Strategic documents and resources

Read our annual and financial reports as well as publications and tools for enhancing participatory governance.

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Foundation strategic document

Audited accounts 2018-19

View the Foundation's audited accounts for the 2018-19 financial year.

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Foundation strategic document

Gender and its intersectionality: guidelines for programming and engagement in governance

This document provides an understanding of intersectionality and its application to the Foundation’s focus in supporting people’s participation in governance.

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Foundation strategic document

Annual report 2018-2019

This report covers the period July 2018 – June 2019. It consists of two parts: a narrative report which provides an overview; and a results section that highlights the specific ways in which the Foundation has made progress against its strategic outcomes.

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Audio

Commonwealth Voices: a tale of three cities

Current and former leaders of Commonwealth cities reflect on holding national institutions and local leaders accountable to diverse constituents. South African writer and chair Gillian Slovo speaks to Hon. Khalid Belisle (Belmopan), H.E. Babatunde Fashola (Lagos), and Matthew Ryder (London).

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Publication

Stronger civic voices across the Commonwealth

This publication showcases some of our projects across the Commonwealth as we embark on the last two years of the 2017-2021 strategic plan.

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Audio

Commonwealth Voices: waste pickers’ rights

This episode documents the struggle faced by South Africa’s waste pickers to organise for their rights and recognition. Subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or your […]

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Publication

Understanding the intersection between gender and climate change in the Caribbean: synopsis report

The Commonwealth Foundation convened a two-day dialogue with representatives from several civil society organisations across the Caribbean on Monday June 4 and Tuesday June 5 […]

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Audio

Commonwealth Voices: just economies

There is today an unquestioning global focus on economic growth. What are the consequences of this economic paradigm? What governance approaches could make the global […]

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Audio

Commonwealth Voices: institutional racism

This discussion examines the role of institutions in perpetuating structural discrimination in the fabric of governance, and examines ways of challenging and changing it. Historian […]

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Audio

Commonwealth Voices: Jamaicans for clean air

What happens when air quality is so dangerous, it brings businesses, schools and other services to a close and hundreds of people to the doors […]

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Audio

Commonwealth Voices: conversations with changemakers

Commonwealth Voices is a podcast about citizens coming together to participate in democracy and influence the institutions that shape their lives. Subscribe to the podcast […]

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