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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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First Time Filmmakers Grant - Vietnam

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The Discovery Asia channel in co-operation with Uproar Asia and with sponsorship from the Ford Foundation has launched a documentary film competition with the aim of bringing Vietnamese stories to the world and helping develop the documentary storytelling skills of Vietnamese film makers.

Vietnamese Nationals who have experience in factual documentary production are invited to submit a story outline or treatment for a half-hour documentary programme that explores issues or events relating to the series theme the ‘Urban Transition in Vietnam’. Twelve proposals will be selected. These 12 filmmakers will attend a three-day television documentary production workshop in Hanoi in September 2009. Five films will be chosen by experts from Discovery, Uproar Productions, Vietnamese Cinematography Department, and the Ford Foundation for this grant for production.

The grant will be used to produce their films over the following six months. Five directors will make their films under the supervision of Uproar Asia, the executive producer. Final editing for each 30-minute film will take place with technical advice from Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific in Singapore in March 2010.

Application Info

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There are two ways to enter the competition:

  1. Download application form (MS Word format) and fill all fields and then send it via the email in the contact information below; or upload via the website.
  2. Apply online.
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Press release from the Ford Foundation on August 18 2009, and Nhan Dan Online.