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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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Name of the Global Alliance - Please Vote!

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To: People who have been engaged in the consultation process seeking to develop a Global Alliance for our shared fields of work.

NAME OF THE ALLIANCE - Your choice - Please vote at this link

Planning is well advanced for a global alliance that brings together many closely related fields of work in order to pursue some shared goals and requirements. Please see attached (when you click on "Please click to review, comment and access any attachments" above) for the outline of the Alliance. Many thanks for your engagement in this important work - really appreciated.   

The fields of work include communication for development, media for development, social change, behaviour change, community engagement and participation, social marketing, facilitating dialogue and debate, freedom of expression and information, programme communication, development communication and social media and development - the people focused perspectives and approaches.

The common interests include advancing shared policy interests, identifying and agreeing the most compelling evidence for the impact of these strategies and expanding the resource base for the work.

But we need your help on one further matter - the NAME!

We need to agree a name for the Alliance. That name needs to resonate across all of these fields of work. It should convey quickly and easily what we are all about. The name should be outcome focused. For further background to inform your choice please do access the Alliance outline attached.

At this link there is a survey with the two name possibilities identified as the primary options by the planning group advancing the development of this Alliance. Can we please ask you to click on this link and VOTE FOR YOUR CHOICE.

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