DE
DE
WTO
World Trade Organization
freiheit.org

Reforming the Unreformable

The challenges for the organization remain tremendous. The pandemic has struck at a time when most economies were still recovering from the last global financial crisis. In this policy paper, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom brings together experts from its global network of liberal partners to address key challenges for the global trading system.

Uncertain Times Publication
Transatlantic Relations
Hungarian Europe Society

Uncertain Times: The Future of Trans-Atlantic Relations from the Perspective of NGOs and Think Tanks in Central Europe and Hungary

The publication by the Hungarian Europe Society entitled "Uncertain Times: The Future of Trans-Atlantic Relations from the Perspective of NGOs and Think Tanks in Central Europe and Hungary" analyses the growing challenges of great power politics and their security implications, inequality in all its forms and the need of economic recovery, climate change as well as the pressure of anti-liberal, populist forces in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

press freedom turkey 2020-2021
Freedom of Press in Turkey

Report on Freedom of the Press in Turkey

The issue of freedom of the press in Turkey is no longer a controversial issue. In this context, Freedom Research Association has been monitoring the state of the freedom of the press since 2014. It is addressing the state of the press freedom in Turkey from January 1st of the year 2019 to June 21, 2020. The report examines the pressure on press organizations and journalists by using three variables: “legal framework”, “economical dependency” and “polarization”.

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EDUCATION
Zavod 14

Education and Digital Skills in a Post-Covid World in the CEE Region

Zavod 14 from Slovenia presents a comparative study on education and digital skills in a post-Covid world in the the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region whose aim is to identify the main challenges the Covid-19 crisis caused in the area of education in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and Slovenia and to acquaint public authorities about the most problematic areas in the existing primary, secondary and tertiary education.

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TAXATION
Zavod 14

Tax Policy Reforms for Promoting Fair and Efficient Business Taxation in the EU

Zavod 14 from Slovenia presents a comparative study in which the state-of-the-art in the field of tax policy reforms for promoting fair and efficient business taxation in the EU is examined. The main aim of the study is to identify challenges and opportunities to improve current state of tax system in the EU countries by comparing old member states (OMS) and new member states (NMS).

FNF Poems of Liberty_Human Rights Edition
Human Rights
Jana Sproul Máté Hajba

Launch: Poems of Liberty - Human Rights Edition

Poems work to convey ideas, emotions and stories, which is why on this International Human Rights Day 2021 the European Dialogue Programme of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and the Hungarian Free Market Foundation are launching their first edition of “Poems of Liberty”.

TESEV
Sustainable Cities

Access To Data For Sustainable City: An Overview on Disaster and Building Data

Development of data-driven urban policies is very important to measure the effects of the implemented policies and the accountability of public institutions. This report aims at improving innovation, urban data collection and analysis, and open data capacities in democratic civic governance in Turkey.

Trading at the edge
Green Transformation

Trading at the Edge: The Role of Green Technologies in Turkey-Germany Trade

At the end of September 2021, Turkey announced that it would ratify the Paris Agreement, which it had signed in 2016. Domestic and international developments, including the European green deal, makes it inevitable for Turkey to discuss its policy choices to converge to the green transformation process that is taking place globally.

The New Economic Policy and Contesting Bumiputera Identity Among Orang Asli and the Indigenous Peoples of Sabah and Sarawak
NEP 50

The New Economic Policy and Contesting Bumiputera Identity Among Orang Asli and the Indigenous Peoples of Sabah and Sarawak

Contrary to the claim of the NEP in promoting national unity, the Bumiputera identity is one that is fraught with its own ambiguities and contradictions and has arguably contributed to greater social inequalities and underpinned the persistence of “race thinking” in Malaysian public discourse.

Fifty Years of The New Economic Policy: Revisiting Its Impact on Social Cohesion, National Unity and Creation of Bangsa Malaysia
NEP 50

Fifty Years of The New Economic Policy: Revisiting Its Impact on Social Cohesion, National Unity and Creation of Bangsa Malaysia

In 2021, the New Economic Policy (NEP) commemorates its 50th birthday. This is an opportune moment to revisit the NEP, especially its philosophical underpinnings, its achievements, impact, challenges and unintended consequences, and the lessons that can be drawn for future development and nation building efforts.

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