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New Directions for the Commonwealth Foundation: Implications for the Commonwealth Family

The word ‘family’ has been interpreted in diverse ways since Her Majesty first used the term in a Commonwealth context in 1947. At that time it was a clear reference to the family of nations that comprised Empire; but references to the ‘Commonwealth Family’ have started to appear with increasing regularity, particularly during the course of the respective strategic planning processes undertaken by the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Foundation. Most would agree that the term now refers to the wider group of organisations that together comprise the institution that is the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth Secretariat’s website lists the three intergovernmental organisations plus nine associated organisations that occupy a special place in the family by virtue of their sectoral specialism or history. In addition to these there are currently 43 accredited Commonwealth organisations and 17 others. In addition to these 72 there are 21 that have not submitted to the Commonwealth Secretariat’s accreditation process but have indicated an interest. When the Commonwealth Foundation was established in 1965 (then as a charity under English law) it was seen as a mechanism to support the organisations that networked professional associations across the Commonwealth. This was a response to the need to build a professional class in nascent independent nations. The Foundation provided this support through grants which enabled exchange and the production of internationally recognised publications. This relationship endured the broadening of the Foundation’s mandate in 1981, which enabled it to work with the full range of nongovernmental organisations operating in the Commonwealth—whether they were accredited or not. The Foundation commissioned Professor Stephen Matlin to review its relationship with Commonwealth organisations in 2003. This resulted in policy that made provision for a ring-fenced grant fund exclusively for accredited organisations. Over the past five years this has amounted to circa £250,000 per annum. This fund was significant because it was the only aspect of the Foundation’s grants that could be used