A workshop and an opinion sharing meeting have been held in Conference Room of Joyoti Society, Jashore on March 18 and 19, 2024.
On the first day, a workshop titled “SACMID and Daily Gramer Kagoj: SWOT Analysis and Need & Capacity Assessment” was held from 11am to 2.30pm. The opinion sharing event titled “CSO-Media Cooperation: Experience, Challenge and Opportunities’’ has been held on the next day at the same place from 11am to 2pm. SACMID organized the events with the cooperation of its co-partner the Daily Gramer Kagoj. The events were arranged under the project: Connecting Community, Strengthening Voices through CSO Media Alliance in Jashore District”. This project is funded by the European Union and administrated by Free Press Unlimited and Article 19.
A total of 13 staff from SACMID and Daily Gramer Kagoj actively participated in the SWOT analysis workshop through group works and poster presentations.They shared the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats on behalf of their organizations.
In the opinion sharing event, a total of 10 participants including leading figures of Jashore’s prominent Civil Society Organizations and local journalists from different leading media outlets participated representing their organizations. Through mutual discussions during the event, social organizations and journalists in Jessore have reassured each other of their commitment to working collaboratively. They expressed confidence in the essential role of partnership between civil society and media workers for addressing rights violations, uplifting rights of marginalized communities, ensuring responsible use of social communication mediums, and fostering significant societal changes.
Syed Kamrul Hasan, Deputy Director of SACMID, and Mobinul Islam Mobin, Editor of Gramer Kagoj, led the discussion. The event featured participation from key figures including Philip Biswas, Founder and Executive Director of RRF, Archana Biswas, Director of Joyoti Society, Binoy Krishna Mallik, Executive Director of Rights Jessore; Abdul Jalil Khan, Senior Assistant Director of Jagoroni Chakra Foundation; Dileep Sana, Project Co-ordinator of Uttaran; Rubaiyat Sumon, Coordinator of Arpon Manob Kalyan Foundation; Shikdar Khalid, News Editor of Lokasamaj newspaper, Habibur Rahman Milon, News Editor of Samajer Katha; Tabibur Rahman, Joint Editor of Daily Kalyan; and Kazi Ashraf Ul Azad, Chief Reporter of Daily Spandan.
Kazi Azam facilitated both events as a specialist. Md Shahinur Islam & Abu Sufian from SACMID, and Swapna Debnath from Daily Gramer Kagoj assisted in facilitation of the sessions.