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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 7, 2012
Harper Government Deletes Community Access Program
Late evening on April 5th Community Access Program (CAP) sites across
Canada received a letter from
Industry Canada Director General Lisa Setlakwe that the Program "has
achieved its objectives" and funding has
been terminated, effective immediately. The letter goes on to say the
Federal Government is committed to
"prioritizing expenditures". It does, however, suggest that youth
employment money may be available for
internet access sites that continue to exist after the cuts. How a CAP site
can hire and supervise youth when it
has no funding to operate is not explained in the letter.
Asks Eric Stackhouse, Nova Scotia CAP Association Chair, "How can we have
accomplished the objective of
connecting Canadians to the Internet when all our usage numbers are the
same as they always were, or
increasing? We send these numbers to them yearly, so they know that".
Stackhouse explains that officials at
Industry Canada don't seem to understand what the objectives were. "I know,
I was there when the Program
was first started. It was to connect Canadians to the Internet and
technology but also to train them in its use so
they could benefit from it. The access is still needed, the numbers show
that, and as anyone knows, technology
is constantly changing and you need new skills each and every day." He
points to such groups as seniors and
older workers as particularly vulnerable and who need skills to do
everything from day to day banking,
contacting the Federal Government, finding the right tax forms, or learning
how to connect with their families.
"As far as prioritizing expenditures" Stackhouse continues, "the Federal
Government saved billions in civil
service salaries when it transferred almost all of its services from
in-person to online; this was successful due in
no small part to the minor amount of money provided to CAP. We act as the
local access point where people
can get help. Government web sites still say, if you need access or
assistance, go to a CAP site. Now
Government want others to cover that cost." $650,000 is received from
Industry Canada each year, far less than
was originally received back in the 1990's.
The Association is particularly disappointed in the way the Federal
Government chose to make this
announcement. Volunteers, community members, and staff, who have worked
hard over 17 years to help fellow
citizens were informed by form letter, late in the evening before Good
Friday, their efforts were not needed. The
Association has asked numerous times in the past two years to speak with
Industry Canada representatives
about the future of CAP but no replies were received.
The Nova Scotia CAP Association encourages all people who make use of CAP,
and those who understand that
community places to learn about technology are still needed, contact their
Member of Parliament. A map of the
Nova Scotia CAP communities and the contact information for MPS is on the
web at http://www.nscap.ca. If you
need access or assistance drop by one of the 209 CAP sites across Nova
Scotia.
For further information:
Eric Stackhouse, Chair
Nova Scotia CAP Association
estackho@nsngp.library.ns.ca
(902) 331-0402
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From: michael gurstein <gurstein@gmail.com>
Date: 12 April 2012 22:02
Subject: [CommunityInformaticsCanada] Canadian Government Action Plan for
Open Government Data
To: cracin-canada@vancouvercommunity.net, advisors@tc.ca, civicaccess
discuss <civicaccess-discuss@civicaccess.ca>
http://open.gc.ca/open-ouvert/ap-pa01-eng.asp
This seems to me to be a reasonable set of first steps but the problem is
when this is combined with the elimination of the Community Access Program
(see [above]) a significant proportion of the population (those without
personal access to the Internet) will be excluded from having easy low cost
access to this data/information.
M
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From: AHM Bazlur Rahman <ceo@bnnrc.net>
Date: 7 April 2012 23:20
Subject: [Asiapacific-general] Bangladesh: Consultation on Review of
Community Radio Policy 2008: Proposed Inclusion, Revision and Change
To: CR India <cr-india@sarai.net>, PanosSouthAsiaUpdate@yahoogroups.com,
bytesforall_readers <bytesforall_readers@yahoogroups.com>,
Bangladesh_Telecentre_Network@yahoogroups.com, bangla_ict@yahoogroups.com,
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Consultation on Review of Community Radio Policy 2008:
Proposed Inclusion, Revision and Change
A Consultation for Policy review on Community Radio Installation, Operation
and Broadcasting Policy 2008 entitled:"Proposed Inclusion, Revision and
Change "has been taken place 7 May 2012 at 10 a.m. at JATRI Training Hall
Karwan Bazar, Dhaka. Bangladesh.
The consultation was organized by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication (BNNRC).Representatives of different Community Radio
stations, veteran media experts, academics and UNICEF officials
participated in the program. Mr. Syed Tamjidur Rahman, Chief Executive
Officer of Change Maker facilitated the session.
After a brief introduction by the participants, Mr.AHM Bazlur Rahman-
S21BR, Chief Executive Officer of BNNRC welcomed the participants. He
mentioned that after a long term policy advocacy govt.has announced the
Community Radio Policy 2008 and approved license for 14 Community Radio
stations. Out of these 10 stations are already on-air and the rest are
coming on-air by this month. This is a good time to reflect on the policy
and govt.has rightly chosen the time to review the document. The inputs of
the in initiators will enrich the initiative of the govt.
In the consultation, as regards to inclusion, revision and change(proposed)
in the policy document; valuable suggestions and inputs have been provided
by Mr. S.M. Shameem Reza, Associate Professor, Department of Mass
Communication and Journalism, University of Dhaka, Nance Weber, C4D Unit
Chief, UNICEF-Bangladesh, other officials of the unit Ms.Anu Kapur and
Sayedul Haque Milky, reputed development expert Faruq Faisal, Jamil Ahmed,
Executive Director, JATRI and Shamima Akhtar, Executive Director, ESO
Foundation and Focal person for WIN-Bangladesh.
From among the Community Radio Stations/initiators Md.Hasib Hossain
Community Radio Mahananda 98.8, Mr. Azizur Rahman, Community Pallikantha
99.2, Sultan Mahmud, Community Radio Bikrampur 99.2, Dr.AKM Shahidul Islam
Community Radio Nalta 99.2, Mostafiz Gani Community Radio Padma 99.2,
Subir Das Community Radio Sagargiri 99.2 and Mahbubul Haque Community Radio
Barendra 99.2.
The speakers shared their experiences and lessons learned and provided some
valuable suggestions so that these would be considered during the review
process of the CR Policy by the govt.
BNNRC will now compile the recommendations and place those to the Ministry
of Information as part of the inputs from the civil society and grassroots
level initiators to policy review process.
Bazlu
_______________________
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Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)
[NGO in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council]
&
Head, Community Radio Academy
House: 13/1, Road: 2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207 Bangladesh
Phone: +88-02-9130750, +88-02-9138501, Cell: +88 01711881647
Fax: 88-02-9138501-105,
E-mail: ceo@bnnrc.net, bnnrcbd@gmail.com www.bnnrc.net
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Communication for Development Advisor - PNG
Applications Close: 29 April 2012
http://careers.abc.net.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=492975&lWorkTypeID=&lLocationID=&lCategoryID=&stp=AW&sLanguage=en
[excerpt]
Job No.:
492975
Department:
ABC International
Location:
Port Moresby
Work type:
Contract Full Time
Contract Vacancy Approximately 12 - 24 Months
Location - Port Moresby, PNG
Salary Package AUD $100,000 +
ABC International Development:
ABC International Development is part of Australia's only non-commercial
broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It offers
support, advice and expertise to media organisations in the Asia-Pacific
region, funded by a range of donors.
ABC International Development has designed and delivered communication and
media initiatives to support development objectives in Cambodia, Vietnam,
Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands and Fiji.
ABC International Development experts employ information and education
solutions across a range of platforms, including radio, television, online,
print and other media to enhance communications and media organisations'
ability and capacity to operate in the public interest. ABC International
Development provides a broad range of services and expertise in areas
including management and governance, content production, technical
management, human resources, support and administration, specialist skills,
and sales and marketing.
Background of the Program:
The Media Development Initiative (MDI) has been operating in PNG since
2006, providing technical and logistical support to the National
Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) in the areas of human capacity development,
journalism training, radio programming, and major infrastructure
development. Since 2011, MDI has been supporting the NBC to become a PNG
leader in the field of communication for development (C4D) in health and
gender. Please note this position is dependent upon final project approval
from AusAID, the Australian Agency for International Development.
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This guidebook for journalists, produced by the United Nations
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), is written not for
disaster risk reduction (DRR) practitioners, but, rather, for journalists
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describes how climate change, environmental degradation, evolution of
extreme events contribute to exposing more people to disasters, and
discusses what the media can contribute to convince more national and
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http://www.comminit.com/media-development/content/disaster-through-different-lens-behind-every-effect-there-cause
*AMARC asks for an urgent intervention of the Freedom of expression and
Indigenous peoples rapporteurs in defense of the Mapuche radios*
** **
*Complete report in Spanish available contact *Marcelo Solervicens <
secretariat@si.amarc.org>
** **
*Santiago de Chile, April 2nd, 2012*. AMARC Chile realized an observer
mission on Mapuche community media and radios' freedom of expression,
realized in Araucania and Los Rios regions, Chile, from January 25 to 27
2012.****
As a result of this mission, the network published a report asking for an
urgent intervention of the Freedom of expression and Indigenous peoples
rapporteurs in defense of those radios. The request is included in the
results report.****
****
Among the requests done to the UN Rapporteurs for the freedom of expression
and opinion and for Indigenous peoples' rights, as well as to the
Rapporteur of the Organization of American States (OAS), there is to take
care of the situation in which are living the Mapuche women communicators
as a result of the exercise of the right to communicate.****
Furthermore, we ask to the Chilean government to repeal the article 36B(a)
of the Telecommunications Law that penalizes the community radio
broadcasting without concession. This affected directly the Kimche Mapu
Radio, a community radio in the Puquiñe Valley in the district of Lanco,
which has been visited during the mission where the risky situation of this
radio was noticed as an outcome of this legislation that penalizes freedom
of expression.****
The mission also allowed the observation of the fact that there are no
public policies in place to stop the monolingualism are promoting,
protecting and revitalizing the Mapudungun language through media. Mapuche
media are facing severe economical conditions for their functioning. There
is no public funding to develop specifically those media.****
The organizations part of the mission learnt, in November 2011, the
existence of two cases affecting seriously the functioning of Mapuche
community radios through the application of the general Telecommunications
Law in force, which penalizes the broadcast without authorization and that
allows the radio licence's revocation. On this occasion, a Mapuche woman
communicator has been accused and, even if the legal action has been
suspended following a decision of the public department, the accusation
could reappear if another denunciation happens. ****
It is the first time that organizations dedicated to the defense of the
right to communicate and to the freedom of expression offer to raise and
disseminate information on the ground about the violation of Mapuche media
rand radios rights. Their aim is to answer to the need to complete the
reports and denunciations regarding the human rights violations in
Indigenous communities.****
This mission was the initiative of the World Association of Community Radio
Broadcasters (AMARC) and Mapuexpress Editorial Collective Pro Bono
Foundation, South American Union of Correspondents' Associations
participated, in collaboration with the Observatory of the Right to
Communicate and Indigenous People and the Latin-American Coordination on
Cinema and Communication of Indigenous Peoples (CLACPI) and the Public
Policies Center on Indigenous Rights (CEPPDI).****
*Through service to members, networking and project implementation, the
World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), brings together
a network of more than 4,000 community radios, Federations and community
media stakeholders in more than 130 countries. The main global impact of
AMARC since its creation in 1983, has been to accompany and support the
establishment of a worldwide community radio sector that has democratized
the media sector. AMARC advocates for the right to communicate at the
international, national, local and neighbourhood levels and defends and
promotes the interests of the community radio movement through solidarity,
networking and cooperation.*****
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