Club de Madrid Articles

President Juan Manuel Santos awarded Nobel Peace Prize

The committee’s decision was based on “his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50 year long civil war to an end” and a peace deal signed with Farc rebels, but rejected by Colombians in a vote. Juan Manuel Santos said that he dedicated the award to "all...

Club de Madrid Member Antonio Guterres elected new United Nations Secretary General

Guterres, a staunch and unyielding champion of democracy, sustainable development and human rights, is also a natural bridge-builder, always ready to bring acumen, subtlety and moderation to every task. Moreover, he has shown a steadfast readiness and willingness to...

“They show their victory, we have to show their defeat’ Mehdi Jomaa tells BBC about ISIS

Talking from Brussels in the margins of the kick-off meeting of the CdM and the European Commission funded new initiative 'Leaders telling a different story', aimed at building a new alternative message to counter ISIS' and other violent extremism groups' propaganda,...

How to build new narratives to prevent violent extremism, core of the newest CdM project

Reinforce a response to radical messages by proposing a positive narrative based on tools from traditional media, social media and citizen journalism is the aim of the latest Club de Madrid project: ‘Preventing Violent Extremism: Leaders telling a different story’....

“Leaders can promote small projects that can change the lives of ordinary people”, says Club de Madrid in Shared Societies mission to World Bank and UN

Mar 27, 2018

The Fragility Forum, a gathering organized by the World Bank from 5th to 7th March, which considers how to support fragile states.

Laura Chinchilla, new Vice President of Club de Madrid

Mar 15, 2018

Former President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, has been appointed to be new Vice President of World Leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid (WLA – CdM).

Club de Madrid participates in conversation with UN Quaker Office on preventing violent conflicts

Mar 9, 2018

Launched in Washington D.C at the 2018 World Bank Fragility Forum, the report is the first joint study between the UN and the World Bank.

Haiti: Democratic process, reconstruction and development process

Mar 11, 2011

It is imperative to stop any form of electoral violence, physical or verbal. Democracy requires, necessarily, the...

8th March, International Women’s Day

Mar 8, 2011

When women on all continents, often divided by national boundaries and by ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic...

Public Statement on the Current Situation in Libya

Feb 25, 2011

The Club de Madrid is aware that we live in a changing world and leaders are facing new and difficult challenges....

González and Jospin support the electoral process in Haiti as a prerequisite for consensus for reconstruction

Feb 23, 2011

Almost six months since the start of the Global Leadership for Haiti´s Reconstruction project, the Club de Madrid has...

Betancur, Pastrana, Sanguinetti and Zedillo dialogue on political stability, economic prosperity and legal security in Latin America

Feb 17, 2011

Latin America is going through a very unique moment, both politically and economically. Despite differences between...