68th CPC NEWS: 68th #Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference #68CPC will be hosted by Parliament of Barbados 🇧🇧 from 5 to 12 October 2025 under the theme of 'The Commonwealth: A Global Partner'. Visit the 68th CPC Hub to find out more about workshops etc ⬇️.

2/.The #CPAParliamentaryAcademy offers opportunity to learn directly from people who are shaping the way #Parliaments act & operate today. Register for FREE online courses for MPs & parliamentary staff with discounts for key organisations & academics.⬇️.

1/.This week #Commonwealth Parliamentary Association hosts second CPA Parliamentary Academy residency course for Clerks & officials w/ @NZParliament 🇳🇿. Enhancing skills on leadership, strategic thinking & project management. Clerks attending fr 🇦🇺🇧🇿🇮🇳🇵🇬🇨🇦🇨🇰🇸🇿🇰🇪🇳🇦🇳🇿 🇿🇦🇵🇰🇱🇨🇹🇿🇹🇹🇬🇧

Last week, India PM 🇮🇳 @narendramodi addressed historic Joint Sitting @TTParliament 🇹🇹 sitting in Speaker’s Chair gifted from India to Trinidad & Tobago. #DYK: Indo-Trinidadians make up 35% of T&T population. Many Parliament Chambers have items gifted across the Commonwealth

What happens when results are disputed after an election, there's social unrest & state institutions are unclear on how to proceed?. This #WorldParliamentDay, listen to our latest podcast episode, where we talk about democratic transition ⬇️.

Connecting #Parliaments with communities through crafting. In this @IpenNetwork blog, Robert Atler & Adrianne Harte from @ScotParl explain how the Visitor Services team connected with local communities through crafts. ⬇️.

How can nationalism help or hinder democracy? Listen to the latest episode of Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth to learn more ⬇️.

3/.- 54th CPA @CPA_BIMR Regional Conference hosted by @SeneddWales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.- CPA technical assistance for @TongaParliament’s 🇹🇴 Code of Conduct.- @NZParliament 🇳🇿 delegation visit Japan’s Parliament 🇯🇵. Read more ⬇.

2/.- @WCProvParl 🇿🇦 & @BCLegislature 🇨🇦 delegations visit CPA HQ.- Speaker of @VicParliament welcomes Australian Federal Speaker 🇦🇺.- @TTParliament 🇹🇹 & Belize National Assembly 🇧🇿 focus on parliamentary strengthening for new and returning MPs. ⬇.

1/.Read our monthly round-up of latest news with the CPA and in Parliaments across the #Commonwealth. In this edition:.- #Anguilla House of Assembly 🇦🇮 agrees new Codes of Conduct for MPs.- CPA Chairperson attends 57th @sadcpf Forum in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼. ⬇.

The CPA Small Branches network supports Parliamentarians from the Commonwealth's smallest jurisdictions. Watch highlights from the Small Branches Workshop in April 2025, hosted by @tynwaldinfo, Isle of Man⬇️.

This morning the CPA held a webinar on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to mark International Day of Parliamentarism. Participants heard from Parliamentary experts in Disability rights from across the Commonwealth. Read more here ⬇️

3/.Hon. @DannyFaure, former President of Seychelles @SeychellesNA discusses his role at the head of @commonwealthsec election observation missions from Sri Lanka to Gabon. He outlines key threats to democratic transition, including AI and social unrest.

2/. Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the @BlavatnikSchool, @UniofOxford, Maya Tudor discusses how to define democracy, the impact of colonialism on democratic transition, and how different varieties of nationalism can either enable or prevent a democratic transition.

1/.Countries across the world have seen democratic backsliding. This International Day of Parliamentarism, listen to our new podcast on Democratic Transition. #WorldParliamentDay @IPUparliament . Listen here or on your favourite podcasting app ⬇️.

🏛️ Today is International Day of Parliamentarism 2025 #WorldParliamentDay. Read more about how the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is marking the occasion here ⬇️ .

2/.Listen to Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities Chairperson Hon. Laura Kanushu discussing the event:.

1/.To celebrate the International Day of Parliamentarism, the CPA is hosting a webinar on The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities & The Role of Parliamentarians at 10.00 UTC+1 (UK time zone). Register here:.

This week, CPA Secretary-General Stephen Twigg met with 🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda High Commissioner to UK Dr Karen-Mae Hill to discuss CPA's work in the Caribbean supporting Legislatures and Antigua’s future hosting of 28th #Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting #CHOGM in 2026

Video: MPs and Senators from @TTParliament 🇹🇹 speak about the impact of the CPA Post-Election Seminar for the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago this week . Watch 📽️⬇️. @ParlAmericas.