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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.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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CBA-World Bank Award for Programme on Development Issues

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Sponsored by the World Bank and the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA), this award is for a radio or television feature that focuses on development issues - including those that are social or economic - or dealing with good governance or with technical or environmental initiatives, or the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the United Nations (UN).

According to the organisers, the "programme must be more than a simple narrative. It must be engaging for a wide audience, and focus clearly on a development issue. Production values will be taken into account. As part of the awards package the World Bank is offering global distribution of short versions of the winning programmes on UNIFEED and NewsMarket. (Unifeed is a global satellite feed that distributes footage on development stories to over 400 Associated Press clients, at no charge. NewsMarket is the web-based video platform that is used to post audio and visual material for broadcasters to download free of charge to use in their stories on development.) Global distribution will be subject to understanding on rights."

The minimum duration of the programme should be 10 minutes and the maximum duration must not exceed 60 minutes. The programme must be made or broadcast for the first time between October 2006 and July 2007.

Applications can be team or individual entries and programme entries may be in any language but they must be subtitled in English for television entries. Radio programmes in languages other than English must be sent with a clear text in English explaining the concept of the programme and its impact.

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The programme's duration must be clearly marked on the DVD or CD. Four copies of each application should be sent with 4 DVDs, (PAL) unencrypted for television features, and 4 copies of CDs for radio features.


CBA members and affiliates can send 1 free entry per category, but there is a fee of UK£20 for every additional entry in each category. Non-members should pay a fee of UK£60 per entry.

The deadline for application is August 1 2007.

Entries will not be acknowledged and only the winners will be informed.

Return the entry form to:

CBA Awards

Commonwealth Broadcasting Association

17 Fleet Street

London EC4Y 1AA

United Kingdom

Application Info
Click here to download the entry form and guidelines as an MS Word document.
Previous Winners
Click here for the winners of last year's competition.
Source

Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) website.