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Events


Commonwealth Youth Summits

Start date: Jan 1, 2012

End date: Dec 31, 2012

Venue: Various

Location: UK

Are you interested in taking part in the 2012 Commonwealth Youth Summit in your region? Taking place in cities across the British Isles, each Youth Summit will bring together 120 young people aged 14-17.

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Commonwealth Day

Start date: Mar 12, 2012

End date: Mar 12, 2012

Venue: Various

Location: World wide

Commonwealth Day is an opportunity to promote understanding on global issues, international co-operation and the work of the Commonwealth’s organisations, which aim to improve the lives of its citizens.

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Energy Summit 2012

Start date: Mar 13, 2012

End date: Mar 14, 2012

Venue: 25 Northumberland Avenue, London, UK

Location: London, UK

Following the successful Power Summit 2011, the Commonwealth Energy Summit is designed to provide a high level platform to discuss issues relating to energy security, natural resource utilisation, power generation and renewable energy.

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2012 Malta-Commonwealth Third Country Training Programme - Modern Diplomacy for Small States

Start date: Mar 21, 2012

End date: Mar 30, 2012

Venue: Diplo Foundation, Malta

Location: Malta

The MTCTP began in 1995 and since then over 1,250 Commonwealth officials have been trained. Participants in this programme will learn about current challenges and organisational needs of diplomacy of small states.

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Africa Investment Forum 2012

Start date: Apr 3, 2012

End date: Apr 4, 2012

Venue: International Conference Centre, Accra, Ghana

Location: Accra, Ghana

Africa Investment Forum 2012 Apr 3, 2012 to Apr 4, 2012. Accra, Ghana The 10th Africa Investment Forum will be held in Accra on 28th - 29th March 2012, in partnership with the Government of Ghana and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

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2012 Malta-Commonwealth Third Country Training Programme - Banking and Finance in Small States: Issues and Policies

Start date: Apr 16, 2012

End date: Apr 20, 2012

Venue: Islands and Small States Institute, University of Malta

Location: Malta

The aim of the workshop is to disseminate knowledge and provide training on banking and finance, covering a variety of themes, with a focus on small states.

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Watch Us

Developing a strong media through forums and training and promoting dialogue between media, government and civil society in Rwanda. An example of work by the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC).

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News

African symposium explores natural fibres

Feb 17, 2012 - Experts and delegates from 19 African countries will gather in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, from 3 to 10 March 2012 to discuss ways of boosting natural fibre production in a bid to tackle rural poverty. ... Read more


Commonwealth Secretary-General to Pakistan: You can always count on us

Feb 17, 2012 - Message by Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma, visiting Islamabad, Pakistan, from 16 to 19 February, 2012. Pakistan holds a special place in the Commonwealth. It is one of the eight countries that came together in 1949 to lay the foundations of the modern Commonwealth ... Read more


Commonwealth Asia Regional endorses need for financial inclusion of youth

Feb 14, 2012 - The Commonwealth Youth Programme Asia Centre, organized a two-day Regional Consultation on Financial inclusion of Youth in New Delhi, with the objective to address the critical need for national financial inclusion policies having a ’youth’ focus along with other vulnerable sections of the society. ... Read more

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