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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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Red TVE Brasil (Brazil TVE Network) - Brasil

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A non-profit association, Red TVE Brasil is part of the Educational Communication Association Roquette Pinto. It operates a network of TV and radio stations that reaches all the brasilian territory.

Its mission is to develop educational and cultural programming using a combination of television, radio and new technologies and mobilising a national network of partnerships in order to educate, advance debate and influence public policies.
Communication Strategies
As a public TV broadcaster, Red TVE Brasil aims to achieve broad public access to media and to show the cultural diversity of different brasilian regions.

Red TVE Brasil operates two conventional TV stations - Rede Brasil and TVE do Maranhã, one satelite TV station - Rede Brasil, 3 conventional radio stations - Radio MEC AM 800 and Radio MEC FM 98.9 in Rio de Janeiro, and Radio MEC-Brasília 800, and one satelite radio station - MEC-SAT 3.750.

Red TVE Brasil also acts as coordinator of a national network of affiliated educational radio stations, all over the country.
Development Issues
Education, Democracy, Culture.
Key Points
According to Red TVE Brasil, as a result of the reform of the brasilian State, Red TVE Brasil has become the first example of a new management model of social organisation now being used in the Third Sector (Civil Society).
Sources

Red TVE Brasil summary on La Iniciativa de Comunicacion and (originally) the Red TVE Brasil web site.