[1] The CBC acted as a bridge for cooperation between business and government, concentrating efforts on these specific areas: Commonwealth countries are major stakeholders in the process and success of the Doha Development Agenda.

This gave CBC the capacity to make a special contribution to the debate on corporate citizenship, dominated by developed countries.

The CBC worked to involve private sector engagement in facilitating the implementation of an Information Communications Technologies for Development programme.

The CBC programme enhanced collaborative partnerships between the various stakeholders including governments, private sector, donor agencies and civil society.

Major goals included: CBC believed that there was a significant gap for independent support to emerging market governments in the structuring and transacting of ICT infrastructure opportunities.