UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / 06 July 2008 -- Madrid -- The Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE) and the Club of Madrid (CoM) signed a collaborative agreement with the Madrid regional Government in April. The two organisations were represented by Diego Hidalgo, President and founder of FRIDE and founder of the CoM; Fernando Perpiñá-Robert, Secretary-General of the CoM; and Alfredo Prada Presa, second Vice-President of Justice and Public Administration Advisor of the Madrid regional Government.

Through this agreement the Madrid regional Government has granted 525,000€ per annum in support of both organisations to contribute to their management and activities.

Of this amount, the CoM has received 350,000€ towards its Annual General Assembly and Conference, event at which most of the organisation’s Members -70 democratic former heads of State and Government- meet along with international experts in order to discuss subjects of global importance related to the strengthening of democratic values worldwide.

The Madrid regional Government has granted 175.000€ annually to FRIDE in order to finance its projects, studies, analysis, publications, debates and public activities in the areas of peace and security, democratisation, humanitarian action and development and human rights.

The CoM and FRIDE will continue to hold meetings, seminars and other events of global importance in Madrid as often as possible, with the attendance of international personalities and experts that guarantee the international diffusion of the city of Madrid as an open, participating, secure and modern region.

The Madrid regional Government noted the positive influence that FRIDE and the CoM have for the region and for the citizens of Madrid . The agreement signed today represents a further step in the close collaboration between the Madrid regional Government and both institutions, which began in 2001 with the Conference on Democratic Transition and Consolidation, hosted by FRIDE and as a result of which the CoM was formed, and was further consolidated at the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security organised by the CoM on the first anniversary of the terrorist atrocities endured by the city of Madrid on March 11, 2004.

In the words of Diego Hidalgo, President of FRIDE “We are pleased to count once again this year on the support and the confidence of the Madrid regional Government, which has been essential in our growth and in our consolidation as an institution of reference in Spain and Europe.”

Fernando Perpiñá-Robert, Secretary-General of the CoM underlined his conviction that “this international organisation of global diffusion is taking roots more deeply each day in Madrid ”. He warmly thanked the “constant confidence the Madrid regional Government has invested in the Club of Madrid , towards the promotion of shared values”.

Club of Madrid

The Club of Madrid is an independent organisation dedicated to strengthening democracy around the world by drawing on the unique experience and resources of its Members – 70 democratic former heads of state and government. In partnership with other organisations and governments that share its democracy-promotion goals, the Club of Madrid provides peer to peer counsel, strategic support and technical advice to leaders and institutions working towards democratic transition and consolidation.

FRIDE:

FRIDE is a think tank based in Madrid that aims to provide innovative thinking on Europe ’s role in the international arena. It strives to break new ground in its core research interests of peace and security, human rights, democracy promotion, and development and humanitarian aid, and mould debate in governmental and non-governmental bodies through rigorous analysis, rooted in the values of justice, equality and democracy.

Press contacts:

Ana Martiningui (amartiningui@fride.org). Tel: +34 91 244 47 40

Bárbara González del Valle (bgonzalez@clubmadrid.org). Tel: +34 911 548 230

Silvia Pescador (spescador@clubmadrid.org). Tel: +34 911 548 230

Labels: United Nations, U.N., MaximsNews, FRIDE, Club of Madrid, CoM, Madrid regional Government, Diego Hidalgo, Alfredo Prada Presa, management, activities, Madrid, peace, security, humanitarian action, development, human rights  

 

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