South Asia
The Foundation was established in Germany in 1958. It aims to promote the goal of making the principle of freedom valid for the dignity of all people and in all areas of society, both in Germany and abroad. The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom works in over 65 countries worldwide. In South Asia we have offices in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Additionally we work with partners in Nepal. We promote civic education, trainings and the exchange of ideas in the region in four focal areas. These are economic freedom, human rights, urban governance and digital transformation. In addition to the country projects, the Foundation supports regional programs.
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Tourism for Global Recovery
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the tourism industry very hard, both globally and in this region. The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) estimates that 100 million jobs are at risk and US$2.7 trillion in revenue could be lost globally in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Peace for Afghanistan!?
How can the distrust among the main stakeholders be overcome and a sustainable agreement reached, which will finally give Afghans a positive perspective for the future? What needs to be done to develop a sustainable roadmap for peace and nation building?
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Liberty and Happiness in Bhutan
The panellists in the event will deliberate on how Bhutan measures Gross National Happiness, its uniqueness and its limitations - especially against the background of the pandemic in order to understand what other countries could learn from the Himalayan Kingdom.
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Politics to drive power in South Asia
Regional trade and cooperation in the energy sector would strengthen bi-lateral and multi-lateral ties within the region and complementarities in energy sources need to be explored. Encouraging and strengthening private sector cooperation would strengthen people-to-people ties and complement the current Govt-to-Govt monopoly in the energy sector in South Asia.
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Reimagining Education in South Asia Post COVID-19
The world is facing one of the biggest challenges of recent times with the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. One of its major victims is the delivery of education to students as the schools are closed in most of the countries across the world. The uncertainty around the re-opening of schools and conducting classes persists. South Asia, which has a sizeable population of school-going children is feared to have a huge learning deficit.
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Restart Asian Economies: Ideas and Actions
The adverse economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is being seriously felt across the globe. Economies are on a free fall with a precipitous decline in employment, income, and consumer demand. Regional as well as global trade (import and export) has dropped sharply. In these difficult situations, entrepreneurs will have to find ingenious ways to survive as well as to open windows of opportunities to sustain and grow.
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#BornwithPride in a hetero-normative society
In a society where homosexuality is illegal and persons are not free to determine their gender, the choice of whether to express oneself freely or continuing to live a life in secret is an everyday struggle. South Asian countries are still plagued with homophobia, biphobia and transphobia as well as legal restrictions on sexual orientation and gender identity. Homosexuality is still illegal in six out of the eight South Asian countries.
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Call for proposals for Copy Editor
The Regional Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) in New Delhi is looking for a freelance copy editor in an effort to optimize the quality of our content from 20.04.2021 till 31.12.2023.
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Call for Applications: Consultant for the administrative support of our work
The Regional Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, South Asia in New Delhi is looking for a consultant for the administrative support of our work for the period of 15th April 2021 till 30th September 2021.
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Terms of Reference for Consultant
In support of the communications work, the Regional Office South Asia of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom is looking for a consultant who, on a regular basis, writes articles relevant to the work of the Foundation.
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COVID-19: A Global Stress Test for Governance and Resilience
We live in strange times. While probably half of the world—the US, over Europe to Asia—is in a lockdown, it is well worth giving a thought to what lessons this crisis can teach us. Every generation has its defining moments and for the 21st century, the current coronavirus crisis can be a major tipping point for the collective memory.
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More Governance than Government
The South Asian countries studied in this report—Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka— achieved a robust economic growth over the past two decades. Bangladesh and India achieved annual growth exceeding 7 % while Pakistan and Sri Lanka averaged around 5 % during the same period.
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#NewNormalStories
This year, as the corona-virus pandemic has affected billions worldwide, we want to show a hopeful side of humans, which is ready to move forward and tackle the challenges in hand. The Regional Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom South Asia invites people to join the #NewNormalStories photo competition to show persistence and perseverance of people during the pandemic and how people are coping up, moving forward and embracing the new normal in a positive light.
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Female Forward International South Asia
Not all heroes wear capes, but a lot of them wear sarees, dupattas and whatever they want to!
We at FNF South Asia are launching our #FemaleForwardInternational Campaign. Join us in our campaign to raise awareness around the issues that women face in their daily lives and convey the message that women empowerment is essential for a progressive world. Don’t miss the chance to tell their stories!
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Pakistan: Water Crisis is a Regional Political Challenge
Since its independence in 1947, Pakistan has faced many political and economic challenges. Among others, one of the major and long-term challenges for Pakistan is neither extremism nor terrorism, but the lethal combination of climate change and a rapidly growing population. Both these issues are influencing water resource- scarcity on the one hand and monsoon flash floods on the other.
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The goal of providing universal education has two major components: access and quality.Due to the poor quality of teaching and learning practices, over half of all 10-year-old children could not read and understand a simple text in low and middle-income countries.The COVID-19 pandemic has further aggravated the already existing learning crisis. At the peak of school closures in April 2020, 94% of students or 1.6 billion children were out of school worldwide. The South Asia region stands to lose up to USD 622 billion from the school closures besides substantial learning losses. The situation calls for educationists and policymakers to come together to deliberate ways of addressing the learning gap among children.
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Our today's session will be moderated by Mr Roshan Gandhi Forouhi, CEO, City Montessori School, India. Join us live at 1700 hrs(IST) here: https://fb.me/e/1r96WYCB6.
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Mr Abdullah Ahmadzai is the Country Representative of the Asia Foundation from #Afghanistan and he will be joining us live tomorrow at 1700 hours #restart21. Join us live on Facebook: https://fb.me/e/1r96WYCB6
