Club de Madrid Articles

Club de Madrid publishes the summary of the Next Generation Democracy Sub-Saharan Africa Roundtable.

The conclusions of this Roundtable stressed that Sub-Saharan Africa has the capacity to accomplish its own development, retaining a huge potential for economic progress, but this needs to be done in the framework of democratic governance. Democracy in...

George Papandreu-Club de Madrid Q&A (part II): “I was also a refugee years ago”

WWhat should the EU do to tackle the migratory crisis? The European Union needs to live up both to its capacity and to its principles. As the EU has been a peace project it now needs to use and develop its capacities to be able to adapt to new challenges,...

Sixth High-Level Mission towards peaceful transition to Democracy in Myanmar

The aim of the mission was to build on the foundations laid during previous missions to advance a peaceful transition to democracy, national reconciliation and constructive next steps in the peace process through an inclusive approach. The mission met with Thura...

Global Peace Index Madrid Presentation: Conflict cost the global economy $13.6 billions last year.

This is the tenth edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI), which ranks the nations of the world according to their level of peacefulness. The index is composed of 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators from highly respected sources and ranks 162 independent...

Seventeen Club de Madrid Members meet Xi Jinping in Beijing

Dec 20, 2017

Club de Madrid Members were welcomed in the Great Hall of the People and engaged with President Xi Jiping in a vivid and fruitful exchange of views about how the different regions of the world should interact with China and vice-versa in the pursuit of a future that leaves no one behind. President...

Club de Madrid discusses the current global system and governance at the Imperial Springs Forum in China

Nov 23, 2017

The Imperial Springs International Forum (ISIF), titled Global Governance and China’s perspective, will provide the setting to engage in an open dialogue between experienced political leaders from across the globe, members of Club de Madrid (CdM), and top Chinese leaders. During the event, they,...

Club de Madrid & Breathrough Media partners with the EU to improve counter-narrative responses

Nov 13, 2017

The event 'Building Counter Narratives to Violent Extremism: Lessons Learnt from Outside Europe', will present the outcomes of two EU funded initiatives run by Club de Madrid (CdM) and Breakthrough Media respectively. It aims at providing ideas for public institutions and civil society actors on...

Congratulations to our member Cavaco Silva, re-elected President of Portugal

Jan 24, 2011

Policies for cities fighting climate change

Jan 15, 2011

The Club de Madrid and the European Commission

Jan 13, 2011

Views were exchanged on the projects the Club of Madrid is currently conducting in Haiti and Kyrgyzstan with the...

Today we are all Haitians

Jan 12, 2011

We do not give up to the temptation of discouragement, because we know the future lies in hope. Just as in 1804...

Armenia’s foreign policy: Security challenges and European perspectives

Dec 17, 2010

In an agile debate, experts, journalists and diplomats discussed regional security issues, such as the peaceful...

Club de Madrid joins the initiative of RTVE “Together for Haiti”

Dec 17, 2010

Two of our Members, Bill Clinton and Felipe González met with Tony Blair and other progressive leaders in New York to launch the Global Progress Council

Dec 16, 2010

The aim of this meeting was to prepare the Global Progress Summit, to be held in Madrid in 2011 as the second edition...

Elections are a means to an end

Dec 12, 2010

The Club de Madrid is mindful of the electoral claims that have been presented to the pertinent authorities, and calls...

Fuad Siniora speaks on Lebanon and the Middle East in a World in Transition

Dec 10, 2010

As attention is focused on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon which is expected to deliver an indictment in the near...