World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid (WLA - CdM), the largest forum of democratically elected former Heads of State and Government, added the former Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2002-2010), Jan Peter Balkenende as new Member to an extensive list of leaders working to promote democratic...

Club de Madrid commemorates 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall analyzing the current state of democracy
The fall of the Berlin Wall represents a high point of freedom and unity in our recent history. Therefore, on its 30th anniversary, the World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM), the largest group of former international Presidents and Prime Ministers, aims to connect the past, present,...

Former President of Serbia speaks on sustainable peace in Rwanda
Lessons on peace Tadic also shared with Rwandans insights on sustainable peace: “There is no possibility to implement sustainable peace without reconciliation.
To the G20 leaders: Climate Change – A Must on the G20 Agenda
Climate Change – A Must on the G20 Agenda A few weeks ago, on the occasion of the UN Climate Summit, we sent a...
Building a Shared Society in South East Asia? Social Cohesion Policy Review of Vietnam
This event is part of the cooperation between the Club de Madrid Shared Societies Project and the Social Cohesion Unit...
Mogherini, to participate in the CdM/RFK Center Policy Dialogue ‘Democracy and Human Rights in Decline?’
Is democracy losing ground? Is it failing to protect human rights? Forty Club de Madrid members and 100 renowned...
Tarja Halonen and Jose Ramos-Horta support the ongoing Constitution-making process and women’s participation in Nepal
Club de Madrid Members Tarja Halonen, President of the Republic of Finland (2000-2012), and José Manuel Ramos-Horta,...
‘Democracy and Human Rights in Decline?’, new ideas for the Next Generation Democracy
With political disaffection and social unrest increasing around the world, the Policy Dialogue ‘Democracy and Human...
Can youth revitalise democracy? Philip Dimitrov to participate in the World Forum For Democracy
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
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
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
This meeting was organized by the Club de Madrid in the framework of the Leaders Engaged in New Democracies...