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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. 

Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future. 

On the transfer, co-founder Victoria Martin expressed her pleasure to see this work continue under Wits' leadership, knowing that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction. 

As Wits, we honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades and look forward building from that strong base. This includes co-founders Warren Feek (1953-2024) and Victoria Martin as well as La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA), which continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com with links to The CI Global site. We are also eager to forge new partnerships and entertain new ideas as we consider how best to contribute to social and behaviour change in our rapidly evolving environment.

If you are joining the International Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Panama, please join Wits and CILA on Monday, 22 June, to share your thoughts and suggestion for the relaunch of the Communication Initiative. We will be in Pacifica 5 from 12-1:25 for the Refuel, Reflect, and Renew Lunch Series: The Communication Initiative: celebrating a driving force for Communication for Social Change and the way forward. We will reflect on the legacy of Warren Feek and family in creating the Communication Initiative, consider the contributions of CI over the years and then turn our attention towards the future in this dynamic session. 

If you are unable to join us in Panama, we still want to hear from you. Please contribute your thoughts by following this link: https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026 or reaching out to ci_surveys@commint.com. 

You can also follow the QR Code:

 https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026

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Some experiences and questions for your review, critique and comment please:

Media Award: Data Journalism Awards 2017  - Interested? How do you view awards for media initiatives? Do they help progress standards, scale and impact?

Media Landscape: Changing Media Landscapes in Transitional Countries - Handbook on Mapping Media Landscapes - Helpful? Do you use guides and handbooks such as these?

Media and Smartphones: Conflict Reporting in the Smartphone Era - from Budget Constraints to Information Warfare - Relate to you work? Is this a useful analysis?

Media and Data: The Potential and Reality of Data Journalism in Developing Media Markets - Your view of data journalists? Is this an area of work we That Development should strengthen?

As well as critiquing and commenting on above please:

Complete the very short Survey on the Priorities, Opportunities and Challenges for your work

Do the quick poll on what keeps you awake at night (work related only please!!)

Thanks - Warren