Club de Madrid Articles

Vike-Freiberga tells life story in BBC interview

Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM), was the subject of an in-depth interview at BBC Radio for Her Story Made History, a programme that narrates the stories of remarkable women and the relationship between women and...

Experts meeting paves way to Imperial Springs International Forum 2019

A delegation of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM) led by President Danilo Türk met for this year's Preparatory Experts Meeting, a gathering to discuss and craft the programme of the upcoming 2019 Imperial Springs International Forum (ISIF). Under the...

Helen Clark and Laura Chinchilla propose ways to achieving SDGs at High-Level Political Forum

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed upon by UN Member States, but these are not the only key players in their implementation. Increasing the speed of such implementation, widely regarded as a necessity in this year's High-Level Political Forum on...

Thinley calls on including all in economic policy-making

Jigme Thinley, the former Prime Minister of Bhutan, led a Shared Societies mission between 11-14 June in London involving different conferences on issues like the inclusive economy, Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index and migration.  The conference The Future of...