“Free community radio from the risks of NGO-ization and advocate the need to go beyond the development paradigm towards a communication rights perspective” was one among the several recommendations proposed towards addressing...
Read MorePRESS RELEASE UNESCO CHAIR AT UOH GETS 2nd TERM as its work on community media goes global Hyderabad, December 11, 2015 The UNESCO Chair on Community Media at University of Hyderabad (UoH), the only one of its kind in the world,...
Read MoreOPENING REMARKS Conference on Community Media Sustainability: Strengthening Policies and Funding 14-15 September, UNESCO Paris Guy Berger, Director, Division of Freedom of Expression and Media Development, Communication and...
Read MoreIn commemoration of the World Radio Day 2015 (February 13), UNESCO New Delhi partnered with the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) to organize a national event on the theme ‘Community Radio and Social...
Read MoreThe South Asia Network for Community Media (SANCOM) was formally launched on February 13, 2015 at the World Radio Day event in New Delhi, India, organized jointly by UNESCO and the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre in Asia...
Read MoreWorld Radio Day seeks to raise awareness about the importance of radio as Marshall McLuhan’s ‘hot’ medium or the ‘tribal drum’ with a tremendous amount of untapped potential, both as an entertainment apparatus and as a tool for...
Read MoreCommunity media practitioners and advocates from South Asia came together at the University of Hyderabad to form the South Asia Network for Community Media (SANCOM) on July 12, 2014. Organised by the UNESCO Chair on Community...
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