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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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Perceptions and Practice: An Anthology of Impact Assessment Experiences

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  • Kay Sayce, with Pat Norrish
This is a book of stories on impact assessment, written by a journalist/editor, with guidance from an experienced development practitioner. It collects the experiences of 61 storytellers - recounted through interviews and transcribed into stories - in assessing the impact of information-related development projects.

Contents include:
  • Study 1 - Catalysing Access to Information and Communication Technologies in Africa (CATIA) programme
  • Study 2 - Reflect Information and Communication Technologies Project, India
  • Study 3 - National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation (NAMDEVCO) Information Products, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Study 4 - Footsteps Magazine, Kenya and Rwanda
  • Study 5 - Electronic Delivery of Agricultural Information (EDAI) Telecentres Project, Uganda
  • Study 6 - Wan Smolbag Theatre (WSB) Radio Project, Vanuatu
  • Study 7 - Aqua Outreach Programme (AOP) Extension Materials Project, Thailand
  • Study 8 - Agricultural Research Organisations' Capacity Development Project, Latin America
  • Study 9 - Regional Human Rights Education Resource Team (RRRT), Pacific
  • Study 10 - Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) Service, Africa
  • Study 11 - Effectiveness Initiative (EI) Project, Israel, Kenya, Peru and The Philippines

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Number of Pages
197
Source

Email from Kay Sayce to The Communication Initiative, July 22 2006.

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http://www.anancy.net/uploads/file_en/impact%20assessment.pdf