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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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The Volvo Adventure, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is an educational award programme for young people, between 13 and 16 years of age, designed to encourage environmental awareness and activity among future decision makers. Teams of youth should submit environmental project proposals for support through this programme.

Free teacher and group leader resources are available to help start or develop projects. The resources offer guidance on how to help young people research, plan, publicise, and carry out a project, and how to monitor and report the findings. Since the programme is conducted in English, the project also offers an opportunity for children from non-English speaking communities to practise their English skills.

The best projects will be invited to attend the finals at the Volvo Adventure Award conference, which is held in Göteborg, Sweden. The conference will enable participants to present their projects and to share their ideas with other young people from all over the world. The three best entries will receive grants (1st prize: US$10,000; 2nd prize: US$6,000; and 3rd prize: US$4,000) that will enable them to continue their project work.

Application Info

Click here for introductory information and for links to more details, guidelines, access to a registration form, and links to further contest information in Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Swahili.

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Volvo Adventure website, accessed on November 3 2009, and email from Wayne Talbot December 14 2012