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Welcome
to the Second Edition of our eNewsletter of this
year!
You probably noticed it at
first glance
already – and, yes, you are right: We have a new
logo,
a new name: Friedrich Naumann – Stiftung FÜR DIE
FREIHEIT. "Freiheit" is the German word for
"Freedom"
or "Liberty". The Foundation took the decision to
integrate the major aspect of its work in its formal
designation:
We are the Foundation which works for the
realization of the
values and principles of freedom and liberty, and we
want
to clarify this in our logo and name already – we
are
the Stiftung für die Freiheit. We maintain our
traditions
and experiences, we build upon them in our present
and future
work – the ideas, visions and convictions of
Friedrich
Naumann and his disciples remain meaningful for us;
consequently,
we keep that reference in our name. But we also want
the focus
of our work to be stated more prominently. Whether
in Germany
or in the more than 60 countries worldwide where we
carry
out our projects: It is important for us to bring
the values
and principles of freedom and liberty, and its
comprehensive
significance for self-responsibility and
self-determination,
more forcefully into the public conscience. In
today's world,
one of the main cleavages is the one between those
who strive
for their own and their neighbour's freedom and
liberty, their
right to self-determination and self-responsibility,
and those
who deny these values and rights, whether through
open force
or through other misguided policies. The Foundation
wants
to clarify
unequivocally on
whose side we are on. Thus, we will work in future
as the
Friedrich Naumann – Stiftung FÜR DIE FREIHEIT.
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,
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On
April 27, 2007, the 29 members of the Foundation's
Board of
Trustees, chaired by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Morlok,
elected
the Board of Directors which is responsible for the
management
and the formulation of policies of the Friedrich
Naumann Stiftung
für die Freiheit. The Board of Directors consists of
seven members, and it holds office for a period of
four years.
Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt, MP, was confirmed as
Chairman, as were
his deputies Dr. Wolf-Dieter Zumpfort and Axel
Hoffmann. Manfred
Richter remains Treasurer, and Rolf Berndt will
continue as
Managing Director and CEO of the Foundation. Also
Dr. Irmgard
Schwaetzer was re-elected.
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New
colleague in FNSt Pakistan |
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Ms
Gulmina Bilal, Project Coordinator in FNSt Pakistan
office
has left the Foundation. She was associated with
FNSt for
almost three year. Ms. Bilal is an enthusiast,
radical soul
who had worked with the Foundation in perfection and
commitment.
She is a young and dynamic Pakistani woman with a
strong interest
in political systems and advocacy. FNSt regards her
knowledge
as an asset for the liberal movement and wishes her
success
in her private and professional life.
Ms Munazza Batool has replaced Ms Bilal as Project
Coordinator
in FNSt Pakistan. Having a Masters Degree in English
Literature
Ms Batool has diversified experience of almost eight
years
in the fields of education, administration,
publications,
development and communications. Ms. Batool has zeal
for opening
up the closed minds and for making us aware of our
rights
and responsibilities as human beings and as
spokespersons
for liberalism in our respective societies. Her
inspirations
come fr those not-so-known philanthropists who work
relentlessly
without any expectation of reward and recognition
but determined
to make a difference in the indifferent world. She
dreams
of a moderate, tolerant and peaceful world where
people could
enjoy their rights being conscious of their
responsibilities.
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Fifth International Conference of Tibet
Support
Groups |
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The
5th International Tibet Support Groups
Conference was
held in Brussels from 11th – 14th May, 2007,
organized
by the Department of Information and
International Relations
(DIIR) of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile and
the Friedrich
Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit, in
collaboration
with the Belgian Interparliamentary Group for
Tibet.
The Conference saw the largest ever gathering
of Tibet
Support Groups – 315 representatives from 56
countries
and 5 continents, making it also the largest
number
of countries ever joining in the support
movement. Human
Rights, Development and Environment as well as
working
out strategies of and for the
Tibetans-in-Exile in their
struggle for freedom, autonomy and justice
were the
focal issue of the Conference...
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'India-FAN' formed to develop Liberal
Network |
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The
Second FNF Alumni Meeting in India held in on
2007 has
witnessed the formation of 'India-FNF Alumni
Network'
(IFAN) to serve the purpose of promoting a
more liberal
society in India. The main role of India-FAN
is to develop
a liberal network domestically and strengthen
ties between
FNF and the alumni. The first task of
India-FAN will
be to strengthen the network by sharing
information
about the alumni's fields of activities and by
enhancing
skills of the members...
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PAK IAF Alumni Network becomes the
Freedom Gaters |
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For
the past five years, the steadily growing
network of
Pakistani International Academy for
Leadership, Gummersbach
Alumni have been getting together annually to
discuss
ideas. At each of these annual meetings a need
to more
formally organize themselves and become a more
“visible
force for change” was expressed. This month
this
idea was translated into reality as a small
group of
IAF Alumni met in Islamabad recently...
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Running a Successful Liberal Youth
Organisation,
LYSA |
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A
five day South Asian regional workshop on
‘Running
a Successful Liberal Youth Organisation’ was
organized
by Liberal Youth South Asia (LYSA), supported
by Friedrich
Naumann Stiftung. The workshop was hosted by
Youth Initiative,
which is one of the founder member
organizations of
LYSA. The workshop was held from 29 March – 2
April, 2007, in Kathmandu...
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Efficiency and Good Governance in
Regulatory
Bodies – need of the hour, Pakistan |
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Having
in view the increasingly problems of services
in the
water, energy and telecom sector the
International Institute
of Islamic Economics (IIIE) of the
International Islamic
University Islamabad (IIUI) organized a
seminar on “Policy
Framework for Public Utilities Management”.
FNSt
Pakistan supported this event in favor of
establishing
an Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Pakistan,
which shall
consist of several institutions, authorities,
organizations
and individuals, working on Free Market
Economy...
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Relevance of Economic Freedom in
Development,
INDIA |
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On June 20th 2007, the Friedrich
Naumann-Stiftung für
die Freiheit together with its partner Rajiv
Gandhi
Institute for Contemporary Studies (RGICS)
organized
a conference on the “Relevance of Economic
Freedom
for Development” in Chennai, hosted by the
local
partner TANSTIA-FNF Service Centre (TFSC).
Third in
the series (the first two previously being
held in Chandigarh
and Hyderabad), the seminar was organized to
create
awareness on the issue and importance of
Economic Freedom
in the development of the Indian economy. The
seminar
attracted almost 75 participants from the
business community,
academia, the bureaucracy and the media....
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Intensive workshop for Tibetan Local Assembly
Members
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Tibetans have come a long way since coming
into exile
in 1959. Escaping the People’s Republic of
China’s
(PRC) atrocities in Tibet, about eighty
thousand Tibetans
sought refuge in India, Nepal and Bhutan,
trying to
learn a new way of life in a foreign but
friendly country.
Working as labourers, building roads in the
Himalayan
region to make a living, they have contributed
in building
the edifice of democracy for the Tibetan
community in
Exile, and for future Tibet...
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SPARC on Child Rights Issues |
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Friedrich
Naumann Foundation (FNSt) partner
organization,
SPARC, Society for the
Protection of
the Rights of the Child conducted a 2nd
Training on
“Child Rights and Child Protection Issues in
Pakistan”
for the usniversity students from all over the
country
from 23rd to 25th June 2007 in Islamabad. The
basic
aim of the workshop was to make the target
group aware
of child rights, international and national
laws, special
skills to deal with violation of child rights
and enable
them to “Break the Silence”...
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National Project on Preventing Torture in
India |
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The
police in India is widely perceived as
torturing suspects
to elicit information, although no empirical
data is
available to draw such a conclusion. The
prevalence
of such a perception is unthinkable in a
democracy like
India. There are many dominant reasons like
lack of
quality education, socio-economic back ground
of the
personnel, inadequate training and bad working
atmosphere
to influence such behavior of the police. Some
in the
uniform are probably aware of the fact that
torture
is wrong, but to them it seems an easy way to
get confessions,
on which they rely to a large extent. The fear
of torture
and abuse is a big factor for the poor to
avoid approaching
the police...
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FNSt partner confered with the"Gwangju
prize
for human rights 2007" |
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Dr.
Lenin Raghuvanshi has been awarded 2007 Gwangju
Prize for Human Rights in recognition of
his efforts
in improving the state of human rights in
India. Dr.
Raghuvanshi is the State Director (Uttar
Pradesh) of
the European
Union and Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung
support project
on "Prevention of Torture in India: From
Public
Awareness to State Accountability"...
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Investment
in Bangladesh a stock taking |
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The
regional partner of the Friedrich Naumann
Stiftung,
SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI)
captured
the investment scenario in the region through
their
three publications each featuring Bangladesh,
Pakistan
and India (alongwith Bhutan and Nepal). One of
the titles
are 'Investments in Bangladesh: A stock
taking'...
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Investment
in Pakistan a stock taking |
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The
regional partner of the Friedrich Naumann
Stiftung,
SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI)
captured
the investment scenario in the region through
their
three publications each featuring Bangladesh,
Pakistan
and India (alongwith Bhutan and Nepal). On of
the titles
is 'Investments in Pakistan : A
stock-taking...
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Investment
in Bhutan, India & Nepal a stock taking
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The
regional partner of the Friedrich Naumann
Stiftung,
SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI)
captured
the investment scenario in the region through
their
three publications each featuring Bangladesh,
Pakistan
and India (alongwith Bhutan and Nepal)...
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National Finance Commission: An Incomplete guide
to the
issues in resource distribution in Pakistan
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Discussion
Paper National Finance Commission: An
Incomplete
Guide to the Issues in Resource Distribution
in Pakistan
published in cooperation with Lead Pakistan
The paper
addresses the issue of resource distribution
in Pakistan;
and examines the distribution of fiscal and
Natural
resources between federal and provincial
governments....
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Stand on your feet, BDS, Sri Lanka |
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FNSt
partner Business Development Services (BDS)
launched
their promotional brochure titled “Stand on
Your
Own Two Feet” in May 2007. The Brochure
details
the much in demand “Gainful Employment”
programme, which targets the young adults in
their formative
years...
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A dialogue on ‘Micro-Finance Bill’ will
be held with Members of the Indian Parliament
on 28
July, 2007 in New Delhi. It will be organized
in collaboration
with Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Contemporary
Studies
(RGICS).
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An Economic Lecture on ‘Appreciating Rupee and
its Impact on Business’ will be held on 11
July,
2007 in Chennai. It will be organized in
collaboration
with TANSTIA-FNF Service Centre (TFSC).
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Key Person’s Forum with the Registrar of
Companies
will be organized in collaboration with
SMED/FCCISL in
Colombo, Sri Lanka in July, 2007.
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A strategy workshop will be organized by FNSt
project
partner IDL for Badulla District Liberal Youth
Guilds
(LYGs) in July, 2007.
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A Strategy Training workshop will be organised
for Shehri-CBE,
Pakistan, will be held from 22-26 August, 2007
in Karachi,
Pakistan.
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3rd Young Leaders Workshop will be held in
Lahore, Pakistan,
from 23-26 July, 2007.
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Training for university students on child rights
will
be organized by SPARC, Pakistan, in September,
2007.
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