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...

Policy success through anticipation: How to build a democratic culture of emergency preparedness?
While democracies are frequently put to test, having to remain adaptable to new contexts, innovations and challenges, the COVID-19 pandemic entailed a unique defiance to their resilience and capacity for renewal. The sudden global health crisis sent shock waves across every aspect of daily lives,...

Live Session: A renewed multilateral system- Towards positive and inclusive peace
International Peace and Security remains one of the foremost global challenges of our time. As the world juggles intractable problems from climate change to deep societal cleavages…
PM Lagumdzija at the MedForum: “If we want a better future we must create it, not predict it”
Lagumdzija, took part in the Plenary Debate “Populations on the Move: Leveraging New Opportunities for Dialogue”....
Petre Roman in Kiev: ‘Ukraine needs sincere and committed leadership for democratic reforms’
The event, organized by the United Nations Development Program and funded by the European Commission, features an...
Most countries don’t exploit the development potential of migration, the OECD finds
The results of the empirical work confirm that even though migration contributes to the development of countries of...
President Juan Manuel Santos awarded Nobel Peace Prize
The committee’s decision was based on “his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50 year long civil war to...
Club de Madrid Member Antonio Guterres elected new United Nations Secretary General
Guterres, a staunch and unyielding champion of democracy, sustainable development and human rights, is also a natural...
“They show their victory, we have to show their defeat’ Mehdi Jomaa tells BBC about ISIS
Talking from Brussels in the margins of the kick-off meeting of the CdM and the European Commission funded new...
How to build new narratives to prevent violent extremism, core of the newest CdM project
Reinforce a response to radical messages by proposing a positive narrative based on tools from traditional media,...
Clinton and Lagumdzija join forces again for Shared Societies
Lagumdzija met with former president Bill Clinton, honorary co-chair of the Club de Madrid, during the event to share...
‘Does Democracy need a reset?’ Freiberga, Quiroga & Uteem reflect on Democracy Day
Does democracy need a reset? Some time back, we started hearing about ‘post-democracy’. Looking at...