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News Archive

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Radio-Based Training for Women in Cameroon
Released:  17 August 2006
Commonwealth Connects initiative to help train Women in business.

New Deputy Secretary-General Aims to Enhance Economic and Social Development
Released:  16 August 2006
Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Ransford Smith is determined to strengthen the work of the Commonwealth Secretariat to enhance the socio-economic progress of member states.

Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Development in Sri Lanka
Released:  10 August 2006
Key Sri Lankan government officials and representatives from the private sector to attend workshop in Colombo.

Pakistani PM Calls for Accountability of Local Governments
Released:  3 August 2006
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz of Pakistan has called on local governments to be more transparent and accountable.

'Commonwealth Connects' ICT Development Programme Unveiled
Released:  3 August 2006
A new Commonwealth initiative to bridge the deepening digital divide across its member countries was unveiled by Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, UK, on 3 August 2006.

Commonwealth Continues to Provide Global Leadership
Released:  27 July 2006
The Commonwealth has continued to provide global leadership and demonstrated different dimensions of it.

Improving Government Administration and Public Service
Released:  27 July 2006
To sharpen the skills of permanent secretaries who provide strategic advice and leadership in support of their minister's portfolio, central government agencies or cabinet co-ordinating bodies, a seminar funded by the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC) and the Singapore-Commonwealth Third Country Training Programme is being held in Singapore from 26 July 2006.

Strengthening Decentralisation in Pakistan and the Commonwealth
Released:  20 July 2006
Strengthening decentralisation in Pakistan and the Commonwealth will be the focus of a symposium on local government to begin on 24 July 2006 in Islamabad.

New Publication: ‘Managing Change in Local Governance’
Released:  20 July 2006
Decentralisation has become an integral part of local government reform programmes in recent years. But how does one put these changes into effect?

Improving Public Financial Management in The Caribbean
Released:  20 July 2006
Senior finance and budget officials from across the Caribbean region are participating in a workshop on ‘Improving Public Financial Management in the Caribbean’ taking place in Belize City.