Club de Madrid Articles

Nobel Peace Ramos-Horta advocates for education as the best tool for preventing conflict and radicalization

José Ramos-Horta was President of Timor Leste from 2007 to 2010 and a key figure not only during the process of independence of his country, but also in the reconciliation phase that followed. That had two sides: one between factions inside Timor Leste itself, and...

“Where Shared Society Starts, Violent Extremism Stops”

Within this framework, former PM of the Netherlands, Wim Kok, met with Tunisia’s Minister of Justice and Minister of Civil Society, as well as with other high level policy makers and civil society representatives during his visit to the country. At these meetings, he...

Our Work to Prevent Violent Extremism in Nigeria, Tunisia and Lebanon

This qualitative research will provide evidence-based findings on how citizens receive and perceive messages from violent extremist groups and identify the channels through which those messages are conveyed. Focus group report and recommendations will soon be...

Roza Otunbayeva Part of UN Panel on Global Poverty and Women in Peace Building

Roza Otunbayeva, President of Kyrgyz Republic (2010-2011) and Club de Madrid Member, was involved in two panel discussions on 1st and 2nd February during the United Nations Commission on Social Development, part of a joint initiative of the Club de Madrid and the UN...
Zlatko Lagumdzija attends UN High Level Meeting on sustaining peace

Zlatko Lagumdzija attends UN High Level Meeting on sustaining peace

Club de Madrid (CdM)  Member Zlatko Lagumdzija recently traveled to New York as part of a Shared Societies Project Mission. The main purpose of the Mission was to attend the UN High Level Meeting on Sustaining Peace, at which Zlatko Lagumdzija was special guest of the President of the UN General...

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