The Commonwealth Secretariat is committed to accountability and transparency in achieving its mission and in the use of member and donor funding.

Audit and Risk Committee

The Audit and Risk Committee is appointed by the Board of Governors to assist it in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities in respect to the Secretariat’s system of internal control and risk management. 

The Audit and Risk Committee is London based and meets four times a year. Its scope and responsibilities are set out in the Audit and Risk Committee Terms of Reference.

Audit and Risk Committee Terms of Reference

Composition of the Audit and Risk Committee

Financial Statements

The Commonwealth Secretariat prepares financial statements for its three funds, Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation and Commonwealth Youth Programme.  The financial statements are prepared in accordance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS). The audited financial statements are available below.

Financial statements can be found on our Accounts and internal reports page

Policies

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Procurement

The Commonwealth Secretariat’s Procurement policies and procedures support the implementation and delivery of the Secretariat’s Strategic Plan ensuring:

  • value for money
  • fairness, integrity and transparency
  • effective competition

Procurement Policy Summary

You can find Low cost consultancy assignments and information on our E-procurement portal on
our Procurement page

Opportunities are published on the Commonwealth Secretariat’s e-procurement portal
Register (for free) to access the opportunities.

  1. To gain full access to this portal you must register your company/organisation/individual details.
  2. Individual Consultants can use their personal information (names) to complete this form. Tick ‘I do not have a Company Registration number’.

Individual Consultants must select relevant Business Classification - At the minimum, please select R - Professional & Bought-in Services and for Company Categories, please select ‘Individual Consultant

Do not select 'Y - Not relevant to Purchasing or Procurement' or 'X - Miscellaneous/Unclassified'.  Otherwise, you will be rejected and will need to reapply with the correct classification.

For future opportunities please check our page: Goods and services

Also:

Contracts awarded

Past procurement opportunities

Download Terms and Conditions for Commonwealth Secretariat procurement