Club de Madrid Articles

International Financial Architecture Reform and Financing for Development (IFA-FfD)

Recent years have witnessed unprecedented turmoil affecting both human and planetary well-being. Climate change, coupled with challenges such as war, poverty, digitalization, and inequality, has created a global crisis that demands immediate, decisive, and collective...

Club de Madrid Secretary General Visits Abu Dhabi to Strengthen Engagement with UAE

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 10 April 2024. Club de Madrid, the independent, non-partisan, non-profit organisation created to promote good governance, global cooperation, dialogue and advocacy on issues of global concern, embarked on a visit to strengthen its...

Michelle Bachelet becomes Vice-President of Club de Madrid and Moussa Mara joins the Board of Directors

The former President of Chile and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights takes over from Laura Chinchilla at the world’s largest forum of former democratic presidents and prime ministers, which Sanna Marin also joined in April 2024

The Voice and Value of Democracy

The Global Democracy Coalition has initiated a project spearheaded by Club de Madrid aimed at transforming the prevailing narrative and countering recent negative perceptions of democracy

European Democracy Support Annual Review 2024

Feb 11, 2025

The European Democracy Support Annual Review 2024 has been launched, a key resource assessing Europe’s role in promoting and strengthening democracy worldwide. This annual review is part of the European Democracy Hub initiative, led by Carnegie Europe and the European Partnership for Democracy...

Tax Justice and Solidarity: Towards an Inclusive and Sustainable Common Home

Feb 10, 2025

The Vatican and ICRICT to Host a Landmark Event on Tax Justice with the Participation of Club de Madrid’s Member Aminata Touré

Former-EU leaders: breaking up Google’s adtech monopoly is vital for democracy

Jan 16, 2025

In a letter to Von der Leyen, former European leaders call for decisive action, urging the EU to go beyond fines and implement structural remedies

Club de Madrid explores how political leadership can redefine migration discourse with Dominican Migration Institute

Nov 15, 2019

World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM) organized a conversation together with the National Migration...

Taking Stock of Democracy – 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Oct 28, 2019

World Leadership Alliance– Club de Madrid (WLA – CdM) hosted a roundtable entitled Taking Stock of Democracy – 30...

Digital Transformation and the Future of Democracy: How can Artificial Intelligence drive Democratic Governance?

Oct 22, 2019

The World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM), a global assembly of over 110 democratic former Heads of...

Danilo Türk is elected new President of Club de Madrid

Oct 20, 2019

The former President of Slovenia (2007-2012), Danilo Türk has been nominated President of World Leadership...

Jan Peter Balkenende Joins Club de Madrid

Oct 17, 2019

World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid (WLA - CdM), the largest forum of democratically elected former Heads of...

Club de Madrid commemorates 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall analyzing the current state of democracy

Sep 30, 2019

The fall of the Berlin Wall represents a high point of freedom and unity in our recent history. Therefore, on its 30th...

Former President of Serbia speaks on sustainable peace in Rwanda

Aug 16, 2019

Lessons on peace Tadic also shared with Rwandans insights on sustainable peace: “There is no possibility to implement sustainable peace without reconciliation.

How Club de Madrid can contribute to achieving the SDGs in Sri Lanka

Aug 14, 2019

Danilo Türk, former President of Slovenia led a mission to Sri Lanka on 8-12 July, to explore potential ways in which...

Vike-Freiberga tells life story in BBC interview

Aug 12, 2019

Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM), was the subject of an in-depth...