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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.
 
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 lainiciativadecomunicacion.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Regional Communication Office - Zambia

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A new regional office in Zambia has been established to work in partnership with other organizations to inform public policy and debate, providing accessible information on development issues through seminars, workshops and conferences. It will stimulate public and political debate on development issues in the North and South. It will attempt to examine the potential of traditional and non-conventional communication techniques. Community media and rural media is a focus for development by the centre.
Communication Strategies

Seminars, workshops and conferences to inform on development issues and to stimulate public and political debate. Exploiting new communication technology by developing countries. Advocacy and research-oriented activities to increase debates.
Development Issues

Developing communication and information technology, rural communication, debate, government policy, environment, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS
Key Points

The setting up of the centre involved appointment of a regional advisory committee, communicating information from North to South, establishing regional and international electronic networks to facilitate access to new communication technologies, improving targeting and dissemination of development information for the regions, and development of more systematic alliances with partner organizations.
Partners



Novib, Sida, Danida, PANOS

Sources

Southern Africa Programme 4.1 Introduction