community radio and knowledge society

8/7/2019 Community Radio and Knowledge Society

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AHM . Bazlur Rahman-S21BRChief Executive Officer

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and

Communication (BNNRC)[NGO in Special Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC]

[email protected]@bnnrc.net

www.bnnrc.net

Community Radio andKnowledge Society



Knowledge Society so far

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Role of

CommunityRadio :

Promoting

KnowledgeSociety

Human Needs and Rights

Knowledge Societies

Pluralism

Human Needs and RightsHuman Needs and Rights

Knowledge SocietiesKnowledge Societies

Pluralism

Pluralism

Knowledge

Creation Dissemination UtilizationPreservation

Knowledge Knowledge Knowledge



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Difference between Community Radio andother Radios:Basis of Comparison:

1. Approach 2. Ownership 3. Audience 4. Responsibility5. Style 6. GoalGovernment own Radio:1. Bureaucratic 2. Government 3. Passive 4. Towards

Government 5. Formal 6. PropagandaCommunity Radio:1. Participatory 2. Collective 3. Active/Participant 4.

Towards Society 5. Natural/informal 6. CollectiveWelfareCommercial Radio:1. Market Driven 2. Private 3. Carefree 4. Towards Owners

5. Artificial 6. Profit



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Good Political Governance To enhance participation of rural people and

civil society members for accelerating thework of local government system

To create awareness in rural communityregarding local government’s budget andLocal level planning.

To monitor the budget of local governmentand provide information regarding things tobe done by the members of civil society

To arrange question- answer program among

Member of Parliament & other LEB andlocal people through Community Radio.

To identify service rendering department ofGOB and broadcast regularly regarding all

information of services (what services, forwhom the services are, price of service etc.)



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Good Political Governance

To broadcast program on citizeneducation to involve themselves inrole of state, market and society

To provide information regarding theprocedures of legislature, executiveand judiciary;

To broadcast program how thecommunity people can get good resultin achieving access of family andvillage court.

To bring the local administration aside

from colonial gesture and attitude

and broadcast awareness raising

program for keeping the community

people in the role of ownership.



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Good Social Governance

To broadcast program relating to buildingstrong civil society at rural level.

To broadcast regular program on thesituation of human rights in the locality.

To broadcast issue based program for thecommunity people to participate in

development process.

To encourage the business community forspending a portion of their profit in socialservice.

To do active participatory programplanning, making and broadcast regarding

different problems, potential and remedyof minor community and disabled people.



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Good Economic Governance

To broadcast program at community level aboutbudget increase in social development sector.

To broadcast development related program bymeans of interaction of both the localgovernment and community people so that therural people can pay tax regularly and the local

government can carry out its program

To broadcast analytical program so that the poorpeople can avail themselves of Credit facility andthey may not fall into trap in getting Credit ; tocollect best practices from home and abroad formaking the micro credit pro- people .

To broadcast informative programs so that thepoor people can establish rights in their land asper government policy.



Thank you very much

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