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    1. Association of Commonwealth Amnesty International Sections (ACAIS)
    2. Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers (ACARM)
    3. Association of Commonwealth Examination and Accreditation Bodies (ACEAB)
    4. Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS)
    5. Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
    6. British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
    7. Commonwealth Association
    8. Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA)
    9. Commonwealth Association of Indigenous Peoples (CAIP)
    10. Commonwealth Association for Mental Handicap and Developmental Disabilities (CAMHADD)
    11. Commonwealth Association of Museums
    12. Commonwealth Association for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (CAPGAN)
    13. Commonwealth Association of Planners (CAP)
    14. Commonwealth Association of Professional Centres
    15. Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM)
    16. Commonwealth Association of Public Sector Lawyers
    17. Commonwealth Association of Science, Technology and Mathematics Educators (CASTME)
    18. Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (CASLE)
    19. Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA)
    20. Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA)
    21. Commonwealth Business Council (CBC)
    22. Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance (CCEG)
    23. Commonwealth Consortium for Education (CCfE)
    24. Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM)
    25. Commonwealth Countries’ League (CCL)
    26. Commonwealth Countries’ League Education Fund
    27. Commonwealth Dental Association (CDA)
    28. Commonwealth Engineers Council (CEC)
    29. Commonwealth Education Trust
    30. Commonwealth Forestry Association (CFA)
    31. Commonwealth Foundation
    32. Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)
    33. Commonwealth Geographical Bureau (CGB)
    34. Commonwealth Group of Family Planning Associations
    35. Commonwealth Hansard Editors Association
    36. Commonwealth Historians Society
    37. Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC)
    38. Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)
    39. The Commonwealth Jewish Council and Trust
    40. The Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA)
    41. Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute (CJEI)
    42. Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA)
    43. Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
    44. Commonwealth Legal Advisory Service (CLAS)
    45. Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA)
    46. Commonwealth Library Association (COMLA)
    47. Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF)
    48. Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association (CMJA)
    49. Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA)
    50. Commonwealth Medical Trust (Commat)
    51. Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development (COMNET-IT)
    52. Commonwealth Nurses Federation
    53. Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work (COSW)
    54. Representative to Commonwealth Institutions (UK)
    55. The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)
    56. Commonwealth Partnership for Technology Management (CPTM)
    57. Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association (CPA)
    58. Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit (CPSU)
    59. Commonwealth Press Union (CPU)
    60. Commonwealth Relations Trust
    61. Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP)
    62. The Commonwealth Society for the Deaf – Sound Seekers
    63. Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO)
    64. Commonwealth Tourism Centre (CTC)
    65. Commonwealth Universities Study Abroad Consortium (CUSAC)
    66. Commonwealth Veterinary Association (CVA)
    67. Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
    68. Commonwealth Women’s Network (CWN)
    69. Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council (CYEC)
    70. Conference of Commonwealth Meteorologists (CCM)
    71. The Council of Commonwealth Societies (CCS)
    72. Council for Education in the Commonwealth (CEC)
    73. The English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth (ESU)
    74. Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICS)
    75. League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers (LECT)
    76. Organisation of Commonwealth United Nations Associations (OCUNA)
    77. The Round Table: Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs (CJIA)
    78. Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth (RASC)
    79. Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League (RCEL)
    80. The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS)
    81. Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL)
    82. Sight Savers International (The Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind) (RCSB)
    83. Soroptimist International Commonwealth Group (SICG)
    84. Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship (VLCF)

Events

Details of upcoming events organised by Commonwealth organisations across the member states

Calendar - July 2008 to December 2009

July 6 CCL. British London 10Km Run: Support CCLEF & Run 4 girls education.

July 9-11 COL (VUSSC). Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth Interlocutors Meeting, London, UK.

July 13-17 COL/University of London. Pan Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF5). London. www.pcf5.london.ac.uk

July15 ICS. School of Advanced Study Breakfast Seminars From US Presidents and their Purse Strings to Understanding Cross-Cultural Relations in the Modern World. London

July 14-16 ACU. 2nd Conf. of ACU's Public Relations, Marketing and Communications Network. Building a profile: key relationships of the communications professional. Durban, RSA.

July 17 CEC. Governing Board meeting. London.

July 21 CPSU. Rwanda's move towards Commonwealth membership: Procedures, Perspectives and People Partnerships. Inst. of Commonwealth Studies, London.

July 23 CF. Meeting with civil society to discuss recent consultant's report on Commonwealth associations in the education sector. 1100.

July 28 RCS. Announcement of Commonwealth Essay Competition 2008 winners.

July 29-31 Comsec/UNESCO. Familiarisation Seminar for education leaders in Nigeria on provisions of Commonwealth Teacher Recruitment Protocol. Abuja.

July-August RCS. Commonwealth Vision Awards: Closing date for initial submissions (tbc).

until August BECM. Breaking the chains. Exhibition on abolition of the slave trade. Empire Museum, Bristol.

September 1 Comsec. Consultation with CF, COL and CET on priorities and co-ordination in the education sector. Marlborough House.

September 6-12 CCEAM. Durban, South Africa. Executive Meeting (6th) and Whole Board Meeting (6/7th).

Conference Think Globally Act Locally: A Challenge to Education Leaders (8th-12th).

September 13 - 21 RCS. Nkabom Commonwealth Youth Leadership Project: 'Conflict and Beyond' (youth peace-building programme), Cyprus.

September 21 - 24 RCS. International Meeting, Larnaca, Cyprus.

September 30 CASTME. Closing date for CASTME Award entries.

October COL (VUSSC) Transnational Qualifications Framework Management Committee Meeting, Pretoria (date tbc)

October RCS. Commonwealth Vision Awards: Deadline for submission of finished films (tbc)

October BECM. Galleries in Bristol close: the education service will continue off site.

October 10-11 Univ. of London Institute for English Studies, Centre for African Studies and U. of Kent.

Things fall apart at 50: 1958-2008. Conference to celebrate 50th Anniversary of the book's publication, with Chinua Achebe and others. U. of London Senate House and SOAS Brunei Gallery. Registration fee - contact jon.millington@sas.ac.uk

October 24 CCEAM. Executive Meeting. Lefkosia, Cyprus.

October 27-November 12 COL (VUSSC). Sixth VUSSC International Training and Material Development Workshop

November 12 (on the building and construction industry), The Bahamas.

November 6 CEC. Governing Board. Marlborough House 1330.

November 6 CHEC. Annual General Meeting. Church House, Newton Rd, Bayswater W2 5LS. 3pm.

November 7 & 8 CCL. The Commonwealth Fair at Kensington Town Hall, London W8 7NX. Organised by the CCL and wives of High Commissioners on behalf of CCL Education Fund - supporting girls' secondary education.

November 7. Evening Reception. 6.30-9.00 pm. £20.

November 8. Commonwealth Fair. 11.00 am to 5.00 pm. Admission £5.

November 13-16 CCEAM. Assam Council for Ed. Admin. & Management. International confce. Blending education science and spirituality for a better world. Guwahati, India.

November 17 CEC. Celebrating 60 Years of Progress and Challenge in Education in Sri Lanka,

Dr. Harsha Aturupane, World Bank, with Professor Angela Little, Institute of Education; 4.30 p.m. Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London.

November 17 UKCSC. Welcome Day for Commonwealth Scholars. London. By invitation only.

November (late) ComSec. Ministerial Committee to review implementation of 16CCEM recommendations. London. (Date tbc in light of Ministerial travel to Geneva -next item)

November 25-28 UNESCO/International Bureau of Education. 48th International Conference on Education Inclusive education: the way to the future. (Education Ministers/others). Geneva.

November 27 ACU Council Meeting. Hyderabad, India.

November 28-30 ACU. Executive Heads Conference. Dazzling technologies: seismic shifts in higher education in a fast-changing and unequal world. Hyderabad, India.

November December RCS. Commonwealth Vision Awards Gala Awards Ceremony (tbc).

December 1-5 CAPA International Conference, on "TVET in Africa: Things that Work" Banjul, The Gambia.

December 3 CEC. Gladwyn Lecture by Lord Kinnock, Chairman of the British Council. Houses of Parliament, Westminster.

December 3-4 British Council. Going Global 3 (Third Going Global Conference). London.

December 27 CCEAM. Executive Meeting. Lefkosia, Cyprus.

2009

January 4-7 ACLALS/ Bhasha Publication and Research Association. Conference. CHOTRO 2009: Migratory People, Nomadic Communities and Pastoral Traditions - Literature, Law and Life in Post-Colonial Societies. Vadodara and Tejgadh, Gujarat, India.

January 9-12 CASTME Symposium : Science, technology, engineering and mathematics education for a more sustainable future, within the Association for Science Education Annual Meeting International Programme. University of Reading.

January/February ACLALS. Indian ACLALS Annual Conference.

March 1 RCS. Commonwealth Essay Competition: closing date .

March 9 Commonwealth Day 2009.

March 20 - 22 UKCSC. Conference for Scholars and Fellows. Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park. By invitation.

April COL (VUSSC). Seventh VUSSC International Training and Material Development Workshop, Apia, Samoa.

April 21-22 ComSec, CEC, University of Oxford. Celebratory Event and Conference to mark 50 years since first Commonwealth Education Conference at Oxford 1959 and founding of CEC. Oxford. By invitation.

April 23 UKCSC. Launch event of CSC's 50th anniversary celebrations, and UK contribution to the CSFP Endowment Appeal. Evening (time tbc) Marlborough House

May 18-21 CAPA Leadership and Management Training Workshop. Maputo, Mozambique.

May 24-28 CASTME/International Council of Associations of Science Education. Africa Science Education Conference. Abuja, Nigeria.

June CEC. Field study of education in Malaysia.

June 12-13 (tbc) CCfE. Third Conference and General Meeting, Kuala Lumpur.

June 15-19 CCEM 17th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (17CCEM). Kuala Lumpur.

(and associated Stakeholder Forum, Teachers' Forum, Youth Forum, Vice Chancellors' Forum).

June 18-20 ACLALS. Open University, the National University of Ireland. Conference. The Ends of Empire, Maynooth, Ireland.

July (tbc) CEC. Report back from 17CCEM, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London; and AGM

July RCS. Announcement of Commonwealth Essay Competition 2009 winners

September CEC. Special Commonwealth Education event at the UKFIET Conference, Oxford

November 9 UKCSC. Welcome Day for Commonwealth Scholars. London. By invitation only.

November 11 - 13 UKCSC. Special anniversary event for fifty key alumni, looking at the future of Commonwealth Scholarships. Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park. By invitation.

November (tbc) CHOGM Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, and Commonwealth People's Forum. Trinidad and Tobago.

December (tbc) CEC. Gladwyn Lecture, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London

Contacts/Key to acronyms (* = CCfE members, + = Associates)

ACS* - Association of Commonwealth Studies email: michael.twaddle@sas.ac.uk

ACEAB* - Association of Commonwealth Examination and Accreditation Bodies ean21@cam.ac.uk

ACLALS* - Association of Commonwealth Literature & Language Studies email: Ranjini.Mendis@kwantlen.ca

ACU* - Association of Commonwealth Universities www.acu.ac.uk

BECM* - British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Bristol www.empiremuseum.co.uk

CAM* - Commonwealth Association of Museums www.maltwood.uvic.ca/cam/

CAPA* - Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa polymis@swiftkenya.com

CASTME* - Commonwealth Association of Science, Mathematics & Technology Teachers www.castme.org

CBC+ - Commonwealth Business Council www.cbcglobelink.org

CCE - Centre for Commonwealth Education, U.Cambridge www.commonwealth.org.uk/CentreForCE/ci

CCEAM* - Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management www.cceam.org

CCEM - Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers www.15ccem.org and www.16ccem.org

CCfE - Commonwealth Consortium for Education www.commonwealtheducation.org

CCLEF - Commonwealth Countries' League Education Fund www.ccl-int.org.uk

CEC* - Council for Education in the Commonwealth www.cecomm.org.uk

CF - Commonwealth Foundation www.commonwealthfoundation.com

CHEC* - Commonwealth Human Ecology Council www.chec-hq.org

CHOGM - Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

CI+ - Commonwealth Institute www.commonwealth.org.uk

COL - Commonwealth of Learning www.col.org

ComSec- Commonwealth Secretariat www.thecommonwealth.org

CPSU* - Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit www.cpsu.org.uk

CRT+ - Commonwealth Rel;ations Trust (of the Nuffield Foundation) www.nuffieldfoundation.org)

CYEC+ - Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council www.cyec.org.uk

ESU* - The English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth www.esu..org

ICS* - Institute of Commonwealth Studies www.sas.ac.uk/commonwealthstudies

LCD* - Link Community Development www.lcd.org.uk

LECT* - League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers www.lect.org.uk

RCS+ - Royal Commonwealth Society www.rcsint.org

ROSL+ - Royal Over-Seas League www.rosl.org.uk

UKCSC - UK Commonwealth Scholarship Commission www.csfp-online.org

VUSSC - Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth www.col.org/vussc

This Calendar was compiled on behalf of the Commonwealth Consortium for Education by Peter R. C. Williams OBE, Hon. Secretary, Commonwealth Consortium for Education

August 2008

Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting
Date: 9 August 2008 - 9 August 2008