Leadership Comes in Many Different Faces

The “i am free to lead” forum is designed to harness leadership to invigorate citizen participation among the youth. 

Int. Conference: Engaging North Korea: Experience and New Directions

Senator MAR Roxas Accepts FNF’s Freedom Flame Award

Senator Manuel Araneta Roxas II (MAR) is the lone awardee of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom’s (FNF) Freedom Flame Award this year.

Innovation Culture Takes Over Youth in Southern Philippines

In Butuan City, more than two hundred students and civil society representatives from all over Caraga Region converged to participate in FNF Philippine’s I am Free to Innovate forum. The forum aimed to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit and innovation culture among the youth.

Advancement of Good Governance Begins in the Most Basic Political Unit

Through the School of Leadership and Governance (SLG), thirty three (33) newly-elected barangay captains from different provinces underwent a series of trainings, collaboratively designed by Kaya Natin! Movement, with UP-National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG), and Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF). The SLG is a fellowship program that aims to train and develop local government leaders to work towards addressing problems and issues in their communities. The course, which started in August 2018, ran for four months.

Industry 4.0 and Smart Industry Complex

The 4th Industrial Revolution and Our Future Strategy

Developing Innovative Ecosystem in the Philippines through Startup Legislation

With the Innovative Startup Bill in place, competition will be further strengthened among the actors in the Philippine economy. The proposed legislation aims to respond to the needs of the growing community of innovative individuals and groups who want to pursue a startup in the Philippines, but is hampered by bureaucracy. The Bill was approved during the third and final reading by the Senate in May 2018, a year after it was filed. Its counterpart in the Congress, however, was only filed in July 2018.  

Freedom Mov_e 2018: Blurring the Lines Between Truth and Fiction

A Filipino mother working abroad mourning for her daughter who was a victim of extrajudicial killings; a teacher sharing her story of abuse during the Martial Law era; an elementary student being punished for not memorizing her national oath; a lifestyle photographer turned aspiring photojournalist confronting her boyfriend; a student vlogger who witnessed a murder and is being accused of the crime; a victim of police brutality using the guise of an animal because he was treated like one...

Human Rights International

Tanzania – protecting the rights of women and children

In Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro region, many human rights abuses affecting women and children give rise to concern. Customary law, which is still applied by traditional chiefs, exacerbates the situation as it neither protects nor strengthens the rights of these groups in need of protection.