Strategic documents and policies

This report assesses the 2013 Commonwealth People’s Forum (CPF) against its three stated objectives, appraises the forum as a mechanism for achieving or making progress towards broader Commonwealth Foundation results as outlined in the Foundation’s performance framework, charts unplanned results, and identifies key challenges and practices worth repeating that will improve the planning and implementation of similar interventions in the future.

The first in a new series of Commonwealth insights. This publication draws on a learning exchange convened in London in June 2014, designed to provide an opportunity to reflect and learn about different approaches to constructive engagement with governance institutions.

Headquarters agreement between the Commonwealth Foundation and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The fundamental purpose of this Civil Society Engagement Strategy is to provide the Foundation with a framework for both empowering and engaging civil society and […]

The Foundation’s capacity development framework offers a view of capacity as a complex, holistic process that takes place at different levels of the system in […]

The statement was developed out of a Commonwealth wide process, which saw the facilitation of regional consultations, along with in-depth national research for the Commonwealth […]

Commonwealth Perspectives: Ideas for a new development agenda highlights common strands across all fourteen national reports showing the extent to which civil society has been […]

Civil Society Accountability: Principles and Practice – A toolkit for civil society organisations in South Africa was developed by the Commonwealth Foundation and the Co-operative […]