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The Communication Initiative

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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SBCC Summit - Exhibitor Information

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Are you interested in exhibiting at the SBCC Summit? If yes, there are opportunities to exhibit at the summit. Each exhibit booth comes with two conference registrations and includes:

·         booth measuring 2×3 meters

·         carpet

·         1 table with table cloth

·         2 chairs

·         1 dustbin

·         1 MCB for electrical power

·         1 plug with 2 sockets, and

·         sign (to write the exhibitor name)

For more information about exhibitions click here link

Comments

Submitted by directorksph on Sun, 01/28/2018 - 21:58 Permalink

Dear Anne, Greetings.

Thank you very much for this exciting opportunity.

I am strong believer of what works and the importance of behavior change in all our programs. We are teaching our students in post graduate and PhD programs with greater emphasis.  KIIT University  and Its Sister University KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences University- the first such University for Tribal People in the world) are the two bright examples of what works.

I would have liked very much to participate and even exhibit. I need some partial/ full funding support.But the time is short for looking for a funding support. Please let me know if any such opportunity still exist from our network.

Thanking you

Kind regards,

Prof(Dr) Sudhir Kumar Satpathy
Director, School of Public Health, KIIT Deemed to be University