CPA ANNUAL REPORT AND PERFORMANCE REVIEW 2020
CPA Governance Governance and Management The General Assembly: The General Assembly has the
HOW IS THE CPA ORGANISED? CPA General Assembly: Representing all CPA Branches at the annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference
ultimate constitutional authority to determine the policy and management of the Association. An annual ordinary meeting of the General Assembly is held at each plenary conference. Executive Committee and Trustees: The CPA is run by an Executive Committee which acts as the board of trustees of the charity and determines its strategy and overall
CPA Executive Committee: CPA Officers and 35 Regional Representatives from all nine regions CPA Co-ordinating Committee: CPA Chairperson; Vice-Chairperson; Treasurer; Small Branches Chairperson; Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Chairperson
management. Day-to-day direction of the Association is vested in the Secretary-General, the Chief Executive Officer
CPA Secretary-General & CPA Headquarters Secretariat
(CEO). The Executive Committee is responsible for the control and management of the Association’s affairs. It has three Subcommittees: Planning & Review Subcommittee; Finance Subcommittee and Performance & Review Subcommittee. The Executive Committee is made up of 35 Members, who are also the Trustees of the Association. They are comprised of Members of all three Subcommittees. All Members of the Executive Committee serve a three-year term, with a third of the Members retiring each year. The Executive Committee normally meets twice a year and reports to the General Assembly annually. However, between 1 January and 31 December 2020, the Executive Committee and its Subcommittees met for a virtual meeting from 19 to 22 August 2020. The CPA Executive Committee and Secretary-General report to the annual General Assembly. The most recent General Assembly was held on 28 September 2020 in Kampala, Uganda. Trustees are appointed by the Executive Committee on the basis of eligibility, specialist skills and availability, and all of our Trustees give their time freely. An induction session is organised by the Secretariat for new Trustees. New Trustees are also provided with recent data on the operations of the CPA, including financial reports and minutes of immediate past meetings. At their bi-annual meetings, Trustees are kept appraised of recent charity legislation/developments by the Senior Management Team (SMT) of the CPA Headquarters Secretariat. Coordinating Committee: The Coordinating Committee is constitutionally composed of the Chairperson of the Executive Committee, the Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Committee, the Treasurer, the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) and the CPA Small Branches Chairperson. The Coordinating Committee is responsible for overseeing the implementation of practices, policies and procedures of the Executive Committee between meetings, the follow-up on Executive Committee decisions, and for dealing with urgent and critical issues as may arise between Executive Committee meetings.
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