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[AHM Bazlur Rahman]

AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR : Bangladesh

1. Full Name:* AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR*
2. Geographical Location: *Bangladesh*
3. Title : *Chief Executive Officer*
4. Organization: *Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication &*
* Member Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum*
5. Short Bio (within 300 words)


AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR is Chief Executive Officer and founder Secretary of
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC). *BNNRC is
in **Special
Consultative Status** with the Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) of
the United Nations.*

* *

AHM Bazlur Rahman has more than 20 years experience in leveraging media and
communication to create successful policy advocacy in Bangladesh in line
with rural development.**

* *

Concerned with millions of people still deprived of basic needs and the
benefits of Information and Communication Technology in Bangladesh, 2000 he
founded Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) as a
national networking body working for building a democratic society based on
the principles of free flow of information, equitable & affordable access
to Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) of
remote & marginalized population. BNNRC is registered with NGO Affairs
Bureau and Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Government
of Bangladesh and established in 2000 as per Article 19 charter of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. **



>From 1998 - 2010, he headed an advocacy group on behalf of Bangladesh NGOs
Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) that pioneered the introduction
of community radio in Bangladesh.



BNNRC has been undertaking pioneer approaches to integrate ICT and
Community Media for Development, Knowledge Management, policy advocacy for
good governance, people's right in country and global commons and poverty
alleviation at the grassroots through its networking NGO/CSOs in Bangladesh.



BNNRC's outreach extends to local, national and international forums for
communicating Knowledge for Development (KM4D). In this backdrop,
communication is recognized as an essential human need and, therefore, as a
basic human right. Our working strategies are:



*1.        **Communicating on the Public Sphere: *The role of communication
and media in exercising democratic political participation in society

*2.        **Communicating Knowledge*: The terms and means by which
knowledge generated by society is communicated, or blocked, for use by
different groups.

*3.        **Civil Rights in Communication:* The exercise of civil rights
relating to the processes of communication in society &

*4.        **Cultural Rights in Communication:* The communication of
diverse cultures, cultural forms and identities at the individual and
social levels.



BNNRC now strives for the following core interventions to contribute in
achieving 6th five Years Plan, UN World Summit on the Information Society
(UN WSIS) Action Plan and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through:



*Right to Information for ensuring improved livelihood of the marginalized *

*ICT for Development for Bridging the Digital Divide in rural areas &*

*Community Radio/Community TV for amplifying voices for the voiceless*

*Amateur Radio for Disaster Risk Reduction*

*Community Film for Social Transformation *

He graduated from University of Dhaka and Post graduated from Asian
University of Bangladesh in the field of Social Science (MSS) in Government
& Politics.

He has worked extensively in Bangladesh and South Asia on variety of action
research projects in  Development Communication, mostly focused on ICT
for  Development(ICT4D),
Rural Journalism, e-Parliament, Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) Community
Broadcasting, Good Governance, Micro-Macro Level advocacy, Institution
Building, Social Mobilization, Democracy Education, Transformation Process
of International NGO to local NGO, Resource Mobilization, Communication for
Development(C4D), Knowledge Management for Development (KM4D) with
Bangladesh Development Society(BDS), Action Aid-Bangladesh and The Coastal
Association for Social Transformation Trust(Coast Trust)

He has published several articles on Community Radio and co-author of
Handbook on Community Radio for Good Governance and Development, Handbook
on Airwaves Advocacy in Bangladesh and Policy Advocacy Plan for Community
Radio in Bangladesh.

He currently member of Bangladesh Working Group on UN World Summit on the
Information Society (UN WSIS) headed by Bangladesh Government, Community
Radio Monitoring Committee of Ministry of Information, People’s Republic of
Bangladesh, founder member of Bangladesh UN Internet Governance
Forum-headed by Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee   for Ministry
of Post and Telecommunication and Research Fellow, Center for e-Parliament
Research. Contact: ceo at bnnrc.net  www.bnnrc.net



*Bazlu*
________________________
AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR* **| *Chief Executive Officer *|*
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)
*[NGO in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social
Council]*

House: 13/3, Road: 2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207*|*  Bangladesh*|*
Phone: +88-02-9130750| 9101479 | Cell: +88 01711881647
Fax: 88-02-9138501 *|* E-mail: ceo at bnnrc.net* |* bnnr <bnnrc at bd.drik.net>
cbd at gmail.com *|*
www.bnnrc.net





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