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Welcome
to the Third Edition of our eNewsletter of this
year!
Amidst busy schedules as the
year's end
is approaching, FNSt South Asia is happy to inform
all of
our readers about our latest news and developments.
Katrin
Bannach has joined us in August 2007 and will
strengthen our
team in Delhi. We have recently accomplished our 2nd
Regional
Meeting in 2007, which for the first time was held
in Dharamsala,
seat of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan
Exile
Institutions. A group of FNSt's partners from India,
Sri Lanka
and Pakistan working in the field of economic
freedom has
just returned from an information visit to Berlin
and Brussels.
Apart from this, we are in the busiest quarter of
the year,
with many events and programs. Have a look for an
overview!
Please also do visit our homepage at www.southasia.fnst.org,
and the Foundation's German homepage at www.fnst-freiheit.org
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- Dr. René Klaff, Regional Director, FNSt South Asia
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The
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit, is a
German
institution working for civic education based on the
ideas
of Liberalism. It is active in Germany–our
headquarters
is in Potsdam, close to Berlin – as well as in many
other countries in all parts of the world. In South
Asia we
currently maintain three offices: the Regional and
India Office
in Delhi, the Pakistan Office in Islamabad, and the
Sri Lanka
Office in Colombo. Through our Regional Projects we
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Visit of Harald Klein & Dr. Irmgard Schwaetzer in
India
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Dr.
Irmgard Schwaetzer, member of the Board of
Directors, and
Harald Klein, newly appointed Head of FNSt
Department of International
Cooperation, joined the FNSt team South Asia for the
2nd Regional
Meeting in 2007, held in Dharamsala from 28
September to 3
October. While the internal meeting was quite busy
with evaluating
FNSt's work and revising goals and objectives, our
partners
from the Tibetan Exile Community organized an
impressive framework
programme. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama granted
the group
an audience in which he showed great interest in our
work,
especially in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Professor S.
Rinpoche,
the Kalon Tripa, and other dignitaries of the
Tibetan Exile
Community interacted with FNSt staff at several
occasions.
We took the opportunity of Dr. Schwaetzer's presence
in Delhi
and organized a public lecture-cum-discussion with
her on
the topic "European Foreign Policy: International
Terrorism
and Other Challenges".
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New
colleague in FNSt New Delhi |
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Katrin
Bannach has joined the office in New Delhi as
Project Manager
India on
1 August 2007. As a Naumann-Fellow she has been
affiliated
with the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit
since 10 years. After studying social sciences in
Germany
and South Africa, she started to work as part of the
FNSt
team in Brussels on the topic of conflict
prevention, a task
that brought her to South Asia a couple of time. She
moved
to FNSt Headquarters in Potsdam as assistant to Rolf
Berndt,
Executive Chairman FNSt. In Delhi she is looking
forward to
an interesting time supporting the FNSt team South
Asia for
the next couple of years.
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In support of promoting Liberal
Principles |
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On
14 October 2007, Business Development Services
Consultancy
(BDS), partner of the
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für
die Freiheit in Sri Lanka, added another
feather in
their cap. A group of young students who
followed the
"Gainful Employment Programme" two years ago,
today as successful young leaders clearly on
their way
to make a mark on the society, volunteered to
conduct
sessions of the current programme.
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Economic Freedom: A Liberal Strategy for
Development
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From
6-13 October 2007, the Regional Office South
Asia of
the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die
Freiheit
together with the Department for International
Political
Dialogue organized a week long study tour on
the topic
"Economic Freedom: A Liberal Strategy for
Development"
in Berlin, Germany and Brussels, Belgium.
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50th Anniversary of Ayn Rand's "Atlas
Shrugged" |
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On
October, 12 Liberty Institute and the
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung
für die Freiheit celebrated the 50th
Anniversary
of Ayn Rand’s most influential book, Altas
Shrugged,
in Delhi. In the US it is considered to be the
book,
after the bible that had an impact on the
readers. With
Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand pleaded the case for
freedom
and independent thinking by writing fiction.
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The Liberal Youth Guilds of Sri Lanka
become
the proud owners of a Library and a National
Secretariat
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The
Liberal Youth Guilds, which began their quest
to foster
cooperation among youth to promote liberal
values and
ideas in Sri Lanka in the year 2004, reached a
remarkable
milestone this year by establishing a fully
equipped
National Secretariat in Matara, Southern
Province of
Sri Lanka. They were also fortunate to add a
Library
to enhance the capabilities of the LYG
members.
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Global Launch of the Economic Freedom
Index of
the World 2007 in New Delhi |
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The
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit
together
with the Economic Freedom Network Asia, the
Fraser Institute
and the local host, the Centre for Civil
Society launched
the global Economic Freedom Index of the World
2007
on 4 September 2007 in New-Delhi. Launching
the report,
prepared by the Fraser Institute of Canada,
Industry
and Commerce Minister, Shri Kamal Nath said
that India
had significantly improved its position
especially under
freedom to trade internationally in the last
fifteen
years.
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Liberalism & Secularism–important
issues
in Pakistan |
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FreedomGate
Pakistan, an initiative of Pakistani IAF
alumni, has
started a series of seminars similar to the
German International
Academy for Leadership (IAF). The main purpose
is to
create more liberal space by conducting
seminars establishing
virtual platforms to inform about to discuss
political
matters and to support the existing liberal
partners
of Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die
Freiheit.
The seminars also aim at providing FNSt
partners a forum
to discuss the possibilities of positive image
building,
enhancing their communication skills and
effective output.
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Commercialization of Research &
Development–Policy
of the Government |
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The
topic of the 7th Key Persons' Forum organized
by Project
Small & Medium Enterprise Developers
(Project SMED)
held on the 18 October 2007, was
"Commercialization
of Research & Development-Policy of the
Government."
The Key Person's address was delivered by
Prof. Tissa
Vitharana, Hon. Minister of Science &
Technology
and Chairman of the All Party Representatives
Committee.
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Challenges of Globalization: The Role
of Economic
Freedom |
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The
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit
together
with its partner the Press Institute of India
organized
a training workshop for journalists on the
subject of
"Challenges of Globalisation: The Role of
Economic
Freedom" at Indian Institute of Management
(IIM),
Ahmedabad on 7-8 August 2007 and another in
Bangalore
on 17 August 2007. These workshops are part of
the four
series workshops to be conducted across India.
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Consultancy for reform party in India |
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Lok Satta means People's Power. This is the
name of
the still very young regional political party
from Andhra
Pradesh, which can be located in the spectrum
of political
liberalism. The party, especially its head Dr.
J.P Narayan,
has been in good contact with the Delhi office
of Friedrich
Naumann – Stiftung für die Freiheit. Dr.
Rolf Steltemeier, a consultant of the
Foundation, conducted
a consultancy from 29-31 August 2007 on the
topic "Party
organisation, Communication, Strategic
planning".
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Pakistan: Civic organization gets tail wind
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Shehri-CBE (Citizens for a better Environment)
got recently
tail wind through a strategy consultancy
organized by
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit.
Shehri
is the Urdu word for citizen. This
organization, which
has been collaborating with the Foundation
since 1990,
strives in the city of Karachi for the
interests of
the inhabitants and for an active civil
society.
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Doing Business in South Asia |
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The
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit
together
with its partner the SAARC Chamber of Commerce
and Industry
(SCCI) organized a symposium in New Delhi on
the topic
"Doing Business in South Asia: Constraints and
Impediments". The Symposium was organised to
identify
and highlight the constraints, hindrances and
impediments
of cross border trade and propose
recommendations to
overcome these constraints of doing business
amongst
the South Asian countries. The results will be
presented
to national governments for creating an
enabling environment
and facilitating trade within SAARC.
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Indian Liberals meet in Hyderabad |
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Liberty
Institute and FNSt invited for a Round Table
Discussion
on the topic "Political Strategies for Liberal
Reforms
in India". Some 30 Liberals from all parts of
the country
"writers, activists, businesspeople" with
a lot of political experience came together
and discussed
for two days a wide range of topics. The main
objective
was to find ways and means of how to implement
liberal
solutions for the manifold problem areas in
India –
a country without a cohesive, organized
liberal movement
or party.
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Tamil Nadu State Government abides by NHRC
Guideline
on Encounter Killing |
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Amidst
growing concern regarding frequent "encounter
killings"
a local expression meaning "extra judicial
killings"
happening in the Sate of Tamil Nadu in India,
it is
inspiring to observe that the Government of
the State
of Tamil Nadu has come up with a recent
circular issued
to all the District Collectors and the
Superintendents
of Police directing them to strictly adhere to
the guidelines
based on the "Revised Guidelines/Procedures to
be followed
in dealing with deaths occurring in encounter"
issued
on December 12, 2003 by the National Human
Rights Commission
(NHRC) of India.
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Telecom
Liberalization in Pakistan |
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FNSt
together with Development Pool launched the
survey report
Telecom Liberalization: Its Implications for a
Common
Man on 15 August at Marriott Hotel, Islamabad
The study is an initiative of Economic Freedom
Network
of Pakistan. The survey conducted by
Development Pool
and supported by FNSt mainly focuses on the
marvelous
growth of telecom sector in a short span of
time highlighting
the benefit that privatization and free market
economy
brings to the masses.
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Economic
Freedom of the World: 2007 Annual Report
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"Economic
freedom, like political freedom, is integral
to a good
society" so writes the Indian Union Minister
of
Commerce and Industry in his preface to the
Indian reprint
of the Economic Freedom of the World: 2007
Annual Report.
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FNSt and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of
Contemporary Studies
(RGICS) will organize a seminar on ‘Economic
Freedom’
in Bhubaneshwar, India from 16-17 November.
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SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry
(SCCI) will
organize a roundtable with Commerce
Secretaries of SAARC
in Udaipur, India on 15 December. The event is
part
of SCCI’s and FNSt’s program for 2007.
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A ‘Moderator’s Training’ workshop will
be organized in New Delhi from 11-14 December
for FNSt
India partner organisations.
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A strategy workshop will be held for ‘Friends of
Freedom’ group from 14-17 December in New Delhi
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Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation (CDR),
project
partner of FNSt New Delhi, will organize an
‘Intra-Kashmir’
conference in the first week of December
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People’s Forum will be organized in India
Habitat
Centre, New Delhi, on 14 December.
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Key Person’s Forum will be organized by FNSt and
its project partner SMED/FCCISL in Colombo, Sri
Lanka
on 13 December.
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