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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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European Poster Competition - "Draw Me a Right!"

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The European Commission Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security is dedicating the 4th edition of its poster competition to celebrating the anniversary of the United Nations’ adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Young people 10-18 years old are invited to form teams and create posters based on specific rights from the Convention. Teams of 4 people (10-14 or 15-18 years old) with an adult supervisor may choose one specific right from the Convention for illustration on a poster in A2 format.

The winners will be selected according to the following criteria: clarity of the message; graphic quality; originality of the work; and presumed effect on the audience. All national winners will be invited to attend an awards ceremony in the capital city of the country where the poster is entered. Ceremonies will take place during the week of April 10 2010. Travel and accommodation will be provided for four young people and one accompanying adult of the three winning teams from each of the two age groups, i.e., 10-14 and 15-18 years of age.

Application Info

The registration form must be filled in and sent online. It is recommended that the supervising adults do this at the earliest opportunity, so they can receive new information important for the competition.

The poster and submission form must be signed, sealed, and delivered to the premises of the national coordinator of each country prior to the deadline date.

Click here for more information in English, or click here for information in various European languages.

Click here and choose "Registration" from the left navigation bar to access an online application form.

Click here to access a submission form in MS Word format.

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Press release from the EU Poster Competition (UK) on February 9 2010.