The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Coordination Commission, chaired by Canada's Bruce Robertson, will seek updates from organisers on a variety of aspects of the Games over the course of the week.

Discussions over the budget of the Games will form a key part of discussions tomorrow, along with community engagement and marketing.

Attention will then turn towards the legacy projects associated with Gold Coast 2018 on Tuesday (December 6), as well as the arts and cultural programme and the Queen’s Baton Relay.

The Relay is due to begin in London on March 13 next year when The Queen will place her message to the Commonwealth inside the Baton.

It will then begin a 388 day and 230,000 kilometre journey from Buckingham Palace to the Opening Ceremony of the Games on April 4 in 2018.

An update on the Opening and Closing Ceremonies will also be given by organisers, as well as a security report.

Venue planning and sports presentation will be discussed on the third day of meetings, while organisational planning, the athlete experience and the Games’ workforce will be the subjects investigated on Thursday (December 8).

Prior to the meetings, Robertson and CGF President Louise Martin visited the Belmont Shooting Centre and Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane, with both venues set to host competition during the Games.

They also saw facilities at the Cairns Convention Centre and Townsville Entertainment Centre, which will both host basketball heats at Gold Coast 2018.

Martin, visiting Gold Coast for the first time since becoming CGF President in September 2015, indicated that Townville could host training camps for several competing nations in the build-up to the Games.

"We’re working with a bunch of Commonwealth countries to see which group would be the best fit to actually come in at the start of 2018," she told the Townsville Bulletin.

"Not all countries have money to come in and do training camps but you have fantastic pool and athletics facilities that could let us do piecemeal parts.

"Some groups may not want to have intense training but they would be open to acclimatisation for three or four days.

"To me that’s worth its weight in gold to have athletes away from the village and getting the hype building so we’re working on it right now."

The CGF Coordination Commission visit is due to draw to a close on Friday (December 9), with a media briefing set to take place.

Gold Coast 2018 have so far enjoyed glowing reports from previous visits by the Commission, with the trend likely to continue with their chairman Peter Beattie claiming last month that preparations were "on time and on budget".

Athletes from 70 nations are set to compete at the 11-day event, which will conclude with the Closing Ceremony on April 15.