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 2018 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.

Commonwealth Summit 2018/CHOGM, London and Windsor, United Kingdom, 16 to 20 April 2018
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 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).
CPA Regional ‘Hot Topic’ Forum for Australia and Pacific Regions, 26 October 2017, New South Wales, Australia
CPA Small Branches Strategy Meeting, 19-20 October 2017, Valetta, Malta
CPA Conference for Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities, 31 August – 1 September, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
CPA Commonwealth Parliamentary Lecture for the Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Region on Climate Change, 16 August 2017, Tobago

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.

CHOGM/Commonwealth Summit 2018
Find out about the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's activities at the Commonwealth Summit 2018. Please click here.