Press releases

On this page you will find a full list of press releases from the Commonwealth Foundation.

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2012

9 January
Special Grants Initiative 2012

2011 Commonwealth People's Forum

30 October
Civil society reactions to CHOGM Communique

27 October 
Daily Roundup - 27 October

26 October
Commonwealth is almost irrelevant, needs to listen to its citizens and needs more cash

Daily Roundup - 26 October

25 October
Civil society calls for Commonwealth to be a "meaningful vehicle for change"

22 September
"Commonwealth must confront weaknesses"
Civil Society Statement presented to Foreign Ministers

19 July
Australian Prime Minister to open Commonwealth People’s Forum

18 May
Registration opens for Commonwealth People’s Forum
Register online from 19 May

2011

2 December
Call for expressions of interest - Commonwealth Gender Plan of Action Monitoring Group (CGPMG)

25 November
Culture and Conflict Grants Initiative - Call for proposals

18 November
Special Grants Initiative 2011 - Awards announced

15 September
Commonwealth Short Story Competition - Winners announced

17 March
Commonwealth Lecture 2011
Women as Agents of Change
Mrs Sonia Gandhi

4 March
Commonwealth Writers' Prize - Regional winners announced:
> General
> Africa
> Canada and Caribbean
> South East Asia and Pacific
> South Asia and Europe

11 February
Commonwealth Writers' Prize - Regional shortlists announced:
> General
> Africa
> Canada and Caribbean
> South East Asia and Pacific
> South Asia and Europe

2010

30 September
Macquarie Group Foundation backs the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize - enter now for 2011

15 September
Commonwealth Short Story Competition - winners announced

07 April
Pioneering exchange programme to take place in film industry. Commonwealth Foundation develops new model to encourage twinning networks. 

21 April
2010 Commonwealth Lecture to be delivered by futurologist James Martin
Lecture to take up Commonwealth theme of Science Technology and Society

12 April
Literary Icons of Tomorrow Revealed
Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Winners 2010

11 April
Commonwealth Foundation Forms Literary Alliance to Help 700 Million Adults Read and Write

25 January
Authors start race to win 24th Commonwealth Writers’ Prize
Winners to be announced in Delhi, India on 12 April 2010

2009 Commonwealth Peoples Forum

26 November
Civil Society Findings Presented to Foreign Ministers

24 November
Caribbean fisheries under threat

23 November
Civil society makes a better society

23 November 2009
Time for the Commonwealth to take culture seriously

19 November 2009
Peoplepower harnessed to address key issues

2009

20 October
Faith and Climate Change: Empowering Communities to Overcome the Global Challenge

28 September
From Hook to Plate – how the Commonwealth can help reverse global fisheries crisis

22 September
The future of co-productions: What next for the Caribbean?