CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE COMMONWEALTH - REACHING FOR PARTNERSHIP

Closing civil society space across the Commonwealth provides the context for this report, while the driving force is the Commonwealth’s own set of core values. This report examines the engagement between the Commonwealth Secretariat, the central institution of the Commonwealth of Nations, and civil society. It puts forward a number of steps aimed at improving the relationship between the Secretariat and civil society with a view to develop the association into a “people-centred Commonwealth”.