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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 lainiciativadecomunicacion.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Radio 18-12

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Radio 18-12 is a one-day global migration broadcast marathon set to take place on International Migrants Day (December 18 2006) whose goal is to spur communication about - and to connect - migrant communities worldwide. Radio 18-12 is a radio- and internet-based effort to put the voices of migrants at the centre of the debate around migration, to highlight the far too often abusive and exploitative working conditions they find themselves in, and to celebrate migrants' achievements and contributions to our societies. It is an initiative of December 18, an international advocacy and resource centre focused on the human rights of migrant workers.
Communication Strategies
Radio 18-12 draws on information and communication technologies (ICTs) - radio and the internet - to link communities worldwide around the issue of migrants' rights. This global audio marathon will start on December 18 2006 at 00:00:00 Australian time, moving across time zones to reach the west coast of the Americas at 23:59:59. Radio18-12 aims to ensure that a minimum of 20 countries participate in the radio marathon; countries already committed are the Dominican Republic, Greece, the United States, Italy, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Senegal, France, Spain, Indonesia, Guatemala, and Benin.

Along these lines, participation of the media, as well as migrants and the organisations that include and represent them, are asked to get actively involved by:
  • Contributing and sharing with others their existing audio material on migration by visiting the Radio 18-12 website prior to the marathon broadcast
  • Providing programming and broadcasting on migrant issues on December 18 2006
  • Offering space for discussions and storytelling through blogs, comments, mailing lists, etc.
Most of the programmes broadcast on the day will also be available online; click here for access. Broadcasters may also download and/or adapt jingles and scripts for the initiative in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and Italian.
Development Issues
Migration, Rights.
Key Points
Migration is a worldwide phenomenon. According to December 18, in 2005, 200 million people lived abroad.

December 18 is an online organisation named after the International Day of Solidarity with Migrants, initiated in 1997 by Asian migrant organisations. (It was on December 18 1990 that the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families was approved by the UN General Assembly.) The mission of December 18 is to promote and protect the rights of migrants with dignity and respect as basic values. The December 18 portal offers information on migration-related issues in 5 languages.
Partners

December 18, with support from UNESCO, Inter-Pares, Oxfam Novib, and the Flemish Minister of Culture, Youth, Sports.

Sources

December 18 press release, sent to Soul Beat Africa on November 9 2006; and the Radio 18-12 blog.