   The Ramphal CentreLaunched in 2008 , the Ramphal Centre is a new and unique organisation, designed to operate as an independent intellectual hub on policy issues for the Commonwealth and its 54 member states, as well as for the wider world. It aims to provide, through the facilitation of high quality analysis, innovative ideas to assist member states in their efforts to meet the environmental, developmental and governance challenges of the 21st Century. It will ask qualified persons, working through a series of expert Commissions and representing the diversity of the Commonwealth, to develop ideas which can be adapted by the Commonwealth and the wider international community. Opportunity and MissionThe Centre will be a major catalyst for progressive change. Projects and Programmes will capitalise on the immense value of the Commonwealth as a set of congenial and informed international forums, free from the constraints of treaty-based organisations. Through its Policy Studies network the Centre will break down the isolation ion which many policy studies have long operated - promoting South-South and South-North communication. The ProgrammeThe core activity of the Centre will be to carry out policy studies of the highest quality. The Centre’s programme will focus on four main areas of interest: societies, economies, environment and governance. The Centre is supported by a distinguished list of leaders, academics and internationalists who have agreed to be Patrons  s.
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Ramphal Centre Documents Commission: Migration and Development May 2010 October 2009 |