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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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Media Freedom for a Better Future: Shaping the Post-2015 Development Agenda

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"While the debates about the succession of the Millennium Development Goals are being held, the World Press Freedom Day offers the opportunity to highlight free media's central role in fortifying the post-2015 Development Agenda."

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is celebrating World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) with an international conference at its headquarters in Paris, France, May 5-6 2014. The conference will focus on 3 interrelated issues: (i) the role of free media in strengthening good governance and effective institutions, (ii) the safety of journalists as a prerequisite element of the rule of law, and (iii) the issue of reporting and monitoring the progress of the sustainable development goals, including access to information.

WPFD, which is celebrated in about 100 countries globally on May 3 (annually), will in 2014 highlight the need to include freedom of speech and access to independent media and information in post-2015 sustainable development goals.

Click here for a draft conference programme [PDF].
Click here for more information and to register (visit the "Practical Information" tab and then, when there, click on "Register Now").



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