In the fulfilment of its mandate, CPA has collaborated with a number of local and international civil society organizations including;
- Article 19
- Berghof Foundation for Conflict Studies (Berlin, Germany)
- Ceylon Chamber of Commerce
- Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
- Commonwealth Press Union
- Conciliation Resources (UK)
- FES
- FNST
- Forum of Federations (Canada)
- Free Media Movement
- Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
- ILO
- INFORM
- Institute of Federalism, (Fribourg, Switzerland)
- International Federation of Journalists
- International Telecommunications Union
- PANOS
- Presswise Trust (UK)
- UNDP
- UNHCR
- USIP