The CTO is an international development partnership between Commonwealth governments, non-Commonwealth countries, businesses and civil society organisations.
The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) is an Associated Organisation of the Commonwealth.
The CTO is the oldest and largest Commonwealth organisation engaged in multilateral collaboration in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), and uses its experience and expertise to support its members in integrating ICTs to deliver effective development interventions that enrich, empower, and emancipate people within the Commonwealth and beyond.
In recent years, the CTO has built a strong reputation in delivering three main types of activity: research and consultancy; capacity development and training; and events and conferences.