In response to the World Health Assembly (WHA) May 19th resolution last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR). The mission of this Panel is to impartially provide an evidence-based path to ensure countries and...
Peace in the Age of Chaos: How peace can help us solve global challenges
As the world was already struggling to juggle life-defining challenges such as climate change, decreasing biodiversity and food security, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early March 2020 provided additional mayhem that sent shock waves across the globe. Acting as both a catalyst and a...
International perspectives on information policy and media development in the digital age
Digital transformations are putting the foundations of democracy to the test on a global scale. Regulators face the challenge of striking a balance between policy-making and freedom of expression when trying to address disinformation, fake news, hate speech and polarization. At the same time, the...
Leonel Fernández: “Democracy is the only universal guarantee of human dignity and fundamental rights”
In the interview, Mr. Fernández makes an assessment of recent events which affected democratic development in his region, Latin America.
Former Spanish PM to lead Cape Verde mission to promote the rights of domestic workers
Its main goal is to promote the labour rights of women who work in the domestic service, making it a topic of public debate.
Vaira Vike-Freiberga delivers inspiring speech focusing on the dangers of a changing society to Arizona State University students
In an all-encompassing lecture, Vike-Freiberga offered practical advice and encouraged young millennials to get involved in politics and societal affairs through a domestic or global lens.
Seventeen Club de Madrid Members meet Xi Jinping in Beijing
Club de Madrid Members were welcomed in the Great Hall of the People and engaged with President Xi Jiping in a vivid...
Club de Madrid discusses the current global system and governance at the Imperial Springs Forum in China
The Imperial Springs International Forum (ISIF), titled Global Governance and China’s perspective, will provide the...
Club de Madrid & Breathrough Media partners with the EU to improve counter-narrative responses
The event 'Building Counter Narratives to Violent Extremism: Lessons Learnt from Outside Europe', will present the...
“Europe must think more seriously about its own investment and defence capability”, says Vike-Freiberga
The Forum aims to discuss and bring light to European security issues. Freiberga, an expert on the field of defence...
Cardoso, González, Sanguinetti and Lagos, participants of the XVIII Foro Iberoamérica which starts today in Buenos Aires
Afterwards, Felipe González and Julio María Sanguinetti, former presidents of Spain and uruguay respectively, will...
“Women are natural leaders”, says President Banda during a visit to New York University
“I’ve spent all my life fighting for the rights of women and girls. My mission in life is to assist women and girls in...