Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt, Chairman FNF, Visits India
From its Regional Office South Asia in Delhi, Friedrich Naumann Foundation implements a broad spectrum of projects in the areas of market economy, rule of law, civic education and conflict prevention. Interactions with Project Partners, politicians, business leaders and security experts – the program of Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt was tight!
'Regional Economic Integration an essential precondition for a peaceful South Asia’ says Dr. Gerhardt
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Talking to S. Asian
Business Leaders |
Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt, MP and Chairman of the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation, underlined the importance of a functioning market economy for creation of a prosperous, open, peaceful South Asia, free from poverty and oppression.
Otto Graf Lambsdorff is lauded at his 80th birthday
Count Lambsdorff turned 80 on 20th December 2006! The Friedrich Naumann Foundation invited for a Birthday Reception in honour of its former Chairman (1995-2006) at the Orangerie in the Charlottenburg Castle, Berlin, on 29th January, 2007.
THE ART OF ASKING
The Young Liberals and Democrats of Asia (YLDA) held their first international forum for 2007 in Colombo Sri Lanka. The programme was hosted by the Institute for Democracy and Leadership (IDL) and the Liberal Youth Guilds (LYGs) of Sri Lanka and sponsored by the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung.
SMED: Launching SME Policy Reforms to face the Challenges in the SAARC Region
Small & Medium Enterprise Developers (Project SMED) a joint project of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce & Industry in Sri Lanka (FCCISL) and the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung (FNSt) brought out a publication titled “Challenges & Policy Reforms for SME development in SAARC Countries”.
Pakistani Liberals visited Germany
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The delegation
with Dr. Gerhardt |
A delegation of seven liberal Pakistanis hailing from FNSt partners in Pakistan visited Germany on the invitation of the International Academy for Leadership (IAF). The delegation comprised of senior members of Liberal Forum Pakistan (LFP), Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) as well as a leading liberal journalist of the country.
International Conference of Autonomous Regions for Tibet
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HHDL with
Representatives of AR |
A unique International Conference of Autonomous Regions for Tibet (19-20 November 2006) was organised on the outskirts of Delhi by the Tibetan Parliamentary and Policy Research Centre (TPPRC) which is a joint project of the Friedrich-Naumann Stiftung (FNSt.) and the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile.
Moderation Skills Trainings
FNSt Pakistan offers various capacity building workshops for individuals working with our partners or associated with them as well as potential liberals in the country.
Meeting of the FNSt Alumni in India
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| Alumni |
Muggy Friday afternoons may generally be better suited to a snooze and planning for the weekend ahead, but friends and colleagues of the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation had other ideas up their sleeve on the 22nd September.
Economic Freedom Index: Its relevance for Economic Development
Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation jointly organized a discussion in Hyderabad on the issue of Economic Freedom Index and its relevance for Economic Development on the 23rd November 2006 together with local partners Indian Institute of Economics and the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
Indian Campaign on International Criminal Court
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| A section of the Panel |
People’s Watch-Tamilnadu and Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung (FNSt) in association with ICC- India (the Indian Campaign on International Criminal Court) organized the 2nd Consultative Meeting with Members of Parliament (MPs) on 8th December 2005 to look at the possibility of India’s ratification of the ICC.
Memorial Lecture
On the 19th of January 2007, the second Chanaka Amaratunga Memorial Lecture was held in Colombo. Dr. Amaratunga had an international reputation as a liberal personality and an erudite speaker on liberalism.
Sagarica Delgoda, Country Representative FNSt in Sri Lanka, on information tour in Germany
What's really happening in Sri Lanka? How should the Germans react to the situation of escalating conflicts?
Seminars organized by Liberal Forum Pakistan for the upcoming general elections in Pakistan
As a political advocacy group, it will not be incorrect to state that FNSt’s partner Liberal Forum Pakistan is sensitive to the political pulse of the country.
Autonomy and the Tibetan Perspective
"Autonomy and the Tibetan Perspective" is the most recent publication on the topic of autonomy, it is one more book in support of Tibet's objective of promoting awareness on the concept of Autonomy.
The chicken or the egg?
Exploring the nexus between economic and political freedom
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Mr. Omar Ayub Khan
addressing the audience |
It is an age old argument. Can political freedom be set aside as a country strives for economic freedom? Or is political freedom an essential pre-requisite after which economic and social freedom will follow? These questions have plagued analysts for a long time.
FREEdom in Markets
Pakistani liberals call for free markets and free minds
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Dr. Khalil Ahmad
introducing the report |
Wilhelm Ropke in 1958 said, "…The much vaunted elasticity of the free market is really the elasticity of the individual". This was precisely the reason why Pakistan’s first economic freedom think tank, the Alternate Solutions Institute (ASI) in collaboration with the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung (FNSt) has been printing the Economic Freedom of the World Report – Special Pakistan edition for the last two years.
Twenty years of FNSt & Pakistanis working for greater freedoms
Slowly but surely The Islamic Republic of Pakistan moves towards liberalism
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| Opening Ceremony |
The year 2006 witnessed the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung (FNSt) marking twenty years of working with Pakistani liberal. Since FNSt first started working in Pakistan in 1986, it has had phenomenal local partners who were committed to be active change agents in their societies.
Liberals for Peace
For liberals, an environment of peace is the basic pre-requisite for freedom and progress. As the Chairperson of Liberal Forum Pakistan, Mr. Asif Khan declared, “Without peace there is no progress and no freedom”.
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung urges SCCI to reflect on Costs of Non-Cooperation...
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Mr. Jairam Ramesh
addresses the audience |
Speaking at the SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry seminar held on 13th March, 2006 at the Federation House in Delhi on the subject "SAFTA: Opportunities and Challenges", Dr. René Klaff, Regional Director, South Asia of the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung impelled SAARC countries to consider the costs of non-cooperation within the South Asian region.
SCCI recognises the continued and valuable partnership with FNSt
The incoming President of SCCI, Mr. Dasho Ugen Tsechup Dorji from Bhutan, pledged full commitment to the objectives of SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) as he took over his Presidency from Sri Lanka on 11th March, 2006, in the capital of the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan.
Environmental and energy concerns in a free market economy
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| Mrs Delgoda |
We all are aware that the Greenhouse effect is the rise in temperature that the Earth experiences because certain gases in the atmosphere (especially water vapour, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane) trap energy from the sun.
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