Partnership Programme 2026 to 2028
One alliance, three focus areas: the rooms where decisions are made, the advisory work that turns decisions into policy and deals, and the research that gives both an evidence base.
About
The Commonwealth Creative Industries Alliance (CCIA) is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company building a more connected, investable and internationally competitive creative economy across all 56 Commonwealth member states.
Founded by Goldfinch and the Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Network, with the Commonwealth Foundation as a founding partner, CCIA brings together creators, governments, investors, educators, technology companies, buyers and distributors to turn creative talent and intellectual property into sustainable businesses, employment and economic value.
The Commonwealth combines exceptional creative talent, diverse cultural assets and the youngest, fastest growing audiences in the world, yet its creative economy still operates as a set of disconnected national markets with thin data and few partners able to design policy, structure finance and then deliver.
CCIA closes that gap through three connected activities, each with a clear lead, a clear delivery partner and a clear commercial model, so that Commonwealth nations build, own and distribute more of their own creative work.
The market
The Commonwealth connects 2.5 billion people across 56 member states, including some of the world’s youngest and fastest growing creative markets. Its creative economy spans screen, music, fashion, publishing, gaming, visual arts, performance, museums, design and emerging technology, and its audiences skew heavily towards Gen Z and Gen Alpha.
Initial priority markets are those with the strongest combination of talent, audience growth and government appetite to build creative industries that retain intellectual property and attract international capital.
How CCIA works
Focus area 01
Quarterly convening of the people who move policy and capital: ministers, High Commissions, film boards, sovereign funds, DFIs, platforms, investors and producers, from the Commonwealth’s own summit to Davos and Cannes, with bespoke ministerial roundtables and market showcases built around specific markets and themes.
Focus area 02
Policy and incentive design, capital and funding structures, investment readiness, market access, ecosystem and infrastructure, and AI and creator rights: the work that takes governments, institutions and creative businesses from policy intent to deals, pilots and infrastructure.
Focus area 03
A quarterly series of papers on the Commonwealth creative economy, a commissioned research service for governments, institutions, platforms and investors, and the Commonwealth Creative Economy Index, the first comparative measure of creative economy capacity, policy and investment readiness across member states.
Shared outcome
Commonwealth nations build, own and distribute more of their creative work. Membership for institutions and individuals opens in 2027, giving standing access to all three areas.
Convening roadmap
Q4 2026
Antigua and Barbuda
Policy paper and partner backed pilots put to Heads of Government.
Q1 2027
Switzerland
The Commonwealth creative economy in front of global investors, sovereign capital and platform leadership.
Q1 2027
United Kingdom
Creative Economy Conference: ministerial roundtables, cooperation agreements and the first Creative Economy Index.
Q2 2027
France
Global South showcase with governments, financiers and buyers at the industry’s largest market.
Q2 2027
France
Commonwealth IP, creators and AI licensing taken to the brands and platforms funding the creator economy.
2028
Host to be announced
Partners help shape the programme, support delivery and maintain a visible presence throughout.
Bespoke events
Alongside the flagship calendar, CCIA builds bespoke ministerial roundtables, investor sessions and market showcases with partners, by agreement.
Evidence
The launch roundtable brought together creative practitioners, investors, policymakers, educators, technology specialists and Commonwealth organisations, with 25 High Commissions invited including all 15 in the Caribbean. It established a shared agenda and moved CCIA from convening to delivery across its three focus areas.
Founding partners
Goldfinch
Co-founders · Strategic Advisory and Execution lead
Creative finance and production
Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Network
Co-founder · Events lead
Commonwealth institutional and diplomatic knowledge
University of Roehampton
Co-founder · Research lead
Research, enterprise and ecosystem design
Founding organisations
Goldfinch is an Academy Award and BAFTA winning entertainment and media group championing exceptional storytelling and creative innovation. Since 2014 it has invested over $300 million across more than 300 productions, representing over $500 million in production value.
Through its financing, production, government advisory and venture studio activities, Goldfinch supports emerging voices, established filmmakers and startups, while helping strengthen the global creative sector through investment in talent, infrastructure and projects across the Global South.
The Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Network (CBWN) champions women’s economic empowerment and leadership across the Commonwealth. Bringing together women in business, governments and the private sector, it creates opportunities through trade, talent development and training.
Its work helps women build connections, grow their businesses and break down barriers, supporting a more inclusive future for women and girls.
The Commonwealth Foundation champions the voices of people and communities across the Commonwealth. An intergovernmental organisation dedicated to supporting civil society, it connects people with decision makers and helps communities shape the policies that affect their lives.
Through its support for grassroots organisations and creative practitioners, the Foundation promotes freedom of expression, human rights and participation, working towards more equal, just and inclusive societies.
Get involved
Events
Founding, Programme and Commonwealth Supporting Partner positions give presence, speaking and programme input across the roadmap, from CHOGM to Cannes, with access to the research series and the CCIA network. Positions are limited and shaped around each partner’s priorities.
Enquire about partnershipStrategic Advisory and Execution
For governments, institutions and creative businesses: from a single policy paper or feasibility study to a multi year national ecosystem programme, scoped against defined outcomes and delivered by Goldfinch and Goldfinch International with regional partners.
Discuss a mandateResearch
Quarterly papers, the Commonwealth Creative Economy Index, and bespoke country mapping, sector studies, feasibility work and policy evaluations, coordinated by Bari Malik at the University of Roehampton with leading academic institutions worldwide.
Scope a briefMembership, opening 2027
As the three focus areas mature, CCIA will open a membership programme for institutions and individuals, giving standing access to the convening calendar, the research series and the opportunities that flow from the advisory programme, so that the network built at Marlborough House becomes a permanent, self sustaining community.
