Over forty Commonwealth Clerks and parliamentary officials from across the CPA’s membership attended the CPA Advanced Residency Programme for Leadership in Parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 9 to 15 June 2024. This was the first Residency Programme held for Clerks and parliamentary officials as part of the CPA Parliamentary Academy.
The five-day programme is specifically designed for parliamentary officials and enhances skills on topics ranging from leadership and strategic thinking to project management and conflict resolution. The Residency course provided attendees with an opportunity to meet in-person and learn from their colleagues in other Parliaments across the Commonwealth in a unique ‘training for trainers’ session which embeds sustainability into parliamentary learning and development.
One Parliamentary Clerk said: “This was a fantastic CPA programme that brought together different perspectives from around the Commonwealth to learn from each other and to develop our skills in managing Parliaments, both large and small.”
The programme was co-hosted by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Headquarters Secretariat and the Parliament of Sri Lanka with delegates attending from Australia Federal; Bougainville; Eswatini; Fiji; The Gambia; Guyana; Kenya; Maharashtra; The Maldives; New South Wales; New Zealand; Pakistan; Puducherry; Scotland; Seychelles; Sri Lanka; Tanzania; Trinidad and Tobago; United Kingdom.
Source: The CPA
