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Association of Community Radio Broadcasters' (ACORAB) Nepal
1. Introduction Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (ACORAB) Nepal is an umbrella organization of community radio station across the country. Established in 2002, served for more than a decade is an autonomous and politically non-partisan organization. It is registered under the national directive act 2018. It works through its own network of more than 300 members of community radio stations spread across 75 districts of Nepal. It works for the advancement of community radio broadcasting in districts which lacked access to modern means of communication. Community radios are established across the country as an alternative medium of communication with the objective to widening the access to information. https://www.acorab.org.np/

ACORAB federates the community radios operating nationwide and facilitates the sharing of knowledge and information as well as explores people’s ground level issues, sensitizes people on publicly related important matters through on-air (media content) and off-air (events) programs induces accountable culture among service providers as well as rights bearers and advocates for the policy responsiveness. It has dedicated media network named Community Information Network (CIN) which is a single satellite network to link all community radios of the nation. Through CIN, ACORAB is mainly engaged in production and dissemination of carefully crafted media contents to aware and empower community people as well concerned stakeholders through radio programming. 1.1 Background Community Radio has been considered as a remarkable means to promote community communication and information globally. South Asia has witnessed incredible growth in this area. Community Media in Nepal is emerging as one of the key area of development. Moreover, it has been a sincere actor for the civil surveillance of the public affairs and development catalyst. Community radio has role in contributing to inform citizen better and to facilitate citizens in seeking and acquiring public information for respect, protection and promotion of the right to information of people in Nepal.

Community Radios are in operation even in the absence of clear legal and policy framework by the government. Community Radios is working for people, in particular facilitating them to exercise their right to information, sharing ideas and opinions and generating worth and dynamic public opinions as social assets. For this media collaboration at local, national and international levels are the best means that any media can engage. However, in Nepal community radios still lacks effective collaborations among the radios to protect common interests and benefits the people by ensuring their right to information. In addition inadequate collaborations with social movements such as gender sensitivity, inclusion, just representation of minorities and human rights have limited radios to exhaust their full potentiality as pro-people development catalyst.

1.2 Significance to establish the organization ACORAB plays the role of safeguarding marginalized voice of the people and freedom of expression of the common people through community radios. It dissemination pertinent up to date information through airwaves and reach larger population across the country for the social transformation where justice and peace prevail and human rights are respected and protected. It encourages communities to resolve their conflicts of interest by peaceful means of conflict resolution 1.3 Significance to establish Community Information Network (CIN) ACORAB established Community Information Network (CIN) in 2009 to serve as common platform of all community radios for community driven radio programming.http://www.cinnetwork.org/ This network allows stations to receive news and information from the association’s studios as well as to share information among stations. As most community radios are located in remote areas of the country, the options for receiving and sharing of information are few and limited. The challenges of a lack or un- reliability of road and air networks, the continued closures and strikes, slow and distributed phone and internet connections have been surmounted by this system. CIN has largest pool of radio journalism from 300 community radios which is managed by central news and program team. This network has more than 900 radio journalists in 77 districts and 9 journalists at central level of CIN. CIN has strong experience of radio programming on social accountability, gender equality/equity, social inclusion, good governance, civic education, climate change, food security, reproductive health and safe migration. It is actively involved in raising awareness and empowerment of citizens, especially those from disadvantaged, illiterate and rural communities, in their day to day issues. Moreover, CIN’s production and broadcasting activities focuses on generating critical dialogues from local perspectives to uphold participatory decision making. CIN Network is able to share the news from local community level to central level and vice versa. Advocacy of democratic culture, sense of inter-community cooperation and promotion of right to information of the rural people is objective of the network. It has been connecting the community radio stations located often in remote areas where communication is limited and frequently distributed. This network is vital in the Nepal political climate to allow information flows to be uninterrupted by strikes or political unrest. It focuses on encouraging critical dialogue from local perspective on various current issues such as national identity, democracy, human rights, good governance, social- inclusion and social justice and other socio-political issues. To ensure the high level of participation of local community radios, CIN works to enhance the capacity development of the local producers and reporters. 2. Vision “Connecting people for dignified and prosperous life through value based radio journalism”

3. Mission Reliable, trustworthy, professional community radios to connect the grass root with government for strengthening the democracy, peace, environmental and social justice in the country.

4. Goal The main goal is to promote community broadcasting as an authentic and trustworthy source of information for community people, which empower them to unleash positive potential of natural and social resources to create vibrant, pluralistic and positive society. 5. Specific Objectives -	Institutional development of community radios -	Capacity development and professional security of the radio journalist -	Promote moral, ethical, value and professional journalism -	Strengthen democracy, peace, human rights, social and environmental justice.

6. Organizational Values ACORAB, Nepal has its own organizational values which has helped staffs and members of the organization to set common beliefs and culture to be united. Organizational values of ACORAB from which its members and staffs are guided are as below; -	Integrity -	Diversity -	Accountability -	Empowerment -	Excellence -	Balanced -	Fairness -	Dedication -	Community -	Communication -	Community radios as the source of strength

7. Governing Policies An Executive Board, which is elected every three years by the General Assembly, governs ACORAB. The Executive Board designs policy and sets out board goals. The Executive Board, including the Chairperson, functions on a voluntary basis. An Executive Director is responsible for planning, executing and monitoring regular activities of the ACORAB. The Executive Director is assisted by number of professional and support staff. Besides this, ACORAB have following policy for the smooth run of organization. -	Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Policy-2011 -	Financial and Administrative Regulations-2016 -	Human Resource Policy-2016 -	Good Governance Policy-2009 8. Major Areas of Priorities

-	Supporting to insure right to information of the common and disadvantageous group of people by reaching them through its strong connection all over the country. -	Service provider: delivering services to meet societal needs through its network by delivering various information based on education, health, community development, undertaking disaster management, preparedness and emergency response, especially at the community level -	Representatives: giving power to the voice of the marginalized or under-represented, including poor communities -	Advocates: raising awareness of societal issues and challenges and advocating for change.

8.1 Advocacy and Lobbying ACORAB has been able to form a new media policy regarding community radio for the first time. At the same time, the license renewal for the small watt radios has been made possible to be done form their own places. The bigger watt radio station needed to do renewal from the center. 8.2 Institutional Development ACORAB facilities for the different kind of trainings, workshops, seminars and conferences to its core staffs, board members and member radios as well as it provides transportation and communication expanses to its staffs. It provides sufficient modern equipments and for the institutional development and it also have policy for unpaid educational leave for its core staffs. ACORAB organizes general assembly for its members every year where they represent their issues of local level.

8.3 Quality and Trustworthy Radio Content and Program 8.3.1 Radio News Bulletin CIN produces thirty minute daily live news bulletin branded as “Sajha Khabar” साझाखबरwhich goes on air in the morning at 6:00 and in the evening at 7:30 from more than 260 community radios in 75 districts. Along with news worthy information, these bulletins have been incorporating creatively packaged segments such as जिबनसाथीकस्तोजाति(Best Qualities of a life partners), मेरोपौरखमेरोसमब्रिधि (Entrepreneurship for the prosperity), हेल्लोसांसद (Phone call to Parliamentarian), हेल्लोसीआईएन (Phone call to Community Information Network- CIN), समुदायमासीआईएन (Community Information Network-CIN in the communities) and सडककोकथा  (Stories of the Streets). 8.3.2 Radio Jingles/ Public Service Announcements (PSAs) Radio jingles are short format awareness oriented communication tools which are most popular and effective media instrument in Nepal. Jingles are the frontline contents to attract audiences. These contents are made using drama artists, musical team, celebrities to make catchy and worthy to draw attention. CIN’s major news bulletins and programs consists two segments for social messaging in the form of radio jingles. Radio jingles are developed in collaboration with government and development agencies. Since news bulletins and radio programs are broadcasted by more than 300 member community radios in 77 districts, radio jingles are also broadcasted by more than 300 member community radio stations along with.

8.3.3 Radio Programs and Drama In addition to regular news casting, it has been also monitoring drama called 'Milanchowk' and it has also been producing awareness oriented radio programs including radio drama series on numerous civic and socio-economic issue such as साझानेपाल(Contemporary socio- political issues), (Mostly on sanitation, hygiene, food security, nutritional behavior, जनजीवन (safe birth practices and health care of post-natal 1000 days of nursing mothers),सुरक्षितगन्तब्य (Safe foreign migration and trafficking issues), महिलासमानता( Radio Program on Women’s rights and entitlements), समुदियकमेलमिलाप( Community Mediation), Unnati ( Prosperity through Agriculture)बालसुरक्षा ( Children’s Issues), नेपालीकोसंबिधान( Constitutional Provisions of Nepal’s Constitution-2015 in Nepali Language) and हमारासंबिधान(Constitutional Provision of Nepal’s Constitution-2015 in Tharu Language).

8.3.4 News-Portal (www.cinnetwork.org) ACORAB/CIN has its own news portal for news sharing, views and reports. This portal serves as live web streaming as well as online audio archiving tool. This portal also provides daily news text packages to member radio stations as national news agency.

8.3.5 Post Disaster Responses and Recovery Efforts After the devastating earthquake 2015, ACORAB, in collaboration with other organizations, has worked to mobilize and implement a comprehensive response to the disaster. ACORAB, with support of The Asia Foundation (TAF), carried out a rapid assessment of the damage of radio stations and recommended for immediate support. ACORAB received the support from Give 2 Asia, UNICEF, AMARC, First Response Radio, Internet Society Nepal and BBC Media Action for emergency response and recovery. It has coordinated and provided equipment supports for 41 community radios. The supported equipments have helped community radio to bring back into regular operation.

Besides equipment support, ACORAB/CIN had started to produce and broadcast daily lifeline radio program भूकम्पपछिकोजिबनरक्षा (Lifesaving in post-earthquake situation) by focusing on immediate information needs of the communities. After six months, CIN has reframed this program as only जिबनरक्षा (Lifesaving) and linked with various aspects of people’s livelihood. Although the ACORAB/CIN has specialized knowledge and expertise on radio communication, it has been upgrading its news wing into multimedia platform integrating news portal (www.cinnetwork.org), mobile application (ACORAB-CIN) and social media platforms. Besides, it has also worked with other national and local media including newspapers, television channels, commercial radio stations and online portals.

8.4 Networking and Linkages ACORAB/CIN has been working with National and International public and private organization who shares common objectives with a purpose of service, empowerment and awarenessof citizen. 8.5 Positive Societal Transformation. ACORAB/CIN Nepal has been contributing in the development and enhancement of community and community people by providing the access to information. The sharing of community friendly information, events, opinions and dialogue regarding agriculture, life skill training, and technologies within society which creates positive impact on citizen. Likewise, CIN has been working in the elimination of social-mal practices for the societal transformation. 8.5.1 Elimination of Mal Social Practices ACORAB/CIN is working with parliamentarians and stakeholder at the policy level to end the discrimination and social evil practices such as untouchability, gender discrimination, dowry practices, witchcraft practices and child marriage. CIN has taken the initiation of a week by delivering the radio program addressing such issues on the occasion of CIN day. 8.5.1.1 Untouchability Untouchability is one of the major issues which is still prevailing in the society and ACORAB/CIN is working on focusing this issue to eradicate from grassroots through its different initiation. 8.5.1.2 Gender Discrimination As Nepal is regarded as a having patriarchal society where many women are still unknown of their basic rights, ACORAB/CIN tries to reach out such women through its strong network and raise awareness and advocates of gender equality in the community for the positive social transformation. 8.5.1.3 End of Dowry Dowry is one of the common issues of Terai region where girls are still lack of proper education and nutrition and their basic needs mainly because of dowry and ACORAB/CIN has been raising awareness focusing the major areas where it is in practice. 8.5.1.4 End of Witchcraft practices Many women are misbehaved, brutally beaten and even killed in the name of Witch, which is a violence of human rights but ACORAB/CIN is working in this area to change the mindset of common people in the community through the network of community radios. 8.5.1.5 Child Protection ACORAB is producing and broadcasting radio programs collaborating with different others organization have similar objectives to protect the child and raise awareness in the community about child right as well as it has been also organizing central level Policy Dialogue programs, workshops and seminars to bring change in community.