December 2006
When the major colors seen
everywhere are red and green;
When, without a single pause
all children think of Santa Claus
when the media gives advice
who was naughty, who was nice
when we reinvest illusions
into new year-resolutions
then it is indeed quite clear
were at the end of one more year.
We therefore offer our best wishes:
May you enjoy your Christmas dishes!
May you enjoy the seasons joys
while not be troubled by the noise.
And may the seasons jolly cheer
Help you to face the coming year!
Merry Christmas and a happy new Year from the FNF Manila!
Human Rights Forum and Book Launch Stress Importance of Rule of Law, Individual
Liberty
Extra tables had to be brought in to accommodate the huge interest in the
annual Kapihan (coffee forum) on the Human Rights Situation organized by the
Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC) and the Philippine Working Group for an ASEAN
Human Rights Mechanism (PWG) with the support of the Friedrich Naumann
Foundation (FNF) on 15 December 2006 in Quezon City.
To do justice to the multiple dimensions of the issue, speakers were invited
from civil society, the legislature and the executive, allowing a nuanced
picture to emerge.
KARAPATAN, a militant human rights alliance, sounded a note of alarm with a
report that 2006 saw a sharp rise in the killings of journalists and political
activists. KARAPATAN Secretary-General Marie Hilao-Enriquez said 2006 is the
worst year for human rights. She admonished the government for extra-judicial
and politically motivated killings. More:
http://www.fnf.org.ph/News/achive/human-rights-book-launch.htm
International Academy for Leadership Seminar Experiences Captured in Book
To celebrate a year that saw a record number of Filipino participants who
qualified for the Friedrich Naumann Foundations (FNF) International Academy
for Leadership (IAF) training programs in Gummersbach, Germany, the Foundation
launched the book: Notes from the Academy: Filipino Perspectives on Liberal
Training in Germany on 14 December 2006 at its office in Makati City. Notes
from the Academy is a compilation of IAF reports, written by participants on
their experience. It presents liberal insights to the issues of education
reform, governance, globalization and human rights.
IAF alumnus and former Education Secretary Florencio Butch Abad spoke on the
value of international education to a gathering of about 30 IAF alumni. He
emphasized the development of a better perspective from comparing experiences
with other people and the solidarity built with other liberal colleagues as
two significant lessons learned from his IAF experience. In fact as a response
to the Euro-centered liberal perspectives discussed and as a result of shared
concerns with other Asian participants that there was no Asian agenda, Abad
and the other Asian delegates discussed the formation of the Council of Asian
Liberals and Democrats (CALD) on the sidelines of their conference. CALD, an
umbrella organization of Asian liberal political parties, is thus an outcome of
the personal ties established and ideas exchanged in an International Academy
for Leadership seminar. More:
http://www.fnf.org.ph/News/achive/iaf-notes-form-the-academy.htm
Notes form the Academy: Filipino Perspectives on Liberal Training in Germany
This brief collection reveals fresh liberal insights spurred by trainings in
Gummersbach, Germany and other important IAF venues. Filipino Alumni take with
them ideas for liberal solutions and strategies, with the hopes of challenging
the status quo back home, and also addressing issues of education reform,
media, governance, globalization, and human rights.
Notes from the Academy is rich in individual gleanings. it shows how the
trainings have made lasting, personla impacts on the worldviews and attitudes
of Filipino liberals - proving that the lessons of IAF extend long after the
seminar, and far beyond Germany.
http://www.fnf.org.ph/books/notes-from-the-academy.htm
Beyond Borders: Does the Universality of Human Rights Requires a Particular
type of Democracy
This compilation of essays sheds light on Filipino views on the democratic
system in relation to human rights. Government is needed for the protection of
human rights, but what kind is debated in the book. However whatever the label,
this government must be characterized by rule of law, good governance and an
enlightened citizenry. http://www.fnf.org.ph/books/beyond-borders.htm
IAF 2007 Program
The International Academy for Leadership offers new training programs for 2007
such as Equity and Justice and Political Communication in the IT Age. It
also continues to offer its popular seminars on human rights and the basics of
liberalism. Three online seminars are also offered. More:
http://www.fnf.org.ph/seminars/iaf2007.htm#programs
Call for Online Seminar Participants
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation Philippines is now receiving online
applications to the International Academy for Leadership (IAF) online seminar
on new public management. The seminar will be from 9 February 9 March 2007.
Please send CVs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The deadline for submission of
applications is 5:00 p.m., 15 January 2007. More: http://www.fnf.org.ph
Friedrich Naumann Foundation Philippines
Makati Central Post Office Box 3196 Makati City, 1271 Philippines
Tel.: + 632-840 3728/29
Fax: + 632-810 3189
Website: www.fnf.org.ph
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