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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 lainiciativadecomunicacion.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Communications Strategies for World Bank- and IMF-Watchers: New Tools For Networking and Collaboration

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This report examines how civil society groups monitoring the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) communicate with each other and sets out new options for the future. The study recommends basic improvements to existing usage of the web and e-mail, and proposes the establishment of a web ring and consideration of more advanced systems of information pooling.

The report is based on a review of websites and e-mail lists produced by IFI-watching NGOs, plus in-depth interviews and questionnaires with active network hubs and with recipients of NGO information. As well as its main conclusions the report contains a list of electronic newsletters/listserves in this area, as well as case studies of successful and less successful approaches to collaborative information management. These include Jubilee 2000 as well as Labourstart, an initiative which collects and distributes news from a wide range of people working on labour issues.

The report was commissioned by the Bretton Woods Project, with a grant increase from the C.S. Mott Foudation. It was carried out by Ethical Media Ltd., a company which provides media and communications solutions for a range of NGOs and official organisations.

The Bretton Woods Project is now taking forward more detailed discussions with organisations which have expressed interest in collaborating more closely on World Bank/IMF-related information exchange. Comments on the report, suggestions of other approaches not covered, and expressions of interest in working together on new, collaborative approaches are welcome.

Editor's note, November 30 2018: This document is no longer available online. Contact: info@brettonwoodsproject.org to inquire.