Senator Kátia Abreu from Brazil was invited to deliver a speech at the 1st Climate Summit held by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom jointly with the Federation of German Industry. Besides her duty as Senator for the Federal State of Tocantins (TO) and first Vice-President of the PSD, she chairs the Agricultural National Council (CNA) of Brazil.
In a gathering of alumni of the International Academy for Leadership (IAF) of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF), the group composed of lawyers, civil society leaders, academicians and politicians discussed how they could help in ferreting out the truth in the impeachment case against Supreme Court Justice Renato Corona.
On the 4th February 2012 some 30 Indonesian former participants in the International Academy for Leadership in Gummersbach Germany (IAF in its German acronym) came together to take part in a seminar with the German communication expert and trainer Arno Keller. The event was organised by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (German acronym FNF) and opened with an introductory speech from the Foundation’s resident representative, Mr. Rainer Erkens.
Egypt may very well be going through the last historical moments preceding its fall into the grip of the forces of Political Islam. These may also be the last days before the Freedom and Justice Party- the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafist Al-Nour Party, established only a few months ago - accedes to power.
Mayors of six districts and a Mayor from Gwangju were invited by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty to visit Munich, Dresden and Berlin in order to acquire information and knowledge about the financial situation, and especially about solutions to overcome debt in Germany’s municipalities.
A group of leading activists from Israel Chofshit traveled to Germany with the intention of finding new impulses for their work in Israel. During the course of conversations held with representatives from the religious communities, politics, the Judicial System and from initiatives within the civil society, they came to understand the existing special relationship between the Church and the State in Germany, compared to other models in the western world.
A delegation conformed by magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice of Thailand traveled to Germany on a study trip concerning the subject of assurance and restriction of the individual rights to freedom in the core of a parliamentary democracy. The conversations that were held regarding the right of assembly and the principle of ex-officio investigation were relevant.
Twenty participants – experts, politicians, educationalists and NGO activists – from all parts of the globe, from Argentina to Burma and from Russia to South Africa attended the fourth IAF workshop on the importance of private property for free societies, social and economic stability and development, Gummersbach, 12–19 November 2011.
After the 2009 elections and the new 2010 elections, the Liberal Party of Moldova joined the democratic governmental coalition “Alliance for the European Integration” for the second time. A good reason for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom to keep on enhancing its support.
In Germany, a Freedom of Information Law exists since 2005. However, compared to the South Asian area, it is hardly benefited from. This was confirmed by the participants of a delegation from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka during a visit program to Saxony and Berlin. All participants, jurists and collaborators from non-governmental organizations, actively contribute to the introduction and implementation of Freedom Information Laws in their respective countries.
From 3 – 10 September the International Academy for Leadership (IAF) held its 2011 course on Political Leadership in Gummersbach. 22 Political leaders from all around the world gathered to discuss challenges and tools of modern political leadership – among them 7 parliamentarians. One of them was Salim Bagus, a leading politician of Malawi’s oppositionary People’s Party and the international officer of the Forum for Democratic Devolution.
The members of India FNF Alumni Network (IFAN) took the initiative to organize IAF replication workshop on ‘Coalition Building & Strategic Partnership’ in New Delhi on 12 August 2011. The participants of the workshop were from the FNF New Delhi partner organization and its coalition partners.
For three days, at the Global Media Forum of the Deutsche Welle (DW) in Bonn, more than one thousand communication media representatives as well as politics, economics and cultural representatives exchanged views about the media's role in Human Rights protection and guarantee in a globalized world.
Twelve high-ranking decision makers from Kirkuk, Iraq visited Germany on a study tour organised by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF). During their six-day visit, the Iraqi guests studied the political structure, administration and public service delivery in the German province of Brandenburg: from the local to the provincial to the federal level.
In October 2010 the Pakistani Alumni of the International Academy for
Leadership (IAF) gathered in Lahore to strengthen their ownership of
their network: Freedom Gate Pakistan (FGP). With Open Space Technology,
World Café and the Bus Stoip of Skills new methods were introduced in
Pakistan. Two books were launched as well as the Opera Fidelio by Ludwig
van Beethoven screened.
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