The expertise hubs enrich the international profile of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom. They enable joint work across regions through their focus on globally relevant policy issues. These include questions of international financial and economic policy, digital policy, security, development and human rights policy.
We are Active in over 60 Countries: The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom is committed to working with all its strength for a liberal world. Our core concern is the realization of freedom and responsibility. We promote the development of democratic, market-based and constitutional structures so that more and more people can live in a liberal, democratic society.
Through the connection of EU experts, civil society, and decision makers we seek to foster open dialogue and discuss liberal policy solutions to European challenges. Together with our liberal partners, we develop formats and campaigns to promote rule of law, free markets and human rights. Moreover, we coordinate EU co-funded projects in the field of democracy support, development cooperation and human rights protection.
Through our seven offices in the MENA Region, we actively promote the political debate to support innovative liberal approaches and solutions. Our projects are liberal platforms on which the Foundation's partners from the Gulf to the Levant and the entire southern side of the Mediterranean can provide creative impulses and discuss geopolitical issues.
From our seven offices in Sub-Saharan Africa, we focus on promoting political networking. We are committed to strengthening liberalism and promoting human rights, the rule of law and the social market economy.
In North America, our focus is on the transatlantic partnership, which we see as a supporting pillar for the security and stability of Western democracies. We encourage the political debate and develop innovative liberal approaches. In Latin America we work to promote strong democratic institutions, respect for human rights and rule of law as well as promoting liberal dialogue throughout the region.
With its offices in Asia, the foundation supports programs to strengthen democratic processes, particularly free and fair elections, and transparent and accountable governance. The Foundation in the region also showcases innovation as a tool to encourage civic participation that further promotes freedom.
30 years ago, the Srebrenica massacre shook Europe. 8,000 Bosniaks lost their lives while the world watched. The events still have an impact today and serve as a reminder of remembrance and...
There is an invisible epidemic plaguing the global liberal movement today, one that has outlasted even the coronavirus. Liberals are succumbing to hopelessness, and for understandable reasons...
The Southern Africa Media Summit, taking place on 15–16 October 2025 in Harare, Zimbabwe, will centre on strengthening independent journalism for democracy and nation building. In a climate where...
At a time where the global security order faces unprecedented stress, NATO finds itself performing a high-stakes balancing act. The 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague was meant to symbolise unity, but...
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation is committed to equal rights in the Western Balkans. In 2025, we continued to support liberal women who wish to become politically and socially active.
A Russian court sentenced playwright Svetlana Petriychuk and director Evgenia Berkovich to six years in jail for a play “justifying terrorism”.
Belarusian activist Aliaksandr Frantskevich faces 17 years in a penal colony amid harsh conditions and politically motivated charges. The persecution has extended to his mother, Tatsiana.