Opportunity for Community Radios in South Asia to Participate in Internet Broadcasting Workshop

In the past few years in South Asian countries there have been a remarkable progress in the development of community radios. Liberalization of broadcast policies by the states and formulation of community radio policies in South Asian countries like Bangladesh and India have led to the establishment of remarkable number of community radios in these countries.

Opening up of the community radios in South Asia has definitely provided the opportunities for the marginalized communities to voice for themselves and have given voice to the voiceless. Amongst the opportunities there however are challenges, amongst others, like raising the voice of the communities at much higher levels. How the voices of communities raised by the community radios can be raised at the national, regional and international levels? The opportunity for this lies in the application of new media technologies for Internet broadcasting. The community radios by having the capacity on Internet broadcasting can raise their voice beyond the community level to the national, regional and international levels.

To address the need for the community radios to build their capacity to raise their voice beyond the community level, Panos South Asia is organizing a five-day workshop exclusively for community radios in South Asia titled ‘Internet Broadcasting for Community Radios in South Asia’ at its Media Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal from 13 – 17 September 2010. The five-day workshop shall orient the community radios on the concept and applications of Internet broadcasting, and hands-on on actually creating Internet radio or broadcasting. It will also be an opportunity for community radio practitioners in South Asia to network and share knowledge.

Community radios from only South Asian countries who are interested to attend this workshop may apply by filling out the attached application form and submitting it by e-mail to prsa@panosradiosouthasia.org by 15 July 2010. All the costs for attending the workshop shall be covered by Panos South Asia. ONLY selected applicants who meet the criteria for participating in the workshop shall be informed about the outcome of their applications by 10 August 2010.

Internet Broadcasting for Community Radios in South Asia Workshop

Application Form

Name of the Community Radio
Year of establishment
Country
Complete address
Telephone/Fax
E-mail
Website (if any)
Name of the applicant (person applying for the workshop)
Designation of the applicant
Responsibility of the applicant in the community radio concerned
Technical/computer skills of the applicant
E-mail of the applicant (person)
How many hours a day does your community radio broadcast? And what is the nature of the content of your community radio? (briefly)
What is the current technical capacity (in terms of computers, digital recording, editing, Internet capacity) of the community radio you are associated with?
How will the workshop help your community radio to further raise the voice of the communities?
Endorsement by the Station Manager/Senior Management of the Community Radio Station (Date, Signature and Designation)

Note: Completely filled out application form should be sent by e-mail to prsa@panosradiosouthasia.org by 15 July 2010.