Development action with informed and engaged societies

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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Call for Creative Photography: Diverse Perspectives on the Environment, Citizenship and Volunteering

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ICVolunteers invites photographers to share their perspective on the topic: "Diverse Perspectives on the Environment, Citizenship and Volunteering”. As part of the celebrations of its tenth anniversary, ICVolunteers is launching a call for creative photography supporting ICVolunteers' emphasis on how much civil society can contribute to good citizenship through volunteer activities and keen knowledge of environmental issues.

 

This is an opportunity for volunteer photographers to promote and enhance their work through participation in an International Photo Exhibition at "La Galerie", 17 rue de la Coulouvrenière, Geneva, Switzerland, from October 7 to 30 2009.

Photographs will be evaluated based on:

  • relevance of the photographs to the proposed theme
  • the artistic quality of your work from the perspective of originality, composition, treatment of light, and aesthetics


Selected photographs will be exhibited along with works of internationally recognised photographers at all events related to the exhibition.

 

 

ICVolunteers reserves the right to publish any and all competition photos in their various communication tools and on the website, crediting and giving visibility to the photographer.

Application Info

Click here for more information, available in English, French, and Spanish.

 

Technical details:

  • Format: jpg or tif
  • Quality: 300 px / inch
  • Minimal size: width or height 2,000 px
  • Support: digital
  • Maximum number of photos submitted: 5
  • Texts: a brief bio about yourself
  • Address for submissions: volunteer@icvolunteers.org
Date
Source

e-CIVICUS newsletter, Edition No: 453, on August 28 2009.