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Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
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BNNRC is a national networking body working for building a democratic society based on the principles of free flow of information, equitable & affordable access to Information, Communication Technology (ICT) for remote & marginalized population. BNNRC registered with Ministry of Law, Parliamentary and Justice Affairs, Government of Bangladesh as a trust and established in 2000 as per Article 19 charter of UN bill of rights.
BNNRC now strive for following core interventions to achieve Millennium Development Goals(MDGs):
1. Awareness on correlations of ICT, poverty alleviation and Institutionalization of Democracy
2. Establishment of ICT Resource Center and Promotion of Radio Listeners Club as primary ICT catalyst in remote rural areas
3. Advocacy and Campaign for Bridge the Digital Divide/Information Divide
4. Piloting of ICT4D projects at rural areas to create show case examples for greater multiplication
5. Establishment Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES)
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Training Workshop on Community Radio: How to Get Started and Keep Going
AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR | September 5
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) along with other like-minded organizations has been conducting advocacy with the Government for community radio in Bangladesh since its inception. As a consequence, the Ministry of Information recently formulated Community Radio...
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We invite you to join Community Radio initiative in Bangladesh
AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR | July 30
Community Radio has a very special place in BNNRC's intervention. The objective of BNNRC 's Community Radio intervention is to address crucial social issues at community level, such as poverty and social exclusion, empower marginalized rural groups and catalyze democratic processes and on going...
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UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID)
AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR | June 15
BNNRC
has become the member of
UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID)
Recently United Nations has founded Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) to taking effective measure for development of ICT and its appropriate implementation in mankind. Shortly its called GAID....
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Information is the Oxygen of Democracy
AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR | May 3
Information is the Oxygen of Democracy
World Press Freedom Day – 2006: Bangladesh
On occasion of observing World Press Freedom Day – 2006, a joint initiative of six organizations is going to arrange a two days celebration program in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and...
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Another Type of Mass Media Is Not Only Possible
AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR | October 17
Another Type of Mass Media Is Not Only Possible
But also an immediate pre-requisite for
Establishing Pro-Poor Role in Bangladesh
-AHM Bazlur Rahman
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
info@bnnrc.net, www.bnnrc.net
Media, print and electronic...
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Redefining the Digital Divide
By: Subhajit Basu, Queen's University Belfast | April 18, 2007
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| Hi-tech hypesters claim that the Digital Age is vastly improving the lives and opportunities of people around the globe, while public-interest hand-wringers worry that it is creating a Digital Divide - an enormous and growing gap between the "technology-rich" and the "technology-poor," threatening social and economic stability and progress. Who is right? |
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Rural Knowledge Center: How to Get Started and Keep Going in Bangladesh
By: AHM Bazlur, Rahman-S21BR | March 28, 2006
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| BNNRC Organized Three Days Training Workshop on
Rural Knowledge Center:
How to Get Started and Keep Going in Bangladesh |
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Another Type of Mass Media Is Not Only Possible
By: AHm Bazlur Rahman, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication | December 17, 2005
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| This article examines broadcast media in Bangladesh and the importance of a free and vibrant media.
A vibrant, free media which can investigate and comment upon matters of public interest is essential to control corruption, to ensure that matters of public interest are properly understood and debated by citizens and generally to promote accountability and transparency. This is no less true of the broadcasting sector, the medium which has the greatest reach and influence in Bangladesh, than of the print sector.
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PRSP & Information Communication Technology: Our Opinion
By: AHM Bazlur Rahman, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication | June 21, 2005
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| Bangladesh:
PRSP & Information Communication Technology: Our Opinion
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