In August 2006, AED was awarded a contract with the World Bank to provide strategic communication courses to World Bank Group Project Managers and technical staff.  AED is working in collaboration with its subcontractor, The Communication Center, to redesign and deliver four communication course-media trainings; stakeholder consultation; art and science of strategic communication; and political risk communication.  This is a joint project with the Social Change Group's Center for Social Marketing and Behavior Change. 

The Champion Community Initiative grew from an idea piloted in Madagascar in the mid-1990s into a systematic approach to achieving development goals. It was developed by AED and has been applied in various countries to diverse health, environment, and education challenges. View AED's new publication for a full description of the basic principles of the Champion Community Initiative, different variations of the approach carried out in Madagascar, Ethiopia, and Jordan, and results achieved.

AED's Sports for Life project recently published the innovative youth peer education workbook, Extra Time, that uses the game of soccer and its global stars to convey critical HIV prevention and life skills messages to young people and prompt them to share what they’ve learned with friends and family. Extra Time has been adapted for various sports-based HIV prevention programs and for diverse target audiences in countries across Africa.