Former PM of Norway Kjell Magne Bondevik will support the rights of disabled people in Kyrgyzstan

18 June, 2018

The CdM member will meet with PM Abulgaziyev and push for a Roadmap for Reform

Zlatko Lagumdzija attends UN High Level Meeting on sustaining peace

3 May, 2018

Zlatko Lagumdzija attended the United Nations High Level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace.

Club de Madrid kicks off new initiative on Shared Societies and education

12 April, 2018

Its main outcome is expected to be a clear and strong Call to Action on Education for Shared Societies, seeking to mobilise political will to generate action in this context.

“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

27 March, 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

15 March, 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

9 March, 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.

Four female world leaders call to action towards gender equaility on #IWD2018

9 March, 2018

Four female world leaders, all of them Members of Club de Madrid, have recorded and written messages of empowerment and action on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2018 to recall every women (and men) in the world that gender equality is not an option, but a moral imperative.

 

Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga on Women’s Day: “Dear girls & women: follow fearlessly the path that each of you have chosen as your own!”

8 March, 2018

International Women’s Day is a landmark for democracy. Women, and also men committed to democratic values and human rights and dignity,  demonstrate and speak out loud, pursuing a better world for all. Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, President of CdM, has shared with us a message of confidence and assertion in the fight for a democracy that delivers.

Club de Madrid Members Kok and Lagumdzija advocate for inclusive societies in London and Oxford

5 March, 2018

Zlatko Lagumdzija- former PM of Bosnia and Herzegovina – spoke atan event with the New Economics Foundation, and later on, along Wim Kok – former PM of The Netherlands – visited Westminster to advocate for the SDGs at the House of Lords

 

Club de Madrid Members will discuss Sustainable Development, Conflict Prevention and Migration at the World Bank Fragility Forum and at the United Nations

1 March, 2018

The mission will disseminate the key findings of our Shared Societies Project at fora seeking to contribute to the Global Compact for Migration. We will take advantage of the optimum opportunity to engage with processes being undertaken by the Global Community.

Populism, political mistrust and misinformation in the digital era, main topics of the NGD America Round Table in San Francisco

27 February, 2018

Club de Madrid Members Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien and Jorge Quiroga led the discussions in the thought-provoking NGD America roundtable, organized in San Francisco (25-26 February) in partnership with Newco and the support of the Alan B. Slifka Foundation.

 

Is democracy in peril? Five CdM members to address North America Democracy in San Francisco

23 February, 2018

The Club de Madrid delegation will participate in two events, to be held in San Francisco, focused on the state of democracy: the Next Generation Democracy North America Roundtable (25, 26 February) and the Newco Shift Forum (26).

 

 

 

 

Zapatero: “Cape Verde can lead the revolution for women’s rights in Africa”

22 February, 2018

Former Spanish PM and CdM member, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, travelled to Cape Verde to support the inclusion of female domestic workers in the formal economy as part of the EU project INSPIRED+.

Leonel Fernández: “Democracy is the only universal guarantee of human dignity and fundamental rights”

19 February, 2018

In the interview, Mr. Fernández makes an assessment of recent events which affected democratic development in his region, Latin America.

Former Spanish PM to lead Cape Verde mission to promote the rights of domestic workers

19 February, 2018

Its main goal is to promote the labour rights of women who work in the domestic service, making it a topic of public debate.

In memoriam: Ruud Lubbers, a life committed to public service

15 February, 2018

Former Prime Minister of The Netherlands, Ruud Lubbers, has passed away at the age of 78. He was the longest serving PM in his country, where he led three different governments