http://www.fnf.org.ph FOUNDATION FOR LIBERAL POLITICS IN THE PHILIPPINES http://www.fnf.org.ph/images/homepagebanner_new.jpg http://www.fnf.org.ph/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:40:00 GMT In partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Center for Research and Communication, Foundation for Economic Freedom, the Philippine Economic Society and the University of Asia and the Pacific http://www.fnf.org.ph/news/ASEAN-secretary-general-speaks-on-charters-role.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:30:00 GMT Calling himself the "cheerleader-in-chief" of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Dr. Surin Pitsuwan spoke of the importance of ASEAN in forwarding the democratic agenda in the region during a reception in his honor. The Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF), the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) and the Liberal Party of the Philippines (LP) hosted the new ASEAN secretary-general on 7 July 2008 at the FNF-CALD office in Makati City. http://www.fnf.org.ph/seminars/reports/seminar-facilitation.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:50:00 GMT I have always been someone who develops anxiety before a public presentation. This is not unusual for a person who lacks confidence and is always conscious of other’s opinions. Being a staff member at The Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung’s Philippine office also added significant pressure for a self-confessed introvert such as me. http://www.fnf.org.ph/index.htm Fri, 21 Oct 2008 12:39:00:00 GMT The Friedrich Naumann Foundation's International Academy for Leadership (IAF) invites leadership personnel from government, political parties and NGOs to join an online seminar on local government and civil society. The seminar will be from 17 August – 14 September 2008. http://www.fnf.org.ph/seminars/reports/moro-liberation-through-dialogue.htm Thu, 19 June 2008 16:59:00:00 GMT In an archipelago of 7,107 islands dubbed as the "pearl of the orient," where more than 80 million people from a hundred ethno-linguistic groups bask in a lot of sand, sea and sun, a Muslim minority refuses to call themselves Filipinos. Such refusal is a remnant of their resistance to centuries of Spanish and American colonization and decades of marginalization and discrimination from a predominantly Christian government and society. The moros, as they would rather be called, used to make up 76 percent of the population of the southern Philippine island of Mindanao a century ago (1). Today, their percentage has been sharply reduced to about 20-25 percent due largely to successful resettlement of non-Muslim farmers from the Northern and Central Philippines during the colonial period. The situation turned violent when the Moro National Liberation Front emerged demanding secession as a reaction to the dictatorial Martial Rule by Ferdinand Marcos. But even after the revolution in Manila in 1986 that ousted the dictator and restored democracy through the promulgation of a new constitution, which included provisions for regional autonomy for Muslims, the Mindanao problem persisted. http://www.fnf.org.ph/news/50-years-for-liberty.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:44:00:00 GMT The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, the leader of the German Free Democratic Party (FDP), prominent liberal leaders and descendants of Theodor Heuss and Friedrich Naumann gathered in Bonn, Germany on 19 May 2008 to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF). http://www.fnf.org.ph/liberal-links.htm Mon, 16 Oct 2008 16:00:00:00 GMT List of References for Liberal Dmocracy, Human Rights, Rule of Law, Free Market, Blogs, Light Readings, and General Knowledge http://www.fnf.org.ph/news/hr-lawyers-learn-basics-of-market-economy.htm Teu, 03 Jun 2008 10:50:00:00 GMT Human rights and market economy are two words normally not associated with each other, yet there is a strong connection. To discuss this, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) conducted a half-day seminar for Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC) staff and interns on 14 May, 2008 in Makati City. http://www.fnf.org.ph/seminars/reports/local-governments-keys-to-poverty-allevation.htm Tue, 20 May 2008 17:03:00:00 GMT Over the last decade or two, a growing number of countries have shifted to a decentralized form of government as a way of achieving better efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of basic services to constituents. This arose from a realization that the over-concentration of resources and powers in central governments resulted in cumbersome and sluggish bureaucracies that performed poorly. Inefficiency became a trademark of government. The term "red tape" became part of the daily vocabulary. It is used to describe the slow and overlapping manner by which government transactions and decisions took place. http://www.fnf.org.ph/seminars/reports/strategic-planning-in-thirteen-days.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 12:40:00:00 GMT The seminar I attended at the famed International Academy for Leadership of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation was about strategic planning. The course is a first time offering and an offshoot of the foundation's experiment with online executive education. http://www.fnf.org.ph/publications/philippine-commons-on-open-education.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:00:00:00 GMT Creative Commons, the Arellano School of Law and the Vibal Foundation held a forum entitled: "Open Education: Are we ready and Where are we?" on 23 April 2008 in Pasay City. The aim was to explore the opportunities and benefits open education could bring to the country's education system. It brought together actors from government, the private sector and NGOs to understand what open education means, what the global trends are and to explore ways to harness it in the country. http://www.fnf.org.ph/seminars/reports/amen-to-secularism.htm Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:00:00:00 GMT I grew up in an environment where Catholicism was the only religion. I was resigned to the belief that religion was a personal issue and need not to be discussed. I would usually brush off any conversation on religion as I always thought that it would end up as a heated debate. Finding myself in an IAF program on religion was my way of opening up to an inter-faith dialogue. http://www.fnf.org.ph/news/nobel-laureate-speaks-on-institutions.htm Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:26:00:00 GMT 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics laureate Douglass C. North was the guest speaker at the Ronald Coase Institute and the Philippine Economic Society workshop on institutional analysis on 13 March 2008 at Los Baños, Laguna. Supported by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF), the aim of the conference was to encourage young academics to apply institutional analysis to a variety of developmental issues and to receive critical input and feedback from some of the most noted academics in the field. http://www.fnf.org.ph/news/german-parliamentary-group-meet.htm Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:23:00:00 GMT The Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF), the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation hosted a dialogue between civil society and the ASEAN Inter-parliamentary Group of the German Parliament on 6 February 2008 at the FNF office in Makati City. Academicians, environmentalists, representatives from human rights groups, economic and social development initiatives, cooperatives and trade unions were present to provide the German delegation with a clearer picture of the role of civil society in Philippine democracy. http://www.fnf.org.ph/News/achive/index.htm Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:31:00 GMT The Foundation for Liberal Politics in the Philippines' News Archive