Archive for July, 2009

What does the Commonwealth do on Health, and what should it be doing?

19th July 2009 by ZoeWare 4 Comments

Watch a video about the Commonwealth’s work on Health and Development and tell us what you think . . .

Studying around the Commonwealth – what has it meant for you?

19th July 2009 by ZoeWare 23 Comments

Over 25,000 students have benefitted from the chance to study in other Commonwealth countries around the world through Commonwealth scholarships. Are you one of them? What has it meant for you?

The Commonwealth of Nations: A Force for Democracy in the 21st Century?

19th July 2009 by ZoeWare 5 Comments

Amitav Banerji, Director of Political Affairs at the Commonwealth Secretariat, says ‘promoting democracy is a powerful raison d’etre for the Commonwealth in the 21st century’.

What do you think of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s planned Partnership Platform Portal?

19th July 2009 by ZoeWare 7 Comments

The Commonwealth Secretariat is planning a new youth-focused website – the Partnership Platform Portal (CP3) – as a tool to increase collaboration and build partnerships across the Commonwealth. What do you think about it?

Is the Commonwealth doing enough on Education?

19th July 2009 by ZoeWare 11 Comments

Do you think that the Commonwealth Education Ministers, who met in Malaysia in June 2009, are doing enough to promote education around the Commonwealth? Did their Communique pay enough attention to the stakeholder statements that were presented to them?

What have we missed?

17th July 2009 by ZoeWare 30 Comments

In putting the Commonwealth Conversation website together we have tried to allow for discussion in as many general areas as possible, to allow you to comment as you want. However, we are sure that there will be other topics that you would like to see covered.