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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.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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The SEED Awards is an annual international competition designed to support locally led, innovative, enterprises in developing countries, which have the potential to make real improvements in poverty eradication and environmental sustainability.

The SEED goal is to inspire, promote, and build capacity to support the many innovative ways in which diverse groups are working together to: improve incomes and strengthen livelihoods; tackle poverty and marginalisation; and manage and conserve natural resources and ecosystems.

The SEED Awards are open to innovative start-up enterprises that aim to generate environmental, social, and economic benefits at the local level in a country with a developing or emerging economy. Click here to view eligibility criteria (click on each item in the list for further information.)

SEED Awards available:

  • Switch Africa Green (SAG)-SEED Awards 2016 (15 awards) for social and environmental start-up entreprises located in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, or Uganda
  • SEED Africa Awards 2016 (4 awards) for applicants in Malawi, Mozambique, or Namibia
  • SEED Gender Equality Award 2016 (1 award) to be awarded to a social and environmental entreprise located in Kenya that is run or owned by a woman or women or that prioritises women's empowerment

Each winner receives a customised support package consisting of tools, capacity building, profiling, network building, and financing, all tailored to their individual needs. From September 28-29 2016, the 2016 SEED Winners will be profiled at the SEED Africa Symposium in Nairobi, Kenya.

SEED is a global partnership for action on sustainable development and the green economy that was founded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Application Info

Click here for more information and to apply online. Or you can download an application form and email it to seedawards2016@seed.uno If you are unable to submit your application electronically, please contact SEED by email or phone (+49 30 89 00 068 99).

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Previous Winners

Click here to view previous winners by year.

Source

SEED website, February 5 2015 and February 5 2016; and emails from Carolin Ehrensperger to The Communication Initiative on February 5 2016 and March 21 2016.