'Such software, referred to as a play out and automation system, used to cost thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars, but Camp caster is offered as free and open source.'

The Ministry of Information of People's Republic of Bangladesh has been announced the Community Radio Install, Broadcast and Operation 2008 for the first time in Bangladesh.The Ministry of information has also formulated three committees i.e National Regulatory Committee, Technical sub committee and Central Monitoring Committee to look after the smooth operation of community radio in Bangladesh.

The Guatemala Radio Project is a partnership between Cultural Survival and 140 community radio stations operating throughout Guatemala. Citizen volunteers, the backbone of these stations, use radio to educate indigenous Maya about their rights and how to engage as responsible citizens in their communities and nation. Together, we're building an independent radio network that will broadcast professional quality news, information, education, and entertainment to Guatemala's to 1.1 million indigeno more...

OneWorld Radio offers services and networking for broadcasters and civil society organisations that use radio for human rights and sustainable development. This portal aims to be a tool for broadcasters - a place on the internet where they can find radio programmes for exchange and all the information from the sector of radio for development they need - news, funding and training opportunities and manuals.

This specialised search helps you find audio files from across the web including music, podcasts, interviews and more.

Initiated by the Africa Interactive Media Foundation, the Voices of Africa project was launched in late May 2007 for a preparatory phase. From the introduction: "Thanks to tremendous progress achieved by the General Packet Radio System (GPRS), the wireless communication protocol, it is now possible for Africans to send articles and images (still and moving) about events taking place in their countries without using a computer and without having traditional internet connection.

In Kenya, Ghan more...

The Latin American Newspaper Network for a Culture of Peace (REDIPAZ) and the Latin American Network of Radio Stations for a Culture of Peace (RADIPAZ)
REDIPAZ and RADIPAZ were both set up to provide effective resources to give impetus to the culture of peace in the region. Both networks have very well integrated into the print and broadcast media and have revealed the significant demand for production, training and professional back-up within the MERCOSUR region.

The IPDC has provided supp more...

This paper, recently published by Voicebd.org and written by Ahmed Swapan Mahmud focuses on the role of Community radios in Development. Background: "Global media has become the powerful tool to control over people and has been grown as a profit sector where
people’s voices are quite marginalized and neglected. The nature of communication is changing that is keeping
impact over life and livelihood. The role of controlled media is dominating the world where common people have
least of the ac more...

This article published by APC News service introduces an ongoing project in Cameroun untitled "Small business training for women in Cameroon using radio programmes": FOTOUNI, Cameroon -- Most economic actors do not always know where to seek necessary information relating to the exercise of their micro-enterprises. Either the sources of information are far away from users, or the users do not receive all the information for which they are in need. Some are even unaware of the information and the more...

The International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 9.4 focuses on the Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries. This link provides access to all papers presented at their recent conference in May 2007 in Brazil . The papers cover a broad spectrum of topics relating to ICT4D.