Commonwealth Family

This article is about the network of organisations affiliated to the Commonwealth of Nations. The term 'Commonwealth Family' is also used to refer poetically to the Commonwealth of Nations.

The Commonwealth Family is a network of associations, organisations, and charities affiliated to the Commonwealth of Nations.^[1] Although associated with the Commonwealth, they are not fully a part of it, and membership is on a voluntary basis from within the membership of the Commonwealth. They are designed to advance the principles and policies of the Commonwealth itself.

In some cases, such as Sight Savers International and the English-Speaking Union, they operate outside the Commonwealth, but are still considered a part of the Commonwealth Family, as they still operate predominantly within the Commonwealth.^[1]

List of organisations

• Association of Commonwealth Amnesty International Sections (ACAIS)
• Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers (ACARM)
• Association of Commonwealth Examination and Accreditation Bodies (ACEAB)
• Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS)
• Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
• British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
• Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA)
• Commonwealth Association of Indigenous Peoples (CAIP)
• Commonwealth Association for Mental Handicap and Developmental Disabilities (CAMHADD)
• Commonwealth Association of Museums
• Commonwealth Association for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (CAPGAN)
• Commonwealth Association of Planners (CAP)
• Commonwealth Association of Professional Centres
• Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM)
• Commonwealth Association of Public Sector Lawyers
• Commonwealth Association of Science, Technology and Mathematics Educators (CASTME)
• Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (CASLE)
• Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA)
• Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA)
• Commonwealth Business Council (CBC)
• Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance (CCEG)
• Commonwealth Consortium for Education (CCfE)
• Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM)
• Commonwealth Countries League (CCL)
• Commonwealth Countries League Education Fund
• Commonwealth Dental Association (CDA)
• Commonwealth Education Trust
• Commonwealth Engineers Council (CEC)
• Commonwealth Forestry Association (CFA)
• Commonwealth Foundation
• Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)
• Commonwealth Geographical Bureau (CGB)
• Commonwealth Group of Family Planning Associations
• Commonwealth Hansard Editors Association
• Commonwealth Historians Society
• Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC)
• Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)
• Commonwealth Jewish Council and Trust
• Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA)
• Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute (CJEI)
• Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA)
• Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
• Commonwealth Legal Advisory Service (CLAS)
• Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA)
• Commonwealth Library Association (COMLA)
• Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF)
• Commonwealth Magistrates' and Judges' Association (CMJA)
• Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA)
• Commonwealth Medical Trust (Commat)
• Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development (COMNET-IT)
• Commonwealth Nurses Federation
• Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work (COSW)
• Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)
• Commonwealth Partnership for Technology Management (CPTM)
• Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association (CPA)
• Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit (CPSU)
• Commonwealth Press Union (CPU)
• Commonwealth Relations Trust
• Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP)
• Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO)
• Commonwealth Tourism Centre (CTC)
• Commonwealth Universities Study Abroad Consortium (CUSAC)
• Commonwealth Veterinary Association (CVA)
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
• Commonwealth Women's Network (CWN)
• Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council (CYEC)
• Conference of Commonwealth Meteorologists (CCM)
• Council of Commonwealth Societies (CCS)
• Council for Education in the Commonwealth (CEC)
• English-Speaking Union (ESU)
• Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICS)
• League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers (LECT)
• Organisation of Commonwealth United Nations Associations (OCUNA)
• The Round Table: Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs (CJIA)
• Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth (RASC)
• Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League (RCEL)
• Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS)
• Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL)
• Sight Savers International (RCSB)
• Soroptimist International Commonwealth Group (SICG)
• Sound Seekers
• Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship (VLCF)

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