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Club de Madrid presents Global Agenda on Education for Shared Societies

Thirty former Heads of State and Government led the 'Education for Shared Societies' Policy Dialogue that took place on October 16-17th in Lisbon, Portugal. The event gathered over 150 participants, among policymakers and expert practitioners, educators and youth...

Danilo Türk leads mission in Georgia to spur reform in labour mediation mechanisms

Danilo Türk, Member of Club de Madrid (CdM) and former President of Slovenia, led a mission to Georgia aimed at reforming the labour mediation mechanism. The mission, which took place in Tbilisi between February 11th and 12th, supported the efforts of the Human Rights...

Club de Madrid celebrates International Women’s Day 2019

Almost all female Members of World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid were the first females elected Heads of State or Heads of Government in their countries. Among its Membership, World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid also has the first directly democratically...

Danilo Türk supports women’s access to labour market in Armenia

President Türk also joined a dialogue organised by OxYGen and their partner Girls in Tech – Armenia, which analysed barriers still in place that hinder women’s access to technological careers.

Gordon Brown, Dalia Grybauskaite, Ivo Josipovic, Jean Claude Juncker and Tabaré Vázquez become Members of Club de Madrid

Aug 11, 2020

New Members bring experience in crisis management, public health, and democratic transitions

Live Session: Digital Technologies, Elections and Democracy in times of COVID-19

Jul 31, 2020

Politics has now caught up with digitalization, but policy is still lagging behind. How can we improve electoral governance in the COVID-19 era? How can we hold electoral processes in the COVID-19 era while maintaining political and electoral rights? Join us in this Online AIWS Roundtable and Club de Madrid Live Session in collaboration with the Boston Global Forum.

Live Session: Movilidad en tiempos de crisis – La pandemia del COVID-19 como oportunidad para repensar las migraciones en América Latina

Jul 23, 2020

Access content in English below La crisis del COVID-19 afecta desproporcionadamente a los colectivos más vulnerables, entre ellos a las personas migrantes. ¿Cómo afectará la pandemia a los flujos de migración que se están produciendo en América Latina? La respuesta regional de organizaciones...

Defining the roadmap for the Post-2015 Agenda

Mar 6, 2014

It was part of the Open Working Group Sessions to define the roadmap for the Post-2015 Agenda, where we tried to...

Are you ready for 2015?

Mar 5, 2014

The session was co-organised by the Shared Societies Project of the Club de Madrid and the Social Policy and...

The Global Cost of Violence

Feb 28, 2014

The economic impact of violence has surpassed the combined GDPs of Japan and Germany. According to the latest report...

South to South News: How Does Social Inclusion Drive Sustainable Development?

Feb 21, 2014

The Members of the Club de Madrid are engaged to measurement and quantification of Challenges; Democracy, Equity,...

The Club de Madrid Urgently Calls to Stop Violence in Ukraine

Feb 20, 2014

The democratic rights of the Ukrainian citizens must be respected, including freedom of assembly and expression, as...

The Club de Madrid and the EU support the Haitian leaders in their dialogue for democratic reform

Feb 18, 2014

The first mission of the Club de Madrid is taking place this week in Haiti February 18th and 21st 2014. The delegation...

Live Event: Club de Madrid and Brookings Institute join forces to Promote Shared Societies

Feb 5, 2014

As the Millennium Development Goals’ expiration date of 2015 approaches, groups around the world have proposed various...

Club de Madrid to promote the Shared Societies and Post 2015 Agenda with IMF, Brookings Institute and UN meetings

Feb 4, 2014

What do we want future societies to be like? How should concepts such as inclusion, cohesion, sustainable growth and...

Fair elections, political parties and transparency key factors for the Tunisian and Moldovan democratic transitions

Jan 31, 2014

The purpose of the gathering, organized by the Club de Madrid with the support of the State Department...