Club de Madrid Members exchange ideas for a renewed multilateral system at United Nations China
2019-12-13 09:54:21
WLA-CdM Members from different regions offered their perspectives on how to improve global cooperation and multilateralism
Young Med Voices: Lagumdzija meets Mediterranean leaders of tomorrow in Malta
2019-12-12 11:38:01
Zlatko Lagumdžija, the former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, gave feedback to the participants on their policy proposals
Final Statement: Imperial Springs International Forum
2019-12-03 09:48:48
The 2019 Imperial Springs International Forum on Multilateralism and Sustainable Development was held between 1-2 December 2019. Read below its Final Statement:
ISIF 2019: Multilateralism and Sustainable Development
2019-12-02 11:21:50
Attending the Forum were 70 guests, including 30 former heads of state and government, leaders of international organizations, along with 40 foreign friends, experts, scholars, and business elites
Jomaa and Leterme insist on economic governance system wary of social impact
2019-12-01 09:48:31
WLA-CdM Members Jomaa and Leterme led a mission to the World Bank in Washington DC to participate in a Global Economic Governance Policy Dialogue for Shared Societies
Leterme moderates debate with young people seeking to shape policymaking in Med region
2019-11-19 09:35:36
Yves Leterme, the former Prime Minister of Belgium and Member of WLA-CdM, led a mission to moderate a policy dialogue with young participants organized by Anna Lindh Foundation
Imperial Springs International Forum on Multilateralism and Sustainable Development
2019-11-18 15:44:26
This year’s ISIF will be held on December 1-2 and will look into how multilateralism and increased state cooperation can contribute to achieving Agenda 2030
Club de Madrid explores how political leadership can redefine migration discourse with Dominican Migration Institute
2019-11-15 10:58:19
In an event held in Spain’s capital city and in collaboration with the National Migration Institute in the Dominican Republic (INM-RD), Club de Madrid brought together INM-RD director Flor Rojas, Honorary Member Enrique Valentín Iglesias, and media professionals to showcase different projects that build alternative narratives around the topic of migration
Taking Stock of Democracy – 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall
2019-10-28 15:02:23
WLA-CdM held a roundtable that brought together political leaders, experts and young people from the post-1989 generation to discuss the Fall of the Berlin Wall and how democracy stands thirty years on.
Digital Transformation and the Future of Democracy: How can Artificial Intelligence drive Democratic Governance?
2019-10-22 11:49:01
Read below the final statement of our 2019 Policy Dialogue ‘Digital Transformation and the Future of Democracy: How can Artificial Intelligence drive Democratic Governance?’
Danilo Türk is elected new President of Club de Madrid
2019-10-20 13:39:07
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga will remain President until the end of 2019, after which the new President’s term will begin in January 2020.
At the XVIII General Assembly, Members also discussed the upcoming programmatic strategy for the period 2020-2022.
Jan Peter Balkenende Joins Club de Madrid
2019-10-17 07:53:49
The former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Jan Peter Balkenende, has become a Member of the World Leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid.
Club de Madrid commemorates 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall analyzing the current state of democracy
2019-09-30 09:59:12
Commemorating historic victories for democracy during the nineties, in contrast with the current democratic decline.
Former President of Serbia speaks on sustainable peace in Rwanda
2019-08-16 10:47:53
Lessons on peace Tadic also shared with Rwandans insights on sustainable peace: “There is no possibility to implement sustainable peace without reconciliation.
How Club de Madrid can contribute to achieving the SDGs in Sri Lanka
2019-08-14 09:42:17
Danilo Türk led a mission in Sri Lanka to explore how the Shared Societies Project can contribute to putting in place a development framework that is in line with Agenda 2030 and builds understanding between the war-torn communities
Vike-Freiberga tells life story in BBC interview
2019-08-12 08:55:25
The President of WLA-CdM fled Latvia aged 6 as the Soviet Union was occupying the Baltic state. She only returned in 1998, aged 60, after living in exile in Canada. Vaira Vike-Freiberga then became the country’s President —the first female Head of State of the former Soviet bloc— and helped Latvia join NATO and the EU