>Bazlu<BR></STRONG>_______________________<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>