Progressive Governance Network

"The progressive governance network was launched in 1999 by Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Gerhard Schroeder, Wim Kok and Massimo D'Alema. Since then, conferences and summits have been held in Chile, the United Kingdom, the United States, South Africa, Germany and Sweden, amongst other locations. The previous two summits were hosted by then heads of state, Chilean President, Michelle Bachalet and UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. Recent participants have included, amongst others, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva; US Vice-President Joseph Biden; Direct-General of the WTO, Pascal Lamy; and Danish Prime Minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt. "