The Drum Beat 536 - CI Associates
The CI process is largely supported and sustained by 28 CI Partners, who also guide the strategic direction of the organisation. The current list of CI Partners can be seen here. These partners are key to the success of The CI.
In addition, The CI process is currently supported by 47 organisations and individuals who have become CI Associates. The current list of CI Associates can be seen here. All of these organisations and individuals provide some level of financial support while also providing an additional pillar of strength from which The CI network can draw its wisdom and experience.
With this issue of The Drum Beat we honour those 47 organisations and invite others to join them in their contribution to sustaining The CI processes.
Use is made of The CI process by over 5,000 organisations per year - from major funders to small local organisations in economically impoverished locales. Staff and others from those agencies submit knowledge for sharing within the network; access knowledge in support of their work; identify and make contact with people and organisations that they identify as being able to support their work; and express, share, and debate their views and opinions on a range of development challenges. That use is growing significantly. Perhaps you have recently made use of this community of practice yourself.
The CI Associates process is designed to enable organisations and offices that recognise the value of The CI/Drum Beat process to provide a small level of financial support for that process - from USD 100 for very small organisations and individuals to USD 5,000 for the larger ones. These amounts are roughly the equivalent of sending a staff member to a training event or conference, producing a small publication, researching an issue, etc.; these trip- and research-related processes are parallel to the connections made through The CI and Drum Beat online (and you get to stay home and keep working!).
If you do value The CI processes for your work, we'd so appreciate you considering becoming a CI Associate.
The more we can share the financial load of The CI processes, including The Drum Beat, across a larger number of organisations and offices using this process, the greater our chance of maintaining and growing - in all sorts of exciting ways - this open-to-all, 24-hour-per-day, comprehensive sharing and engagement process.
For more information about becoming a CI Associate, please click here or contact wfeek@comminit.com
Thank you.
Advocacy Communications International, Inc. - United States/International
Africa Free Media Trust - Kenya
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania - United States
Asian Institute of Public Health (AIPH) - India/Asia
Bright Media - South Africa
Center for International Media Assistance - US/International
Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) - South Africa/Southern Africa
CharityVillage.com - Canada
Commonwealth of Learning - Canada/International
Communication and Development Studies, Ohio University - United States
Communication and Information Sector of UNESCO (UNESCO-CI) - France/International
Connecting Cultures - Canada
CrozzCom - Children's Participation in Action - Spain
Dr Veronica Baxter - Applied Theatre/Drama Practitioner - International
Early Childhood Development Virtual University, University of Victoria - Canada
Enablement - The Netherlands/International
Family Health International, secretariat of the Interagency Youth Working Group - United States/International
Fundación GALILEO - Costa Rica/Central America/Latin America
Headlines Theatre - Canada
Health Communication Resources Inc. - Australia/South Pacific/South East and East Asia
Human Resources Consulting LLC - United States
id21 - United Kingdom/International
ID8 Global Sharing - International
Institute for Philanthropy - United Kingdom/ United States/International
Institute of Development Studies - United Kingdom/International
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) - Canada/International
Joanne Edgar - Communication Consultant - International
Lubuto Library Project - Africa/United States
Media for Development Ltd - International/United Kingdom
Media Project Southern Africa of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation - Namibia/Southern Africa
Nupef - Brazil
Off Ramp Films - Argentina/International
Performing Life, Inc. - Bolivia/United States
Public Conversations Project - United States/International
Search for Common Ground - International
StepFilms and Communications - International/United States
Strategies for Hope Trust - United Kingdom/Africa/International
UNDP Iraq Media Project - Republic of Iraq
UNICEF Office - Sao Tome and Principe
University of Guelph, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - International/Canada
Winthrop Morgan and Associates (winthropmorgan) - United States/International
Women's Arts Institute Africa (wAi Africa) - Ghana
World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) - UK/Canada/International
World Health Communication Associates (WHCA) - UK/International
World Vision International - Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia Regional Office (MEERO)
WorldReach Communications - United States/International
Ørecomm Consortium for Communication and Glocal Change - Sweden/Denmark/International
Click here for the full list of CI Associates.
Become a CI Associate - fill in the online form available here OR contact Warren Feek at wfeek@comminit.com to indicate your interest and intended contribution.
The Editor of The Drum Beat is Kier Olsen DeVries.
Please send material for The Drum Beat to The CI's Editorial Director - Deborah Heimann dheimann@comminit.com
The Drum Beat seeks to cover the full range of communication for development activities. Inclusion of an item does not imply endorsement or support by The Partners.
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