DIRECTORY
The Consortium produces a Directory of Commonwealth Education organisations and initiatives. This is available here online in searchable format or a PDF of the printed version can be downloaded below.
History of the Directory
There are currently over seventy civil society organisations formally accredited to the Commonwealth. Of these, over a quarter are voluntary and professional bodies operating in education or closely related fields. Collaboration between Commonwealth education stakeholders pre-dates the establishment of the Commonwealth Foundation, with the first Commonwealth Education Conference held in Oxford in 1959. Since then, Commonwealth educational co-operation has grown and diversified and today education has a more extensive civil-society and intergovernmental infrastructure than any other sector of Commonwealth activity.
The Commonwealth Consortium for Education had two main purposes in preparing and publishing the original edition of this Directory back in 2006. The first was to provide those attending Conferences of Commonwealth Education Ministers with a convenient guide to help them find their way through the thicket of acronyms associated with Commonwealth organisations. The second was that a reference book of this kind would serve to encourage contacts and connections among those engaged in education co-operation in the Commonwealth. Both aims remain valid today, and if anything, the Directory, and the opportunity it represents to highlight and showcase education activity in the Commonwealth, is more relevant than ever. Recent efforts to marginalise education within the inter-governmental Commonwealth’s activity plans, alongside funding pressures on Commonwealth organisations and civil society at large, have affected capacity for effective co-operation, making it all the more valuable to record and enable existing activities and stakeholders.
Inevitably, a directory of this kind has many imperfections, and it is recognised that in some instances the information it contains could usefully have been supplemented. The Consortium’s role been to collect, edit and present in standard form the information that institutions have chosen to furnish. As always, we invite constructive suggestions for further improvement.
All Results:
Association of Commonwealth Examinations and Accreditation Bodies (ACEAB)
Association of Commonwealth Examinations and Accreditation Bodies (ACEAB)
Address:
c/o Caribbean Examinations Council The Garrison
St Michael BB14038
Barbados
Telephone: (1) 246 227 1700
Email: ywright@cxc.org
Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS)
Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS)
Email: chris.prentice@otago.ac.nz
Website: www.aclals.ulg.ac.be
Year established: 1964
Number of staff: None
Number of subscribing […]
Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
Address:
Woburn House
20–24 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9HF
UK
Telephone: (44) 20 7380 6700
Email: info@acu.ac.uk
Website: www.acu.ac.uk
Year […]
Building Understanding through International Links for Development (BUILD)
Building Understanding through International Links for Development (BUILD)
Address:
The Upper Office The Dutch Barn Elm Tree Park Manton SN8 1PS Wiltshire
Telephone: (44) 1672 861 […]
Cambridge Commonwealth Trust
Cambridge Commonwealth Trust
Address:
54 Sidney Street Cambridge CB2 3HX UK
Telephone: (44) 1223 338 498
Email:
cambridge.trust@admin.cam.ac.uk
Website:
www.cambridgetrust.org
Year established: 1982
(merged with Cambridge […]
Commonwealth Association of Museums (CAM)
Commonwealth Association of Museums (CAM)
Address:
10023 93 Street Edmonton Alberta T5H 1W6 Canada
Telephone: (1) 780 424 2229
Email: catherinec.cole@telus.net
Website:
www.maltwood.uvic.ca/cam
Year […]
Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa (CAPA)
Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa (CAPA)
Address:
CAPA Secretariat
c/o Technical University of Kenya Haile Selassie Avenue
PO Box 52428-00200
Nairobi
Kenya
Telephone: (254) 20 343 672
Email: […]
Commonwealth Association of Science, Technology and Mathematics Educators (CASTME)
Commonwealth Association of Science, Technology and Mathematics Educators (CASTME)
Address:
Secretary
CASTME
92 Welley Rd,
Wraysbury,
TW19 5 EP
Telephone: +44 (0) 1784 482001
Email: castmeuk@gmail.com / margaret-lenton@btconnect.com
Website: www.castme.online
Commonwealth clubs and societies in schools, colleges and universities
Commonwealth clubs and societies in schools, colleges and universities
A number of schools and colleges in Commonwealth countries have formed Commonwealth clubs and societies. Sometimes these are to […]
Cambridge University Commonwealth Society (CUCS)
Cambridge University Commonwealth Society (CUCS)
Website:
http://cucs.soc.srcf.net/drupal/
Year established: 1989
Number of members: Around 400 individuals on mailing list
Officers (2015):
Chair: Shirin Ashraf
Vice Chair: […]
Commonwealth Consortium for Education (CCfE)
Address:
c/o The Association of Commonwealth Universities Woburn House
20–24 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9HF
UK
Email: secretary@commonwealth education.org
Website: www.commonwealth education.org
Year established: 2001 Number […]
Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM)
Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM)
Address:
86 Ellison Road Springwood 2777 Australia
Telephone: (61) 247 517 974
Email: admin@cceam.org;
jennylewis@cceam.org
Website: www.cceam.org
Commonwealth Girls Education Fund (CGEF)
Commonwealth Girls Education Fund (CGEF)
Address:
56 Morant Place, Commerce Road, Wood Green, London N22 8HT UK
Telephone: +44(0) 330 113 2191 / 787 937 5700
Commonwealth Day
Commonwealth Day
Commonwealth Day is the centrepiece of the Commonwealth annual calendar, from its early beginnings nearly a century ago when it was celebrated as Empire Day; it […]
Commonwealth Education Calendar
Commonwealth Education Calendar
Email:
secretary@commonwealth
education.org
Website:
www.commonwealtheducation.org
Year established: First issued 2003
Number of staff: Volunteer editor
Officers (2015):
Editor: Beth Kreling
Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards
Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards
Address:
c/o The Coordinator
Health and Education Unit Commonwealth Secretariat Marlborough House
Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5HX
UK
Telephone: (44) 20 7747 6500
Fax: […]
Commonwealth Education Hub (CEH)
Commonwealth Education Hub (CEH)
Address:
c/o Health and Education Unit Commonwealth Secretariat Marlborough House
Pall Mall London SW1Y 5HX UK
Telephone: (44) 20 7747 6500
Fax: (44) […]
Commonwealth Education Partnerships (CEP)
Commonwealth Education Partnerships (CEP)
Address:
c/o Nexus Strategic Partnerships Henry Giles House
73–79 Chesterton Road Cambridge CB4 3BQ
UK
Telephone: (44) 1223 353 131
Email: info@cedol.org
Commonwealth Education Trust (CET)
Commonwealth Education Trust (CET)
Address: 11/12 Tokenhouse Yard, London EC2R 7AS UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7487 8341
Email: info@cet1886.org
Website: www.cet1886.org
Year […]
Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA)
Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA)
Address:
13/14 Sarv Priya Vihar New Delhi 110 016 India
Telephone: (91) 11 2653 7146 / 11 2653 7148
Commonwealth Foundation
Commonwealth Foundation
Address:
Commonwealth Foundation Marlborough House
Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5HY
UK
Telephone: (44) 20 7930 3783
Fax: (44) 20 7839 8157
Email: foundation@commonwealth.int
Website: www.commonwealth […]
Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC)
Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC)
Address:
Deputy Secretary-General (Economic and Social Development) Commonwealth Secretariat Marlborough House Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5HX UK
Telephone: (44) 20 7747 6385 […]
Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC)
Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC)
Address:
CHEC
4 Hurlingham Studios Ranelagh Gardens London SW6 3PA
UK
Telephone: (44) 20 3689 0979
Email: contact@checinternational.org
Website: www.checinternational.org
Year […]
Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA)
Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA)
Address:
c/o Rule of Law Division Commonwealth Secretariat Marlborough House
Pall Mall London SW1Y 5HX UK
Telephone: (44) 20 7747 6415
Fax: […]
Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
Address:
4710 Kingsway Suite 2500 Burnaby
BC V5H 4M2 Canada
Telephone: (1) 604 775 8200
Email: info@col.org
Website: www.col.org
Year […]
Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP)
Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP)
Address:
c/o Health and Education Unit Commonwealth Secretariat Marlborough House
Pall Mall London SW1Y 5HX UK
and
The Association of Commonwealth Universities
Woburn House
20–24 Tavistock Square
London […]
Commonwealth Secretariat Health and Education Unit
Commonwealth Secretariat Education Team
Address:
Marlborough House Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5HX UK
Telephone: (44) 20 7747 6223
Email: info@commonwealth.int
Website: www.thecommonwealth.org
Year established: 2014 […]
Commonwealth Secretariat Youth Division
Commonwealth Secretariat Youth Division
Address:
Marlborough House Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5HX UK
Telephone: (44) 20 7747 6500
Email: info@commonwealth.int
Website: www.thecommonwealth.org
Year established: 1973 […]
Commonwealth Students’ Association (CSA)
Commonwealth Students’ Association (CSA)
Address:
Marlborough House Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5HX UK
Email:
info@commonwealthstudents.info
Website:
www.commonwealthstudents.info
Year established: 2012
Number of staff: 1
Number […]
Commonwealth Teacher Recruitment Protocol
Commonwealth Teacher Recruitment Protocol
Address:
c/o Health and Education Unit Commonwealth Secretariat Marlborough House
Pall Mall London SW1Y 5HX UK
Telephone: (44) 20 7747 6289
Fax: (44) […]
Commonwealth Teachers’ Group (CTG)
Commonwealth Teachers’ Group (CTG)
Address:
c/o Christine Blower
CTG Convenor
National Union of Teachers Hamilton House
Mabledon Place London WC1H 9BD UK
Telephone: (44) 20 7388 6191
Fax: (44) 20 […]
Commonwealth Tertiary Education Facility (CTEF)
Commonwealth Tertiary Education Facility (CTEF)
Address:
CTEF
c/o National Higher Education Research Institute
Block C, Level 2
No. 10 Persiaran Bukit Jambul 11900 Bayan Lepas
Penang
Malaysia
Telephone: (60) 4 653 […]
Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC)
Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC)
Address:
Marlborough House Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5HX UK
Telephone: (44) 20 7747 6388 / 7867 289 539
Fax: (44) 20 7747 […]
Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council (CYEC)
Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council (CYEC)
Address:
Award House
7–11 St Matthew Street London SW1P 2JT
UK
Telephone: (44) 20 3727 4300
Website: www.cyec.org.uk
Year established: 1970
Conferences of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM)
Conferences of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM)
Conferences of Commonwealth Education Ministers have taken place at roughly three-year intervals since the first Commonwealth Education Conference (CEC) in 1959. The […]
The Council for Education in the Commonwealth (CEC)
The Council for Education in the Commonwealth (CEC)
Address:
c/o The Association of Commonwealth Universities Woburn House
20–24 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9HF UK
Email: secretariat@cecomm.org.uk
Website: www.cecomm.org.uk
English-Speaking Union (ESU)
English-Speaking Union (ESU)
Address:
Dartmouth House 37 Charles Street London W1J 5ED UK
Telephone: (44) 20 7529 1550 Website: www.esu.org
Year established: 1918
Number […]
Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICS)
Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICS)
Address:
Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU UK
Telephone: (44) 20 7862 8853
Fax: (44) 20 7862 8813
Link Community Development (LCD)
Link Community Development (LCD)
Address:
Dolphin House
4 Hunter Square Edinburgh EH1 1QW UK
Telephone: (44) 131 225 3076
Email: link@lcd.org.uk
Website:
www.lcdinternational.org
Year established: […]
The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS)
The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS)
Address:
Commonwealth House, 55-58 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JH, UK
Telephone: (44) 20 3727 4300
Email: info@thercs.org
Website: www.thercs.org
Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL)
Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL)
Address:
Over-Seas House Park Place
St James’s Street London SW1A 1LR UK
Telephone: (44) 20 7408 0214
Email: info@rosl.org.uk
Website: www.rosl.org.uk
UN SIDS Partnership: Learning at the Sharp End of Environmental Uncertainty in SIDS
UN SIDS Partnership: Learning at the Sharp End of Environmental Uncertainty in SIDS
Address:
(Secretariat) Education in Small States Research Group
University of Bristol Graduate School of Education
35 […]
Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC)
Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC)
Address:
c/o 4710 Kingsway Suite 2500 Burnaby
BC V6E 2E9 Canada
Telephone: (1) 604 775 8200 Email: […]