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 recently seen an increase in...

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, Members leverage their...
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 response to the pandemic. This...
Club de Madrid participates in conversation with UN Quaker Office on preventing violent conflicts
Launched in Washington D.C at the 2018 World Bank Fragility Forum, the report is the first joint study between the UN and the World Bank.
Four female world leaders call to action towards gender equaility on #IWD2018
Our President, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, (Latvia), and Members Joyce Banda (Malawi) and Kim Campbell (Canada) Helen Clark...
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga on Women’s Day: “Dear girls & women: follow fearlessly the path that each of you have chosen as your own!”
Message from Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga on the occasion of the Women's International Day On this 8 March, the official...
Club de Madrid Members Kok and Lagumdzija advocate for inclusive societies in London and Oxford
Wim Kok - former PM of the Netherlands - and Zlatko Lagumdzija- former PM of Bosnia and Herzegovina - recently led a...
Club de Madrid Members will discuss Sustainable Development, Conflict Prevention and Migration at the World Bank Fragility Forum and at the United Nations
Sustainable Development, Conflict Prevention and Migration are three global issues on which our members have much to...
Populism, political mistrust and misinformation in the digital era, main topics of the NGD America Round Table in San Francisco
The Next Generation Democracy (NGD) project roundtable was structured in four different panels each of them analyzing...
Is democracy in peril? Five CdM members to address North America Democracy in San Francisco
The Next Generation Democracy (NGD) roundtable will feature 25 leaders in business and politics addressing the latest...
Zapatero: “Cape Verde can lead the revolution for women’s rights in Africa”
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, member of Club de Madrid (CdM) and former PM of Spain, has just been on a mission in...
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.