Calendar of Activities for 2026

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.

For a list of the timings for key International UN Days please visit the UN site.

Forthcoming Events and Activities

2026

FEBRUARY

• 3 to 7 February 2026: 2nd Joint CPA Asia and CPA South-East Asia Regional Conference, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan – theme: ‘Parliaments of the Future: Redefining Democracy through Trust, Inclusion, Innovation and Peace’ 
• 8 to 10 February 2026: Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) British Islands and Mediterranean Regional Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland - under the theme ‘Power & Peace: Protecting Our Mental Health in Public Life’
• 9 to 12 February 2026: Commonwealth Law Ministers’ Meeting (CLMM), Denarau, Fiji (Commonwealth Secretariat)
• 20 February 2026: Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPwD) British Islands and Mediterranean (BIM) Regional Forum, Scotland
• 23 to 26 February 2026: CPA Coordinating Committee meeting, London, UK
• 26 February 2026: Webinar on Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR): Joint CPA-UN FAO event (12 noon UK Time)

MARCH

• 8 March 2026: International Women's Day – theme TBC
• 9 March 2026: Commonwealth Day – theme TBC
• 9 to 13 March 2026: 74th Westminster Seminar on Effective Parliaments, London, UK (CPA UK event)
• 9 to 20 March 2026: 70th Session on the Commission of the Status of Women (CSW), New York, USA

APRIL

• 15 to 19 April 2026: 152nd IPU Assembly, Istanbul, Türkiye
• 20 to 21 April 2026: 18th Australasian Council of Public Accounts Committees Biennial Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• 27 to 29 April 2026: CPA Small Branches Workshop, The Maldives

MAY

• 12 to 14 May 2026: Mid-Year CPA International Executive Committee meetings, Virtual
• 17 May 2026: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
• 25 to 28 May 2026: 16th Canadian Parliamentary Seminar (open to all CPA Branches), Ottawa, Canada
• 26 to 28 May 2026: Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPwD) Forum 2026, Western Cape, South Africa

JUNE

• 9 to 11 June 2026: Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA
• 16 to 17 June 2026: 3rd Global Parliamentary Summit Against Hunger and Malnutrition, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Midrand, South Africa
• 17 to 20 June 2026: 55th CPA British Islands and Mediterranean Regional Conference, Gibraltar
• TBC w/c 22 June 2026: CPA Parliamentary Academy Residency Programme for Members (Professional Development and Skills-Building), location TBC 
• 30 June 2026: International Day of Parliamentarism / World Parliament Day (IPU initiative)

JULY

• 4 to 10 July 2026: 62nd CPA Canada Regional Conference, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada plus the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Canada Regional Meeting
• 13 to 14 July 2026: Commonwealth Association of Law Reform Agencies (CALRA) Conference 2026, Singapore
• 15 to 17 July 2026: Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel (CALC) Conference 2026, (theme: ‘Legislating in a Changing World’), Singapore
• 23 July to 2 Aug 2026: 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026, Glasgow, Scotland
• 27 to 29 July 2026: 2026 National Conference of State Legislatures, Chicago, United States
• 27 to 31 July 2026: Professional Development Seminar of the Canadian Association of Clerks-at-the-Table, St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

AUGUST

• 12 August 2026: International Youth Day
• 23 to 29 August 2026: 48th CPA Regional Conference of the Caribbean, Americas and the Atlantic (CAA) Region, Kingston, Jamaica (including Regional Executive Committee, 16th CAA Regional Conference of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) and 19th CPA Caribbean, Americas and the Atlantic Regional Youth Parliament)

SEPTEMBER

• 15 September 2026: International Day of Democracy
• 13 to 18 September 2026: 69th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Cape Town, South Africa

NOVEMBER

• 1 to 4 November 2026: 28th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Antigua and Barbuda, 

Updated 04/02/2026