February 2007
Dear friends of Philippine Liberalism,
Election fever starts to spread in the body politic, and it is fascinating to
track the different permutations and combinations! In any democracy, election
time is both a time when people debate where they want to go as a nation, and
when they expect to be entertained by their leaders. All that creates a unique
national experience nations are never more themselves than at election times.
Work, meanwhile, goes on. At the regional level, we had an excellent workshop
on political party management with CALD (Council of Asian Liberals and
Democrats) in Jakarta. The will to improve and professionalize and thereby rise
to the expectations of the citizens was clearly noticeable among the
participating parties.
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation has been supporting the spread of new usages
for information and communication technologies as tools for citizens
involvement and political debate. As part of this, we organized a blogging
workshop for Newsbreak magazine to further stimulate the use of this instrument.
Participating in an international seminar is a special experience, especially
for young people. To follow up on this, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation
supports regular gatherings of the alumni of its international seminars. At a
recent event at our office, we launched the annual alumni directory to allow
people to stay in touch, and the Alumni Group reconstituted itself around a
common program and leadership.
Lastly, a look forward: for the first time in this region, we offered an online
seminar on globalization. We received a huge response to our invitation. The
application period has just ended, and participants from Thailand, Indonesia
and Malaysia will soon join Filipinos online. Stay tuned!
Siegfried Siggi Herzog
FNF Alumni Group Welcomes New Members, Plans Activities
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation Alumni Group welcomed the new International
Academy for Leadership scholars into its network with the launch of the Groups
2007 directory on 20 February 2007 at the Foundations office in Makati City.
More: http://www.fnf.org.ph/news/alumni-group-welcomes-new-members.htm
Express Yourself: Newsbreak Magazine Blogs
The Friedrich Naumann Foundations Express Yourself! blogging and podcasting
workshop has reached the ears of the media. Newsbreak magazine editors and
staff spent 12 February 2007 at the Foundations office in Makati City learning
the ins and outs of these new communication technologies. This is a new
beginning for us, said Editor in Chief Marites D. Vitug. We had our last
print version early February, and we are now fully online. More:
http://www.fnf.org.ph/news/express-yourself-newsbreak-blogs.htm
Liberalism Needs Organization: CALD Holds Workshop on Political Party
Management
One of Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD)s important objectives is
to strengthen its member parties by offering training. One field where this is
of particular relevance is in the management and organization of political
parties. Political parties are vital actors in any representative democracy,
and the quality of parties affects the quality of democracy. In the young
democracies of Asia, however, political parties are often relatively young too.
They suffer both from internal weaknesses and a lack of support in improving
their capabilities since many professionals shy away from politics. CALD
therefore decided to fill the gap and offer its member parties a chance to
learn together from their individual experiences. Together with the Friedrich
Naumann Foundation, it sponsored a party management and development workshop in
Jakarta, Indonesia from February 4-9, 2007. More:
http://www.fnf.org.ph/news/cald-political-management-workshop.htm
Online Seminar on Strategic Planning
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation is now receiving applications for the
International Academy for Leadership online seminar on strategic planning. The
seminar will be from 16 April 27 May 2007. Please send short CVs to [EMAIL
PROTECTED] The deadline for submission of applications is 22 March 2007. More:
http://www.fnf.org.ph
International Institute for Human Rights Summer Session
The International Institute for Human Rights, in cooperation with the Friedrich
Naumann Foundation (FNF), will host the 38th annual study session on
"Population Movement and Human Rights. It will be from 29 June - 29 July 2007,
in Strasbourg, France. FNF invites academicians, civil servants, lawyers and
members of NGOs who have solid experience in the field of human rights to
apply. Please send application letters and short CVs to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
deadline for submission of applications is 29 March 2007. More:
http://www.fnf.org.ph/seminars/index.htm
International Human Rights Academy
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation invites professionals in the field of human
rights to apply to the International Human Rights Academy (IHRA). IHRA is
organized every year by the Universities of Utrecht, Gent, Western Cape and the
American University. This years IHRA will be from 20 August - 01 September, in
Utrecht, the Netherlands. The deadline for submission of applications is 10
April 2007. For more information: http://www.law.uu.nl/ihra/index.html
For a complete listing of the Foundations training programs:
http://www.fnf.org.ph/seminars/index.htm
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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