The Communication Initiative
Development action with informed and engaged societies
The Communication Initiative
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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Media Community - Global

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The Media Community is a partnership project that was initiated in September 1998, and has grown to contain a core membership of 15,000 media professionals originating from many different developing countries. The professionals are linked together through the e-mail and numerous other web-based facilities.
Communication Strategies

E-mail and bulletin boards are used to allow the members to learn, discuss, and get support in all of their media-production related work. A spin-off of the work from this project is the joint development of an interactive CD-ROM that offers basic Internet training
Development Issues

Partnerships, communication for development
Key Points

The professionals are those who, over the past thirty years, have participated in training programmes and workshops of the RNTC. The basis for this program is the idea that partnering and sharing knowledge are a prerequisite for success in an information society. For this reason, close relationships with many organisations and actors in the field of ITC and development are sought after and maintained.
Partners



International Institute for Communication and Development, Radio Netherland Training Centre (RNTC), the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), Information Boutiques in Burkina Faso, Alliance for a Sustainable Information Society (ASIS), European Commission, 15,000 media professionals

Sources

"Annual Report 1998" International Institute for Communication and Development: The Netherlands, 1999.