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.

Job Vacancies at the CPA Secretariat

The CPA Headquarters Secretariat is currently recruiting.

CPA Roadshows take place across the Commonwealth

Click here to find out about hosting a CPA Roadshow.

55th CPA Canadian Regional Conference, 16-22 July 2017, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
CPA Post-Election Seminar for the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly, 3-5 August 2017, George Town, Cayman Islands
18th Biennial Conference of Presiding Office of Clerks of the CPA Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Region, 13-16 August 2017, Tobago
CPA Conference for Parliamentarians with Disabilities, 31 August – 1 September, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
9th Commonwealth Youth Parliament, 8-12 October 2017, British Virgin Islands
Canadian Parliamentary Seminar, 15-21 October 2017, Ottawa, Canada
63rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC), 1-8 November 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh,

To see all our current programmes, please click here.

Recent

Public Accounts Committees and National Crises Study Group, 13-14 July 2017, British Columbia, Canada
CPA Post-Election Seminar for the House of Assembly of the Turks and Caicos Islands, 7-9 June 2017, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands
Commonwealth Parliamentary Lecture Series, Pacific Region: Sir Don McKinnon ONZ GCVO, 2 May 2017, Wellington, New Zealand
Start of the CPA Fundamentals Flagship Programme, February 2017, McGill University in Montréal, Canada (for Small Branches) and the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa
Commonwealth Day, 13 March 2017, All Branches
Mid-Year Executive Committee Meeting, 25-28 April 2017, Darwin, Northern Territory
Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Working Group Meeting, 24-27 February 2017, Wilton Park, United Kingdom
62nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, 11-17 December 2016, London, UK
Regional Hot Topic for the Asia Region, 22-24 November 2016, Islamabad, Pakistan
Post-Election Seminar for the Parliament of Zambia, 12-14 November, Lusaka, Zambia
8th Commonwealth Youth Parliament, 6-10 November 2016, British Columbia, Canada

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.

63rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC)
Find out about the 63rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) due to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 1-8 November 2017. Please click here.