Sean Carroll, Club of Madrid Program Director since 2004, will be leaving the organization to take up a post in the Obama Administration as Chief of Staff at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), effective March 1.

CALL FOR CVs FOR DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

High Level Mission to Nairobi (Kenya) with our Members Birkavs and Bondevik

The Club of Madrid's Shared Societies Project documented the best inclusion practices in Madrid, supporting its decision makers in their pioneer action to promote social inclusion

Shared Societies Project language helps to strengthen UN resolution on social inclusion

Complex and decisive negotiations took place at the UNFCCC’s COP 15 in Copenhagen during the past two weeks. Mobilizing political will and leadership to achieve a comprehensive, global and equitable climate agreement became more urgent and critical than ever before and thus the role of those Club of Madrid Members actively engaged in our Global Leadership for Climate Action (GLCA) Initiative present in Copenhagen. 

Valdis Birkavs led a high level mission to Djibouti (8-10 Dec) to enhance processes to foster African women’s participation in conflict resolution and peace building. During the mission, the Club of Madrid and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Eastern Africa agreed further cooperation on the Women, Peace and Security Project.