Eminent Persons Group Recommendations Outcomes

The ten-member Eminent Persons Group (EPG) was tasked with advising the Commonwealth on building a stronger, more resilient and progressive association. Its 106 recommendations were presented to Heads of Government meeting in Perth, Australia last October.

Thirty recommendations of the EPG report were adopted in Perth and a process established to consider others.

Heads of Government have now agreed to adopt 85 per cent of the EPG recommendations.

Over the past 12 months, the Commonwealth Secretariat has focused on incorporating these reforms into its work programmes and its new Strategic Plan 2013-17.

The Commonwealth response to all EPG recommendations is summarised in the attached table.