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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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Anti-Corruption Research Network (ACRN)

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The Anti-Corruption Research Network (ACRN) is an initiative by Transparency International to build a global knowledge community and information service for corruption research. Network members - policymakers, practitioners, and journalists - connect through an online platform that is designed to serve as a meeting point for a research community that spans a wide range of disciplines and institutions. Goals include fostering access to relevant academic research and helping the anti-corruption research community forge stronger networks across disciplines and with policymakers.

Communication Strategies

ACRN uses the internet to facilitate: a podium to present findings and approaches in corruption/anti-corruption research, a sounding board to bounce off ideas and questions, and a marketplace to announce jobs, events, courses, and funding. The periodic spotlight section also looks at specific corruption issues and highlights key research insights and contributions on the selected topic.

 

The online platform is designed to ensure a high degree of user input and interaction. Registered users of ACRN can comment on posted items and they are able to create their own user profiles and connect with other corruption experts across the globe. They can subscribe to targeted information streams from the web platform using RSS. Members can use the forums to seek peer advice and brainstorm about new ideas, and the Calendar and the Marketplace areas can be used to share information on upcoming conferences, funding opportunities, or jobs. ACRN also publishes a quarterly newsletter for the anti-corruption community; archived issues are available here. Topics have focused on the role of corruption in peacebuilding, corruption and climate governance, randomised controlled trials, organised crime and corruption, corruption as an obstacle to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), tackling corruption in humanitarian aid, gender and corruption, and corruption and the private sector.

Development Issues

Democracy and Governance.

Partners

TI, The QoG Institute, Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information (CELE).

Sources

Email from Farzana Nawaz to The Communication Initiative on March 5 2012; and ACRN website, March 5 2012. Image credit: Photo: Istockphoto © Andrey Prokhorov