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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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Grupo de Promotores de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible

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El 21 de enero de 2016 fue presentado el Grupo de Promotores de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, en el Foro Económico Mundial en Davos, Suiza.

De acuerdo a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas, ‘’la promoción es fundamental para generar el impulso y el compromiso de lograr los objetivos’’. El Grupo de Promotores está conformado por personalidades que aprovechan sus recursos, contactos y conocimientos especializados para ayudar a implementar la agenda 2030.

El Grupo de Promotores de los ODS está conformado por:

  • S.E. Sra. Erna Solberg (Copresidente) - Primera Ministra de Noruega
  • S.E. Sr. John Dramani Mahama (Copresidente) - Presidente de Ghana
  • Su Majestad la Reina Mathilde de Bélgica
  • Sr. Richard Curtis - Guionista, Productor y Director de Cine
  • Embajadora Dho Young-Shim - Presidenta de la iniciativa para el turismo sostenible y la eliminación de la pobreza de la Organización Mundial del Turismo (OMT)
  • Sra. Leymah Gbowee - Directora, Fundación Gbowee para la Paz
  • Sr. Jack Ma - Fundador y Presidente Ejecutivo del Grupo Alibaba
  • Sra. Graça Machel - Presidenta de la Fundación de Desarrollo de la Comunidad y la Comisión Nacional de la UNESCO en Mozambique
  • Sra. Shakira Mebarak - Artista, defensora y fundadora de la Fundación Pies Descalzos, Embajadora de Buena Voluntad de UNICEF
  • Sr. Leo Messi - Reconocido jugador de fútbol, Embajador de Buena Voluntad de UNICEF
  • Su Alteza la Jequesa Moza Bint Nasser - Doha, Qatar
  • Sra. Alaa Murabit - La voz de las mujeres libias
  • Sr. Paul Polman - Director Ejecutivo de Unilever
  • Profesor Jeffrey Sachs - Director del Instituto de la Tierra de la Universidad de Columbia
  • Su Alteza Real la Princesa Victoria de Suecia
  • Sr. Forest Whitaker - fundador y Director General de la Iniciativa Whitaker para la Paz y el Desarrollo
  • Profesor Muhammad Yunus - Fundador del Banco Grameen
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Tomado de la página web Organización de las Naciones Unidas.