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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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Convention on the Rights of the Child Video Contest

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On the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Voices of Youth (VOY), invites young people to make and enter a video showing what child rights mean to them. Videos must be one minute in length.  They will be reviewed by a global panel of media professionals and youth and displayed on the main UNICEF website. The winning video will be used in the CRC’s 20th anniversary celebration and made available for broadcast around the world for the 2010 International Children’s Day of Broadcasting.

 

The following are criteria for entering:

  • Videos in all languages are welcome; however, for videos not in English, please provide an English language transcript of the script or summary.
  • Participants must be under 25 years of age.
  • Submissions can be either by an individual or a group, and can be sponsored by an organisation or corporation.
  • Each individual or group is limited to one submission.
  • All videos should be free of copyright materials.

 

Application Info

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The following are directions for submitting:

  • Each video should be uploaded to one of the following video sharing sites: YouTube, Blip.tv, Dailymotion, Veoh.
  • Once the video is uploaded to one of the above sites, send an email to unicef.crc.videocontest@gmail.com with the following information: Name; Age; Link to movie upload; Title of movie; Postal address (with country); Email address (if available); Telephone number.
  • Those without access to one of the sites above can mail the video as an .mov file on a CD/DVD via regular mail to the address in the contact information below.
  • Short -listed entries will be notified by September 10 2009.
  • Short-listed entries will be asked to submit master copies of broadcast quality via surface/air mail on a DVcam tape.
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Media Magic Digest - The Youth Times Newspaper, June 2009, Issue #11 and July 2009, Issue #12.