UNESCO Supported Project Wins Yeoman Award for Local Content
03-02-2005 (Paris)
At the Namma Dhwani Community Information Centre
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Namma Dhwani, a community information centre in Budhikote near Bangalore in India, that is based on a cable radio network established with support from UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) has won the Yeomans Award for local content (Asia Category).
Namma Dhwani (“Our voices” in Kannada language) is a community initiative in Budhikote that has created a space for different rural social groups, especially women. It has combined cable audio with digital technologies and has established a local information and communication network that is owned and operated by the members of the local community.
The Yeomans Award seeks to demonstrate how the promotion of "local content can increase the confidence and rootedness of local communities as actors in the information society".
The award is given jointly by the Global Knowledge Partnership and the Open Knowledge Network and is a tribute to the work of Keith Yeomans, Senior Information and Communication Technologies Advisor at the UK Department for International Development (DFID) who passed away in March 2004 and was a staunch advocate of local information and inclusive media.
The Centre in Budhikote is one of the UNESCO supported Community Multimedia Centres(CMS)that have recently benefited from Swiss development aid.
The Yeomans Award seeks to demonstrate how the promotion of "local content can increase the confidence and rootedness of local communities as actors in the information society".
The award is given jointly by the Global Knowledge Partnership and the Open Knowledge Network and is a tribute to the work of Keith Yeomans, Senior Information and Communication Technologies Advisor at the UK Department for International Development (DFID) who passed away in March 2004 and was a staunch advocate of local information and inclusive media.
The Centre in Budhikote is one of the UNESCO supported Community Multimedia Centres(CMS)that have recently benefited from Swiss development aid.
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