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The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) promotes democracy, human rights, economic freedom, and curbing climate change. In Myanmar, we work with local partners in promoting and strengthening the foundation of a market-based economy. The foundation officially opened a country office in Yangon in 2013. Should you have any question or suggestion about our work, please contact us. You can also meet our team here.
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"Empowering Women in Business: 'She Innovates' in Yangon"
“She Innovates,”' an initiative empowering 30 diverse entrepreneurs to reshape industries through innovation and leadership. Witness their transformative journey as they redefine conventional business paradigms and share their stories of success."
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Myanmar's Push for Climate Action: Heading to Falling Walls Lab Germany 2023
Myanmar's endeavor to tackle climate issues takes center stage with the title "Breaking the Wall of Climate Action with Green Schools." This distinctive title has been chosen to represent Myanmar at the upcoming Falling Walls Global Lab 2023 scheduled for November 7th in Berlin, Germany. The journey began at the Falling Walls Lab Myanmar event held on August 26, 2023.
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Europe must unite in the face of global challenges
The Reshape Europe Conference of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom on 10 October 2023 set a milestone in the global dialogue on the question: How can Europe become more resilient and sovereign to stand up to autocratic governments? Together with international experts, the Foundation discussed the challenges of the new era in terms of economy, security, energy and the liberal values of democracy.
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Call for Accounting and Programme Assistant
The full-time position, based in Yangon, is open to Myanmar nationals only. FNF is a liberal Foundation from Germany, which promotes Democracy, Market Economy and Human Rights by cooperating with NGOs and Think Tanks in Asia and around the world.
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AI: Challenges and opportunities for SMEs
AI is increasingly being used in businesses worldwide, including Myanmar to create job processes and manage business data more effectively. As AI continues to become a leading technology trend, businesses in Myanmar are recognizing the importance of incorporating AI into their operation.
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Equity & Empowerment: Keys for Success Among Myanmar Women
“In Myanmar, women, although may know their ways forward, are quite restricted by their societal or family norms,” Su Su Nge from the Fifth Pillar said. “Because of these, they see the road and the garden in front of them but dare not come down from the house to walk their way forward.”
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Launching Land of Growth Card Game to Myanmar Audience
In an exciting development for fans of business and economics, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation Myanmar Office launched a new market economy card game on 27th January 2023. The game, called "Land of Growth", is developed by the FNF Thailand Office to stimulate a complex market economy in a user-friendly and engaging way. They also need to adapt to changing market conditions, such as fluctuations in demand and supply, and respond to the actions of other players.
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Introducing Basic Economic Concepts to Youngsters
With the compounded crisis caused by Covid and the Coup, Myanmar's Economy is projected to be shrunk by more than 5 percent. With soaring prices, weaker currencies, and losses in thousands of jobs, the recovery will be a long way to go.
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Get into the Mind of an Entrepreneur (+Podcast)
Together with partners, FNF Myanmar launches its first podcast: Learn what it takes to be an entrepreneur, how they overcome their obstacles – and be inspired to start your own business. How do they cope with stress, and how do they motivate each day to take on the struggle? Why did they decide to start a business instead of pursuing a career as an employee? What specific difficulties face female entrepreneurs?
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Call for Applications: Present your Innovation in Germany
The Falling Walls Lab Myanmar is hosted with the approval of Falling Walls Foundation in Germany. FNF and partners have hosted the Lab since 2016 (except 2021) and this year will be the sixth year of Falling Walls Lab Myanmar.
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Falling Walls Lab အတွက်ဂျာမနီနိုင်ငံတွင် ရာနှုန်းပြည့်ထောက်ပံ့ငွေဖြင့် သွားရောက်ယှဉ်ပြိုင်နိုင်ရန် လျှောက်လွှာများဖိတ်ခေါ်
မိမိနေထိုင်ရာ ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်အတွက်အကျိုးပြုမည့် ထူးချွန်သောစိတ်ကူးစိတ်သန်းများ ပိုင်ဆိုင်ထားသူများ၊ စွန့်ဦးတီထွင်လိုစိတ်ရှိသူလူငယ်များ၊ အများနှင့်မတူသည့် အတွေးအခေါ်ပိုင်ဆိုင်ထားသူများအတွက် မိမိ၏ အတွေးအခေါ်ကို ဂျာမနီနိုင်ငံတွင် သွားရောက်တင်ပြကာ ချိတ်ဆက်မှုကောင်းများရယူလိုသူများအတွက် Falling Walls Lab Myanmar မှ လျှောက်လွှာများ ဖိတ်ခေါ်လျက်ရှိပါသည်။
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Myanmar’s first TV Show against False News
Myanmar is a disinformation and hate speech hotspot: During the run-up to the elections on November 8, NGOs like the US Charter Center registered a significant increase of disinformation on Facebook. Now activists have started a Media Information Literacy program called “Just Ask” in cooperation with FNF Myanmar.
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Comics Raising Awareness of Privacy
In Myanmar, many people consider privacy a foreign concept. Under the decade-long rule of the socialist military junta, citizens were not supposed to have a secluded private life.FNF Myanmar later launched these comics online. It also shared them with local media outlets together with articles on the topic. It also shared them with local media outlets together with articles on the topic.
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Myanmar Now wins Digital Courage Fellowship 2020
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Myanmar awards the media organization Myanmar Now with the Digital Courage Fellowship 2020. The media house can use the grant amounting to 2000 USD for a in-depth research on a freedom related topic. Nominees must be Myanmar citizens or an organization formed by Myanmar citizens.
