Luis G Franceschi
@lgfranceschi
Assistant Secretary General - The Commonwealth (Views are mine)
Secretary DARPG, Shri V. Srinivas, chaired the 1st Webinar of National e-Governance Webinar (NeGW01) of the 2025–26 series under the theme “Excellence in Central Level Initiatives in Government Process Re-engineering by Use of Technology for Digital Transformation”. The session…
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The #Commonwealth is supporting reforms to strengthen Lesotho’s Mounted Police Service. Experts from #Botswana and #Jamaica joined a Secretariat team to assess the force’s needs and support a more effective and accountable police service. 🔗 More here: bit.ly/3TSQSyz
The #Commonwealth Secretary-General, @SGCommonwealth, has deployed a Pre-Election Assessment Mission (PEAM) to #Guyana to assess the conditions and preparations for the elections in September 2025. The five-member Secretariat team met with the Guyana Elections Commission…
Our team on the ground will gather information on a number of questions pertinent to the elections including if there’s a broad welcome of the Commonwealth Observer Group and state of preparedness for the elections.
The #Commonwealth Secretary-General, @SGCommonwealth, has deployed a Pre-Election Assessment Mission (PEAM) to #Guyana to assess the conditions and preparations for the elections in September 2025. The five-member Secretariat team met with the Guyana Elections Commission…
Absolutely incredible, @SingoeiAKorir — well done! Huge thanks to our Ambassador in South Africa, Mohamed Ruwange @reachbalozi, and to all our brothers and sisters who moved heaven and earth to save two lives: Steve’s and his mother’s.🙏🏽🇰🇪
Steve Abdukareem Munyakho, the Kenyan national who has been on death row in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is free as at 10 am today pursuant to the full satisfaction of judicial decree. Our Mission in Riyadh has confirmed that Steve performed his Umra (minor pilgrimage) upon…
Started the day in high spirits. I met with CEO Nardos Bekele-Thomas of AUP-NEPAD to discuss partnerships benefiting African member countries. Then, inspiring meeting with Charles Aboth-Adede and Wangu wa Majani, Kenyan tea entrepreneur empowering women producers in Africa and…
Prof. Luis G. Franceschi, Assistant Secretary-General Commonwealth Secretariat called on Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary DARPG and President IIAS on 12th July, 2025 at Sardar Patel Bhawan. They exchanged views on evolving a mechanism for replicating India’s best practice of…
Today, ministers at the 69th Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (#CMAG) agreed to lift the partial suspension of #Gabon's membership of the Commonwealth. 🔗 Read the statement: bit.ly/3GMYMGH
While in India, I also had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Yashpal Sachar, Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Ashok Leyland (Hinduja Group). We discussed the vital role of the private sector in addressing climate change and ensuring a just, sustainable energy transition and…
Over the weekend, I was honoured to be chief guest at the International launch of the Students World Cup in Delhi. Such a privilege to be surrounded by distinguished international sports personalities, Olympians, professionals, the Minister of Sports from Maldives, esteemed…
This meeting was special as we explored the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), a cutting-edge platform empowering citizens across India. India's digital transformation success serves as a model for Commonwealth countries, showcasing how…
Prof. Luis G. Franceschi, Assistant Secretary-General Commonwealth Secretariat called on Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary DARPG and President IIAS on 12th July, 2025 at Sardar Patel Bhawan. They exchanged views on evolving a mechanism for replicating India’s best practice of…
Over the weekend, I was honoured to be chief guest at the International launch of the Students World Cup in Delhi. Such a privilege to be surrounded by distinguished international sports personalities, Olympians, professionals, the Minister of Sports from Maldives, esteemed…
Thank you 🙏🏽 so much. I’m so impressed by what the Government of India has achieved. A lot more to come. True transformation! And a lot to learn from!
Trinidad and Tobago: thecommonwealth.org/news/progress-…
