Communication Initiative Sections

*Please click on bold section titles to view the sections themselves.

Awards

Details about various prizes and funding opportunities in support of communication for development. These awards are not administered by The Communication Initiative; please contact the individual organisations for more information.

Base Line

Summaries of international development statistics and trend data.

Change Theories

Summaries of theories and assumptions about the nature of change and how best change can be encouraged and facilitated to

inform strategy development and evaluation initiatives.

CI Forums

Electronic discussion forums initiated by The Communication Initiative.

Consultants

The Communication Initiative Consultants service. A listing compiled of Consultants working on communication, change and

development issues, strategies, and policies and programmes. The Consultants have provided material for these pages

themselves.

Discussion Forums

Summaries of electronic discussion forums of or pertaining to communication, development, and community building.

The Drum Beat

The Communication Initiative's weekly electronic publication exploring initiatives, ideas and trends in communication for development..

E-Magazines

Summaries of electronic magazines and newsletters of or pertaining to communication and/or development issues.

Evaluations

Summaries of methodologies used in evaluating projects, completed full evaluations and specific impact evaluation data from programming activities using communication for development purposes.

Events Calender

An international summary listing, by year, month and day, of events, courses, conferences and designated days that might be of interest to people and organisations working in communication and development.

Experiences

Summaries of programming activities using communication for development purposes.

Interviews

Transcripts of discussions between The Communication Initiative and a range of people involved in various aspects of

communication, change and development work.

Links

Summaries of website resources - links to organisations and projects that are addressing aspects of communication and

change.

Materials

Summaries of resources for development practitioners. Publications and multimedia that support the use of communication as a tool for development.

On-line Research

Electronic and web-based surveys implemented and hosted by The Communication Initiative.

Planning Models

Summaries of frameworks and models for guidance in communication planning and review exercises.

Pulse Opinions

Opinion polls designed by The Communication Initiative to "take the pulse of the social and economic international

development community on major development issues."

Social Change

Summaries and full documents that reflect on the use of communication for participatory social change. “Social change” is a theory defined by the Communication for Social Change Consortium as "a positive change in people’s lives - as they themselves define such change." The theory considers people within their particular social contexts and focuses on their participation within their own communities as key to sustainable change.

Strategic Thinking

Summaries of reports, articles and publications that address or contemplate the strategic use of communication as the basis

for change and development policies and interventions.

Training

Summaries of training events, courses, distance-learning courses, and web-based courses that might be of interest to people

and organisations working in communication and development.

Trends

Summaries of publications that indicate new patterns in communication media such as Internet, radio and television.

University Degrees

Summaries of university and other academic institutions that offer programmes related to communication, change and

development.

Vacancies

The Communication Initiative Recruitment and Vacancy service. A listing of Vacancies posted by the organisations with vacant posts through The Communication Initiative.