Read the Commonwealth Foundation Strategic Plan 2012-16

Responding to the mandate from the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government in Perth, a new strategic plan was developed which breaks new ground for the Foundation, signaling a determination to apply more focus, rigour and an outcomes orientation to its work.

Participatory governance is a central concept of the new plan, with two outcome areas:

• enhanced capacity of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) to collaborate with each other and engage in participatory governance
• increased collaboration and learning between Civil Society Organisations (CSO) and institutions in governance