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 Activities

CPA Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures

Find out about the CPA's framework for excellence in Parliaments.

CPA Masterclasses - online video briefings available

Find out about the wide range of topics covered.

CPA's 180 Commonwealth Parliaments and Legislatures

Click here to find details of the CPA's membership and individual CPA Branches.

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
58th CPA Canadian Regional Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 18 to 24 July 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

7th CPA India Regional Conference, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, 15 to 19 January 2020
25th Conference of the Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC), Canada, 6 to 11 January 2020
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
Commonwealth Summit 2018/CHOGM, London and Windsor, United Kingdom, 16 to 20 April 2018

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.

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

Commonwealth Day 2020
Commonwealth Day 2020 will take place on Monday 9 March 2020. Contact the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association to find out about our activities on Commonwealth Day.

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