Our President, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, (Latvia), and Members Joyce Banda (Malawi) and Kim Campbell (Canada) Helen Clark (New Zealand), are four women that have led their countries and are still playing a relevant role in the international sphere. On the occasion of the International Women's Day 2018...

Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga on Women’s Day: “Dear girls & women: follow fearlessly the path that each of you have chosen as your own!”
Message from Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga on the occasion of the Women's International Day On this 8 March, the official Women's day adopted by the United Nations, I send my warmest greetings of universal sisterhood to girls and women across the world. I celebrate the achievements of all the talented,...

Club de Madrid Members Kok and Lagumdzija advocate for inclusive societies in London and Oxford
Wim Kok - former PM of the Netherlands - and Zlatko Lagumdzija- former PM of Bosnia and Herzegovina - recently led a mission to London and Oxford as part of the project Shared Societies. The theme of the mission was Strategy on Environmental Sustainability and Shared Societies. The mission led...
Club de Madrid member Al Eryani and the ‘Arab Spring’
Abdul Kareem Al Eryani (Prime Minister of Yemen, 1980-1983 and 1998-2001) represented the Club de Madrid in the...
Club de Madrid supports the normal transference of power in Haiti
Just after the announcement of the final reults that declared Michael Martelly as the elected Predident for Haiti, a...
What Americans, Nigerians, and Iraqis Have in Common?
Many minority populations perceive that their differentiating attribute -- whether it is their race, ethnicity,...
The Club de Madrid moves forward along with the International sustainable development agenda
In addition to Durban, the next key step in the international agenda on sustainable development is the UN Conference...
The economic benefits of Shared Societies
“A Shared Society’ is a socially cohesive society. It is stable, safe. It is where all those living there feel at...
A Shared Societies Approach to Economic and Social Policy
This session provided an opportunity to learn more about the contribution of a Shared Societies Approach can make to...
Changes in the Arab World: Revolutions towards Democracy?
The Board of Directors of the Club de Madrid held its XXVII meeting last Wednesday 6 April in Madrid, Spain....
Political Leadership for Democratic Transition in Kyrgyzstan
The project is designed to support Kyrgyzstan in achieving a successful transition from an authoritarian state to a...
Iranian representatives thank the Club de Madrid for the letter sent to Ali Khāmene’I
We welcome the recent move by the Iranian authorities that allow the families of MM. Mousavi and Karoubi to visit...