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Dando seguimiento a la presidencia española: Multilateralismo, transición verde y transformación digital

Multilateralism and Global Cooperation

El informe, publicado conjuntamente por Club de Madrid y Atlantic Council, esboza los pasos para fortalecer el multilateralismo y acelerar las transiciones verde y digital en Europa y América.

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Galvanizing Spain’s Presidency for the Next Chapter: Multilateralism, Green Transition, and Digital Transformation

Multilateralism and Global Cooperation

The report, issued jointly by Club de Madrid and the Atlantic Council, outlines steps to strengthen multilateralism and accelerate the green and digital transitions in Europe and the Americas

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Deconstruyendo mitos y narrativas alrededor de la migración

Fostering Shared Societies

Deconstruyendo mitos y narrativas alrededor de la migración: Análisis y recomendaciones a partir de las experiencias de Colombia, México y Perú

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Programmatic Strategy 2023-2025

Club de Madrid´s 2023-2025 Programmatic Strategy aims to guide the organisation’s efforts for the next three years with an eye on 2030 and the end of the Decade of Action for accelerating sustainable solutions to the world’s biggest challenges. This document is the result of an extensive consultation process. It reflects the visions of our Members and encapsulates how Club de Madrid intends to leverage its mandate over the next three years.

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Legislación contra el racismo y la discriminación racial en Iberoamérica

Fostering Shared Societies

Shared Societies Project of the Club de Madrid in collaboration with with Ashanti Peru on legislation and policies against racism and discrimination in Latin America and the Caribbean

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2021 Annual Report

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Club de Madrid’s Annual Report 2021 details the organization’s efforts to strengthen democratic values throughout 2021.

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Policy Dialogue 2021 concluding document: Our commitment to democracy

Multilateralism and Global Cooperation

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Protecting and defending democracy is a shared responsibility. All democratic governments should be held accountable for their actions, as must civil society, political parties, the private sector and the media. We need a shared and clear strategy to advance democratic development in a context of uncertainty and fast-paced demands from a changing world.

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“Resilient Democracies, Resilient Institutions”

Since the beginning of 2020, the pandemic has placed additional strains on democratic institutions and practices. It has also intensified efforts at many levels to improve and defend democracy. The Covid-19 experience has sharpened debates about democracy’s future worldwide.

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“Responsible Leadership in Democracy: Values and Accountability”

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The democratic world is in crisis. While each country faces its own unique combination of challenges, the most common problems are: fraying trust in institutions, democratic backsliding, increasing inequality, persistent patterns of social exclusion, self-serving elites, lower social mobility, political polarization and rising authoritarian tendencies.

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“The New Information Ecosystem: A question of Trust, Truth and Freedom of Speech”

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The “New Information Ecosystem” Working Group created under the auspices of Club de Madrid applied a scenario-based strategic planning process to develop a set of recommendations that democratic societies can implement in order to foster informational ecosystem improvements that will enable them to better serve the public interest.

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Opportunities and threat for fundamental rights in AI & digital societies

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The explosion of AI is having a notable impact on our present rights and future opportunities, determining the decision-making processes that affect all in today’s society.

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The elements & process for an international legal framework to protect fundamental rights in AI & digital spaces

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While some believe that many of the most challenging problems of this world can be solved through or with the help of AI, other, such as Bill Gates, consider this technology also a risk alike to atomic power and atomic weapons.

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Transatlantic approaches to protect fundamental rights in AI & digital spaces

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The use of AI-assisted decision-making tools is also jeopardizing the crucial role of human judgement and raising questions of accountability for all sorts of decisions, in business, public service and military areas alike.

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Position paper on youth

#ClubdeMadrid

The task endured in this report is born out of the realization that “youth politics’ lacks an international common ground

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World Social Summit 2025 – A post pandemic Social Contract

Fostering Shared Societies

There is no better or more inclusive forum than the United Nations to evoke such a commitment and to elevate social development in the international agenda

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2020 Annual Report

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Club de Madrid´s Annual Report 2020 details the organization’s efforts to strengthen democratic values throughout 2020.

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Executive Summary in Spanish – Democracy and Emergencies: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for democratic resilience

Democracy and Democratic Governance

#GlobalCommission

Club de Madrid convened a Global Commission on Democracy and Emergencies to analyze different responses to the COVID-19 crisis and offer recommendations to improve democracy’s capacity to function, deliver, be trusted and come out of an emergency unscathed. Executive Summary in Spanish.

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Executive Summary in French – Democracy and Emergencies: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for democratic resilience

Democracy and Democratic Governance

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Club de Madrid convened a Global Commission on Democracy and Emergencies to analyze different responses to the COVID-19 crisis and offer recommendations to improve democracy’s capacity to function, deliver, be trusted and come out of an emergency unscathed. Executive Summary in French.

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Executive Summary in English – Democracy and Emergencies: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for democratic resilience

Democracy and Democratic Governance

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Club de Madrid convened a Global Commission on Democracy and Emergencies to analyze different responses to the COVID-19 crisis and offer recommendations to improve democracy’s capacity to function, deliver, be trusted and come out of an emergency unscathed. Executive Summary in English.

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Imperial Springs 2019

Multilateralism and Global Cooperation

#ISIF2019

Final Report from Imperial Springs International Forum 2019

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Mechanisms of Democracy and Fundamental Rights – International IDEA

Democracy and Democratic Governance

#GlobalCommission

The paper ‘Mechanisms of Democracy and Fundamental Rights’ was led by International IDEA as part of Club de Madrid’s Global Commission on Democracy and Emergencies Working Group 1.

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Democracy and Emergencies: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for democratic resilience

Democracy and Democratic Governance

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Club de Madrid convened a Global Commission on Democracy and Emergencies to analyze different responses to the COVID-19 crisis and offer recommendations to improve democracy’s capacity to function, deliver, be trusted and come out of an emergency unscathed.

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Effective Leadership and Democratic Culture

Democracy and Democratic Governance

#GlobalCommission

The paper ‘Effective Leadership and Democratic Culture’ was led by Edelman as part of Club de Madrid’s Global Commission on Democracy and Emergencies Working Group 3.

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‘Responding with equality’ – Oxfam

Democracy and Democratic Governance

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The paper ‘Responding with equality’ was led by Oxfam as part of Club de Madrid’s Global Commission on Democracy and Emergencies Working Group 2.

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Multilateralism Must Deliver – Call to Action

Multilateralism and Global Cooperation

#Multilateralism2020

Our Policy Dialogue 2020 produced the call to action ‘Multilateralism Must Deliver’ to craft a path that will lead us to an equitable, secure and sustainable system of global cooperation and renewed multilateral institutions, fit for purpose in the 21st century and resilient against future disasters.

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Fulfilling the UN75 Declaration Promise

Multilateralism and Global Cooperation

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President Danilo Türk and Member Jan Peter Balkenende contributed to the report “Fulfilling the UN75 Declaration’s Promise”, a collection of expert insight into revitalising the UN system

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Fulfilling the UN75 Declaration’s Promise Expert Series – Experts Roundtable 5

Multilateralism and Global Cooperation

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Report from the fifth roundtable of the “Fulfilling the UN75 Declaration’s Promise Expert Series” to meet two of the twelve commitments presented in the UN75 Declaration.

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Our Common Agenda – UN After 75

Multilateralism and Global Cooperation

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Club de Madrid’s report to revitalise multilateralism

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Club de Madrid’s Brand Book

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Club de Madrid’s Brand Book (since February 2021)

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Transforming Multilateralism for 21st Century Social Justice and Inclusion

Multilateralism and Global Cooperation

Policy Dialogue 2020 ‘Multilateralism that Delivers’ Background Paper

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Leveraging Multilateralism to Build Back Better towards a more Sustainable Future

Multilateralism and Global Cooperation

Policy Dialogue 2020 ‘Multilateralism that Delivers’ Background Paper

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Digital Cooperation for a Better Global Future

Multilateralism and Global Cooperation

Policy Dialogue 2020 ‘Multilateralism that Delivers’ Background Paper

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2019 Annual Report

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The World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid’s Annual Report details the organization’s efforts for democracies that deliver throughout 2019.

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Conference on Democratic Transition and Consolidation

The CDTC outcome report results from Club de Madrid’s foundational conference, held in 2001.

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Strategy 2020-2022

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Club de Madrid’s programmatic strategy for the years 2020-2022

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2018 Imperial Spring International Forum: Final Report

#ISIF2018

Final Report of the 2018 Imperial Springs International Forum

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2017 Imperial Springs International Forum: Final Report

Digitalisation and Good Governance

#ISIF2017

Final report of the 2017 Imperial Springs International Forum

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Education for Preventing Violent Extremism: Working Group Paper

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Education for Preventing Violent Extremism: Working Group Paper

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2018 Annual Report

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The World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid’s Annual Report details the organization’s efforts for democracies that deliver throughout 2018.

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Global Agenda on Education for Shared Societies

Fostering Shared Societies

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The ‘Global Agenda on Education for Shared Societies’ is the result of our 2018 Policy Dialogue held in Lisbon (Portugal) on inclusive education.

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Protecting Information Integrity: National and International Policy Options

Democracy and Democratic Governance Information Integrity and the Future of Democracy

#INFORMATIONINTEGRITY

This document results from the Global Governance for Information Integrity Roundtable held in September 2018

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Next Generation Democracy 2015-2018: Final Insights

Democracy and Democratic Governance

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Final Insights of the Next Generation Democracy Project 2015-2018

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Leaders Telling a Different Story – Outcome Report

Preventing Violent Extremism: Leaders Telling a Different Story

Final Document of the project Leaders Telling a Different Story on Preventing Violent Extremism after a research focused on Nigeria, Lebanon and Tunisia.

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A new paradigm for sustainable development?

Fostering Shared Societies

Summary of the deliberations of the working group on sustainability and Shared Societies

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Sharing our planet: Today and tomorrow

Fostering Shared Societies

Key insights of Club de Madrid Working Group on Shared Societies and Environmental Sustainability

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Commitments and Approaches for Shared Societies

Fostering Shared Societies

Ten commitments to achieve a Shared Society

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Madrid Summit Working Paper series III

Issues of democracy, terrorism and security: Towards a democratic response

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Madrid Summit Working Paper series II

Issues of democracy, terrorism and security: Confronting terrorism

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Women’s Leadership for Peace and Security in the Horn of Africa

A project to promote the participation of women in processes of security and conflict.

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The challenges of energy and democratic leadership

Final report of Club de Madrid V general Assembly

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Global Forum on Leadership for Shared Societies

Final report of Club de Madrid VII General Assembly

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The Political Dimensions of the World Economic Crisis

Final report of Club de Madrid VIII General Assembly

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Digital technologies for 21st Century Democracy

Conclusions of the Policy Dialogue held in 2011 in the USA

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Harnessing 21st Century Solutions: A focus on women

Conclusions of the Policy Dialogue held in 2012 in the USA

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Societies that work: jobs for inclusive growth

The future of jobs and society and what this entails for democracy.

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Democracy and Human Rights in decline? A call to action

Conclusions of the Policy Dialogue held in 2014 in Florence

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Madrid+10 Policy Dialogue Conclusions report

Policy recommendations and actions identified during the 2015 policy dialogue

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2016 Imperial Springs International Forum

Conclusions report of the Policy Dialogue held in 2016 in China

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Madrid Summit Working Paper series I

Issues of democracy, terrorism and security: The causes of terrorism

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Findings and Recommendations on the Rule of Law and Counter-terrorism

What does the rule of law mean in the context of counter-terrorism?

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Jobs for inclusive growth – A call to the G20

The G20 in a Post Crisis World / Global Governance

Call to the Australian G20 Presidency on employment and inclusive growth

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The political dimensions of the world economic crisis

The G20 in a Post Crisis World / Global Governance

Final report of the VIII annual conference of the Club de Madrid

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The G20’s role in the post-crisis world

The G20 in a Post Crisis World / Global Governance

Final Report of the G20 Initiative during the Korean Presidency in 2011, with recommendations and policy briefs.

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Strengthening Dialogue and Democratic Discourse in MENA

Support for Democratic Reforms in the MENA region

Two years of project activities in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia, and study missions in the Netherlands and Spain.

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Consensus building and democratic governance in Bolivia

Supporting Democratic Transition and Consolidation Processes

Mission of Peruvian leaders to Bolivia to share Peru’s National Accord experience

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Rethinking US-Latin American Relations

Supporting Democratic Transition and Consolidation Processes

A hemispheric partnership for a Turbulent World

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Democratic Transitions: Learning from World Leaders

Supporting Democratic Transition and Consolidation Processes

Democratic transitions in Myanmar (in Burmese)

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Electoral Challenges in Haiti from a comparative perspective

Supporting Democratic Transition and Consolidation Processes

Comparative international experiences relevant to Haiti on the election front

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Policy Recommendations on Democratic Governance for Presidential Candidates in Haiti

Supporting Democratic Transition and Consolidation Processes

Possible solutions to the priorities in the area of democratic governance

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Framework for a Post-2012 Agreement on Climate change (2008 update)

Energy & Climate Change

An updated proposal of Global Leadership for Climate Action

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Cities and Green Growth

Energy & Climate Change

Paper for the 2010 OECD Urban Roundtable of Mayors and Ministers

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Contribution of energy services to the MDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean

Energy & Climate Change

The relationship between energy and poverty and development

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PVE: Leaders telling a Different Story. Kick Off Report

Preventing Violent Extremism: Leaders Telling a Different Story

Key elements for a new turn on PVE efforts focused on positive messaging

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publicación Track III. Resources & Ecosystems. Global

Track III. Resources & Ecosystems. Global

Global trends, transformative practices and ideas to advance democracy from a sustainable perspective.

publicación Track II. Business & Economy. Asia-Oceania

Track II. Business & Economy. Asia-Oceania

Democracy and Democratic Governance

Trends and transformative practices to advance democracy from an economic perspective

Track II. Business & Economy. The Americas

Democracy and Democratic Governance

Trends and transformative practices to advance democracy from an economic perspective

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Track II. Business & Economy. Post-Soviet Eurasia

Democracy and Democratic Governance

Trends and transformative practices to advance democracy from an economic perspective

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Track II. Business & Economy. Wider Europe

Democracy and Democratic Governance

Trends and transformative practices to advance democracy from an economic perspective

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Track II. Business & Economy. MENA Region

Democracy and Democratic Governance

Trends and transformative practices to advance democracy from an economic perspective

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publicación Track II. Business & Economy. Sub-Saharan Africa

Track II. Business & Economy. Sub-Saharan Africa

Democracy and Democratic Governance

Trends and transformative practices to advance democracy from an economic perspective

Track I. People & Communities. Asia-Oceania

Democracy and Democratic Governance

Trends and transformative practices to advance democracy in a socio-political perspective

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Track I. People & Communities. The Americas

Democracy and Democratic Governance

Trends and transformative practices to advance democracy in a socio-political perspective

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Track I. People & Communities. Post-Soviet Eurasia

Democracy and Democratic Governance

Trends and transformative practices to advance democracy in a socio-political perspective

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Track I. People & Communities. Wider Europe

Democracy and Democratic Governance

Trends and transformative practices to advance democracy in a socio-political perspective

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Track I. People & Communities. MENA Region

Democracy and Democratic Governance

Trends and transformative practices to advance democracy in a socio-political perspective

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Track I. People & Communities. Sub-Saharan Africa

Democracy and Democratic Governance

Trends and transformative practices to advance democracy in a socio-political perspective

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A Shared Societies Perspective on the post-2015 Development Agenda

Fostering Shared Societies

The issue of marginalization of many groups on grounds on identity in the new SDGs

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Women and Shared Societies

Fostering Shared Societies

Absence of women in leadership curtails both their ability to fight discrimination within their groups

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The case for Inclusive Development

Fostering Shared Societies

Shared Societies: the relationship between inter-group diversity and economic performance

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The Shared Societies Contribution to the Agenda 2030

Fostering Shared Societies

Shared Societies and Environmental Sustainability: A message for World Leaders

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Pluralism and Multiculturalism. Concept note

Fostering Shared Societies

Analysis of Europe and Latin America based on the work done in the Shared Societies project

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Women’s Leadership

Final report of the project

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Women’s Leadership. One-pager

Basic information of the project Women’s Leadership

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Women’s Leadership. Annual Report

Leadership for Peace and Security in the Greater Horn of Africa

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Women’s Leadership. Recommendation’s Booklet

Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Central, Puntland, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda

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Operating model for inclusive and participatory policy dialogue

INSPIRED INSPIRED+

Facilitating dialogue in Ghana, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco and Tunisia

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Global Leadership for Climate Action

Energy & Climate Change

List of members of the high Level task force on climate change

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PVE in Nigeria: effective messaging strategies

Preventing Violent Extremism: Leaders Telling a Different Story

Workshop on prevention and counter narratives for violent extremism

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Women Agents of Change

Fostering Shared Societies

A contribution to overcoming intergroup tensions and disempowerment

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Global Shared Societies Agenda

Fostering Shared Societies

The best opportunities to encourage equality, inclusion and a sustainable economic system

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Local Government for Shared Societies

Fostering Shared Societies

Social cohesion and respect towards diversity on the base of democratic values and intercultural coexistence

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The Economics of Shared Societies

Fostering Shared Societies

The economic benefits of socially cohesive and inclusive societies

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Commitments and Approaches for Shared Societies

Fostering Shared Societies

Key policy areas which are essential features of a Shared Society

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A Call to action for Leadership on Shared Societies

Fostering Shared Societies Digitalisation and Good Governance

10 areas of policy commitments for leaders

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Ten Goals

For a comprehensive response to violent extremism

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Global Consensus

Towards a consensus to stop violent extremism

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The Madrid Agenda

A global democratic response to the global threat of terrorism

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Background paper on democratic developments in Asia-Oceania

Democracy and Democratic Governance

Updated edition of the Track I, Asia-Oceania

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Roundtable for Sub-Saharan Africa

Democracy and Democratic Governance

Summary of Conclusions of the roundtable held in Dakar

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