Arab Liberals Discuss Role of Parliaments and Migration at Rabat Conference
Senior members of the Network of Arab Liberals (NAL) convened in Rabat on March 26 and 27, 2010 for a conference titled “Parliaments in the Arab World. Chances and Challenges for Liberal Political Parties”. The opening ceremony was held in the main hall of the Assembly of Councillors, the Upper House of the Moroccan Parliament. It was the first time the Network held a session in an Arab parliament – and, consequently, more than one speaker highlighted the historic importance and the political symbolism of the event. From Palestine Dr. Walid Shomaly and Mr. Aref Jaffal participated in this event as representatives of the Freedom Forum Palestine (FFP), a member in the NAL.
LI-President Hans Van Baalen and FNF’s Regional Director with Egyptian Delegates
Cairo: Final Conference within the EU funded project “Freedom of Association in the Arab World”
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More than one hundred delegates representing NGOs, political parties, labour unions, international human rights organizations and the European Union joined the Conference on “Freedom of Association. A Roadmap for the Future” organized by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF) from February 10 to 12, 2010. The three-day event marked the formal ending of a three-years regional project aimed at promoting the freedom of association in the Arab world. This project has been supported by the European Union and was – in the initial phase – focused on Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. In a later stage project activities were also conducted in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia
The German-Jewish Tradition of Liberalism The Legacy of Friedrich Naumann and Hugo Preuss
This is the title of a symposium, which will be organized by the Foundation’s office in Jerusalem in cooperation with the „Richard Koebner Minerva Center for German History“ and which will be held in the premises of the Hebrew University Jerusalem on February 22nd 2010.
Rathenau-Prize for President Peres
President Shimon Peres, has been awarded the Walther-Rathenau-Prize. He received the prize in an award-ceremony by the Walther Rathenau Institute, held in Berlin on January, 28th..
The day before, Peres had given the key-note speech at a special session of the German Bundestag, commemorating the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Online Seminar on “Freedom and Property”: Call for Applications
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation’s International Academy for Leadership (IAF) invites leadership engaged in politics, economics, administration and media to join an online seminar on Freedom and Property. The seminar will be from 01 – 21 February 2010.
The seminar is divided into three phases. In the first part, participants are given materials to read to deepen their knowledge. In the second part, they are encouraged to discuss via an online forum their thoughts and insights. Lastly, participants will be asked to write an essay. For more information, please click here: Freedom & Property – Seminar Overview_IAF.
The seminar does not require participants to be online at all times. They have the flexibility to work at their own pace provided they meet the deadlines assigned to each task.
Based on their contribution and quality of their performance, IAF will invite 24 participants to Gummersbach, Germany to continue the discussions from 11 – 18 April 2010.
Application procedure: Please e-mail letters of intent outlining responsibilities and relevance to the seminar applied for and CVs to jerusalem@fnst.org. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
The deadline for submission of applications is 14 January 2010.
Celebrating the Successful Completion of the 2009 Wednesday Events
Please click here to see the report Final-ceremony-8.12.09
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The Foundation meets the Palestinian Ex-scholarship holders
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On Wednesday 16 December 2009, the Foundation met in Ramallah with the Foundation’s Palestinian ex-scholarship holders. Out of the five Palestinian ex-scholars, only three attended. They were Dr. Omar Yousef, Mr. Khalil Nijem and Mr. Suleiman Abu Dayyeh. Dr. Kamal Abdulfattah apologized and Mr. Jamal Nabhan could not come to Ramallah because he is lives in Gaza .
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR
click here please Greetings from Jerusalem 2009
Book : ‘The Program of Liberal International – Key Documents of the World Federation of Liberal Political Parties
Through an initiative of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty, Liberal International’s key documents have been translated and published in Arabic. The 92-page volume titled ‘The Program of Liberal International – Key Documents of the World Federation of Liberal Political Parties’. If you are interested in ordering a copy, this can be done by contacting Egypt@fnst.org and you will receive a hard copy of the book for free. The book is also available for downloading at http://www.scribd.com/fnfcairo. , plus you can view the Foundation’s office in Cairo website at www.fnst-egypt.org
FNF-Jerusalem team meets for a working retreat
At the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Kibbutz Nahsholim (between Tel Aviv and Haifa) the FNF Jerusalem office conducted in the beginning of November a two and a half days seminar for its multicultural staff consisting of Israeli, Palestinian and German members.