Club de Madrid Articles

“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...

Vike-Freiberga explains Club de Madrid’s ‘Shared Vision of a Shared Society’ at the Hufftington Post

The organization's President, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, penned an essay in the Huffington Post in response, which doubled down on the values that Shared Societies embodies: “when everyone is involved and encouraged, they become an asset to society and a...

Welcome to Perú!

They met with relevant actors of the Peruvian civil society, the Government (including the Prime Minister and the...

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