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.
Tanzania stands at a pivotal moment as it prepares for the 2025 General Elections. With a legacy shaped by visionary leaders like Mwalimu Nyerere, the nation’s democratic journey, from single-party...
As Tanzania approaches its 29 October 2025 general election, public trust in the process is waning. Veni Swai, FNF Tanzania Project Manager, highlights growing voter apathy, the silencing of platforms...
From December 6 to 8, 2024, Lima hosted the first edition of the Diversity Summit, an event that brought together sixty fellows from different regions of the country, including Áncash, Arequipa, Cusco...
In just five years, the Philippines will officially be an aging society. That should surprise—and worry us. After all, this is still a country where half the population is under 25. Yet in 2020, there...
Two years after Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel, we remember the victims and denounce the silence surrounding the crimes committed against women. From a liberal perspective, a commitment to truth...
Lisa Witter shares how “hard hope” helps leaders face today’s political and personal challenges with courage, empathy, and action. A conversation on mindset, leadership, and better politics.
For more than five decades, Syria’s political and economic trajectory was shaped by a deeply centralized system under the Ba’ath regime.
Project Director Lebanon and Syria FNF Lebanon and Syria
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) is the German foundation for liberal politics, created in 1958.