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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 cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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twinning against AIDS Survey Response

Section 8


8. Approaches respondents felt most useful for creating cost and impact effective Twinning experiences that enable their organisations to share or gain the information, skills and experience listed in the comments above and selected other ideas:


 
Africa
Asia and Pacific
Latin America
Europe and North America
Overall
University Courses     
1. Lowest
4 (10%)
5 (18%)
3 (17%)
10 (31%)
22 (19%)
2.
7 (17%)
6 (22%)
4 (23%)
11 (34%)
28 (24%)
3.
11 (28%)
6 (22%)
4 (23%)
7 (21%)
28 (24%)
4.
5 (12%)
3 (11%)
5 (29%)
2 (6%)
15 (13%)
5. Highest
12 (30%)
7 (25%)
1 (5%)
2 (6%)
22 (19%)
Short courses and training     
1. Lowest
1 (2%)
1 (3%)
-
2 (5%)
4 (3%)
2.
2 (4%)
-
-
4 (11%)
6 (4%)
3.
3 (6%)
5 (17%)
3 (16%)
5 (14%)
16 (22%)
4.
8 (18%)
9 (32%)
5 (27%)
11 (31%)
33 (26%)
5. Highest
30 (68%)
13 (46%)
10 (55%)
13 (37%)
66 (52%)
Workshops and conferences     
1. Lowest
2 (4%)
-
-
-
2 (1%)
2.
1 (2%)
1 (3%)
-
1 (2%)
3 (2%)
4.
11 (26%)
11 (39%)
7 (41%)
17 (48%)
46 (37%)
5. Highest
24 (57%)
13 (46%)
9 (52%)
10 (28%)
56 (45%)
Staff exchanges and secondments to other organisations     
1. Lowest
-
-
-
-
-
2.
2 (4%)
-
-
4 (11%)
6 (4%)
3.
7 (16%)
10 (35%)
1 (5%)
12 (34%)
30 (24%)
4.
8 (18%)
3 (10%)
6 (33%)
12 (34%)
29 (23%)
5. Highest
26 (60%)
15 (53%)
11 (61%)
7 (20%)
59 (47%)
New training materials     
1. Lowest
1 (2%)
-
-
2 (5%)
3 (2%)
2.
-
2 (7%)
-
3 (8%)
5 (4%)
3.
3 (6%)
4 (14%)
1 (5%)
4 (11%)
12 (9%)
4.
8 (18%)
10 (35%)
3 (16%)
12 (34%)
33 (26%)
5. Highest
31 (72%)
12 (42%)
14 (77%)
14 (40%)
71 (57%)
Distance Education     
1. Lowest
5 (12%)
2 (7%)
2 (11%)
2 (6%)
11 (9%)
2.
7 (17%)
5 (18%)
3 (17%)
13 (39%)
28 (23%)
3.
11 (26%)
8 (29%)
5 (29%)
6 (18%)
30 (25%)
4.
8 (19%)
6 (22%)
1 (5%)
7 (21%)
22 (18%)
5. Highest
10 (24%)
6 (22%)
6 (35%)
5 (15%)
27 (22%)
Distance Mentoring     
1. Lowest
-
-
-
-
-
2.
2 (4%)
1 (3%)
-
2 (5%)
5 (4%)
3.
5 (11%)
3 (11%)
2 (11%)
5 (14%)
15 (12%)
4.
11 (26%)
6 (22%)
4 (23%)
14 (40%)
35 (28%)
5. H
24 (57%)
17 (62%)
11 (64%)
14 (40%)
66 (54%)
Telephone and Fax     
1. Lowest
1 (2%)
1 (3%)
-
3 (8%)
5 (4%)
2.
7 (16%)
3 (10%)
-
6 (17%)
16 (13%)
3.
8 (19%)
4 (14%)
4 (22%)
9 (26%)
25 (20%)
4.
9 (21%)
12 (42%)
10 (55%)
11 (32%)
42 (34%)
5. Highest
17 (40%)
8 (28%)
4 (22%)
5 (14%)
34 (27%)
Internet and Electronic Mail     
1. Lowest
2 (5%)
1 (3%)
1 (5%)
3 (8%)
7 (5%)
2.
5 (12%)
4 (14%)
2 (11%)
4 (11%)
15 (12%)
3.
5 (12%)
5 (18%)
4 (22%)
4 (11%)
18 (15%)
4.
14 (35%)
8 (29%)
6 (33%)
14 (41%)
42 (35%)
5. Highest
14 (35%)
9 (33%)
5 (27%)
9 (26%)
37 (31%)



Respondents who scored each section high – 4 or 5


 
Africa
Asia and Pacific
Latin America
Europe and North America
Overall
University Courses     
 
17 (32%)
10 (36%)
6 (34%)
4 (12%)
37 (32%)
Short courses and training     
 
38 (86%)
22 (78%)
15 (82%)
24 (68%)
99 (78%)
Workshops and conferences     
 
35 (81%)
24 (85%)
16 (93%)
27 (76%)
102 (82%)
Staff exchanges and secondments to other organisations     
 
34 (78%)
18 (63%)
17 (94%)
19 (54%)
88 (70%)
New training materials     
 
39 (90%)
22 (77%)
17 (94%)
26 (74%)
104 (85%)
Distance Mentoring      
 
35 (83%)
23 (84%)
15 (87%)
28 (80%)
101 (82%)
Telephone and Fax     
 
26 (61%)
20 (70%)
14 (77%)
16 (46%)
76 (61%)
Internet and Electronic Mail     
 
28 (70%)
17 (62%)
11 (60%)
23 (67%)
79 (66%)



Selected other suggested ideas:


Financial support


Finding an approach through which everyone participates


Personal visits to projects


Mentoring should go south to north as well as north to south


Collaborative projects


Pooling local resources


Identification of learning institutions with scholarships


Mae sure ways are found to encourage different people to go seminars and workshops – too often it is the same people who come all the time


Independent server for twining giving free dot org space for organisations for their own purposes


Scholarships for courses