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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Non-Violent Week at School - Western Europe

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The Non Violent Week at School, an awareness raising campaign to prevent violence and promote school well-being, was held from October 8-12 2001. Non Violent Week is an activity of the CONNECT-fi 006 Network activities. The purpose of the week is to promote social and mental wellbeing and safety at school. It also aims at putting safety and social well-being on the school agenda in the beginning of the school year. The first Non Violent Week was introduced as a pilot in the autumn 2000. Several schools in Finland, Ireland and Norway organised various activities during the week. Experiences of the week in the pilot year were positive.
Communication Strategies
Posters announcing the week - in English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish. These are avaiable on their website at: click here.
Development Issues

Rights, Children, Youth.

Key Points
Schools should not be left alone to solve the problems created outside of the school but to combine efforts in the society to combat the violence.
The network of mental health promotion of children and young people and combating violent behaviour of girls and boys in Europe aims to find best practises to promote mental wellbeing and whole school ethos in terms of current needs and challenges but also with a view to promoting more healthy and confident societies.
The fact is that there is a rich diversity of practises and a variety of approaches to promote mental health and combat violence in schools. This project provides also funds for translation so that the best manuals and practises would reach all the member states.
As a result of this project a proposal for an European Action Plan to Combat Violence in School will be forwarded to the Ministries in the European Union at the Connect fi final Conference in Brugge, Belgium November 28-29 2001.