The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) exists to develop, promote and support Parliamentarians and their staff to identify benchmarks of good governance and to implement the enduring values of the Commonwealth.

Latest Events

Current and Future CPA Programmes and Activities

Find out about current and future CPA Programmes.

Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference

Find out about the 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Uganda.

CPA Roadshows take place across the Commonwealth

Click here to find out about hosting a CPA Roadshow.

25th Conference of the Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC), Canada, 6 to 11 January 2020
7th CPA India Regional Conference, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, 15 to 19 January 2020
CPA Small Branches Sustainable Economic Development Workshop, Valetta, Malta, 29 to 31 January 2020
International Women's Day, Sunday 8 March 2020
Commonwealth Day, Monday 9 March 2020
Mid-Year meeting of the CPA Executive Committee, Assam, India, 24 to 28 April 2020
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Kigali, Rwanda, 22 to 27 June 2020
65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 12 to 18 January 2021
Please contact the CPA Headquarters Secretariat via hq.sec@cpahq.org for details of forthcoming conferences and events.

To see all our current programmes, please click here.

Recent

10th Commonwealth Youth Parliament, New Delhi, India, 24 to 28 November 2019
38th CPA Australia and Pacific Regional Conference, South Australia, 18 to 21 November 2019
64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC), Kampala, Uganda - 22 to 29 September 2019 - including 37th CPA Small Branches Conference and 6th triennial Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Conference
50th CPA Africa Regional Conference, Zanzibar, Tanzania, 30 August to 5 September 2019
5th CPA Asia Regional Conference, Islamabad, Pakistan, 29 July to 2 August 2019
57th CPA Canada Regional Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 14 to 20 July 2019
44th CPA Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Regional Conference, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 12 to 19 July 2019
CPA Workshop on the Role of Parliaments in Ratifying International Treaties and Agreements (Technical Assistance Programme) for the National Assembly of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, 18 to 20 June 2019
CPA Parliamentary Staff Development Programme with McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 27 to 31 May 2019
48th CPA British Islands and Mediterranean Regional Conference, St Peter Port, Guernsey, 19 to 22 May 2019
CPA Parliamentary Strengthening Seminar for the Parliament of Bermuda, Hamilton, Bermuda, 1 to 2 May 2019
CPA Executive Committee Mid-Year Meetings, Ottawa, Canada, 11 to 15 April 2019
Commonwealth Day 2019: ‘A Connected Commonwealth’, Monday 11 March 2019
International Women’s Day, Friday 8 March 2019
CPA Post-Election Seminar for the Parliament of Grenada, St George’s, Grenada, 7 to 9 January 2019
CPA Fundamentals Programme, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, w/c 19 November 2018
CPA Fundamentals Programme Small Branches, McGill University, Canada, w/c 5 November 2018
Updated CPA Recommended Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures launch event, 7 November 2018
CPA Small Branches Workshop on Climate Change with the United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, 10 to 13 October 2018
49th CPA Africa Regional Conference, Gaborone, Botswana, 13 to 22 August 2018
Commonwealth Summit 2018/CHOGM, London and Windsor, United Kingdom, 16 to 20 April 2018
9th Commonwealth Youth Parliament, Jersey, Channel Islands, 25 February to 1 March 2018
6th CPA India Region Conference, Patna, Bihar, India, 16 to 19 February 2018
63rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC), 1-8 November 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh - including the 36th CPA Small Branches Conference, 2-3 November 2017 and meetings of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP).

The Parliamentarian

The Parliamentarian is the quarterly journal of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, the Journal of Commonwealth Parliaments. Click here to find out more.

CPA Annual Report
To read the latest CPA Annual Report please click here.

The Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) promotes the representation of women in parliaments and works towards the mainstreaming of gender in all legislation and across society. The CWP has a wide range of activities across Commonwealth Parliaments and works with different organisations. Click here to find out more.

Job Vacancies at the CPA

For the latest job vacancies at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Headquarters Secretariat. Click here to find out more.

64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference
Find out about the forthcoming 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference due to take place in Uganda from 22 to 29 September 2019. Please click here.

CPA News
To read about the latest CPA news and activities please click here.

Commonwealth At 70
Find out about the 70th anniversary of the modern Commonwealth, please click here.

Commonwealth Day 2019
Commonwealth Day 2019 took place on Monday 11 March 2019. To find out about the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's activities on Commonwealth Day, please click here.