Social Norms
Social norms action with informed and engaged societies
Social Norms
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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India Development Network (INDEV)

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Officially launched at the end of March, 1999, this is a project that focuses on increasing access to relevant and timely information about, for and by the development sector in India through a web site and list servers.
Communication Strategies

Four key databases: and NGO directory; Project database; Document database; and, Statistics database. Working closely with various NGOs, development agencies, training institutes and the government, INDEV will train NGOs to set up their web sites, publish their home pages and use the internet effectively. They will also provide free web pages for their members. INDEV launched a web newspaper in mid-1999 to highlight NGO success stories, latest policy changes in government, international declarations, and development events.

Development Issues

Networking and communication between development organisations.

Key Points

INDEV seeks to create a platform which will enable the sharing of best practices among organisations, while informing about the nature of work and the application of creative solutions to development problems. INDEV website is a Portal site with links to over 2500 leading development organisations in India. Bilateral agencies, government departments and leading NGOs, as indev partners, make the web site a 'One-stop shop' for development information on India.

Please note: INDEV is no longer active on the web.

Partners

The British Council-India, DFID, UNDP, the World Bank, the European Commission, USAID, UNICEF, Society for Development Studies, many Indian NGOs and government departments (especially the Planning Commission and the National Informatics Centre)

Sources

Paper provided by Nirupama Sarma to The Communication Initiative and the INDEV website (no longer active).