Report of Activities 2007 - Club of Madrid

CLUB DE MADRID: REPORT OF ACTIVITIES 20072) Energy and Democratic LeadershipThe Global Leadership for Climate Action (GLCA) initiative adopted in conjunctionwith the United Nations Foundation (UNF) and co-chaired by the President of theClub of Madrid, Ricardo Lagos, and by the President of UNF, Timothy Wirth, hasbrought 25 leaders together in a high-level working group. They comprise formerHeads of State mad representatives of the business world, inter-governmental andcivil society organisations from more than 20 countries. The main result of theinitiative during 2007 has been its contribution to galvanising political will topromote international negotiations on climate change, through the drafting anddissemination of a “Framework for a post-2012 Climate Change Agreement”, as wellas other complementary reports on the four other working areas focused not only bythe Framework, but also by the “Bali Plan of Action” agreed during the meeting ofthe UNFCCC COP 13: mitigation, adaptation, technology and finance. The proposalslaid down in these documents were shared and discussed in several high-levelmeetings such as the Gleneagles Dialogue Ministerial Meeting in Berlin (September2007) and the United Nations Conference of the Parties in Bali (December 2007), atwhich they were included as reference documents for the debates and agreementsamongst the representatives of the states participating in the international negotiationprocess.Furthermore, in 2007 the Promoting Access to Energy for Poverty Reduction projectbegan its first activities in the field of strategy and coordination with otherinternational agents in the search for synergies amongst the different programmesbeing adopted with the aim of promoting and improving access to energy forvulnerable populations. This project is divided into several stages, and during 2008-2009 the main result expected is the drafting and dissemination of a frameworkproposal of public policies and recommendations that will not only improve intersector,public-private relations to promote sustainable energies and poverty reductionbut will also include the subject of energy in development strategies and national andregional planning frameworks.During 2007, the Club of Madrid confirmed its alliance with the United NationsDevelopment Programme – UNDP – and the Economic Commission for LatinAmerica and the Caribbean – ECLAC – for analysing the energy situation in theframework of poverty reduction strategies and possible public policyrecommendations to promote the inclusion of this factor in development frameworksin Latin America.3) Democracy, Security and TerrorismIn March 2005, the Club of Madrid, together with the Spanish government, convenedan International Summit to reformulate the debate on democratic responses toterrorism. The meeting had a great international impact with the work of over 200experts in 16 working groups and the participation of 23 working Heads of State andPrime Ministers, as well as the General Secretariats of the European Commission, theEuropean Council, NATO and United Nations, the President of the European16/17