[UgaBYTES] Broadcast Media and Climate Change: 4-5 September 2009, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

[digonter dak]

Dear Bazlu BhaiCould you please inform to me which NGO are working for
Climate Change Issue in Chittagong district.
One of my Friend who is a student of chittagong University in Zoology 4th
Year
now he has to work in Climate Change related NGO as a volunteer to complete
his Thesis.
That's why this is very essential.
i will pleased if you will inform to me about this


On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:32 PM, AHM Bazlur Rahman <ceo at bnnrc.net> wrote:

>  *Broadcast Media and Climate Change: 4-5 September 2009, UNESCO
> Headquarters, Paris, France*
>
> The International Conference on Broadcast Media and Climate Change: A
> Public Service Remit will be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, 4
> - 5 September 2009.
> This high-level international event is organised by UNESCO in partnership
> with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), regional broadcasting
> unions and other international broadcasting organizations to consider a
> global consensus to raise public awareness on the challenges of climate
> change.
>
> There is a consensus in most spheres that the challenges of climate change
> are real. The magnitude of impacts of climate change is huge and permeates
> every aspect of social and economic development. Nevertheless do the
> majority of people take practical actions to avoid the potential cataclysm?
>
> Broadcast media has a decisive role to play in providing people with
> information that would enable and encourage them to take responsibility for
> their environment and future generations. Therefore, the conference will
> bring together national broadcasters from both developing and developed
> countries with regional broadcasting unions, key international broadcasting
> associations, scientific organizations and climate-related agencies for them
> to examine the major perspectives on climate change today.
>
> Participants will assess the needs and capacities of broadcasters to
> disseminate content on this subject, and will explore ways of improving
> access to quality information on the subject, as well as potential
> modalities for making resources and training programmes available to media
> professionals. The aim is to increase the quantity of programmes on climate,
> enhance the quality of these programmes and ensure their permanence in the
> broadcast media.
>
> Additionally the conference will serve as a platform for regional and
> international collaboration to offer and generate solutions to the most
> urgent questions and the next steps to take concerning climate change and
> broadcast media, particularly in the developing countries. Such
> collaboration will empower national broadcasters to fulfill their role – the
> public service remit – in making climate change and related mitigation and
> adaptation options better understood by audiences.
>
> For more info:
> http://www.unesco-ci.org/cgi-bin/events/registration/page.cgi?g=5&d=1
>
>
>
> Bazlu
> _______________________
> AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR
> Chief Executive Officer
> Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication(BNNRC)
> &
> Member, Strategy Council
> UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID)
>
> House: 13/1, Road:2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207
> Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh
>
> Phone: 88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501
> 01711881647 Fax: 88-02-9138501-105
>
> E-mail: ceo at bnnrc.net, bnnrc at bd.drik.net
> www.bnnrc.net
>



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