Key highlights
- The 28th CSPOC is scheduled in New Delhi, India, 14–16 January 2026 (not 20 January). CSPOC+1
There’s a kind of diplomacy that doesn’t happen at summits with flags and motorcades. It happens in committee rooms, across procedural handbooks, through conversations about how democracies actually function when the cameras leave.
That’s what CSPOC represents—Speakers and Presiding Officers, the custodians of parliamentary order, meeting in New Delhi on14–16 January 2026as per the official conference schedule.CSPOC+1
Why this matters for India:
- It positions the Republic not only as a fast-growing economy, but as a governance exporter—process, procedure, and institutional capacity.
- It strengthens India’s narrative in the Commonwealth space without sounding like lecturing.
- It’s soft power that feels earned.
