Club de Madrid Articles

President Türk discusses state of democracy in podcast with Bertelsmann Foundation

Club de Madrid and Bertelsmann Foundation join forces to produce a podcast & video on the state of democracy worldwide. Both organisations are partnering in Club de Madrid’s Annual Policy Dialogue 2021 ‘Rethinking Democracy’.

20 years since the Inter-American Democratic Charter: Present and future of democracy in the Americas

This Live Session will be in Spanish. Read below the event's information in Spanish. For the past 20 years, the Inter-American Democratic Charter has guided action to set a standard of democratic values for governments and citizens of the Americas. And yet, we have...

Democracy in Practice: A podcast series by Club de Madrid

We are pleased to launch our first podcast series! 'Democracy in Practice' gathers the voices of our Members, all former Heads of State and Government, and our Advisors, in conversations that address some of democracy's most daunting challenges. Episode after episode,...

Live Session: Delivering for youth in emergency response and recovery-How to make democracy fit-for-purpose to meet the needs of young people?

COVID-19 has cast a spotlight on the difficulty faced by democracies around the world to deliver and meet the needs of large segments of their population – to protect their health, their livelihood, and their fundamental rights through an effective, balanced and fair...

40-plus former Presidents and Prime Ministers call for an International Anti-Corruption Court

May 25, 2022

Grand corruption has global dimensions and cannot be combatted by the affected countries alone.

Countering Authoritarianism: A conversation with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

May 25, 2022

Club de Madrid Member Vaira Vike-Freiberga also participated in the Q&A session, while warning that she has suffered a boycott attempt to the digital broadcasting of the event in her country.

2022: How Club de Madrid is supporting Multilateralism

Apr 22, 2022

The recent appointment of two of our Members to the United Nations High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism is just a small example of Club de Madrid's work in this field, which is one of our most solid pillars. Our organization's efforts in this field go far beyond that, and have...

Club de Madrid presents its 2018 Annual Report

Apr 5, 2019

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Laura Chinchilla debates inclusive education with young changemakers from Malala Fund

Mar 25, 2019

Vice-President of Club de Madrid, Laura Chinchilla, led a discussion on education at a ‘Changemaker’ session of The...

Club de Madrid presents Global Agenda on Education for Shared Societies

Mar 11, 2019

Thirty former Heads of State and Government led the 'Education for Shared Societies' Policy Dialogue that took place...

Danilo Türk leads mission in Georgia to spur reform in labour mediation mechanisms

Mar 10, 2019

Danilo Türk, Member of Club de Madrid (CdM) and former President of Slovenia, led a mission to Georgia aimed at...

Club de Madrid celebrates International Women’s Day 2019

Mar 7, 2019

Almost all female Members of World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid were the first females elected Heads of State...

Danilo Türk supports women’s access to labour market in Armenia

Feb 26, 2019

President Türk also joined a dialogue organised by OxYGen and their partner Girls in Tech – Armenia, which analysed barriers still in place that hinder women’s access to technological careers.

Aleksander Kwasniewski and Teresita “Ging” Deles Support the Implementation of Agenda 2030 in Nepal

Feb 7, 2019

Aleksander Kwasniewski, former president of Poland (1995-2005) and World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid (WLA -...

Serge Stroobants: “The only connection between terrorism and migration is that terrorism produces migration”

Jan 25, 2019

Serge Stroobants, Director for Europe and MENA operations of the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), presented...

Hollande, Johnson Sirleaf, Thorning-Schmidt, Touré and Elbegdorj become Members of Club de Madrid

Jan 18, 2019

Club de Madrid (CdM), the largest forum of democratically elected former Heads of State and Government, added 5 new Members to its already extensive list of leaders working for a democracy that delivers.