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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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Effective Consultancies in Development and Humanitarian Programmes

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  • John Rowley
  • Frances Rubin

This is a practical guide showing how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other stakeholders can work together to achieve the best results from consultancies. It focuses on consultancy work in the international development sector and describes the process from the perspectives of both clients and consultants, helping each side to understand what the other does. It also includes a poster wallchart summarising the key stages of an effective consultancy.

Table of Contents

  • Some Definitions
  • Introduction
  • Consultants, clients, and stakeholders
  • Approaches to consultancy
  • Stages of consultancy
  • Deciding on a consultancy
  • Planning a consultancy
  • Finding consultants
  • Assessing consultants
  • Costing a consultancy - and other financial matters
  • Contracts and other legal matters
  • Managing a consultancy: from preparation to feedback
  • Ethical concerns 
  • Being a consultant 
  • Checklists for managers
  • Conclusion
  • Annexes
  • Sample contract clauses
  • Example of a letter of agreement
  • Cancellation fees
  • Consultancy contract or staff contract?
  • Sample contents of a call for tenders
  • Fee-calculation tables

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    112

    Source

    Press release from Oxfam Publishing, September 13 2006; and email from Helen Moreno to The Communication Initiative on November 3 2006.