Closing Remarks - Club de Madrid ANNUAL POLICY…

Recent history will be remembered as a period of significant turmoil in every dimension of human and planetary well-being. A shared element among these diverse challenges is the need for enhanced financing for sustainable development. Only by mobilizing sufficient resources will we be able to eradicate poverty, ensure our collective well-being, and protect our planet.

Club de Madrid's Policy Dialogue 2025 could not be more timely to engage and bring the voice and agency of its Members to decision-making spaces: The ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development in April 2024, United Nations Summit of the Future in September 2024, the G20 presidencies of Brazil and South Africa in 2024 and 2025, the celebration of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development in Spain in 2025, and the Second World Summit for Social Development in 2025.

Thanks to Club de Madrid's convening power and network, our Annual Policy Dialogues provide a unique platform to inspire democratic policies with global reach. This is done through the sharing of hands-on government experience and lessons learned in a dynamic pursuit of practical policy recommendations. Democratic former Presidents and Prime Ministers from around the world bring their individual and collective leadership experience to this singular meeting point where, together with experts, analysts, scholars, and leaders from the private sector and civil society, they actively engage as agents of positive change.