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The Friedrich Naumann Foundation promotes democracy, human rights, economic freedom, and curbing climate change. FNF Philippines focuses on open and digital society, as well as a social market economy. It is also involved in the creation of innovative tools. FNF Philippines team works with local organization partners such as Center for Liberalism and Democracy, Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines, Rappler, Philippine Economic Society, and Impact Leadership. Should you have questions or suggestions about our work, please contact us. You can also meet our team here.
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Freedom. Restart. Innovation - Annual Report 2021
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom works every day to make attacks on liberal democracy visible, to educate and to work towards the greatest possible participation in an open, tolerant society through educational events and publications. The Annual Report 2021 provides insights into our worldwide foundation work.
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Dictator's son Marcos Jr. sworn in as Philippine President
36 years after the fall of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr, his son Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr, took his oath as the 17th Philippine president. During the election campaign, the Marcos family embellished their image and revised the narrative of the dictatorship. Thus, Marcos Jr. presented himself as an inclusive personality and focused on the motif of unity and oneness. But is this how he will govern his country in the future?
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Looking for the one: Leader Starter Pack
Striving to raise awareness on socio-political issues, FNF Philippines provides a platform to ignite conversation and trigger actions. Tambay (Tagalog for "hangout") is a vodcast or video podcast where people come together to hang out and talk about things that matter. In the first episode, we talk about leadership and what it takes to be a leader?
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Back to the Why: The Capiz Visioning Workshop
The Center of LIberalism and Democracy in partnership with Friedrich Naumann Foundation organized a hybrid "Visioning Workshop" for the local officials and leaders of the province of Capiz, Philippines.
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Freedom Virtual Cycle 2022
FNF Philippines continues to bring the cycling community in one platform where members can discuss environmental sustainability, road-sharing safety, and mobility rights that lead to economic freedom. It has always promoted the use of bike to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to encourage active transport and smart mobility.
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Bikenomics: Assessing the Value of Cycling in the Philippines
Cycling has been on the rise in the Philippines, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. What Filipinos used to view as just a sport or a toy became a viable and essential means of transport for many, especially for healthcare workers and daily wage-earners who had no other safe and affordable means of transport during the lockdown.
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IAF 2022 Program List
The programmes of the Foundation's International Academy for Leadership (IAF) form an integral part of our international work and offer Liberals from all parts of the world opportunities to engage in dialogue, an exchange of ideas, networking and mutual cooperation. We aim to inspire.
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Getting Started with Being Smart and Data-driven Cities
Knowledge of concepts such as data literacy and open data are crucial for local government leaders to start the journey of their Local Government Units (LGU) towards becoming smart, sustainable, and data-driven. What’s needed is a learning resource that is easy to understand. Something that may not cover all the topics in-depth but could be a reference to someone who’s just getting started with creating an open, smart, sustainable, and data-driven LGU.
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Wanted: Youth Data Stewards for Smart Mobility
Th success of smart cities and smart mobility is built on data governance and management. However, like the current smart city approaches that focus on technology acquisition and development, what has not been covered in past discussions are the quality of data, data governance, and management, on top of ethical considerations, and public engagement—specifically for and with the youth sector.
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Mappers for Smart Mobility
With the support of Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Philippines, MapBeks in partnership with the OpenStreetMap (osm.org) Philippines' local community revived its in-person meet-ups and training sessions on geospatial data mapping.
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Freedom Fun Ride: Mobilizing Public Transport Champions
Freidrich Naumann Foundation Philippines, in partnership with Junior Chamber International Manila, launched Freedom Fun Ride to urge newly elected officials to champion smart and people-centered mobility. The Freedom ride is a call to action to newly elected officials to champion a safer, more inclusive, and more humane public transportation system in the Philippines
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Ghosts of the past: the son of the late dictator becomes the new president of the Philippines
It is a dark day for the Philippines: with almost two thirds of votes Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., son of the late dictator, won the presidential election. His victory is due to a long-planned disinformation campaign. Also the newly elected vice-president stands for an illiberal policy: she is no other than the daughter of the populist President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Marcos dynasty returns
According to initial counts, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr, son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr, has won the Philippine presidential election with over 50 percent of the vote. Under "Bongbong," the rule of law and freedom of the press in the Philippines will be further undermined, analyzes Rebecca Zistel, Philippine expert of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.
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Leni Robredo: A symbol of hope
A “pink wave” mirroring the color of the presidential candidate has swept of the Philippines since the country’s current Vice President and chairman of the Liberal Party Leni Robredo announced her candidacy for president. As the Philippines approaches the presidential election on May 9th, and Robredo’s campaign continue to gain momentum, who is the person behind this movement?
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Call for Partnerships: Innovate towards Smarter Mobility for Freedom!
An open call for research papers, projects, and campaigns highlighting ways on how the transport sector could be improved and how it could contribute to the reduction of carbon emissions and economic freedom.
Social Media
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We’re now live! A Freedom Spaces Initiative on the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., highlighting his administration’s economic provisions and plans for the education and health sector. #SONA2022 #SONAbatayo
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SafeTravelPH with the support of FNF Philippines: It's All About Freedom launched 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝗨𝗦𝗜 (𝗦𝗨𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴) in a kick-off event at Puerto Princesa City Hall on 27 July 2022, Wednesday. The project aims to conduct a policy study that will identify and assess the issues and challenges that confront the city’s public transportation system through crowdsourcing and collaborative governance. The first implementation of Project SUSI is in Puerto Princesa City, a city dominated by tricycles. #keepmovingforfreedom 📸 Maria Nancy M. Socrates and SafeTravelPH
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📌 #RealTalk: SONA ba tayo? (Unang Isandaang Araw) 📆 29 July 2022 (Friday) ⏰ 10:00 AM - 12:00 NN (GMT +8) Register here: bit.ly/SONAbatayo2022 Co-presented by FNF Philippines: It's All About Freedom #SONA2022 #SONAbatayo Tomorrow, we talk about the last state of the nation address (SONA) and zoom in on the current administration’s education, health, and economic provisions. Meet the Panel - Justine Raagas, acting executive director of Philippine Business for Education - Dr. Manuel Dayrit, former health secretary and current professor at the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health - JC Punongbayan, PhD, economist and professor at the UP School of Economics Rafaela David, Akbayan Youth, will moderate the discussion.
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