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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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Topic Guide on Communications and Governance

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Second Edition
This guide introduces recent literature on the role of communications in governance. It highlights critical debates on the relationship between communications, government accountability, and responsiveness, and state-society relations in developing countries. It is intended primarily as a reference for policymakers, and highlights practical guidance, lessons learned, and case studies on supporting the development of independent and plural media systems, increasing access to information, and using communications tools in governance reform processes across a range of contexts, including fragile and conflict-affected states. As stated in the guide, the authors intend to incorporate new publications and emerging issues on a quarterly basis. The document was produced through collaboration by the Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GSDRC) with funding from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) of the World Bank.

Contents include the following:
  • The role of communications in governance and development
  • Communications for governance reform
  • Communication for social change and transformation
  • Media development
  • Social media
  • Access to information - and its constraints
  • Communication in fragile and conflict-affected states
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Governance and Social Development Resource Centre website, January 5 2011, and emails from Huma Haider and Isobel Wilson-Cleary to The Communication Initiative on January 11 2011 and October 21 2015, respectively. Image credit: GSDRC

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