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The Political Dimensions of the World Economic Crisis” 12-13 November 2009, Madrid Annual Conference “The Political Dimensions of the World Economic Crisis” 12-13 November 2009, Madrid LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Members of the Club of Madrid Ricardo Lagos Former President of Chile. President of the Club of Madrid Valdis Birkavs Former Prime Minister of Latvia Kjell Magne Bondevik Former Prime Minister of Norway Kim Campbell Former Prime Minister of Canada Fernando Henrique Cardoso Former President of Brazil Joaquim Chissano Former President of Mozambique Philip Dimitrov Former Prime Minister of Bulgaria José María Figueres Former President of Costa Rica Vicente Fox Former President of Mexico Felipe González Márquez Former President of Spain Antonio Guterres Former Prime Minister of Portugal Osvaldo Hurtado Former President of Ecuador Wim Kok Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands John Kufuor Former President of Ghana Chandrika Kumaratunga Former President of Sri Lanka Zlatko Lagumdzija Former Prime Minister of Bosnia Herzegovina Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro Former President of Cape Verde Rexhep Meidani Former President of Albania Festus Mogae Former President of Botswana Olusegun Obasanjo Former President of Nigeria Percival Patterson Former Prime Minister of Jamaica Romano Prodi Former Prime Minister of Italy Jorge Quiroga Former President of Bolivia Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland. Vice-President of the Club of Madrid Petre Roman Former Prime Minister of Romania Jennifer Shipley Former Prime Minister of New Zealand Alejandro Toledo Former President of Peru Cassam Uteem Former President of the Republic of Mauritius Vaira Vike-Freiberga Former President of Latvia Institutional Members Esperanza Aguirre President, Regional Government of Madrid Alberto Ruíz-Gallardón Mayor of Madrid Honorary Members Kofi Annan Chairman, Kofi Annan Foundation and Former United Nations Secretary-General Members of the Constituent Foundations Diego Hidalgo President, Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE) Anthony Jones Vice-President and Executive Director of the Gorbachev Foundation of North America George Matthews Chairman of the Gorbachev Foundation of North America José Manuel Romero Vice-President of FRIDE Advisors of the Club of Madrid Jorge Domínguez Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University Rut Diamint Professor of Political Science, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina Grzegorz Ekiert Professor of Government, Center for European Studies, Harvard University Bolívar Lamounier Director of Augurium Consultores Alexander Likhotal President & CEO of Green Cross International Lucinio Muñoz Senior Advisor. Spanish Treasury. Ministry of Economy and Finance Ted Piccone Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Program, Brookings Institution Andrés Rigo Former Deputy General Counsel of the World Bank Richard Simeon Professor of Political Science and Law, University of Toronto Experts and Invitees José Antonio Ocampo Professor at Columbia University; Former Under- Secretary-General for the United Nations for Social and Economic Affairs; Academic Coordinator of the Programme on “The Political Dimensions of the World Economic Crisis” Alicia Bárcena Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Bernardo Bortolotti Executive Director, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Sharan Burrow President, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Jerzy Buzek President, European Parliament Otaviano Canuto Vice President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, World Bank Emilio Cassinello Director General, CITpax Manuel Cháves Third Vice President of the Spanish Government Taeyul Cho Ambassador of Korea in Spain Yun-Han Chu Research Fellow, Institute of Political Sciences, Academia Sinica Georges Couffignal Director, Institut des Hautes Études pour l’Amérique Latine Andie Davis Communications Strategic Consultant Terry Davis Former Secretary General, Council of Europe Ricardo Díez Hochleitner Honorary President, Club of Rome Linda Duffield Chief Executive, Westminster Foundation for Democracy Josep Durán i Lleida President Committee of Government, Unió Democrática de Catalunya Peter Eigen Former Chairman and Founder, Transparency International Mohamed El Ashry Senior Fellow, UN Foundation Gilda Farrell Acting Head of Department, DG Social Cohesion, Development Division, Council of Europe J. Christer Elfverson Senior Diplomatic Advisor, Concordia 21 Javier Fernández-Lasquetty Counsellor on Immigration and Cooperation, Community of Madrid Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi Director of the Democratic Governance Practice, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP Enrique García President, Andean Development Corporation Antonio García Ferrer President, Fundación ACS Sacha Goldman Secretary General, Collegium International Carlos González Sháněl Founder Member, Center for Analysis and Studies for Latin America, Respekt Institute José Antonio Griñán Martínez President of the Regional Government of Andalucía Kai Grunanuer-Brachetti Philathropic Services, UBS Antonio Gutiérrez Vegara President of the Commission for Economic and Financial Matters. Spanish Congress Miguel Hakim Secretary for Cooperation, Inter-American General Secretary Vidar Helgesen Secretary General, International IDEA Silvia Hidalgo Director, DARA Enrique Iglesias Secretary General, Ibero-American General Secretariat Joseph Janning Senior Director of the International Governance Programme, Bertelesmann Foundation Alejandro Jara Deputy Director General, WTO Germán Jaramillo Director-Representative in Spain, Andean Development Corporation Inge Kaul Adjunct Professor on Global Policy Studies, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin Michael Keating Director, Africa Progress Panel Peter Kelly Chairman of the Board of Directors, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Margaret Kilo Fragile States Unit Head, African Development Bank William Lacy Swing General Director, International Organization for Migration Roland Lappuke Ambassador of Latvia to Spain Eddy Lee Economic Adviser, International Institute of Labour Studies, International Labour Organization Martin Lees Secretary General, Club of Rome Jos Lemmers Head of the Department for Democratic Participation, Council of Europe José Luis Machinea Former Executive Secretary General, ECLAC, and Professor at IELAT, University of Alcalá de Henares Mark Malloch Brown Senior Advisor, World Economic Forum Percival Manglano General Director, Cooperation for Development, Regional Government of Madrid Cristina Manzano Director, Foreign Policy Mario Marconi Head of Philanthropic Services, UBS Manuel Marín President, Iberdrola Foundation Rodolfo Martín Villa President, Sogecable Leonardo Martínez Díaz Fellow and Deputy Director, Global Economy and Development Program, The Brookings Institution. Ricardo Martínez Vázquez Director General, Casa Africa Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba Deputy Secretary General, Commonwealth Secretariat Rafael Miranda Robredo President, Foundation ENDESA Andrea Monari Resident Director General, Asia Development Bank European Representative Office Isabel Mota Trustee, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation José Manuel Morán Associate Member, Club of Rome Nkosana Moyo Vice president and Chief Operating Officer, African Development Bank Carlos Mulas Granados General Director, Fundación IDEAS para el Progreso Herman Mulder Senior Advisor, UN Global Compact Salvatore Nigro Executive Director, EUROPEFE Olivia Orozco Coordinator, Socio- Economic Program, Casa Árabe - IEAM Luis Padilla Secretary General, Casa Africa Sujala Pant Governance Specialist, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP Carina Perelli Executive Vice-President, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Sanjay Peters Associate Professor of Economics, IESE Business School Mario Pezzini Deputy Director, Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD Germán Quintana Secretary, Inter-American Development Bank Teresa Ribera Secretary of State for Climate Change, Government of Spain Víctor Rico Secretary for Political Affairs, Organization of American States (OAS) Francisco Rojas Aravena Secretary General, FLACSO José Juan Ruiz Gómez Director, Strategy and Analysis for Latin America, Grupo Santander Simon Rye Director of the Oslo Centre Jesús Sainz President, Promomadrid Marion Salines Economist, EU Institutions and For a Division, European Central Bank Javier Santiso Director of the Development Centre (OECD) Jesús Sánz Director, Casa Asia Vincenzo Scotti Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs, Government of Italy Narcís Serra President, Centre for International Studies in Barcelona (CIDOB) Edward Shapiro President, Foundation of the Club of Madrid Sarah Silver Director, Slifka Foundation Youba Sokona Executive Secretary Sahara/Sahel Observatory Javier Soria Chief of the Area for Middle East, Spanish Ministry of External Affairs and Cooperation Ingrith Srinath Secretary General, CIVICUS Gustavo Suárez Pertierra President, Real Instituto El Cano Bill Sweeney President, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Laura Tedesco Visiting Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid José Ignacio Torreblanca Director, European Council on Foreign Affairs Roel von Meijenfeldt Executive Director, Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain Richard Youngs Director of the Democratization Programme (FRIDE) Michael Zammit Cutajar Ambassador on Climate Change, Malta Club of Madrid Directors Fernando Perpiñá-Robert Secretary General of the Club of Madrid María Elena Agüero Director of Special Projects and Institutional Relations Sean Carroll Programmes Director Ricardo Hidalgo Chief Financial Officer Nicolas Rougy Director of the Brussels Office .
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