Summits - SBCC and C4D
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Summits - SBCC and C4D

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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International Summit on Social and Behavior Change Communication (Feb 8-10 2016)

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

 

This inaugural International SBCC Summit 2016 will bring together the global community of social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) organisations, professionals, and researchers to advance the practice of SBCC. The event will include talks from: SBCC field practitioners; a market fair of tools, methodologies, programmes, and research; skills-building workshops; and plenary sessions to "consider the way forward in elevating the science and art of SBCC." The summit will focus on health topics such as HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, family planning/reproductive health, and maternal, neonatal, and child health, among others. It will also highlight issues around water and sanitation, the environment, gender, and other related areas.


Click here for more information about the summit.



Call for Abstracts


Abstracts for technical presentations and talks, as well as concept notes for SBCC Skills-Building Workshops, are being accepted until October 2, 2015. This deadline is getting very near of course. If you have any interest in submitting an abstract please let the organisers know as soon as possible at the link below.


Technical abstracts should be submitted under one of the following tracks:

  • Research monitoring and evaluation

  • SBCC Innovations and best practice

  • Multimedia showcase

All submissions must be in English, Spanish, or French.


Click here for more information about submitting abstracts and concept notes.


Registration information:


Click here for information on registration. The early bird discount is available until November 6th, 2015.


The lead organisation for this conference is Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs through its HC3 initiative with USAID

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The Communication Initiative is on the Steering Group for this Conference so please feel free to email Warren Feek with any queries, questions or suggestions.

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