Gathering in person to advance informed and engaged societies

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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SBCC Summit 2018 - Steering Group private space

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This is the coordination and communication space for the Steering Committee planning and implementing the Summit: Shifting social norms, Changing behaviours, Amplifying voice: What works? in Bali, Indonesia, April 16 to 20, 2018. It acts as as a space where members of the Steering Committee can engage in discussion, access documents, raise issues, and connect in relation to Steering Committee meetings and work between those meetings. As the plans and decisions for the conference evolve, this space will also change. The image above is temporary until we have some agreed images to illuminate the conference goals. Some key links include:

General Conversation: Steering Committee

Conference Title and Deliberations

Main Summit Documents

Conference sponsorship

Keynote speaker consideration

Agenda and Notes - Steering Committee

Communications strategy and update

The full range of relevant papers can be seen at the links above.

For easy access a few key papers include: