Good Governance, Digital Bangladesh & Community Radio

1. Good Governance,
Digital Bangladesh &
Community Radio
AHM . Bazlur Rahman-S21BR
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication
eo@bnnrc.net
ceo@bnnrc.net | 01711881647
www.bnnrc.net

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3. World Summit on the Information Society
 1st Phase – Geneva 2003
 2nd Phase- Tunis 2005
World Summit on the Information Society
Action Line: c1-c11
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4. World Summit on the Information Society
Action Line: c1-c11
C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of
ICTs for development
C2. Information and communication infrastructure: an essential
foundation for the Information Society
C3. Access to information and Knowledge
C4. Capacity Building
C5. Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs
C6. Enabling environment
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5. World Summit on the Information Society
Action Line: c1-c11
C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life
- E-government
- E-business
- E-learning
- E-health
- E-employment
- E-environment
- E-agriculture
- E-science
C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and
local content
C9. Media
C10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
C11. International and regional cooperation
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6. Journey Towards A Digital Bangladesh
"Charter for Change", the election manifesto of the present government, has
first presented the idea of 'Digital Bangladesh' before the nation. 2009
While‘ Digital Bangladesh' might generally be perceived as widespread use of
computers only, its true meaning lies in
suitable application of technology to
materialize all the commitments of the government including the ones
regarding education, health, employment and poverty alleviation.
The main purpose of this idea is, therefore,
to improve the standards of living of the people by empowering them,
ensuring transparency and accountability in all spheres of life,
establishing good-governance and, above all, bringing public services to
their doorsteps through the most effective use of technology.
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7. Digital Bangladesh is-
A happy, prosperous and enlightened Bangladesh,
which is free from hunger, poverty, inequality and
corruption and belongs completely to its people and
is driven forward by digital technology
 Ref: Journey Towards A Digital Bangladesh , Finance Division, Ministry of Finance
Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh 2011
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8. Impacts of Digital Bangladesh
 Economic impacts
- Increased GDP
- Increased resource mobilization
- Market capital created
- Increased productivity
- Generation of highly paid employments
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9. Social impacts
- Improved living standards through
the use of technology
- Reduced corruption
- A literate nation created
- Social peace and security ensured
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10. Political impacts
- Increased ability of the politicians to
consider their respective constituencies
from a broader perspective
- Increased transparency and accountability
- More democratic decision making
- Empowerment of population ensured
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11. Technological impacts
- Enhanced efforts for technological
innovations in all sectors
- Intellectual property (IP) properly
evaluated
- Service providing process simplified
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12. Environmental impacts
- Technology for reduction of Carbon
Dioxide emissions suitably modified
- Prevent environmental degradation
- Preserve environmental equilibrium
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13. Legal impacts
- Assisting people to obtain lawful justice
- Simpler and speedier judicial process
introduced
- Public disorder prevented and stability
enhanced
- Improved governance through the
establishment of rule of law
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14.  However, most importantly, change in attitude
towards adopting new technology, development of
positive thinking and application of innovative
powers are essential for establishing Digital
Bangladesh.
At the same time, the prevailing digital- divide in
various regions and among poor and rich, educated
and uneducated, men and women also need to be
removed.
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15. Empowerment of the people, transparency and
accountability, human resource development,
poverty alleviation and economic growth will
be ensured as people will receive better, faster
public services and have access to all kinds of
public information if Digital Bangladesh is
established
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16.  Role of Community Radio in Digital Bangladesh
Process:
- Educate
- Inform
- Entertainment
- Motivation
Community Radio Format: possible
- Weekly Digital Bangladesh News
- Weekly Magazine Program
- Monitoring and Evaluation: Supply and Demand
Side
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