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 Day 2019 at the CPA

Find out about the CPA's activities on Commonwealth Day.

CPA Roadshows take place across the Commonwealth

Click here to find out about hosting a CPA Roadshow.

International Women’s Day, Friday 8 March 2019
Commonwealth Day 2019: ‘A Connected Commonwealth’, Monday 11 March 2019
CPA Parliamentary Strengthening Seminar for the Parliament of Bermuda, Hamilton, Bermuda, 1 to 2 May 2019
48th CPA British Islands and Mediterranean Regional Conference, St Peter Port, Guernsey, 19 to 22 May 2019
44th Annual Conference of the Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 12 to 19 July 2019
64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC), Kampala, Uganda - September 2019 (dates TBC)
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

CPA Post-Election Seminar for the Parliament of Grenada, St George’s, Grenada, 7 to 9 January 2019
CPA Fundamentals Programme (Residential), University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, w/c 19 November 2018
CPA Fundamentals Programme Small Branches (Online), McGill University, Canada, w/c 5 November 2018
CPA Executive Committee meeting, London, UK, 5 to 9 November 2018
Updated CPA Recommended Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures launch event, 7 November 2018
CPA Fundamentals Programme Small Branches (Residential), McGill University, Canada, w/c 15 October 2018
CPA Small Branches Workshop on Climate Change with the United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, 10 to 13 October 2018
International Day of Democracy (IDD), 15 September 2018
49th CPA Africa Regional Conference, Gaborone, Botswana, 13 to 22 August 2018
56th CPA Canadian Regional Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 22 to 27 July 2018
43rd CPA Regional Conference of the Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Region, Georgetown, Cayman Islands, 15 to 23 June 2018
CPA Recommended Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures Review Meeting, Wilton Park, UK, 18 to 20 June 2018
CPA Post-Election Seminar for the Nevis Island Assembly, Charlestown, Nevis, 15 to 16 May 2018
Commonwealth Summit 2018/CHOGM, London and Windsor, United Kingdom, 16 to 20 April 2018
CPA Executive Committee Mid-Year Meetings, Port Louis, Mauritius, 21 to 24 March 2018
CPA Parliamentary Staff Development Programme with McGill University, Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training, Kenya, 19 to 23 March 2018
Commonwealth Day 2018, All CPA Branches and at CPA Headquarters Secretariat, Monday 12 March 2018
CPA Post-Election Seminar for the Parliament of Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, 4 to 8 March 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
CPA Post-Election Seminar for the St Helena Legislative Council, Jamestown, St Helena, 20 to 27 January 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.

Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP)

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.

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

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