Club de Madrid Articles

Guy Verhofstadt: “In a world where an algorithm determines all outcomes, politics no longer exits.”

Citizen access to information is a fundamental pillar of a democratic society. The exercise of political rights – from electing leaders to expressing policy views – requires people to have ready access to reliable, balanced and complete information on current affairs,...

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.

Imperial Springs International Forum on Multilateralism and Sustainable Development

Nov 18, 2019

More than 25 prominent leaders from all over the globe are gathering in Guangzhou to lead the 2019 Imperial Springs International Forum (ISIF), which will take place on 1-2 December. The event will count with over 15 Members of World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid (WLA - CdM), all democratic...

Club de Madrid explores how political leadership can redefine migration discourse with Dominican Migration Institute

Nov 15, 2019

World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM) organized a conversation together with the National Migration Institute in the Dominican Republic (INM-RD) to share the work of this institution in the Dominican Republic, which focuses on emphasizing the challenges that political leaders and the...

Taking Stock of Democracy – 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Oct 28, 2019

World Leadership Alliance– Club de Madrid (WLA – CdM) hosted a roundtable entitled Taking Stock of Democracy – 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall to discuss the state of democracy today and how it shapes up to the promises and hope that came right after the fall of the Berlin Wall. "When...

Club de Madrid Annual Conference identifies 13 sets of proposals to foster job creation and inclusive growth

Dec 9, 2013

Integrate economic policies that include a sound base for domestic businesses and entrepreneurship; lessening of...

Guy Ryder and Christiana Figueres, two visions about Societies that Work

Dec 8, 2013

Video message of Guy Ryder, Director General of the ILO: "Thank you very much for this opportunity to speak to your...

Vaira Vike Freiberga, new Club de Madrid President

Dec 7, 2013

The Riga-born leader will start her mandate the first of January of 2014 after being elected today by the Club de...

Kofi Annan: “Young people have paid the heaviest price in terms of lost jobs and dashed prospects”

Dec 7, 2013

Mr. Annan said that the grievances of young people are understandable, because "they have been the least responsible...

High level Australian, Russian and OECD G20 representatives in the upcoming Club de Madrid Annual Conference on jobs and inclusive growth

Dec 5, 2013

The G20 line up during the “Societies that work; Jobs for inclusive growth. A call to the G20” WLA-Club de Madrid...