Club de Madrid Articles

Fourth Global Baku Forum

The meeting will build on the findings from the Baku Forum of 2015, which reviewed the main challenges to the current World Order and explored options to overcome them. Over 70 former and current world leaders gathered in Baku to discuss issues of top...

Club de Madrid Member Lagumdžija to take part in a young leadership program in Amman

This first “Debate to Action” regional communication and advocacy training will take place in Amman from February 2016, 13th to 18th Hosted at the Jordan Media Institute (JMI), the “Debate to Action” training is co-organised by the Anna Lindh Foundation...

Club de Madrid Member, James R. Mancham, new Africa Peace Award recipient

In a letter to Sir James received on Friday January 29, 2016, H.E. Ambassador Mussie Hailu - Regional Director of URI for Africa and Representative of URI at the African Union Commission (AUC); IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority for Development); UNECA (United Nations...

Club de Madrid tackles the role of the military in Myanmar’s democratic transition

This mission came to Myanmar following the historic November 8, 2015 elections in which the opposition party National League for Democracy (NLD) won an outright majority but before the new government has taken place. The visit sought to build on the work of previous...

Members Mogae and Uteem discuss about PVE in Nigeria with country’s key stakeholders

Jul 18, 2017

Following-up on the National Workshop on Alternative Narratives to Violent Extremism, organized in Abuja on May 23-24, the CdM is conducting a High-Level Mission to Nigeria (July 17-18), led by Club de Madrid Members, President Cassam Uteem (Mauritius) and President Festus Mogae (Bostwana). The...

Helmut Kohl, the right man for democracy in the right time for Europe

Jun 17, 2017

Khol served longer as German Chancellor than anybody else since Otto von Bismark. He ruled the country from 1982 to 1998 and left active politics in 2002. His stature as a statesman and his europeism helped to shape the map of Europe both geographically and politically. He was joined by François...

‘Paris: our values, our future’ Club de Madrid statement on Trump and climate change

Jun 15, 2017

PARIS, OUR VALUES, OUR FUTURE Climate Change is an undeniable reality affecting the planet and humankind. It is an existential threat. For over a decade, World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid (WLA - CdM) and its more than 100 Members have been vigorously advocating for an...

Regional Workshop on Women’s Leadership for Peace and Security in the Greater Horn of Africa

Oct 9, 2009

Campbell and Robinson co-chaired this inaugural meeting, which is part of a 3-year project launched with the support...