Calendar of Activities

The following CPA and Commonwealth activities are scheduled. However all activities are subject to last minute changes or cancelations. Please contact the CPA Headquarters Secretariat via hq.sec@cpahq.org for details of forthcoming conferences and events or alternatively head to our Events or News pages.

Forthcoming Events and Activities

SEPTEMBER

• 76th Session of the UN General Assembly, UN Headquarters, New York, USA, 14 to 21 September 2021
• International Day of Democracy, 15 September 2021
• 50th CPA British Islands and Mediterranean (BIM) Regional Conference, CPA Northern Ireland Branch, 20 to 23 September 2021
• CPA Executive Committee meeting - virtual, 27 to 30 September 2021
• 51st CPA Africa Regional Conference, CPA Nigeria Branch, date TBC

OCTOBER

• Virtual Global Parliamentary Forum, jointly organised by the World Bank Group, the IMF and their joint Parliamentary Network, 6 to 8 and 11 October 2021
• CWP Roundtable: Gender Sensitive Parliaments in the 21st century (CPA Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Region) - virtual, 7 October 2021
• NATO Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session, Lisbon, Portugal, 8 to 11 October 2021
• Virtual Commonwealth Youth Parliament 2021, 18 to 22 October 2021 

NOVEMBER

• 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26), Glasgow, UK, 1 to 12 November 2021
• CPA Australia and Pacific Regional Conference on ‘Parliament, People and Pandemics’, Western Australia/hybrid, 1 to 4 November 2021
• International Legislators’ Summit on Climate Change, hosted by GLOBE International and the Scottish Parliament, 5 to 6 November 2021
• 143rd IPU Assembly, Madrid, Spain, 26 to 30 November 2021

DECEMBER

• International Day of Disabled Persons, 3 December 2021
• UN Human Rights Day, 10 December 2021

2022

JANUARY

• World Economic Forum, Switzerland, 17 to 22 January 2022

FEBRUARY

• Global Disability Summit, Norway, 15 to 17 February 2022

MARCH

• International Women’s Day, 8 March 2022
• Commonwealth Day, 14 March 2022
• Commission on the Status of Women, New York, USA, 14 to 25 March 2022
• 144th IPU Assembly, Indonesia, 20 March 2022 (TBC)

AUGUST

• 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 20-26 August 2022

POSTPONED:

• Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Kigali, Rwanda – also including: Commonwealth Youth Forum; Commonwealth Women’s Forum; Commonwealth People’s Forum; Commonwealth Business Forum - events postponed.

Updated 31/08/2021