Club de Madrid Articles

Club de Madrid presents its 2018 Annual Report

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Laura Chinchilla debates inclusive education with young changemakers from Malala Fund

Vice-President of Club de Madrid, Laura Chinchilla, led a discussion on education at a ‘Changemaker’ session of The Global Education and Skills Forum 2019 held between March 22-24. In front of thirty-eight Gulmakai Network Champions, a network of local educators and...

Club de Madrid presents Global Agenda on Education for Shared Societies

Thirty former Heads of State and Government led the 'Education for Shared Societies' Policy Dialogue that took place on October 16-17th in Lisbon, Portugal. The event gathered over 150 participants, among policymakers and expert practitioners, educators and youth...

Danilo Türk leads mission in Georgia to spur reform in labour mediation mechanisms

Danilo Türk, Member of Club de Madrid (CdM) and former President of Slovenia, led a mission to Georgia aimed at reforming the labour mediation mechanism. The mission, which took place in Tbilisi between February 11th and 12th, supported the efforts of the Human Rights...

Club de Madrid presents its 2020-2022 strategy to address mounting challenges to democracy

Jan 20, 2020

World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM) believes that democracy has the highest potential to deliver sustainable results in terms of peace and development. But democracy can take many forms. Mounting unresolved challenges, slow progress and strained, outdated structures indicate the...

Danilo Türk becomes the new President of Club de Madrid

Jan 1, 2020

Danilo Türk, former President of Slovenia (2007-2012) has just become the President of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM), assuming his mandate on January 1st 2020. Following his election during the XVIII General Assembly held on 20 October 2019 in Madrid, Danilo Türk will assume...

International Migrants Day 2019: Beyond Heroism

Dec 18, 2019

But what about those that surround us every day making our lives richer, both materially and culturally? This Wednesday, December 18, is International Migrants Day.

Welcoming Cities – Keys for an anti-racist culture

Oct 9, 2015

The European Coalition of Cities against Racism is an initiative launched by UNESCO in 2004 to...

Promoting Democracy Promotes Peace

Oct 9, 2015

The Club de Madrid wishes to congratulate Tunisian society as a whole, its political parties, civil society leaders,...

Club de Madrid and ICSR convene 40 former presidents and 200 experts to build a global consensus on radicalization and violent extremism

Oct 1, 2015

MADRID+10 THE GLOBAL POLICY DIALOGUE ON PREVENTING AND COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM #GlobalConsensus 250 high level...

‘Democracy is still missing’: op-ed by Freiberga, Ramos-Horta and Kok in the Hufftington Post

Sep 29, 2015

Democracy is still the missing ingredient in the SGD's A set of renewed and enhanced Development Goals -- the...

Wim Kok in Haiti: “Completing the electoral process with transparent, inclusive and securitized elections is of utmost importance for the country”

Sep 18, 2015

Haiti is currently facing two crucial challenges: a complex and large-scale electoral process with presidential,...