Topic: The Commonwealth Secretariat

"A theme was developing on our trip to the Kingdom of Swaziland involving the number 13. Lucky for King, Mswati III who has said number of wives, unlucky for me as this is the number of cows I was told that I was apparently worth!" said Fiona Murie. "I had expected many more and despite attempts to inject other criteria to increase the ‘cow count’, I was unsuccessful! The same could not be said for our time working with the Government of Swaziland," Fiona explained.

"Appointed by the Commonwealth Secretariat, myself and fellow Director, Sarah Goodwin spent nearly three weeks conducting a training needs assessment for senior leadership development in Swaziland. This is central to helping Swaziland achieve its Vision for 2022, ensuring Principal Secretaries have vibrant, political and technical leadership to work collaboratively towards clearly articulated national outcomes."

Click on the 'Gallery' tab at the left hand side to see photographs from our time in Swaziland.