Club de Madrid Articles

Club de Madrid kicks off new initiative on Shared Societies and education

Its main outcome is expected to be a clear and strong Call to Action on Education for Shared Societies, seeking to mobilise political will to generate action in this context.

“Leaders can promote small projects that can change the lives of ordinary people”, says Club de Madrid in Shared Societies mission to World Bank and UN

The Fragility Forum, a gathering organized by the World Bank from 5th to 7th March, which considers how to support fragile states.

Laura Chinchilla, new Vice President of Club de Madrid

Former President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, has been appointed to be new Vice President of World Leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid (WLA – CdM).

Club de Madrid participates in conversation with UN Quaker Office on preventing violent conflicts

Launched in Washington D.C at the 2018 World Bank Fragility Forum, the report is the first joint study between the UN and the World Bank.

Club de Madrid condemns the attacks in Sri Lanka

Apr 22, 2019

CdM condemns yesterdays’ terror attacks against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka.

Club de Madrid discusses links between online information and declining trust in democratic institutions

Apr 22, 2019

Members of the Board of Directors of Club de Madrid (CdM) led the Roundtable ‘Trust in Democracy’ held in London on 28th March to analyze the links between low trust in democratic institutions and the regulation of information online.

Statement by Member Chandrika Kumaratunga on the recent attacks in Sri Lanka

Apr 22, 2019

I join all peace loving Sri Lankans to condemn unreservedly the dastardly acts of violence that occurred since this morning in several leading Christian churches all over the country and in Hotels in Colombo. My heartfelt sympathies go out to the families of those who lost lives, even while they...

Can youth revitalise democracy? Philip Dimitrov to participate in the World Forum For Democracy

Oct 26, 2014

Philip Dmitrov President of Bulgaria (1991-1992) will be participanting in the gathering, whose main...

Club de Madrid congratulates Nobel Peace Price Laureates Malala Yousefzai and Kailash Satyarthi

Oct 10, 2014

Malala Yousefzai was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in October 2012, an attack carried out to stop Malala’s...

Shared Societies Perspective in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Oct 10, 2014

Participants discussed the contribution of the concept of “Shared Societies” developed by the Club de Madrid to the...

Club de Madrid Members Meidani and Al Mahdi meets Moldovan and Tunisian delegations

Oct 6, 2014

This meeting was organized by the Club de Madrid in the framework of the Leaders Engaged in New Democracies...

Launch of the new edition of the journal Development ‘Shared Societies’

Oct 6, 2014

The Journal will be introduced by two key Journal contributors, Danilo Turk, President of Slovenia 2007-2012 and...

Shared Societies in Georgia

Sep 26, 2014

The present government wants to demonstrate its good will towards the Abkhaz and South Ossetians but their suspicions...

Robinson, Kufuor and Freiberga call to Action on Climate Change

Sep 23, 2014

To all Heads of State and Government, When you assumed the responsibility of leading your country, like...

“Why we can not fully celebrate”, a Club de Madrid Op-Ed about the quality of Democracy

Sep 15, 2014

WHY WE CAN’T FULLY CELEBRATE Members of the Club de Madrid express concern on International Democracy Day The...

Club de Madrid launches Next Generation Democracy to respond to signals of democratic decline

Sep 15, 2014

Although the world is celebrating today the International Day of Democracy, the fact is that, we can not fully...