16/09/2023

Commonwealth Heads of Government to meet in Samoa in 2024

The Prime Minister of Samoa, Hon. Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, and the Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, have announced that the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will be held in Apia, Samoa, beginning on 21 October 2024. CHOGM – customarily held every two years – is the Commonwealth’s primary political meeting.
02/09/2023

New CPA Vice-President visits CPA Headquarters

The new CPA Vice-President, Hon. Ben Franklin, MLC, President of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, visited the Headquarters of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in London where he met with the CPA Chairperson, Hon. Ian Liddell-Grainger, MP, the CPA Secretary-General, Stephen Twigg and the CPA Deputy Secretary-General, Jarvis Matiya to discuss ongoing collaboration with the CPA New South Wales Branch and the wider CPA Australia Region.
29/08/2023

President of Ghana becomes CPA Vice-Patron ahead of the 66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference

The President of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo has agreed to become the Vice-Patron of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association for 2023, ahead of the 66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference due to be hosted by the Parliament of Ghana and CPA Ghana Branch from 30 September to 6 October 2023 in Accra, Ghana. Since 1989, the Vice-Patron of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association has traditionally been the Head of State or Government of the CPA Branch hosting the forthcoming annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference.
26/04/2023

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Executive Committee meet to discuss key governance agenda in Gibraltar

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Executive Committee have met for their Mid-Year Meeting in Gibraltar to discuss key governance issues and planning for the year ahead.
31/01/2023

New Zealand Parliament Hosts Hansard Conference for Parliamentary Staff

The New Zealand Parliament have hosted the Australasian and Pacific Hansard Editors Association Conference, where Hansard Editors from the CPA Australia Region – Australia Federal Parliament and the Australian State Parliaments
06/10/2021

CPwD network reaffirms its priority of promoting disability inclusion in Parliaments as it releases its new three-year strategic plan

The Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPwD) network has published the CPwD Strategic Plan 2021-2024, setting out its core priorities for the next three years.
23/09/2021

New Chairperson for Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities network announced

Following a virtual meeting of the Regional Champions of the Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPwD) network, Hon. Dennitah Ghati MP from the National Assembly of Kenya has been announced as the new CPwD Chairperson.
31/08/2021

Youth Creativity Competition 2021

To commemorate the 110th Anniversary of the CPA, we are launching a new competition targeted at our Commonwealth youth. The competition will be a chance for those up to the age of 18 to show or tell us: “What will Parliaments look like in the next 110 years?”. Entries close on 10 September 2021.
19/07/2021

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Africa Region discuss the role of African Legislatures in countering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Speakers and Members of Parliament from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Africa Region met in Nairobi, Kenya from 12 to 18 July 2021 for the 80th CPA Africa Region Executive Committee Meeting.
12/07/2021

12 resources for Parliamentarians about the future of technology

From 5th - 9th July 2021, the CPA hosted the Virtual Conference on the 4th Industrial Revolution. The Conference brought together MPs, parliamentary staff, industry leaders and experts to review the transformative technologies that are driving the 4th Industrial Revolution and to prepare our democratic institutions to better respond to these advances.
27/05/2021

CWP Roundtable: Gender Sensitive Parliaments in the 21st Century

The CWP is an active advocate for the representation of women in Parliament, seeking to ensure parliaments are gender-sensitive institutions. In 2020, the CWP published a new set of guidelines, titled CWP Gender Sensitising Parliaments Guidelines: Standards and a Checklist for Parliamentary Change, to highlight the importance of gender sensitising across all parliaments in the Commonwealth. This work sought to update the previous work developed by the CPA in 2001. The CPA worked with Prof. Sarah Childs, a leading expert in this field in developing this updated resource.
20/05/2021

Parliamentary tributes take place in Cameroon for the late Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Chairperson

This week, the Members of the National Assembly of Cameroon have been paying tribute to the late Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Executive Committee, Hon. Emilia Monjowa Lifaka, MP, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Cameroon who passed away on 20 April 2021.