Club de Madrid Articles

Open letter: Response to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

The Members of Club de Madrid feel that they can make a particular contribution to these issues especially through their Shared Societies Project, which has been working for ten years to address inter-group tensions of every kind.

Pew Research Center study finds worrying mistrust towards democratic institutions in Western Europe

populist parties incite the shattering of established parties and intellectual ideas that uphold today’s forms of power and hegemony.

Shared Societies presented as tool to counteract fears over globalisation at Symi Symposium

A specific session on Globalisation and the Role of Shared Societies was chaired by South African Human Rights activist Kumi Naidoo and included as the main speaker WLA-CdM Member Zlatko Lagumdzija.

Kjell Magne Bondevik led a mission to Kyrgyzstan to support inclusion of persons with disabilities in the labour market

Kjell Magne Bondevik, former PM of Norway & Member of World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid (WLA - CdM), travelled to Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) in an effort to support the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the country’s labour market. The mission, lead by...
Thinley calls on including all in economic policy-making

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 Inclusive Economies,...

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