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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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Information and Telecommunication Technologies - The Impact of Their Adoption on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

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This report seeks to provide policymakers with information that helps define guidelines for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The purpose of the study is to identify current literature (1985 to date) that measures the impact of Information Technologies (ITs) on the productivity and competitiveness of SMEs in Latin America, the Caribbean region, and Canada.

The report's main goals are to:
  • identify and analyse factors affecting the adoption of ITs
  • determine the characteristics of the decision-making process (that is, the way in which the decision to adopt ITs is made) that promote or hamper IT adoption
  • evaluate the impacts of IT adoption
ITs help determine international competitiveness from country to country and within a country (business to business.) The use of ITs is considered a "crucial strategic issue" according to the authors.

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