25th Anniversary of AMARC: Capacity Building Workshop for Community Radios for Fighting Poverty and Natural Disaster

The Asia-Pacific section of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC Asia-Pacific) celebrated the 25th Anniversary of AMARC by holding two training for trainers’ workshops on the role of community radio in poverty alleviation and disaster management in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, from October 17-20 2008.

The workshops aimed to strengthen the capacity of community radio(CR) to deal with issues of poverty alleviation and disaster management in the communities CR stations serve. They were organised in collaboration with Jaringan Radio Komunitas Indonesia (JRKI), Combine Resources Institution (COMBINE, Indonesia), and the AMARC-Japan Working Group and with the support of Ford Foundation, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), and Oxfam Novib. Capacity building activities were launched using broadcast of radio programmes on the internet and by participating CRs on issues related to climate change and food security in the framework of the AMARC international coverage of World Food Day on October 16 2008.

The training for trainers on the role of CR in poverty alleviation covered issues and topics including: 'Working with Community Members for Identifying Key Developmental Priorities'; 'Enabling CRs to Address MDGs [Millennium Development Goals] in their Programming'; 'Engaging with Women and Marginalised Communities'; 'Learning from Successful Example in Communities'; 'Decoding Policies for Programming'; and 'Creating Effective Linkages Beyond Communities'. The training for trainers on the role of community radio in disaster management addressed issues including: 'Safeguarding Radio Stations at times of Natural Disaster'; 'Fast Resurrection of the Station to support Immediate Relief to the Community'; 'The Role of Community Radios in Reconstruction and Rehabilitation'; and ‘Gender Sensitising Community Radios'.

This website contains an archive of the papers presented.