Southeast and East Asia
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) promotes democracy, human rights, economic freedom, and curbing climate change. In Southeast and East Asia, we have offices in Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta, Manila, Seoul, Taipei, and Yangon. We also work in Malaysia. The FNF regional team works with the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats, the Working group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism, the Asia Centre, and the ASEAN Prosperity Initiative, which is part of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs. Should you have questions or suggestions about our work, please contact us. You can also meet our team here.
News
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Human Rights Defenders 2022
Human rights lawyers will always be at the forefront of the struggle for fundamental and human rights under the rule of law. Lawyers are the most important profession for denouncing human rights violations and defending human rights. In interviews, Human Rights Defenders report on their work and their courageous fight against governments that are hostile to freedom and despise human rights. With a foreword by Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger and an outlook by Gerhart Baum.
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Launch of the Next Normal Innovators
Entrepreneurship is a driving force in economic freedom. Startup entrepreneurship in particular has shaped and continues to shape our lives and our future through continuous innovation. We want to bring together innovators, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors leading the changes through this “Next Normal” environment.
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Young Leader's Programme on Personal Finance
The Young Leader's Programme on Personal Finance aimed to provide students with a basic knowledge on personal finance and to bring young leader's from across Southeast and East Asia tow work together to produce a presentation on "how to invest your money in the ASEAN Market"
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A gentleman with persuasive power
Last Saturday, Dr Christian Taaks passed away at the age of 61. Since 2018, he had been working for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom as project director in Korea. Whether it was the North Korea conflict or the Corona pandemic, Dr Taaks also analysed the political situation in Korea in numerous German media, including the tabloids. He explained patiently, factually and convincingly, with a liberal view. We mourn him and will not forget him.
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Business and Human Rights in Southeast Asia: A Practitioner's GuideKit
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Southeast and East Asia and AmerBon Advocates have published a “GuideKit for Small and Medium Enterprises on Human Rights Compliance regarding the Environment and Labour”
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Job Vacancy: Regional Project Officer Economic Freedom and Human Rights
The Regional Office Southeast and East Asia of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) is hiring
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Job Vacancy: Executive Assistant to Regional Director
The full-time position, based in Bangkok (Ekkamai), is open to Thai Nationals only. FNF is a liberal Foundation from Germany, which promotes Democracy, Market Economy and Human Rights by cooperating with local NGOs and Think Tanks in Asia and around the world.
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The Journalist Training Programme of 2022 has begun!
The LGBTQ+ community is still a marginalized group in Southeast and East Asia. Behind the headlines, the community still lack legislative protection of their civil liberties such as laws on gender recognition and equality in marriage. FNF Southeast and East Asia (SEEA) is supporting young journalists to dig deep into the stories behind the headlines of various discrimination and subliminal hostility that is still experience by the LGBTQ+ community in the region.
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Publication: EU-ASEAN Relations in light of the War in Ukraine
An EU / ASEAN Free Trade Agreement would connect the EU and 660 million people with USD 3 trillion GDP in Southeast Asia.
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“Smart Finance”, FNF’s financial education initiative for Young Vietnamese
The goal of becoming rich quickly unites many young Vietnamese. However, due to the lack of financial expertise, a growing number of people lose money every year in Ponzi schemes and obscure investment projects. Our new project of video series co-hosted with Lao Dong Newspaper, one of Vietnamese largest newspapers, has pioneered to launch a financial education initiative called “Tai chinh thong minh / Smart Finance“.
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Online Seminar on Personal Finance
For many young students there is a lack of basic knowledge about personal finance, especially in terms of personal investment in the future. As a result, we would like to provide students with basic knowledge about personal finance to act as a helpful guide and increase their capacity to budget, invest and plan for the future.
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FNF SEEA Journalist Training Program 2022
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) would like to cooperate with five freelance journalists (or teams) in Southeast and East Asia by supporting their research and their publication of a multimedia feature article about “LGBTQ+ Life in Southeast and East Asia”. Our Program includes training by high-profile journalists and a 2,000 Euros honorarium for your multimedia article.
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ASEAN-EU Conference
The year of 2022 marks 45 years of partnership between the ASEAN and the EU. Much progress has been made; such as the elevation to a strategic partnership in 2020, and the EU’s recognition of ASEAN´s significance in the EU strategy for the Indo-Pacific. Now, in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic and political tensions in both Europe and Asia, there is an urgency to strengthen the partnership between the two entities even further
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Norm Entrepreneurship
A Norm Entrepreneur are "agents of social change" seeking to challenge societal problems to bring about political change. FNF has cooperated with the Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism for more than 25 years. This booklet highlights successes and contributions of the Working Group.
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How to be an Entrepreneur in the Next Normal Era
What does it take to be an entrepreneur especially after a COVID-19 pandemic? What kind of mind-set, challenges, and risk can you expect? These are some of the questions that were answered in the FNF Alumni Event “Next Normal Innovators: Navigating Emerging Landscapes in Entrepreneurship”
