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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.
 
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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Studio ADC - Georgia

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Studio ADC was founded by the NGO Disabled Child, Family, Society with financial support from the Japanese government. The programme, which emphasises media-related training, has been functioning since 1999 in an effort to support young people's general intellectual, creative, and cultural development.
Communication Strategies
The following subjects are taught at the Studio: shooting video footage and basics of drama; TV journalism; the culture of speech; the art of acting; and the history of art and computerisation. The art studio is equipped with updated video systems and computers, which allow for training in shooting video footage and editing. Participants create theatrical performances and video productions.

Recent projects include media support for the UNICEF campaign "Say Yes for Children" and the creation of the film "One day with Dolphins", which documents street children's visit to the Dolphin Pool. The Studio also won a UNICEF competition associated with The International Children's Day of Broadcasting. (A TV series shedding light on the problems of refugees as well as handicapped and street children was broadcast on the First State TV Channel).
Development Issues
Children, Youth, Rights.
Key Points
Studio ADC's organisers claim that the problem of socially unprotected children, and the development of youth media, are not a priority of the Georgian government.
Partners

Disabled Child, Family, Society, with funding from the Japanese Government.

Sources

Letters sent from Gulnara Bibileishvili to The Communication Initiative on November 22, 2002.