Programmes and Activities

Our Programmes and Activities promote parliamentary democracy and cooperation with other networks and organizations dedicated to good governance.

Programmes have been geared to the development of professional knowledge-based Parliamentarians through promoting knowledge and skills and by supporting efforts that improve effectiveness and sustainability, and to provide the financial resources needed to support the CPA’s activities including seeking funding from other organizations whether in a co-financing or a donor capacity.

Specific areas of work over the last five years have focused on:

1. Parliamentary Practice and Procedure including Post-Election Assistance;
2. The Interface between Parliament and other areas of Government, such as the Executive, the Judiciary
   and Local Government;
3. Parliamentary Scrutiny and Oversight including Public Accounts and other Committees;
4. Post-Conflict Capacity-Building;
5. Combating Corruption;
6. Parliament and the Media;
7. Gender and Human Rights;
8. Electoral Practices and Election Observation, including Voter Education and increased Political Participation;Greater Participation by Parliamentarians in the debates on major global issues, and
9. Specific Interests that arise from time to time in the Commonwealth on a Regional or other Basis.