Proyecto por una Sociedad Inclusiva
Por un mundo seguro en la diferencia
Programas
- Proyecto por una Sociedad Inclusiva
- El G20 en un mundo post crisis
- Mujeres, Liderazgo y Participación Política
- Energía y Cambio Climático
- Liderazgo Global para la Reconstrucción de Haití
- Liderazgo Político para la transición democrática en Kirguistán
- Libertad de Asociación en el Mediterráneo y Oriente Medio
- Las Dimensiones Políticas de la Crisis Económica Mundial
- Liderazgo Político para el Desarrollo Democrático
- Democracia, Seguridad y Terrorismo
- Asambleas Generales y Conferencias Anuales
Archivo
II Reuni
ón del Grupo de Trabajo del Argumento Económico a favor de Sociedades Inclusivas. El Grupo de Trabajo se reunió por segunda vez en Londres (6-7 de octubre). El grupo continuó los debates del primer encuentro (Santander, 24-25 de junio) donde se identificaron los temas prioritarios que necesitaban ser examinados en profundidad y las posibles vías de hacer más claros y accesibles estos argumentos económicos a los actuales y futuros líderes políticos. Los miembros del grupo discutieron en Londres los resultados de este trabajo incluyendo la construcción de un índice de Sociedades Inclusivas, así como el cálculo de un ‘Dividendo de Sociedades Inclusivas’ entre otros.
Cities 
of Migration. El ex Primer Ministro de Holanda y actual Presidente del Club de Madrid, Wim Kok, pronunciará el discurso de clausura en la conferencia “Cities of Migration” (La Haya, 3-4 de octubre). Este encuentro, en el que participarán líderes locales internacionales, y expertos en migraciones consistirá en un diálogo práctico y un intercambio de ideas sobre el mensaje de que la integración es una dimensión crítica de la prosperidad y del crecimiento urbano. Este evento ofrecerá una buena oportunidad para conectar el proyecto con organizaciones de base que trabajan en la inclusión y que pueden beneficiarse de las herramientas y principios del proyecto. Mas
Reunión
del Foro EFC para la Inclusión de los Gitanos. A raíz de nuestra participación en la II Cumbre Europea sobre Población Gitana (Córdoba, 8-9 abril 2010), el Proyecto fue invitado a la reunión del Centro de Fundaciones Europeas, EFC (Viena, 9-10 Septiembre) para discutir sobre la exclusión social de los gitanos. El propósito de la reunión fue también el intercambio de conocimientos y estrategias, así como la revisión del trabajo realizado durante el primer año del Foro y definir los próximos pasos. El Foro hizo hincapié, entre otras cuestiones, en la importancia del liderazgo político para superar situaciones de conflicto, como la actual situación en Francia y la tardía respuesta de las instituciones europeas. Se redactó un comunicado de prensa en la misma línea que la resolución de septiembre de 2010 del Parlamento Europeo, que expresa una profunda preocupación en relación a las medidas tomadas por Francia y otros Estados Miembro respecto a la situación de los gitanos. Nuestra participación nos permite identificar aquellos espacios donde podemos proporcionar liderazgo político y rellenar el hueco existente entre las organizaciones de base y los líderes políticos que trabajan por la inclusión de los gitanos. Mas
El Parlamento Andino se adhiere al Llamamiento a la Acción de los Líderes a Favor de una Sociedad inclusiva. Mas
Misión a Sudáfrica para explorar vías para la ejecución del proyecto - el Dr. McCartney, Coordinador de Contenidos del Proyecto y el Dr. Zelenev, Miembro del Grupo Asesor de Expertos del Proyecto, lideraron la misión cuyo propósito era poner a disposición de las partes interesadas las herramientas que el Club de Madrid ha desarrollado en su Proyecto por una Sociedad Inclusiva para el liderazgo en materia de inclusión social, así como determinar las posibles vías para la aplicación del proyecto en Sudáfrica. Esta implementación del proyecto podría tomar la forma de un diálogo entre los líderes políticos, los responsables de de la aplicación de políticas, y otros sectores de la sociedad para reflexionar sobre la situación actual en Sudáfrica.
Federal Chancellor of Austria, Werner Faymann, welcomes the contribution of the Club de Madrid to build a fairer and more cohesive world More
Amin Maalouf, awarded with the 2010 Prince of Asturias Award for Letters.- The Libanese-born writer is a member of the Expert Advisory Panel. Read his Biography and the congratulations letter written by the Secretary General of the Club of Madrid
Economic D
evelopment and Social Cohesion: Incompatible or Interdependent Policies? - Guided by this provocative question, the Club de Madrid´s Shared Societies Project launched the first of a series of discussions in the nine-month process to develop an economic argument for inclusion by analyzing the relationship between social cohesion, economic growth and well-being More / Concept note / Agenda
Aceptar los derechos de otros grupos, factor clave para la Paz. El Índice Global de Paz (Global Peace Index en inglés) ha identificado la aceptación de los derechos de otros grupos como uno de los nueve factores clave y estructuras que contribuyen a la paz. Las sociedades pacíficas pueden ser caracterizadas por tener unas estructuras comunes y atributos sociales que se pueden identificar mediante el análisis estadístico. Cuando la paz es concebida como el conjunto de esas características y atributos, la palabra “Paz” puede ser considerada como un criterio para describir un conjunto de estructuras interrelacionadas. Estas estructuras y atributos son: el buen funcionamiento gubernamental, un entorno empresarial sólido, la tolerancia y el respeto de los derechos humanos, buenas relaciones con los Estados vecinos, altos niveles de libertad de información, la aceptación de los otros, altas tasas de escolarización primaria y secundaria, bajos niveles de corrupción y la distribución equitativa de los recursos. Mas
Artículo de Opinión: Liderazgo Político para la Inclusión de los Gitanos. Por los Miembros Philip Dimitrov, Petre Roman y el Presidente de la Fundación Secretariado Gitano, Isidro Rodríguez
II European Roma Summit: Calling for Political Will for Roma Inclusion. The former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Philip Dimitrov, addressed this forum (Córdoba, 8-9 April 2010) in a round table that examined the progress and challenges of European and national policies in addressing the Roma inclusion. More
Shared Societies Project’s language and principles are shared with delegations from the Philippines and Georgia. Clem McCartney, Co-ordinator of Policy and Content of the Project met with representatives from the high level delegations from the Philippines and the Government of Georgia, as part of programmes organised by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (United Kingdom) October 2009. McCartney met with two delegations from the Philippines: members of the Government Peace Panel for negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and a separate delegation of negotiators for the MILF. McCartney introduced the project to the Filipinos representatives as a useful tool that could be applied in their particular context. The other panel brought the opportunity to present the project to representatives from the Georgian Government, led by Temuri Lakobashvili, Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Reintegration, in a discussion about alternative strategies for relating to their minorities, particularly the secessionist groups in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. There were also senior diplomats from the EU and western countries involved with the Georgian situation that received the materials and shared a side conversation with Dr. McCartney on the benefits of applying the Shared Societies’ principles to this particular situation.
Forum Social Diplomacy in Transmediterranean Relations. Noordwijk (The Netherlands), 10-12 March 2010. Clem McCartney, Project Content Coordinator of the Shared Societies Project addressed the forum Social Diplomacy in Transmediterranean Relations where he introduced the project and advocated for the need of democratic leadership and dialogue to overcome social exclusion. His intervention contributed to the goals of the forum highlighting the project principles and language as useful tools within the field of Social Diplomacy to overcome obstacles to transmediterranean relations. Intervention of Mr. McCartney
Las ONG se comprometen a trabajar por las Sociedades Inclusivas a partir de la definición del Club de Madrid. Nueva York, 02 Febrero, 2010. Las ONG que trabajan por el desarrollo social, reunidas en el Foro de la Sociedad Civil de la Comisión de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo Social, se han comprometido a trabajar por las sociedades inclusivas, haciendo suyo el concepto del Club de Madrid. Esta visión favorece el uso del termino "inclusión social" frente al de "integración social", ya que, según lo manifestado en el Foro Global sobre Liderazgo para las Sociedades Inclusivas (Rotterdam, noviembre 2008), "mientras se hable de integración, uno/a no tendrá en la cabeza que el otro es ya parte de la misma sociedad".
"Leadership for Coexistence". Friday, January 22 at Brandeis University. Lunchtime presentation where it will discussed the origins of the Club of Madrid's Shared Societies Project and strategies for engaging with world leaders to build shared societies. More details
Mainstreaming social cohesion and Leadership Action for Shared Societies in the European Union. Brussels, 17 November. Prime Minister Kok opened this seminar organized by the Club de Madrid in partnership with the British Council Open Cities Project and the Network of European Foundations to make available the Shared Societies principles and tools to EU officials who work on and champion social cohesion.On a similar goal, Sean Carroll, Director of Programs, addressed over 60 EU practitioners within the I Include-Ed Conference (Brussels, Nov. 18).
Club de Madrid’s General Assembly. Madrid, 13 November. The Shared Societies Project hosted a side event reporting to Members project implementation to date and advance future developments. With the participation of 15 members of the Club de Madrid and over 20 international experts, a representative of Peru’s Ombudsman shared his experience in advancing leadership action for the positive management of diversity by providing indigenous people a place in Peruvian society by using the Commitments and Approaches for Shared Societies, thus showing the potential of an in-country implementation of project results.
Casa Asia’s East-West Dialogue. Barcelona, 10 November. Project Co-chair Prime Minister Shipley and President Kumaratunga addressed the East-West Dialogue organized by Casa Asia during a plenary session attended by over 100 people. The plenary session had been tailored to Project ideas and principles under the title “Migration and Diversity: New Challenges and Opportunities”. This participation contributed to the promotion of the project principles among Asian high-level officials as well as international practitioners and current Spanish political leaders.
Club de Madrid and Coexistence International sign a Memorandum of Understanding to bring Shared Societies Project tools and language to civil society organisations and leaders.
The Clu
b de Madrid has been invited to participate in the Annual EDG Conference on Globalization, Urbanization and Ethnicity: Ethnic Politics and Governance in Cities, (3-4 December, Ottawa). The conference will count on an interesting participation of international scholars and presents a good opportun
ity to disseminate the Shared Societies Project principles and tools. Agenda
The Shared Societies Project will participate at the IDB VII Inter-American Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility (1-3 December, Punta del Este). A breakout session is scheduled to seek good practices in promoting inclusion and lessons learnt that could advance government’s leadership action for social cohesion from the experiences of corporations. Agenda
PM Shipley at OAS' Lecture Series of the Americas - Prime Minister Jennifer Shipley, co-chair of the Shared Societies Project, delivered the XXXVII Lecture Series of the Americas at the Organization of American States' headquarters in Washington, DC, on September 22th. Prime Minister Shipley's lecture focused on “Peace, Security and Participation: The Case for Shared Societies”. Watch video
The Shared Societies Project is organizing in Brussels on November 17 the seminar Mainstreaming social cohesion and Leadership Action for Shared Societies in the European Union that aims to stir a debate on specific policy actions and practices to mainstream social cohesion and constructive management of diversity at EU level. The seminar will make the case for social inclusion and call on European leadership engagement towards building shared societies as something needed and possible. Agenda
Organization of American States' XVIII Policy Roundtable on "Learning to live together: Fostering integration, tolerance and diversity in the Americas". The Club de Madrid's Programs Director, Sean C. Carroll, participated in the panel on Promoting Tolerance and Social Inclusion on September 11th in Washington DC. Watch video
Alejandro Toledo: "To recognize ourselves in the same mirror as a society helps us to acknowledge our diversity and to respect our legitimate differences" - The Former president of Peru and a Member of the Club of Madrid reflects on institution building in Peru and the role of the Inter-American system in defending human rights and democracy in an article published by Americas Quaterly on Summer 2009.
Download here the report of the Global Forum on Leadership for Shared Societies, held last November in Rotterdam. The Report reminds us that the question of how to live together and manage ethnic, cultural, religious and other identity differences while protecting and preserving human dignity may be the most important conversation of our time.
18 June 2009. The World Youth Movement for Democracy has announced its 6th annual Global Essay Contest. This year’s questions focus on youth’s perspective on and engagement with democracy to connect them to larger democracy movements. The Shared Societies Project invites youth to participate and bring the idea of Shared Societies with the theme of the contest. For more information on the contest click here
The Shared Societies Project is happy to share the new website the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has launched to promote the Third edition of Diversity Day. Celebrating diversity, promoting equality and fighting discrimination will take centre stage at this event, open to young people, teachers, NGOs, institutions and associations and organised by the FRA in co-operation with the City of Vienna and the Viennese School Authority on 3 December at Vienna City Hall. Additional events will take place in cities throughout the EU during 2009.
The Club de Madrid Invites World Leaders and Civil Society to Mark International Day of Cultural Diversity, celebrated worldwide this coming Thursday, 21 May, by supporting its Call for Action on Leadership for Shared Societies. This requires leaders to intensify efforts at the national and local level to ensure that social cohesion and shared societies become a key priority in how they lead and govern.
The Town Council of Córdoba unanimously voted in plenary session to adhere to the Club of Madrid’s Call to Action on Leadership for Shared Societies. Madrid, 6 May 2009. The Town Council of Córdoba unanimously voted in plenary session to adhere to the Club of Madrid’s Call to Action on Leadership for Shared Societies that seeks for social cohesion and a safer world for diversity.
Club of Madrid at UN's Durban Conference: “Non-discriminatory societies do not just happen, the responsibility lies with national leaders and too often they fail to resist populist chauvinistic tendencies”- Madrid, 23 April 2009 - The Member of the Club of Madrid Abdulkarim Al-Eryani highlighted the organization’s Shared Societies Project outcomes and development at a Panel organized by OHCHR and UNESCO, at the UN’s Durban Review Conference, which follows-up on the 2001 World.
Leadership to Manage Diversity and Build Shared Societies. Club de Madrid - II Forum Alliance of Civilisations (Istanbul). Breakfast Session Summary. Madrid, 21 April 2009. The breakfast session on Challenges for Leadership to Manage Diversity and Build Shared Societies organized by the Club de Madrid the past April 6th examined the conundrums that lie at the heart of the relationship between leadership and development.
The Economic Arguments for Social Cohesion-The political costs of ethnic, cultural and/or group-based violence are clear. Less clear, until now, have been the economic costs. This Background Paper suggests that where tensions lead to civil war, national income can be reduced by up to 50 per cent. Even more minor incidents of conflict can also severely limit economic growth. Consider this: Those societies which began the last decade with stronger norms of trust and social cohesion saw as much as 18.6 per cent increase in GDP over the course of the decade.
The Club of Madrid Commemorates International Day of the Roma - Madrid, 8 April 2009 - April 8 is International Roma Day and it is a good opportunity for Europeans to take stock of how they treat Roma people. Unfortunately the record is not good. Are they accepted as equals, with respect and dignity or are they treated as lesser beings who are tolerated at best, only accepted if they conform to the majority’s ways and customs and at worst discriminated, victimised and pushed out of the community?
The Club of Madrid participates in the Cordoba Declaration “For the furtherance of Interculturality” - Cordoba, 19 March 2009 - Launched within the First International Forum on Diversity and Interculturality, celebrated from 17 to 19 March in Cordoba, it affirms that the progressive increase in cultural diversity within cities as a consequence of globalization requires the creation of new forms of coexistence based on the respect for diversity, equality, and dignity of all human beings.
OPENCities for Shared Societies: New perspectives of local development- A roundtable organized by the Club of Madrid, the British Council and Madrid Global with Diego Hidalgo (President, FRIDE), José María Figueres (Former President of Costa Rica and Member of the Club of Madrid), Peter Finnegan (International Relations Director, City Hall of Dublin), Ignacio Niño (General Coordinator, Madrid Global ) and Nuria Lores (Director, Cidalia). Next March 12, 2009 at 09:30h (C/ Almagro 5, Madrid) Program
Read Clem McCartney and Sean Carroll's article for Global Social Policy: "Building a World Safe For Difference"- Our capacity to deal with social division continues to be one of the major challenges facing the world today. The issue has been around for a long time and sometimes it gets pushed aside by new challenges such as global warming. But too many people in too many parts in the world are still marginalized and excluded because they are different.
The Club de Madrid, at UN meeting, calls for political leadership to promote social inclusion and build “Shared Societies” in the face of the current financial crisis - United Nations, New York, February 4-5 2009 - Former Prime Minister of The Netherlands Wim Kok led a Club de Madrid delegation to the UN Commission for Social Development’s 47th Session at UN Headquarters in New York to present the Shared Societies Project before Member States and civil society leaders.
Call to Action to World Leaders To Intensify Efforts Towards Socially-Cohesive and Shared Societies - The members of the Club of Madrid issued a call to action to world leaders to intensify efforts at the national and local level to ensure that social cohesion and shared societies become a key priority in how they lead and govern. The Club of Madrid, made up of 72 former Presidents and Prime Ministers from 51 countries, issued the Call to Action at the conclusion of its General Assembly gathering in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on 12 November 2008 English / Arabic / French / Spanish / Russian / Chinese
Read Richard Simeon's article for the Ethnicity and Democratic Governance Newsletter- Wet, windy, and wintry. Rotterdam, The Netherlands, November 12-14, 2008, a great seaport city virtually flattened in World War II, now rebuilt and re-born, with a claim to be the most ethnically diverse city in Europe. Perhaps the perfect venue for a major international conference devoted to Global Leadership for Shared Societies, a project of the EDG partner organization, Club de Madrid... Read article
Leaders Must Do More To Manage Ethnic, Cultural and Religious Identity Differences - Club of Madrid and the City of Rotterdam, with the support of the Comunidad de Madrid and the U.S.-based Alan B. Slifka Foundation, concluded the first Global Forum on Leadership for Shared Societies: Building a World Safe for Difference.
Nelson Mandela supports the Shared Societies Project - Nov 2008- "I congratulate the Club of Madrid for taking a lead on this important matter, and wish you the best as we move forward together to build shared societies and a world made safe for difference. That is a world we all want, and that will truly make us all free..." Read letter