The Communication Initiative
Development action with informed and engaged societies
The Communication Initiative
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 cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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This online community offers resources about freedom of information laws and movements around the world. freedominfo.org describes best practices and lessons learned, compares campaign strategies, and links the efforts of freedom of information advocates globally.
Communication Strategies

This initiative centres around a web portal that aims to be the online institutional memory of freedom of information (FOI) campaigns throughout the world. It is a gathering place for members of a global network of advocates sharing an interest in citizens' right of access to government information. Information here may be accessed in various ways, such as country-specific background, documents, news, and links related to FOI in more than 65 countries. Also, one column features the comments of a Washington, DC (United States)-based journalist reporting on the latest developments in information disclosure in International Financial and Trade Institutions (IFTI).

Development Issues

Democracy and Governance, Rights.

Key Points

Since the site was first launched in June 2002, freedominfo.org has received over 1 million hits from more than 160,000 unique visitors.

Partners

The Open Society Institute provided initial funding. The National Security Archive at the George Washington University serves as the secretariat for the site, and as its fiscal sponsor through the National Security Archive Fund Inc. The Ford Foundation has provided grant funding to support freedominfo.org's monitoring work on openness in the IFTI.

Sources

Email from Toby McIntosh to The Communication Initiative on December 15 2008; and freedominfo.org website.

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