Bangladesh CR handbook to guide development governance
A handbook educating stakeholders about various aspects of community radio will soon be brought out in Bangla by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNRCC). The publication would serve as a useful guide for applying the media tool to a range of development activities and governance.
- Cover page of the handbook / Photo credit: BNNRC
To meet the basic needs and demands of the community radio initiators, regulators, managers, community leaders and community broadcasters, this handbook will be a good compilation of all necessary chapters and key aspects of community radio operation mechanism.
Stakeholders can educate themselves about the challenges and sustainability of community radio and facilities available for its progress and success.
A reader will also gain understanding of the relevance of community radio in poor communities; its broad applicability 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.
This publication will be a useful guide for the concerned policy makers, donor agencies, regulatory, technical and monitoring committee members, local administration such as parliamentarians, Upazila Chairman, Deputy Commissioners (DC), Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNO), officials of the local intelligence wings and law enforcing agencies and people working in this field for nation building process at different levels.
