By PARNI HADI President Director Radio Republic Indonesia (RRI) PUBLIC BROADCASTERS INTERNATIONAL KYOTO 2009

1. BROADCASTER IS A BRIDGE 2. PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING (PSB) HAS TO BRIDGE MULTI DIFFERENCES FOR MUTUAL WELL BEING WITHIN A COUNTRY AND IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

 RRI, ESTABLISHED IN 1945 AS A GOVERNMENT RADIO, BECAME PSB IN 2005 BASED ON BROADCASTING LAW OF 2002 AS INDEPENDENT, NEUTRAL, NON COMERCIAL INSTITUTION TO SERVE PUBLIC INTERESTS, NO LONGER PART OF GOVERMENT.

 RRI IS A BRIDGE FOR DIFERRENT CULTURE, PEOPLE (DEMOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY AND PSYCHOGRAPHY), IDEOLOGY, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC INTEREST.  RRI GIVES RIGHT TO KNOW AND RIGHT TO EXPRESSION TRHOUGH DIVERSE PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC EMPOWERMENT.

 RRI COOPERATES WITH LOCAL PUBLIC RADIO, COMMUNITY RADIO AND COMMERCIAL RADIO.  PSB IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HAS TO BRIGDE THE INTERESTS OF DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED NATIONS FOR MUTUAL WELL BEING THROUGH MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, MUTUAL RESPECT AND MUTUAL COOPERATION.  RRI HAS COOPERATION WITH FOREIGN BROADCASTERS, INCLUDING ABU MEMBERS. IN TRANSITIONAL PERIODE IN TO BEING PSB, RRI GETS GREAT HELP FROM SWEDISH RADIO IN PERSONNEL TRAINING, PROGRAMMING, MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY. 

FOR COOPERATION TO OVERCOME:  GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE  NATURAL DISASTER  AND POVERTY

 RRI HAS BUILT A BRIDGE FOR COOPERATION THROUGH GREEN RADIO AND MERS (MOBILE EMERGENCY RADIO STATION) FOR DISASTER VICTIMS

THANK YOU TERIMA KASIH PH PBI – KYOTO 2009