Events

This page gives information about events organised or supported by the Foundation, and events which relate closely to the Foundation's work.

Coming events

CSO consultation: development finance
Saturday 19 April 2008 - Sunday 20 April 2008
The Commonwealth Foundation has collaborated with key financial NGOs to prepare civil society for forthcoming meetings on development finance options.

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Pacific NGO Alliance Regional Action Plan meeting on HIV/AIDS
Monday 21 April 2008 - Friday 25 April 2008
A coordinated, focused NGO regional alliance to strengthen the Pacific response against HIV / AIDS.

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Asian Commonwealth Conference on “Strengthening the Role of Civil Society and Media in Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Mitigation”
Wednesday 23 April 2008 - Friday 25 April 2008
A three day conference looking at the role of civil society and media in climate change and disaster mitigation.

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Climate change and cities
Wednesday 23 April 2008
The latest in the Commonwealth Foundation's series of briefings on climate change will focus on reducing carbon emissions in cities by bringing together planners, architects and other professions. This event is run in partnership with the British Council.

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Regional HIV and AIDS workshop
Monday 28 April 2008 - Wednesday 30 April 2008
A workshop looking at how to mobilise effective partnerships between CSOs, UN agencies, governments and the private sector to strengthen multisectoral approaches to prevention, treatment and care of HIV and AIDS in Commonwealth Asia.

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Fisheries and the Commonwealth
Tuesday 29 April 2008
A briefing and reception to launch a new Commonwealth Foundation project on Fisheries and the Commonwealth in partnership with CHEC, CPSU - funded by DFID.

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Commonwealth Writers' Prize final
Sunday 18 May 2008
The two overall winners of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize will be announced at the Franschhoek Literary Festival, South Africa, on Sunday, 18 May 2008. The CWP, an increasingly valued and sought-after award for fiction, is presented annually by the Commonwealth Foundation. Now in its 22nd year, it aims to reward the best of Commonwealth fiction written in English, by both established and new writers, and to take their works to a global audience.

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Friends Great Rift Valley Charity Challenge
Friday 5 June 2009 - Sunday 14 June 2009
On June 5, 2009, join other Friends of the Commonwealth as we trek across the Great Rift Valley of Tanzania with Maasai tribesmen as our guides and companions ! Plus an optional visit to that world famous wildlife wonderland, the Ngorongoro Crater


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