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 response to the pandemic. This...
Policy success through anticipation: How to build a democratic culture of emergency preparedness?
While democracies are frequently put to test, having to remain adaptable to new contexts, innovations and challenges, the COVID-19 pandemic entailed a unique defiance to their resilience and capacity for renewal. The sudden global health crisis sent shock waves across every aspect of daily lives,...
Live Session: A renewed multilateral system- Towards positive and inclusive peace
International Peace and Security remains one of the foremost global challenges of our time. As the world juggles intractable problems from climate change to deep societal cleavages…
Open letter: Response to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
The Members of Club de Madrid feel that they can make a particular contribution to these issues especially through their Shared Societies Project, which has been working for ten years to address inter-group tensions of every kind.
Pew Research Center study finds worrying mistrust towards democratic institutions in Western Europe
populist parties incite the shattering of established parties and intellectual ideas that uphold today’s forms of power and hegemony.
Shared Societies presented as tool to counteract fears over globalisation at Symi Symposium
A specific session on Globalisation and the Role of Shared Societies was chaired by South African Human Rights activist Kumi Naidoo and included as the main speaker WLA-CdM Member Zlatko Lagumdzija.
Kjell Magne Bondevik led a mission to Kyrgyzstan to support inclusion of persons with disabilities in the labour market
Kjell Magne Bondevik, former PM of Norway & Member of World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid (WLA - CdM),...
Cassam Uteem highlights inclusive approach to SDGs implementation at UN Public Service Forum
Our member and former President of Mauritius, Cassam Uteem, spoke at the UN Public Service Forum 2018 held in...
Former PM of Norway Kjell Magne Bondevik will support the rights of disabled people in Kyrgyzstan
Kjell Magne Bondevik, member of Club de Madrid (CdM) and former PM of Norway, will lead a mission to Kyrgyzstan on...
Zlatko Lagumdzija attends UN High Level Meeting on sustaining peace
Club de Madrid (CdM) Member Zlatko Lagumdzija recently traveled to New York as part of a Shared Societies Project...
Club de Madrid kicks off new initiative on Shared Societies and education
Its main outcome is expected to be a clear and strong Call to Action on Education for Shared Societies, seeking to mobilise political will to generate action in this context.
“Leaders can promote small projects that can change the lives of ordinary people”, says Club de Madrid in Shared Societies mission to World Bank and UN
The Fragility Forum, a gathering organized by the World Bank from 5th to 7th March, which considers how to support fragile states.