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Mid-Year Executive Committee Meeting

Location: Tonga
Date: 16-20 April, 2012

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Executive Committee Meeting will be held in the Fa’onelua Convention Centre, Nuku’alofa, from April 16, 2012, to April 20, 2012. For more information about proceedings and registration, please click here...

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Secretary-General

Please click here for the Secretary-General's Speech at the official launch of the South African Benchmarks on 10 November 2011 in Zimbabwe...

Throughout the Year

The Parliamentarian Issue Four/2011

The Journal of Commonwealth Parliamentarians and Legislatures is published and distributed to all Members at the end of each quarter. Articles and reports contributed by Members and parliamentary staff inform their colleagues in other Houses about significant constitutional, parliamentary and political developments.

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CPA Update

The Association's electronic newsletter is issued approximately monthly to inform Members about CPA programmes and meetings.

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First Reading

The CPA newsletter is published and distributed to all Members up to three times a year to brief them on CPA developments and Commonwealth political news.

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Latest News

Constituency Development Booklet and Caribbean Benchmarks now online

The following two booklets have just been published by the CPA Secretariat: Principles and Guidelines for Constituency Development Funds and Recommended Benchmarks for the CPA Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Region Democratic Legislatures. The first booklet recommends key principles for the operations of Constituency Development Funds in Commonwealth jurisdictions. The Benchmarks booklet is the latest regional version of the CPA Benchmarks based on the unique traditions and parliamentary practices of the Legislatures of the Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Region.

Resources of the 22nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar now online

From November 24- 29 2011, the CPA Secretariat hosted the 22 Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar in conjunction with the CPA India Branch in New Delhi, India. Topics on the agenda included "Parliamentary Committees and the Committee System", "Financial Scrutinity of the Executive", "Parliament and HIV/Aids" and "Parliament, Gender and Human Rights." For the summaries of the individual sessions and more topics, please click here...