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Congratulations to our member Michelle Bachelet, elected President of Chile

In 1998, Mrs. Bachelet was chosen by the Socialist Party’s Central Committee to join its Political Committee, where she remained until March 11, 2000. She was named Minister of Health in President Ricardo Lagos’ administration in 2000 and moved to head the Defence...

Petre Roman: “Internet democracy is based on the power of the message, the power of images and the power to act”

PM Roman spoke in front of a crowded audience during the forum, titled “Re-wiring Democracy: Connecting citizens and institutions in the digital age”. He addressed the issues of the role of digital media on democracy, the threats and opportunities that new information...

Club de Madrid Annual Conference identifies 13 sets of proposals to foster job creation and inclusive growth

Integrate economic policies that include a sound base for domestic businesses and entrepreneurship; lessening of informality; increase in workforce participation of women, the elderly, and the disabled; address skill training and apprenticeships to vulnerable groups;...

Guy Ryder and Christiana Figueres, two visions about Societies that Work

Video message of Guy Ryder, Director General of the ILO: "Thank you very much for this opportunity to speak to your Conference. It is, as my daughter might say, awesome to have the chance to address all of you; eminently this will bring so much political wisdom from...

The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, keynote speaker at the Madrid+10 Policy Dialogue

Oct 15, 2015

The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, will be the keynote speaker of the closing session of the Madrid+10 Policy Dialogue on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism. Ten years ago, another UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, also participated in a Club de Madrid Conference, the...

#GlobalConsensus, a new set of principles in the fight against violent extremism

Oct 11, 2015

Click here to see the preliminary list of participants and the tentative program. More than 250 high level experts and policy makers, including 40 Club de Madrid Members, all of them democratically elected former Prime Ministers and Presidents, are expected to sign the outcome of the Madrid+10...

Welcoming Cities – Keys for an anti-racist culture

Oct 9, 2015

The European Coalition of Cities against Racism is an initiative launched by UNESCO in 2004 to establish a network of cities interested in sharing experiences in order to improve their policies to fight racism, discrimination and xenophobia. On December 10th 2004, the "European...

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