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Events


Commonwealth Youth Summits

Start date: Jan 1, 2012

End date: Dec 31, 2012

Venue: Various

Location: UK

Are you interested in taking part in the 2012 Commonwealth Youth Summit in your region? Taking place in cities across the British Isles, each Youth Summit will bring together 120 young people aged 14-17.

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2012 Malta-Commonwealth Third Country Training Programme - Legal Frameworks for ICTs

Start date: May 21, 2012

End date: May 26, 2012

Venue: COMNET Foundation for ICT Development

Location: Malta

The MTCTP began in 1995 and since then over 1,250 Commonwealth officials have been trained in areas where Malta has a comparative advantage.

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Commonwealth Economic Forum

Start date: Jun 6, 2012

End date: Jun 7, 2012

Venue: not yet specified

Location: London, UK

Against a background of continuing financial turmoil, increasing unemployment and growing inequality it is understandable that many are questioning the equity and sustainability of our current capitalist system. These voices are not just the unemployed or disadvantaged, but also some of our biggest business leaders such as Sir Richard Branson and Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever who have called for a more responsible, inclusive and caring capitalism, which is driven by more than the bottom line

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The Literary Conference: Writing in a Digital Age

Start date: Jun 8, 2012

End date: Jun 9, 2012

Venue: Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA

Location: London, United Kingdom

Commonwealth Writers have today announced details of the ‘International Perspectives’ session run in association with The Literary Consultancy at the forthcoming Literary Conference. The session will take a wide-ranging look at how the internet and the digital age is creating new opportunities for writers, and help them think about how to reach audiences beyond their local publishing markets.

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Earth Summit 2012

Start date: Jun 20, 2012

End date: Jun 22, 2012

Venue: See web site for details

Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

the UNCSD will take place in Rio de Janeiro. Also referred to as the Rio+20 or the Earth Summit 2012 due to the initial conference held in Rio in 1992, the objectives of the Summit are: to secure renewed political commitment to sustainable development; to assess progress towards internationally agreed goals on sustainable development and to address new and emerging challenges.

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Watch Us

Developing a strong media through forums and training and promoting dialogue between media, government and civil society in Rwanda. An example of work by the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC).

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News

Commonwealth Stage at the Jubilee Family Festival

May 18, 2012 - The Commonwealth Foundation is curating the Commonwealth Stage at the Jubilee Family Festival, celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee on 2-3 June 2012 at Hyde Park in London. Performances during the two-day event will represent Africa, Asia, Caribbean and the Pacific under the Commonwealth Theme for 2012: Connecting Cultures. ... Read more


Wasted milk is equal to gas emissions from 20,000 cars

May 18, 2012 - Waste milk creates a carbon footprint equivalent to thousands of car exhausts, according to a study that highlights the environmental costs of inefficient farming and the aggressive marketing of supermarket food. Scientists have calculated that the 360,000 tonnes of waste milk that is poured down British drains each year creates greenhouse gases equivalent to 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide...... Read more


African football: the beautiful sport

May 17, 2012 - Victor Buhler's new documentary The Beautiful Game examines how football is changing the lives of Africans on and off the pitch.... Read more

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