Climate Communication in Climate Action
A 25-day national advocacy programme combining film, exhibition, and community dialogue. Prepared by Content Analytics & Production Ltd. (CAP Ltd.) and Rolling Realms, in technical collaboration with UNDP Bangladesh (proposed).
Many of these rivers are now dying, choked by silt, encroachment, and unplanned development, faster than the public or policymakers have registered.
“হাজার নদীর বাংলাদেশ” (Rivers of Resilience) is a 25-day public programme built to change that. It combines a documentary film, an immersive exhibition in Dhaka, ten screenings across district Shilpakala Academies, and five community dialogues held directly on riverbanks in the most affected areas. The goal is simple: turn river data that mostly sits in reports into an experience the public feels, and use that public attention to press the responsible institutions, above all the National River Conservation Commission (NRCC), to act.
Every activity in this plan is built to produce something measurable, not just something memorable.
What we do leads to what people see, which leads to what people feel and do, which leads to what institutions are pressured to change.
Make and screen a documentary; build a walk-through exhibition in Dhaka; run 10 district screenings; hold 5 riverbank community dialogues; brief the NRCC, industry bodies, and researchers
A film and an exhibition that make river loss visible and personal, in Dhaka and in ten districts across the country
More public conversation about rivers; local leaders and communities publicly on record; a data pack ready for the NRCC and policymakers
A stronger, better-resourced NRCC; public commitments from industry on water stewardship; sustained attention to river protection
Picture a single evening at a District Shilpakala Academy: a small exhibition built entirely from that district's own river, a film screening under one roof, and a short conversation afterward with people who live beside the water in question. That evening repeats, with local variations, in ten districts, and closes out with five larger, outdoor conversations held directly on riverbanks.
This is the programme's centrepiece: a ten-day, walk-through exhibition designed so that visitors do not read about the delta, they move through a physical recreation of it, from mountain source to river mouth, ending in front of a data wall that updates in real time as the ten district teams send in their observations.
The film and the exhibition are the visible part of the programme. This component makes sure the attention they generate turns into something that outlasts the 25 days: sustained press coverage, shareable digital content, and a formal, submitted record that the NRCC and policymakers can act on.
The Dhaka exhibition opens first to capture national media attention at its peak; district screenings begin a few days later; the riverbank dialogues run last so their public commitments feed into the final report.
| Phase | Days | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Set-up | Before Day 1 | Volunteers are trained and briefed in all ten districts; the Dhaka exhibition is physically built and tested; the documentary is picture-locked; formal, dated invitations go out to the NRCC, political representatives, and industry partners. |
| Launch | Day 1 to 2 | The Dhaka exhibition opens with a formal ceremony; the documentary premieres the same evening; the first NRCC roundtable is held on Day 2. |
| Dhaka exhibition runs | Day 1 to 10 | The exhibition is open daily to the public; the academic session runs mid-week; the industry (BGMEA/BKMEA) session runs near the close of the window. |
| District screenings | Day 6 to 20 | Ten district screenings and micro-exhibitions run in two staggered waves of five. |
| Riverbank dialogues | Day 11 to 23 | Five community dialogues are held, each producing a public, recorded statement of commitment. |
| Close-out | Day 24 to 25 | The policy report is finalised and formally submitted to the NRCC; a closing press briefing is held. |
| Follow-up | Day 26 to 115 (90 days) | NRCC and industry commitments are tracked; endline data is collected; post-project documentation (Section 9) is completed and shared. |
The river commission itself asks for this. Its 2022 annual report says river data lies scattered and out of reach, and that Bangladesh needs “a world-class river information centre” under the commission.[NRCC]
The concept note sets out to “turn river data that mostly sits in reports into an experience the public feels”. This atlas is where that data lives: the official list of 1,415 rivers, the rivers researchers have found dead or drying, the grabbing and pollution records, and the satellite evidence, each tied to its source.
Programme text on this page is quoted from CAP Ltd.'s concept note (September 2026). Budget and team details are in the full proposal.