The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association express its heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to the following experts who worked tirelessly to develop and contribute content to the CPA Parliamentary Academy online courses. Namely:
Ms Philippa Helme CB (United Kingdom), Rt Hon. Tom Brake (United Kingdom), Adv Saidi Yakubu (Tanzania), Mr David Christopherson (Canada), Mr Ravindra Garimella (India), Hon. Patricia Gordon-Pamplin (Bermuda), Ms Natalie Cooke (Australia), Mr Justin Baker (Australia), and Dr Andrea Cullen FGIA FCG (Australia).
We also offer our thanks and appreciation to the many busy Speakers, Parliamentarians, Clerks and officials who took the time from their busy parliamentary work to offer their experiences and expertise to record video lessons. We thank them and the broadcasting and recording teams in their parliaments who recorded and edited material. In order of appearance (positions held at the time of production):
- Hon. Jonathan O’Dea MP, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, New South Wales, Australia
- Hon. Dennis Lister JP MP, Speaker of the House of Assembly, Bermuda
- Hon. Sharie De Castro MHA, Junior Minister for Tourism, British Virgin Islands
- Mr Stephen Twigg, CPA Secretary-General
- Hon. Kate Doust MLC, President of the Legislative Council, Western Australia, Australia
- Hon Beverley Schäfer MPP, Deputy Speaker, Western Cape Provincial Parliament, South Africa
- Hon. Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury MP, Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament, Bangladesh
- Hon. Nathan Cooper MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada
- Hon. Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings MP, Member of Parliament, Ghana
- Hon. Akierra Missick MP, Leader of Government Business and Minister of Infrastructure, Housing Planning and Development, Turks and Caicos Islands
- Hon. Louisa Wall MP, Member of Parliament, House of Representatives, New Zealand
- Hon. Darren Jones MP, Member of Parliament, House of Commons, United Kingdom
- Hon. Lillian Greenwood MP, Member of Parliament, House of Commons, United Kingdom
- Hon. Nontembeko Nothemba Boyce MPL, Speaker of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature, South Africa
- Hon. Mohamed Nasheed MP, Speaker of the People’s Majlis, Maldives
- Hon. Yasmin Ratansi MP, Member of Parliament, House of Commons, Canada
- Hon. Lord Fakafuna, Speaker of the Parliament of Tonga, Tonga
- Sen. Yuen Pau Woo, Senate of Canada
- Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair, Public Accounts Committee, UK Parliament
- Hon. James Avedzi MP, Chair, Public Accounts Committee, Parliament of Ghana
- Hon. Valens Muhakwa MP, Chair, Public Accounts Committee, Parliament of Rwanda
- Hon. Tracey Taegar-Panton MP, Chair, Joint Public Accounts Committee, Belize
- Hon. Ruth Forrest MLC, Chair of Committees, Tasmanian Legislative Council
- Hon. Mohamed Nashiz MP, Chair, Public Accounts Committee, The People’s Majlis, Maldives
- Hon. Richard Bacon MP, Member, UK House of Commons
- Hon. Tom Kmiec MP, Former Chair, Standing Committee on Public Accounts, House of Commons, Canada
- Ms Tara Kerpens-Lee, Engagement Officer, UK Parliament
- Ms Zena Merrin-Chin, Clerk of Parliament, Cayman Islands
- Mr Siow Peng Han, Deputy Clerk, Parliament of Singapore
- Mr Vernon Titus, Director of Institutional Enablement, Western Cape Provincial Parliament, South Africa
- Mr Tom Duncan, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Ms Awongiwe Mtimkulu, Researcher, Western Cape Provincial Parliament, South Africa
- Mr Mark Egan, Greffier of the States Assembly, Jersey
- Mr Themba Keswa, Manager of Public Education and Outreach Western Cape Provincial Parliament, South Africa
- Mr David Wilson, Clerk of the House of Representatives, New Zealand
- Mr Blair Armitage, Clerk Assistant, Senate of Canada, Canada
- Mr Jeffrey LeBlanc, Principal Clerk, House of Commons, Canada
- Ms Libby Kurien, Head of the Centre of Excellence of Procedural Practice, House of Commons, UK Parliament
- Ms Jo Corkish, Third Clerk, Tynwald, Parliament of the Isle of Man
- Shri Chitra Velmurugan, Secretary, Delhi Legislative Assembly, India
- Dr Jonathan King, Deputy Clerk, Tynwald, Parliament of Isle of Man
- Mr Qamar Sohail Lodhi, Special Secretary, National Assembly of Pakistan
- Mr Richard Ward, Clerk (Journal Office), House of Commons, UK Parliament
- Lord Lisvane KCB, Member of the House of Lords and Former Clerk of the House of Commons, UK Parliament
- Shri Desh Deepak Verma, Secretary-General of the Rajya Sabja, India
- Ms Nenelwa Mwihambi, Director of The Chamber Office, Parliament of Tanzania
- Mr Roger Phillips, Clerk of Tynwald and Secretary of the House of Keys, Parliament of the Isle of Man
- Mr David Kusilifu, Clerk of Parliament, Solomon Islands
- Ms Suze Jones, Deputy Clerk of the House of Representatives, New Zealand
- Mr James Picker, Clerk Assistant, House of Representatives, New Zealand
- Nerusha Naidoo, Secretary of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature
- Mr Simon Ross, Greffier of the States of Deliberation, Guernsey
- Mr Alasdair Rendall, Head of Media Relations, House of Commons, UK Parliament
- Mr Mark Jenner, Head of Internal Communications (Operations), House of Commons, UK Parliament
- Ms Josephine Watera, Head of Monitoring and Evaluation, Parliament of Uganda
- Dominic Stockbridge, UK Parliament, Committee Clerk
- Matthew Hamilton, Monitoring & Evaluation Manager, CPA UK
- Rebekah Northall, Projects & Programme Manager, CPA UK
- Sinaroseta Palamo-Iosefo, Director of Practice Development, Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions
The CPA acknowledge the work of the CPA Headquarters Secretariat team who designed, developed, edited and contributed content across the Academy. In particular, Mr Matthew Salik, Head of Parliamentary Development, Ms Lydia Buchanan, Programme Manager, for leading and coordinating the overall project.
Finally, a special acknowledgement must go to the Hon. Tanya August-Hanson MLC, Isle of Man who strongly encouraged the development of a flexible online learning platform for the utilisation of Commonwealth parliamentarians.
All titles accurate at time of contribution to the CPA Parliamentary Academy.