On Nelson Mandela Day, Club de Madrid joined the Mandela Bridges World E-Summit to commemorate the legacy of the South African politician in the defence of human rights and the reconciliation of peoples. Since 2009, the United Nations recognizes 18 July (Nelson Mandela's birthday) as Nelson...
Live Session: An Inclusive, Global Strategy to #LeaveNoOneBehind during and after COVID-19
As the UN Secretary General and Club de Madrid Member, António Guterres put it, “we must tackle the devastating social and economic dimensions of this crisis, with a focus on the most affected”. Traditionally marginalised and vulnerable social groups cannot be left outside the reach of public...
Jan Peter Balkenende: Against the current for the Common Good
The corona crisis apparently reinforces the role of the nation state, of the government and the hard struggle between the United States and China, which put their own interests above the multilateral world order. Yet a different agenda is needed now, says former Prime Minister Prof.dr. Jan Peter...
Club de Madrid publishes the summary of the Next Generation Democracy Sub-Saharan Africa Roundtable.
The conclusions of this Roundtable stressed that Sub-Saharan Africa has the capacity to accomplish its...
George Papandreu-Club de Madrid Q&A (part II): “I was also a refugee years ago”
WWhat should the EU do to tackle the migratory crisis? The European Union needs to live up both to its capacity...
Sixth High-Level Mission towards peaceful transition to Democracy in Myanmar
The aim of the mission was to build on the foundations laid during previous missions to advance a peaceful transition...
Global Peace Index Madrid Presentation: Conflict cost the global economy $13.6 billions last year.
This is the tenth edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI), which ranks the nations of the world according to their...
Mayors from South East Europe join in a Shared Societies effort
Hosted by the Major of Sarajevo(Bosnia & Herzegovina), it gathered majors from Belgrade (Serbia), Podgorica...
Member George Papandreu responds our Q&A on the World Refugee Day (Part I)
Coming from Greece, Mr Papandreu has broad knowledge of the migratory crisis. In this first part of our Q&A, he...
Orlando massacre: ‘An act of terror, an act of hate’ that hit everyone’s democracy
Sunday the 12th was a heart breaking day for the LGBT community around the world. But this could have happened to any...
Club de Madrid undertakes Sixth High-Level Mission to Myanmar
They will partake in bilateral meetings with government officials, a workshop on “Sound Management of Natural...
Final Declaration: Imperial Springs Forum Inclusive Sustainable & Resilient Cities in the B&R Initiative
As President of the Club de Madrid, Vaira Vike-Freiberga said before handing the diploma that certifies him with his...