The phrase 'initiation of a' is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to refer to the beginning of a process or event. For example: "The initiation of a successful marketing campaign signals the beginning of increased profits."
(One episode involves the sexual initiation of a black boy by a slightly older white girl).
The scene represents the initiation of a new generation into the pathologies of Syrian life.
The initiation of a capital return programme is encouraging, albeit the total in year one is modest.
Kmart filed for bankruptcy after a series of missteps, including the initiation of a price war with Wal-Mart.
"It's never just one thing that causes initiation of a recall," Mr. Martin wrote.
"These sudden and substantial net losses coincided with the initiation of a federal military investigation of allegations" that the Guard was deliberately delaying discharges.
What Sinai further meant was the initiation of a people into a whole way of life, elaborated in the written and oral teachings of Torah.
There are organisations that are... affiliated with the AFL which in their constitution and bylaws prohibit the initiation of a colored man; that prohibit [the initiation] of foreigners.
Unlike the American remake, it isn't saddled with a dubious subplot dealing with the sexual initiation of a prep school boy.
Local politicians would under no circumstances be permitted to direct the arrest of an individual or the initiation of a prosecution.
This issue has recently risen to prominence with the initiation of a multi-million-dollar effort to preserve the ruins of the Auschwitz concentration-camp complex.
