Building a More Resilient Commonwealth
Strategic Plan 2025–2030
Our Strategic Plan for 2025–2030 sets out a clear and practical vision of how our work will lead to impact.
It brings together three main areas of focus – democratic, economic, and environmental resilience – all underpinned by core values including youth empowerment, gender equality, and support for small and vulnerable states.
It also draws on what makes the Commonwealth unique: our ability to bring people together, build consensus, offer trusted technical advice, and open doors through strong political relationships.
The Hon Shirley Botchwey, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
We are living through a time of profound disruption: shrinking trust in institutions, rising geopolitical tensions, steep inflation, crushing debt, and the existential threat of climate change. These challenges affect us all, but they are felt most sharply by those with the least capacity to respond.
This is the moment for the Commonwealth to show both its relevance and its strength.
This Strategic Plan sets out how the Secretariat will focus its work over the next five years. It is not about doing more for the sake of it: it is about doing what matters for Commonwealth countries and their citizens, and doing it better. We will focus on helping our member countries build stronger democracies and more resilient economies, and support them in finding better ways to protect their people and the planet. We will pay particular attention to the needs of small and vulnerable states.
We will continue to recognise women and °®Âþµº at the heart of what we do. We will work differently and more closely with the whole Commonwealth family: member countries, civil society, and Accredited Organisations. We will engage the private sector, international organisations, and philanthropists much more intensively as we expand our capabilities to deliver on our mission and deliver tangible benefits on the issues that matter most to our members.
This Plan aims to ensure that the Commonwealth remains relevant to the 2.7 billion people of our member countries. The challenges are complex and immense, but our determination to succeed is boundless. Together, we must move forward with purpose, with courage, and with an unshakable commitment to a Commonwealth that truly thrives.
Let’s get to work.