<div>AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR : Bangladesh</div><div><br></div><div>1. Full Name:<font color="#990000"><b> AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR</b></font></div><div>2. Geographical Location: <b><font color="#cc0000">Bangladesh</font></b></div>
<div>3. Title : <font color="#cc0000"><b>Chief Executive Officer</b></font></div><div>4. Organization: <b>Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication &</b></div><div><b> Member Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum</b></div>
<div>5. Short Bio (within 300 words)</div><div><p class="MsoBodyText" align="right" style="text-align:right"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">AHM
Bazlur Rahman-S21BR is Chief Executive Officer and founder Secretary of
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC). <strong><span style="font-weight:normal">BNNRC is in </span></strong><em><span style="font-style:normal">Special
Consultative Status</span></em><strong><span style="font-weight:normal"> with the Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) of the
United Nations.</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-weight:normal"> </span></strong></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">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.</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Concerned with millions of
people still deprived of basic needs and the benefits of Information and
Communication Technology in Bangladesh, 2000 he founded </span><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">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. <span class="apple-style-span"><b></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">From 1998 -
2010, he headed an advocacy group on behalf of </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication (BNNRC)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""> that pioneered the introduction of community radio in Bangladesh.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">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: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">1.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">Communicating
on the Public Sphere: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">The role of
communication and media in exercising democratic political participation in
society </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">2.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">Communicating
Knowledge</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">: The terms and
means by which knowledge generated by society is communicated, or blocked, for
use by different groups. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">3.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">Civil Rights in
Communication:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif"> The exercise
of civil rights relating to the processes of communication in society &</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">4.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">Cultural Rights
in Communication:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif"> The
communication of diverse cultures, cultural forms and identities at the
individual and social levels.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">BNNRC now strives for the following core interventions to
contribute in achieving 6<sup>th</sup> five Years Plan, UN World Summit on the
Information Society (UN WSIS) Action Plan and Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) through: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">Right to Information for ensuring improved livelihood of the
marginalized </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">ICT for Development for Bridging the Digital Divide in rural areas
&</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">Community Radio/Community TV for amplifying voices for the
voiceless</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">Amateur Radio for Disaster Risk Reduction</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">Community Film for Social Transformation </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt">He graduated from University of Dhaka
and Post graduated from Asian University of Bangladesh in the field of Social
Science (MSS) in Government & Politics.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt">He has worked extensively in
Bangladesh and South Asia on variety of action research projects in</span><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> </span><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Development Communication, mostly focused on ICT
for</span><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> </span><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt">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), </span><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Knowledge Management for Development (KM4D) with Bangladesh
Development Society(BDS), Action Aid-Bangladesh and The Coastal Association for
Social Transformation Trust(Coast Trust)</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt">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.</span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">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</span><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">for
Ministry of Post and Telecommunication and Research Fellow, Center for
e-Parliament Research. Contact: </span><a href="mailto:ceo@bnnrc.net" style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif">ceo@bnnrc.net</a><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif"><a href="http://www.bnnrc.net">www.bnnrc.net</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""> </span></p></div><div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Bazlu</font></b></div>
<div><div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">________________________</font></div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font color="#666666">AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR</font><b><font color="#cc33cc"> </font></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><font color="#cc33cc">|</font><font color="#666666"> </font></b></span><font color="#666666">Chief Executive Officer </font><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><font color="#cc33cc">|</font></b></span><br>
<font color="#666666">Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)</font><br><font size="1" color="#cc33cc"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">[NGO in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council]</b></font><br>
<font color="#666666"> </font><br><font color="#666666">House: 13/3, Road: 2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207</font><b><font color="#cc33cc">|</font></b><font color="#666666"> Bangladesh</font><b><font color="#cc33cc">|</font></b><br>
<font color="#666666">Phone: +88-02-9130750| 9101479 | Cell: +88 01711881647 </font><br><font color="#666666">Fax: 88-02-9138501</font><font color="#993399"> </font><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><font color="#993399">|</font></b><font color="#666666"> </font></span><font style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">E-mail: </font><font><a href="mailto:ceo@bnnrc.net" style="color:rgb(102,102,102)" target="_blank">ceo@bnnrc.net</a><b><font color="#993399"> |</font></b><font color="#666666"> </font></font><font><a href="mailto:bnnrc@bd.drik.net" style="color:rgb(102,102,102)" target="_blank">bnnr</a><a href="mailto:cbd@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(102,102,102)" target="_blank">cbd@gmail.com</a> <b><font color="#993399">|</font></b><font color="#666666"> </font></font></font></div>
<div><font style="color:rgb(102,102,102)" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.bnnrc.net/" target="_blank">www.bnnrc.net</a></font></div><div><font color="#666666" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div>
<font color="#666666" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><img src="http://bnnrc.net/images/bnnrc_sig.gif"><br></font><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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