The Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC) provides technical expertise to the public sector by employing professionals on specialist assignments in Commonwealth member countries.
More than 350 experts are deployed each year on assignments that range from a few days to two or three years in length.
What is a CFTC assignment?
Assignments typically involve a mix of policy advice and guidance, strategy development and implementation, institutional capacity development and mentoring and skills training for senior level officials.
Key programmatic areas of focus for the Commonwealth are currently:
- Democracy (elections, election management)
- Public institutions (criminal justice, law development, human rights, public administration)
- Special development (public health, education, gender)
- Youth (policy, participation)
- Economic growth and sustainable development (trade, global finance, debt management, ocean governance & natural resources)
- Small states and vulnerable states (climate finance, resilience)
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