The Communication Initiative
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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. 

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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What Works? Summit presentations - access information and links

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Best wishes. A lot of people have been asking how they can access presentations from the recent What Works? Summit - Shifting Norms. Changing Behaviours, Amplifying Voice April 16-20 2018 in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. With over 300 presentations it has taken a little time to get these organised. Apologies for any frustrations. In the first instance these will appear on the Summit website. Many thanks to everyone who worked to organise these (esp Heather at JHU) and to make them available for your reference and use.

Anyone can now access all of the presentations at this link on the SBCC Summit website

You do not need to create an account to view the schedule and download the presentations (though, if you log in, you will see the information you saved if you used the mobile app).

In order that they are located and accessible as an integral part of a comprehensive platform, network and community for this field of work we will also be incorporating many of these within The Communication Initiative over the next few months - there are lots!

But you can access them all now at this link at this time.

If there are any issues please let me know by return email.

Thanks - Warren