To support participants to work together in a fresh and exciting way, with a focus on tackling a common challenge relevant to societies to the south and north of the Mediterranean.
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, government action and...
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.
Kok and Bondevik meet with President U Thein Sein of Myanmar
They have met with Myanmar's President, U Thein Sein and with two key Ministers, U Soe Thein and U Aung Min. This...
A shared society is an enabling society: UN Commision for Social Development
The session highlighted the importance and the practical implications of creating the conditions within society which...
“An integrated MENA region must be an EU priority”
More than 1.2 billion people lived in that area that Ambassador Westendorp considered a priority for the EU. He...
Member Kim Campbell to participate in a Shared Societies panel in New York
The United Nations Commision for Social Development will hold its meeting in New York and Club de Madrid and the UN...
Club de Madrid to participate in a session about populism and economic challenges in democratic transitions
Former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Fouad al Sanyoura, and former President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández,...
Census: Political Aid or Hindrance in Post-Conflict Societies? The Afghanistan case
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President Chandrika Kumaratunga: “The continued existence of inequality gives rise to terrorism”
Read the posts on the Shared Societies Blog about the two lectures of Chandrika Kumaratunga: "Terrorism...
LEND Network supports efforts to build democracy in Tunisia
They have discussed different key issues related to the current process towards democracy as part of the first...
The Shared Societies Project Blog: Encouraging Pluralism in Diverse Society
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