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…
‘Democracy is still missing’: op-ed by Freiberga, Ramos-Horta and Kok in the Hufftington Post
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”
Haiti is currently facing two crucial challenges: a complex and large-scale electoral process with presidential,...
Democratic governance is the answer
One year after the launch of NGD, a first Policy Dialogue was held in Florence as well as four regional roundtables:...
Club de Madrid High Level Mission to Myanmar ahead of crucial elections
The aim of the mission was to support and encourage an inclusive approach to resolving the challenges of...
Statements from Club de Madrid Members, González and Piñera, on Leopoldo López
Comunicado de Felipe González Presidente del Gobierno de España (1982-1996) y Miembro del Club de...
Ten former presidents and 50 experts tackle the challegues of the Next Generation Democracy in the Americas
Jorge Quiroga, Vicente Fox, Ricardo Lagos, Yves Leterme, Belisario Betancur, César Gaviria,...
Juan Manuel Santos and 10 former presidents lead the NGD Roundtable about the future of democracy in the Americas
Beyond the outcomes already reached throughout NGD’s project development, a new debate will be held in which not only...
SDGs: No one left behind
President Roza Otunbayeva said, during her presentation at the ECOSOC session “From the MDGs to SDGs”, that Central...
Andrés Pastrana, new president of the Centrist Democrat International
The decision was taken at the meeting of leaders of 76 Christian Democrat and Social Christian political parties from...


