<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_7278381483994421417gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:small"><div><img src="cid:ii_juc6hewz1" alt="WSIS Reza Bhai.jpg" width="471" height="286"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_7278381483994421417m_-2783560855976274436gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(93,93,93)">Community Radio related two Initiatives of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has recognized as Champions in UN World Summit on the Information Society (UN WSIS) Prizes 2019.</span><b><br></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(93,93,93)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(93,93,93)">Mr. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Chairperson of Board of Trustees of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) and Executive Director of COAST Trust & AHM Bazlur Rahman, Chief Executive Officer of BNNRC  have received the  two UN WSIS champion certificate from Mr. Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General of UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on Tuesday 9 April 2019 at a ceremony at Geneva International Conference Centre, Switzerland as part of the annual UN WSIS Forum 2019. International Telecommunication Union (ITU) announced 90 Champions of the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes contest while the 18 Winners, out of these 90 Champions.</span><span style="color:rgb(93,93,93)"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8.25pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(93,93,93)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">H. E. Mr Mustafa Jabbar, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and Chairman of the 10th UN WSIS Forum, Mr. N M Zeaul Alam, Secretary for Information and Communication Technology Division, Mr. Md. Jahurul Haque, Chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission(BTRC), H.E. Mr. M. Shameem Ahsan, Ambassador & PR of Permanent Mission of Bangladesh in Geneva, Mr. T I M Nurul Kabir, Mr. Reza Salim, Mr. Anir Chowdhury, Policy Advisor of A2I, where present the occasion.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8.25pt 0in;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(93,93,93)">The champions projects are Climate justice and resilience through Community Radio at coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh, Supported by the COAST Trust, Bangladesh. <a href="https://bnnrc.net/climate-justice-resilience/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,149,217);text-decoration-line:none">https://bnnrc.net/climate-justice-resilience/</span></a> & Creating Awareness on Right to Information (RTI) through Community Radio, Supported by Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF), <a href="https://bnnrc.net/creating-awareness-on-rti/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,149,217);text-decoration-line:none">https://bnnrc.net/creating-awareness-on-rti/</span></a></span><span style="color:rgb(93,93,93)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8.25pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(93,93,93)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">UN WSIS Prizes is a unique international contest developed in response to requests from the WSIS stakeholders to create an effective mechanism to evaluate and recognize individuals, governments, civil society, local, regional and international agencies, research institutions and private-sector companies for outstanding success in implementing development-oriented strategies that leverage the power of ICTs as an enabler of the development. WSIS Prizes has been recognizing remarkable efforts made by entities and organizations from around the globe that focus on accelerating the socio-economic progress of the whole world as a community. The contest was held for the first time in 2012 and rapidly gained attention and popularity within the ICT for Development (ICT4D) community.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8.25pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(93,93,93)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Building upon the outcomes of the United Nations General Assembly Overall Review on WSIS as well as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the WSIS Prizes 2016 reflect close linkages with achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The WSIS Prizes contest serves as the platform for identifying and showcasing the success stories across the WSIS Action Lines defined in the Geneva Plan of Action and SDGs. It also provides us with models that can be replicated in the interests of empowering the community at the local level, providing everyone with an opportunity to participate in the contest and, most importantly, recognizing the efforts made by stakeholders to contribute to the development of society and their commitment to achievement of both the WSIS goals and SDGs.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8.25pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(93,93,93)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">BNNRC is in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) accredited with World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) of the United Nations. BNNRC’s approach to media development is both knowledge-driven and context-sensitive, and it takes into account the challenges and opportunities created by the rapidly changing media environment in Bangladesh including community radio development giving voices for the voiceless.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8.25pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(93,93,93)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">It would be mentioned that BNNRC won the WSIS Award in 2016 as the winner and champion of 2017. BNNRC has been chosen for this award on account of its creative thinking, critical analysis, strong leadership and exceptional innovation of community media sector contributing towards voices of the voiceless people in rural Bangladesh.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"> -----------</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><font face="georgia, serif">Bazlu</font></b><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif">____</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif">AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR | Chief Executive Officer |</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif">Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#9900ff">[Consultative Status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations]</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#ff9900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