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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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People Building Peace

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This collection of stories, available both in print version and online, showcases stories of how civil society has made a difference in conflict areas around the world. The online collection, from the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) and the European Centre for Conflict Prevention (ECCP), includes case studies from the publications People Building Peace I (published in 1999) and People Building Peace II (published in 2005), as well as new stories added to the website since 2005 that have not appeared in print.

The thematic overview chapters from "People Building Peace II: Successful Stories of Civil Society" can be found under "Reflections" on the right-hand side of the People Building Peace website. The collection can be searched by theme, country, region, author, organisation, or by name using the online search engine.

Those who wish to recommend a story for inclusion in this collection or who would like to purchase either of the books in print format may contact Charlotte Crockett: c.crockett@conflict-prevention.net

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Number of Pages

411 (print edition, People Building Peace I); 697 (print edition, People Building Peace II)

Source

ICT Update, Issue 43: Peacebuilding, June 2008; and email from Charlotte Crockett to The Communication Initiative on February 16 2010.

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