Development action with informed and engaged societies

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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CTA People's Choice Photo Contest

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The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation Africa, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP)-European Union (EU) (CTA) invites entries for its photo contest in the following categories:

  • People and water (water use, including ACP coping mechanisms with respect to water or lack of it);
  • Technology and water - information and communication technology (ICT) and information and communication management (ICM);
  • Water and environment (role of water and climate change in agricultural and rural development).


The photo contest website allows for people to post photos or to vote for a favourite photo, as well as access information on CTA's annual seminar entitled Closing the Knowledge Gap: Integrated Water Management for Sustainable Agriculture, Pretoria, South Africa, November 22-26 2010. The grand prize is a Canon Digital SLR camera and an opportunity to participate in the annual seminar, all expenses paid. Each category prize winner will be awarded a Canon EOS 1000D EF 18-55 camera and a subscription to CTA’s Spore or Esporo magazines. The first and second runners-up in each category will receive a subscription to CTA’s Spore or Esporo magazines.

Application Info

Click here for more information.

Click here for an online submission form.

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Press release from CTA on July 28 2010.