STRIVE – Strengthening Resilience to Violence and Extremism through Community Radio

CVE

Project Goal: Strengthening community resilience in preventing and countering violent extremism Project Objective: -To enhance skills of young community radio producers to address violent extremism -To increase the understanding of rural community people regarding countering violent extremism Beneficiaries: Direct audience/Beneficiaries: 50 young Community Radio journalists and Broadcasters and 3,000 rural community people (preferably the youth and youth women) of the selected 02 Community Radio Stations ‘audience area. Indirect audience/Beneficiaries: 20,000 listeners (2.5%) of the total listeners in 02 CR audience coverage areas. Major Activities: -Conduct a baseline survey on the situation of radicalization and violent extremism in selected two (02) -Community Radio Station (CRSs) audience areas. -Develop Training Module and Curriculum on resilience to Violence Extremism. -Skill development Training (3 days) for the Radio Broadcasters (at national level). -Orientation for the stakeholders and other radio broadcasters: on CVE issues and CVE reporting (at station level) . -Formation and Orientation of youth Listeners Club. -Radio Program production and broadcasting (radio magazine program). -Radio Talk show (live). -Five (05) Public Service Announcement (PSA) will be produced on CVE issues. -A common theme song/signature tune (with duration of 40 seconds) on the program will be produced for the stations selected for the project -Youth Listeners Group meeting -Multi-stakeholder meetings -Community Outreach events by youth Listeners club -Publication (Hand Book / Primer etc).

http://bnnrc.net/strive/

National implementation: Bangladesh

Ongoing from 01/05/2017 to 31/01/2018

Two Community Radio Station in Bangladesh

* Media

• Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
• Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies

• Programme