Bucharest
Romania became part of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Southeast Europe’s sub-region in the early 1990s. The regional SEE office was already established 1999 in Bucharest when in 2006, the entire central coordination of FNF’s work was moved to Sofia. In 2014 FNF re-opened a bureau for Romania and its sister-country of Moldova in Bucharest. In over 20 years of ceaseless activity, the FNF has worked with all the local liberal parties, forces and NGO’s, and by doing so, made thousands of young people interested in liberalism. Today the main political partner is the USRPLUS party. The FNF is also in contact with all the local NGO’s who fight for the ideal of freedom.
News
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Historic Victory of the Liberal Parties in Romania
At the local elections taking place on Sunday in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, the independent mayoral candidate Nicușor Dan has impressively asserted himself with 42.7% in the race against the officiating mayor Gabriela Firea (38%). Dan put an end to 12 years of social democratic government. He had to prove himself against an expensive dirty media campaign led by the Social Democrats (PSD).
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Internet Voting. The reality of our times
This policy paper includes general considerations on i-Voting, considerations for the introduction of Internet voting in Romania and in the Republic of Moldova and future perspectives on the topic. The present initiative is part of a series of our efforts in advancing the imperative of e-Governance, started in 2018. Read the policy paper here.
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The State of Romanian Mass-Media 2020
Over the last 10 years of continued decline, the noise level grew, flooding the Romanian communities of worthless information and leaving everyone less informed. The Romanian media faces at the moment two fundamental problems: the lack of funding and the loss of credibility. Read here a report on the state of the Romanian mass-media in 2020.
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Moldova: fighting disinformation
In recent years, the Moldovan press, especially the online media, abounds with fake information and propaganda. The press reports unverfied facts and, consequently, misinforms the public. In this context, a team of investigative journalists from Republic of Moldova developed and delivered a project which tackles the political discourse misinformation.
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SMEs RESILIENCE IN CRISIS TIMES
In conditions of the declared world pandemic of COVID-19 virus, the world economies started a decline, with the risk of falling into one of the deepest recession. The effect on SMEs is especially severe, particularly because of higher levels of vulnerability and lower resilience related to their size.
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Premiere of The Black Book of Public Money Waste in Moldova
THE BLACK BOOK OF PUBLIC MONEY WASTE is a project of the FNF, implemented in partnership with the Association of Independent Press.
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Economic Freedom of the World 2020 Report is out
The report measures the economic freedom – the ability of individuals to make their own economic decisions – by analyzing the policies and institutions of 162 countries and territories.
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Moldova: fighting corruption
As corruption continues to be a serious issue on all levels in the Republic of Moldova, our partner Cu Sens Media Project decided to focus their activities on investigations that aim to raise awareness among Moldovan citizens about how the public money are spent and take journalism out of its comfort zone. You can watch here both investigative stories.
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Our Partners
Over the years, FNF Romania and Moldova has established strong bonds of friendship with political friends and partners. Together with our local project partners we aim to promote liberal values through multidimensional activities and events, to provide civic education and to create political dialogue. Here you can meet our partners and visit their homepages.
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Our Work
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) is a German political foundation committed to liberal democracy, rule of law, economic freedom and respect for human rights. Working hand-in-hand with local partner organisations, FNF provides civic education, creates political dialogue and offers political consultancy. Moreover, it contributes to the public debate with publications and media contributions.
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Our #FreedomTeam
FNF Romania and Moldova has five team members who are commited to promote liberal values at a national level. Together with our project partners, we stand up for liberal policies and support the development of liberal reform concepts. Meet our #FreedomTeam here!
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Boosting the Romanian Economy by Fostering SME's
How to boost the Romanian economy by fostering SMEs was the topic of the event held on 22 September at the Athenee Palace Hilton in Bucharest. This event with more than 60 entrepreneurs and guests from media and civil society was hosted by the FNF in collaboration with the Centre for Institutional Analysis and Development Eleutheria (CADI).
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CESE Regional Meeting in Sibiu, Romania
The first CESE regional meeting in 2014 was held from 24 to 28 March in the city of Sibiu, Romania. Known in German under the name "Hermannstadt", Sibiu is the most important center of the German minority in Transylvania. Find here our photo gallery.
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❗️ Cum depistăm știrile false ❓ Centrul pentru Jurnalism Independent - CJI cu susținerea fundației noastre, ne învață cum să deosebim o știre adevarată de o încercare de manipulare. Scopul acestui proiect este de a combate dezinformarea. #disinformation #fightingdisinformation #FNFRomaniaMoldova
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📲 Aplicația pentru mobil Lege-n-Dar by VeDem Just - Voci pentru Democraţie şi Justiţie și susținută de Friedrich Naumann Foundation Romania and Moldova a ajuns la 10.000 de utilizatori.🎉 Lege-n-Dar este o aplicație gratuită de educație juridică, prin care utilizatorii primesc alerte de știri despre drept, justiție și legi, învață despre drepturile și obligațiile lor și au acces la un dicționar cu peste 1000 de cuvinte juridice. Află cum să o descarci pe telefon aici: 👇 #legendarapp
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📌 Online seminar today on the perspectives for relaunching the business environment in 🇷🇴 #Romania organized by our project partner Institutul pentru Libertate si Democratie in cooperation with Friedrich Naumann Foundation Romania and Moldova. This project is part of the program Romania-Horizon 2030. Our special guests are: Bogdan Chiritoiu (President of the Competition Council), Gabriela Horga (Member of the Committee on Budget, Finance and Banking in the Deputies Chamber) and Ovidiu Silaghi (General Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania).
