Club de Madrid Articles

Women’s Economic Empowerment

Strategic Objective: Promote women’s economic independence by addressing structural barriers to their participation in the workforce and advocating for laws that facilitate economic empowerment with special focus in the recognition and support of the care economy....

WYDE Network of Young Decision-makers activities in Berlin

Our young leaders met in the German capital and shared our project with the local authorities and politicians

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...

Building Inclusive Futures: Advancing Social Justice Through Shared Societies

Feb 18, 2025

The World Day of Social Justice offers a crucial opportunity to amplify the call for inclusive policies that ensure equality and social cohesion. Club de Madrid’s Shared Societies Programme champions the idea of creating societies where all individuals, regardless of identity, are treated with dignity and have equal access to opportunities.

Club de Madrid Members join the “Free Bazoum” campaign

Feb 12, 2025

In support of the “Free Bazoum” campaign, initiated by Vanguard Africa and endorsed by numerous global leaders, several of the Members of Club de Madrid have actively joined the petition advocating for President Bazoum’s liberation.

Bridging the Gap: Mobilizing Inclusive Financing for the Sustainable Development Agenda

Feb 11, 2025

During the 63rd Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD63) session this impactful side event will take place. The event will ignite a bold and dynamic dialogue on aligning the agendas of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD 4) and the Second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD2).

Experts meeting paves way to Imperial Springs International Forum 2019

Aug 6, 2019

A delegation of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM) led by President Danilo Türk met for this year's...

Helen Clark and Laura Chinchilla propose ways to achieving SDGs at High-Level Political Forum

Jul 31, 2019

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed upon by UN Member States, but these are not the only key players...

Thinley calls on including all in economic policy-making

Jul 18, 2019

Jigme Thinley, the former Prime Minister of Bhutan, led a Shared Societies mission between 11-14 June in London...

Laura Chinchilla advocates for inclusive migration in Dominican Republic

Jun 24, 2019

The Vice President of WLA-CdM led a mission to the Dominican Republic between 9 and 12 June aimed at promoting...

Technology can foster equality, says Member Lagos

Jun 17, 2019

Member of World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM), Ricardo Lagos, spoke at a seminar organized by the...

UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel calls for global cooperation around digital technologies

Jun 11, 2019

The Panel, of which the objective is to examine how digital technologies can contribute to achieving theAgenda2030, has a total of 20 members, representing experts from government, private industry, civil society, academia and the technical community.