Steffen Saebisch, Chief Executive Officer since 1 October 2014, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Dear Readers,
As you can see on the following 95 pages, you – as a We encourage you to continue working with us in our free, emancipated and confident citizen with the right to efforts to achieve an open-minded, free and tolerant determine your own life – are the focus of our continuous Germany, and to help us to bring these values to other engagement both in Germany and around the world. parts of the world. Please participate in one of our many We as a liberal foundation have been standing by your events that take place at 10 locations in Germany and side for more than 57 years, to protect personal life more than 60 countries worldwide, as well as virtually choices, to ensure a free business environment and to at www.freiheit.org. make our society more open and tolerant. A democracy needs democrats, in the same way that The annual report 2014 gives you a broad overview of our freedom needs freedom fighters, to be safe from those projects and the wide spectrum of our activities. Welcome who despise it. to the Foundation for Freedom! In 2014, we recalled the lessons learnt from German history and reassured ourselves of our responsibilities. Our Foundation is a consequence of the realisation that freedom and democracy have to be defended every day anew, and that teaching the value of freedom and de Steffen Saebisch mocracy is the most effective way to advocate for a free, Chief Executive Officer, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for democratic and tolerant society. Freedom Contents
Freedom Is… Freedom Is… Ensuring civil rights Blazing New Trails Interview: Holding out against the erosion Success Story: „Praja“ = Citizen! ...... 58 of institutions ...... 6 Making Freedom Heard ...... 60 Arguing for Freedom ...... 8 Erasmus as Comic Strip Hero ...... 62 Engagement for Religious Freedom ...... 10 A Scholarship from the Foundation Means Autonomy News from the Virtual Academy ...... 12 and Personal Freedom ...... 64 E-Estonia: A Success Story ...... 14 Young Liberal Greek Develop Proposals for Reforms . . 66
Freedom Is… Freedom Is… Taking Opportunities for Education Open debates Providing Education as a Service ...... 18 30 Years of Foundation Activities in the Scholarship Holders are Critical Thinkers ...... 20 Middle East ...... 70 Political Education for Syria’s Future ...... 22 Questions about Freedom ...... 72 A Liberal Perspective on Bismarch ...... 24 Liberal Perspectives ...... 74
Freedom Is… Freedom Is… Making Free Speech Possible Showing Responsibility Heated Debates between Hong Kong and China . . . . 28 Interview: With Property Rights Against Poverty . . . 78 Breaking Down Barriers ...... 30 Climate Is a Topic! ...... 80 Interview: History as a Process ...... 32 Progress and „Life Chances“ ...... 82 Ten Years EU Enlargement ...... 34 Freedom Is… Freedom Is… Transparent Structures Further Developing Market Economies For a Renaissance of Political Liberalism ...... 86 US Chickens or Economic Freedom? ...... 38 Report from the Board of Trustees ...... 87 US-Fracking Revolutionises the Global Economy . . . 40 The Self-conception of the Political Foundations . . . 88 Passionately Defending Liberal Ideas ...... 42 The Liberal Balance ...... 90 Market, SMEs and Morality ...... 44 The Foundation in Figures ...... 94 Imprint ...... 96 Freedom Is… Protecting Human Rights To Respect Each Other ...... 48 Freedom Prize for Helen Zille ...... 50 „A Never-Ending Commitment“ ...... 52 Latin America: Creative against Crime ...... 54 Freedom Is…
Ensuring civil rights against theerosion Ensuring civil rights | 6 of institutions Holding out Francis Antonie,directoroftheHelenSuzmanFoundation
The Constitutional Court,however, foundthelaw on ful. Theywere,therefore, replacedbythenew“Hawks”. makers considered themtobeperhapsabittoo success pions” operatedquiteindependently andsomedecision- of the formeranti-corruptionunit.Theseso -called “Scor co-plaintiff, intheproceedingsagainst thedissolution played theroleofaknowledgeable thirdparty, akindof lessly forsuchananti-corruptionunit.Atthetimewe Helen SuzmanFoundationhasbeenadvocatingcease to fightagainstisneededsolveit.Since2008,the to beabigprobleminSouthAfrica.Anindependentunit South Africa’s anti-corruptionunit.Corruptioncontinues first projectisconcernedwiththe“Hawks”,which projects ofparamountimportancetoSouthAfrica.The We currentlycooperatewithFNFontwoveryexciting tion withtheFoundationlooklikeinpractice? Foundation forFreedom.Whatdoesthecoopera think tankpartneroftheFriedrichNaumann Suzman Foundation,whichisalong-standing Mr Antonie,youarethedirectorofHelen successes. reports onfirst dation, FrancsAnton ie, director oftheFoun In thisntervew, the a lackoftransparency. against corruptonand law in SouthAfrica– ted to theruleof Foundation scommt The HelenSuzman
have absoluteconfidenceintheirjudges. citizens ofSouthAfricashouldbeableto decision-making processesoftheJSC.The the currentnominationproceduresand went tocourtclarifythelawfulnessof that point,theHelenSuzmanFoundation Constitution wasnotsufficientlyclearon Service Commission(JSC).Sincethe processes forjudgesbytheJudicial and at timesincomprehensibleselection have beenconcernsabouttheopaque South Africa.Forsometimenow, there is thelackofanindependentjudiciaryin The secondissuethatweareworkingon had paidoff! slowly, butattheendourperseverance The against corruptioninSouthAfrica. but alsoagenuinemilestoneinthefight Constitutional Courtisnotjustasignal, of theHawkseither. Thisdecisionbythe sufficiently guaranteetheindependence with therulingthatnewlawdoesnot on 27November2014. Thecourtagreed hannesburg. We finallyreceivedaverdict again totheConstitutionalCourtinJo Western Cape,itwasnecessarytoappeal confirm therulingofcourt province. Again,wewonthecase.To the highestcourtofWestern Cape – thistimeasthemainplaintiffbefore Foundation, therefore,wentbacktocourt Hawks anymoreindependent.We as however, wasnotdesignedtomakethe to lookagainatthis.Thenewdraftlaw, As aconsequence,Parliament wasasked of theHawks. structural andoperationalindependence tutional, sinceitdidnotguaranteethe which thisdecisionwasbasedunconsti
wheels ofthestatelawmayturn have to beequalbeforeofthelaw. accountable. InSouthAfrica,too,all judges orordinarycitizens–willbeheld whether parliamentarians,ministers, everybody whocommitsacrime– Basically, itisimportanttoensurethat within governmentandcivilsociety. of beingerodedthroughcorruptionboth constitutional rights,whichareindanger additional issueoftheprotection Regarding theHawks,thereisalso than the ruleoflawinSouthAfrica. In bothcases,nothinglessisatstake dation meanforSouthAfrica? What doestheworkofFoun “ of thelaw“ have to beequalbefore In SouthAfrica,too Francis Antonie about thefutureofourcountry. Foundation’s helpIwouldbepessimistic con the erosionofourmostimportant Foundation forFreedomwefightagainst Together withtheFriedrichNaumann law isdecisive. ciple offundamentalequalitybeforethe democracy. Inthiscaseaswell,theprin stone ofanyfunctioningconstitutional of a competentjudiciaryisthecorner the matter. Afterall,theindependence the separation ofpowersisheart In thecaseofselectionjudges, stitutional institutions;withoutthe , all
Ensuring civil rights | 7 Ensuring civil rights | 8 Freedom Arguing for focus on freedominmyraways Berlin-Brandenburg, Stuttgart andWiesbaen The eventsorganisedby thereg ional officesn A readingbyBenBecker has mutatedinto aprophetofanoppressivepresent. date. ItisasifOrwell’s fictional characterWinstonSmith in 1949asscience fiction,feelsuncomfortably up-to listens enthralledtoBenBecker, andthenovel,published after twohoursofaroundtable discussiontheaudience lin-Brandenburg inMarch,seemsa bitimprovised.Even event onstalking,organisedby the regionalofficeBer table positiononthebarstool. Everything aboutthis stand andhehimselfnevermanagedtofindacom The pagesthathereadsfrombalanceonawobblymusic end of hislectureintheBabylonCinema,BerlinMitte. quotation fromGeorgeOrwell’s novel1984marksthe Ben Beckerreadsslowlyandwithathoughtfulvoice.A Greetings! -FromtheDigitalStalker for right) Cornelia HoltmannandProf Dr AndeasRödder(fromleftto Prof DrKarl-Heinz Paqué, Prof InesGeipel,Werner Schlienke, to whatanextentinternationallawisbinding. trinsic valueoftheinternationalcommunitystatesand the panelistsandtheiraudiencemainlydiscussedin Chaired bythepatronofsymposium,Volker Wissing, Freedom Wolfgang Gerhardt. of Directors theFriedrichNaumannFoundationfor Wolfgang Richter, aswell astheChairmanofBoard Professor emeritusOttoLuchterhandtandretiredColonel tional lawandEasternEuropeanProfessorDieterDörr, Symposium inSeptember2014 bytheexpertoninterna This questionwasdiscussedatthetraditionalHambach protected inEurope”? relevant: “Howcanfreedomandself-determinationbe symposium whichcouldnothavebeenmoretopicaland The developmentsintheUkrainegaveimpetusfora Hambacher Symposium drowns hismobilephoneinwaterglass. reach fortheirsmartphones.OnlyHajoSchumacher Light illuminatesthehall.Theybrieflyblink–andquickly the audienceofmorethan200listenersisdismissed. blethink -greetings!”readsBenBecker. Withthesewords solitude, fromtheageofbigbrother, fromtheageofdou “Greetings! -Fromtheageofuniformity, fromtheageof companies todiscovermoreabouttheircustomers. digital stalkingisafavouritewayforleadinginternet tutions, thepanelofexpertsagreed–oncontrary, The infringementisnotconfinedanymoretopublicinsti more, theauthorfinds,stateisspyingonitscitizens. a workoffiction,butanexaminationreality:moreand Koidl. Hisbook“WebAttack –TheStateasStalker”isnot Schumacher andauthorentrepreneurRomanMaria politician Wolfgang Kubicki,communicationsadvisorHajo depth by thepanellists:journalistJanFleischhauer, FDP Earlier, thetopicofdigitalstalkingwasdiscussedin on theConstituton “a chance toovercomenationalegotisms”. Parliament MichaelTheurercalledtheEuropeanUnion Legitimacy oftheEU”liberalMemberEuropean “Proximity toCitizens,Transparency andtheDemocratic of aEuropeanEconomicPolicy”. Inhispresentationon Wentzel talkedabout“CompetitionandGrowthasPillars free movementofpeopleintheEU,whileProfessorDirk “Europazentrum” explainedthelegalframeworkfor Migration” byProfessorJanBergmann,chairmanofthe The speechon“LabourMigrationandPoverty Driven by an analysisofcurrentaspectsEuropeanintegration. Rights asaChallengeforEurope”whichwasfollowed the conferencewithananalysisof“HumanandCivil The formerFederalMinisterIrmgardSchwaetzeropened explored thetopicof“EuropeFreedoms”. was organisedbytheFNFregionalofficeinStuttgart, The 11th Karlsruhe DialogueontheConstitution,which 11 th “ Karlsruhe egotisms“ overcome national is anopportunityto The EuropeanUnion Michael TheurerMEP Michael Theurer, since2009 fortheFDPinEuropeanParliament Dialogue
Ensuring civil rights | 9 Ensuring civil rights | 10 Religious Freedom Engagement for Freedom”. conference inMoroccod ebated “Religonan the norm inArab-Islamccountr ies. Annternati onal A unionbetweenstate and religontendsto be World HumanRightsForumin Marakesh much interestin apresentationabouttheway inwhich could findits way outofthisdead-endstreet.There was pants wereencouraged toconsiderhowtheIslamic world ner organisation“Damir”(conscience) about200partici Friedrich NaumannFoundation forFreedomanditspart of theMoroccancapitalRabat. Attheinvitationof ars discussedthissensitivetopic intheNationalLibrary For twodaysinNovember2014, intellectualsandschol – andfreedomofconsciencereligion. ment, includingindividualfreedom,equalrightsforall There areseveralpreconditionsfordemocraticdevelop
facto ruledout. any casedoesnotapplytoMuslims,wasthereforede which accordingtoprevailinginterpretationsofIslamin prevent anyattackon“sanctities”. Freechoiceofreligion, another articlelimitedthisbyobligingthestateto thereby intheoryalsothefreechoiceofreligion– Constitution guaranteedfreedomofconscience–and were not“thesovereign”. Althoughonearticleofthe While thepeoplewere“thesourceofallpowers”,they ambivalence intheacclaimednewTunisian Constitution: The Tunisian scholarAliMezghanipointedoutthe the HandsofRadicals Ambivalence ofT freedoms. of the statewasrathertoprotectindividualsandtheir guardian ofpublicmorals.However, theresponsibility lamic countriesthestateplayedroleofreligious The MoroccanwriterAhmedAssidcriticisedthatinIs in Northern Africa. look at therelationshipbetweenreligionandfreedom Some liberalIslamicintellectualsalsotookacritical that were givenforreligiouseducationinschools. attitude of“supportingneutrality”andtheexamples and state.Theaudiencewasimpressedbythestate’s described thelegalbasesforseparationofchurch is knownasthe“cultural struggle”inGermanyand in Germany(EKD).Hegaveahistoricaloverviewofwhat the RepresentativeofCouncilProtestantChurches for the DialoguewithPolitical Youth Organisations for The pastorThorsten-MarcoKirschnerisCommissioner of state andreligionaswellforfreedomconscience. for theArabworldinhowtoadvocateaseparation revolutionary anti-clericalismhardlysuitableasamodel is known verywell–andwithitshistoricalechoofa North AfricatheFrenchconceptof‘laïcité’(secularism) more confrontationalattitudeinFrance.Infrancophone character, whichclearlydistinguishesitfromthemuch and statethere,sincethisrelationshiphasacooperative Germany andthecurrentrelationshipbetweenchurch the separationofstateandreligionhaddevelopedin unisian ConstitutionPlaysinto > agenda. for Freedomtoputaliberalcoreissueonthepublic media andenabledtheFriedrichNaumannFoundation in Marrakesh.Thiseventwasextensivelycoveredthe larger audienceattheInternationalHumanRightsForum and “Damir”presentedtheserecommendationstoa and law. AttheendofNovember2014, theFoundation day conferenceshowtheneedforaseparationofreligion The recommendationsdrawnupattheendoftwo- leaving theMuslimfaith... example, didnotmentionanyworldlypunishmentfor interest ofthestate.TheoriginaltextKoran, for an interpretationthatfusesreligiousinterestswiththe interests ofrulers–andwasnotsuitableasasubjectfor dated textcompiledlaterthereforeservedthespecific were madeinverydifferentsocialcontexts.Theconsoli sayings ofMohammedfrom300yearslater, sincethese Koran shouldnotbemixedupwiththewritingsand using toolsofhistoricalanthropology:Thetextsthe the Koran andthewritingsofprophetMohammed The MoroccanIslamicscholarRashidBenzineapproached Could berucial Interpretations ofhowtheK “
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Ensuring civil rights | 11 Ensuring civil rights | 12 rul Academy Virtual News fromthe some interestngresults. the VirtualAcademyinautumno f 2014 showed state orprivate enterprise?Asurveycarredoutby What posesthebiggestthreat to onlinefreedom–the Alarming: SurveyaboutInternetPolces: participated, making thedatastatisticallysignificant. ternet policies.In total,aroundonethousandpeople academically supervised thelargeonlinesurvey onin Bonn-RhineSieg UniversityofAppliedSciences had The IT companies usetheirdata. All other respondentsaremoreconcerned abouttheway tervention morethanintervention byprivatecompanies. ers oftheFDPandPirateParty feargovernmentin In theareaofdataprotection,forexample,onlysupport -lecturer MariaChristinaNimmerfrohfromthe
· · · · · The mainresultsofthesurveyshowthat: enough attentiontotheissueofprivacyoninternet. even politicallyawarecitizensarenotpayingnearly policies andpoliticaleducationisurgentlyneeded,as It alsobecameclearthatliberalengagementininternet not teachingenoughITskills. More than60%ofthosesurveyedthinkthatschoolsare interest oftheproducers. on theinternet,sincecopyrightrestrictionsarein however, keentoseederegulationofthecopyrightlaw security areseenasthemostimportantissues.Theyare, the internet:dataprotection,anti-virusprotectionandIT Most respondentsseetheneedforfurtherregulationof their e-mails,but60%donotknowhowtothat. 70% areoftheopinionthateverybodyshouldencrypt the NSA. committed bygovernmentintelligenceagenciessuchas after learningaboutthemillionsofcivilrightsviolations behaviour, forexamplebychangingtheire-mailprovider, Around 40%ofrespondentsdidnotmodifytheironline “interference liability”or“crypto-party”. the respondentswerenotabletoexplainmeaningof meant bytheterms“cloud” and“dataretention”,halfof reach ordinarycitizens.Whilemostpeopleknowwhatis for theprotectionofindividualfreedom,theyoftendon’t sions appeartoo“technical”and,whiletheyarerelevant which manypeoplearenotfamiliarwith.Thesediscus Debates oninternetpoliciesareconductedinajargon of justice1992 -1996 and2009 -2013 Sabine Leutheusser-Scharrenberger, federalminister > sabineLeutheusser-Schnarrenberger “ comparable to but adevelopment a technical issue, Digitalisation isnot industrialisation“ bit.ly/video_buergerbeteiligung Link toanexplanatoryvideo: bit.ly/Umfrage_Netzpolitik The completesurveydataisavailablehere: video: https://vimeo.com/113511648 The resultsofthestudyaresummarisedinthis
Ensuring civil rights | 13 Ensuring civil rights | 14 A SuccessStory E-Estonia: one ofthereasonsorEston ia’s positonat thetop. amongst theEUaccessioncountres.E-governance is Estonia sthemostsuccessf ul transitoncountry Severa, projectdirectorfortheBalticStates T aavi Roivas, primeministerofEstonia,andDrBorek the Estonianbest practiceisanexampleforall. network ofliberal partiesandthinktanks–4Liberty.eu – role inthewider politicaldialogue.Withinthe regional and sustainability. TheEstonianliberalsplayanimportant and theEstonianReformParty isuniqueititsstability tween theFriedrichNaumannFoundation forFreedom year ago.The20-longsuccessfulcooperation be tinued onthispathsincehisinauguration morethana a minimum. Ansip’s youngsuccessor, Taavi Roivas,con public sector. Bureaucracycouldtherefore bereducedto work –notonlyfortheeconomy, but alsofortheentire communication techniquestocreateanoptimalframe had managedearlyontousedigitalinformationand The liberalgovernmentofPrimeMinisterAndrusAnsip costs for thegovernment. government agency whileatthesametimelowering checks bythepolice aswellvisitstoadoctor ora and their socialsecuritynumber. Thissimplifiesidentity tronic IDcardthatcontainsall relevant personaldata excessive dataprotection.Every Estonianhasanelec widespread fearof“bigdata”or areconcernedabout It issignificantthatmostEstonians donotsharethe SIM-card fortheirmobilephones. internet ortextmessaging,usingafreepersonalised for theEuropeanelectionsin2014. Theyvotedviathe one thirdofEstoniansmadeusethatnewopportunity Parliamentary elections canalsobehelddigitally. Nearly significant savings. is the largestburdenonpublicpurse,andhaveledto ministration ofsocialsecurity, whichinmostcountries efficient digitalproceduresbenefitparticularlythead needed todealwithup40,000casesannually. These petty offences.Thereforeonly36courtemployeesare dures toaminimumespeciallyincommercialcasesand records contributetokeepingtheadministrativeproce prosecutors andthecourts.Electronicformsdigital tion ofthetransferrecordsbetweenpolice, achieved –aboveallbecauseofthecompletedigitalisa court proceedingstoamaximumof100 dayshasbeen noticed. Thegovernment‘sgoaloflimitingthelength administrative processesthroughe-governancecanbe In thejudiciarysystem,too,anincreasedefficiencyof Index, publishedbytheHeritageFoundation. Estonia is ranked13thontheglobalEconomicFreedom Under thesecircumstances,itishardlysurprisingthat by 70% -despitetheglobaleconomiccrisisin2009. average of9%whiletheratebankruptcieshasdeclined for example. Thenumberofstart-upshasgrownbyan on average itonlytakes15minutestosetupabusiness, can beusedmoreeffectivelyandefficiently. InEstonia, with businessesaswellcitizensfreescapacities,which The simplifiedcommunicationbetweenauthoritiesand “ seems tobejustified. technology. Thecitizens’trustintheirpoliticalelites highly advancedITsectorandapopulationkeenon forward-looking governmentpolicies,aproactiveand is an inspiringstoryofasuccessfulpartnershipbetween to followtheEstonianpathtowardse-government.It Europe shouldlearnfromEstoniaandshowthecourage show morecourage“ from Estonia and Europe shouldlearn Manfred Richter
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Taking Opportunities for Education Taking Opportunities for Education | 18 as aService Providing Education day science andpoltcs,aswelltheestablishment of The ArchiveandtheVirtual Academy supportschools, -care centres. there isashortage ofplaces,intheEastalack of staff. tight, especially inlargercities:IntheWest ofGermany 2012. Atthesametime,day-caresituationremains funding thanitwasintheearly yearsbetween2010 and It ismuchmoredifficultthese days toaccessstart-up a place.However, therearemanyhurdlestoovercome. be high;since2013 allchildrenhavealegalrightto such young children.Theneedforday -care placescontinuesto way for theopeningofindependentday-carecentres the liberalisationofchildcareserviceshascleared These daysitshouldbeeasytosetupaday-carecentre: Checklist forsettingupaday-carecentre
“First-class with theirfamilies” therefore also with childrenand training begins education Wolfgang Gerhard to pursuesucha cooperation. far theonlyarchive inthedistrict“Oberbergischer Kreis” of North Rhine- Westphalia, andtheLiberalArchiveisso are supportedbytheMinistryof EducationoftheState mar. Educationpartnershipsbetweenarchivesandschools and theelementaryschoolinGummersbach -Niederseß with thecomprehensivesecondary schoolMarienheide In 2014, theArchiveexpandededucationpartnership of liberalism, itisalsoaplaceforeducationandresearch. Not onlyistheLiberalArchiveinstitutionalmemory with Schools The Archive:Workng · Arrangeforinsurance · Seekofficialpermits · Drawupabudget,personnelplanandpremises · Decideonthelegalidentity · Decideonandformulateaneducationalconcept · Collectinformationonthesetting-upprocess · Establishtheneedforday-careplaceswithinaregion · Developaconcreteplan centre: Checklist forsettingupanindependentday-care > nar organisedbytheVirtualAcademyinOctober2014: across theboard.Thesewerecompiledinanonlinesemi tre; however, thereareafewpointsthatrelevant not one singlecorrectwayofsettingupaday-carecen further 402 onthemunicipallevel.Thereis,therefore, there are16differentguidelinesonstatelevelanda the states, andwithinstatesofmunicipalities,i.e. Establishing day-carecentresistheresponsibilityof up inredtape. committed parents andeducatorscaneasilygetcaught to an independentday-carecentrecanberocky, and care centres ontheirowninitiative.However, theroad their owneducationalideasbyalsoestablishingday- teachers aretakingadvantageofthesituationtorealise day-care centres.Atthesametime,trainedpreschool together inprivateinitiativestosetupindependent Parents areawareofthesituationandhavecome bit.ly/Kita_Leitfaden for theestablishmentofday-carecentres: More informationinourguideline t and
part oftheprogrammefor“World BookDay”. Another visitbyallfourthgradersisplannedfor2015 as by atthefireplaceinmainhallofAcademy. day-care centre,inwhichRudolphthereindeerstopped a role-playforenchantedpreschoolersfromnearby Theodor HeussAcademyinDecember. Theyalsoperformed advent carolsduringtheirbynowtraditionalvisittothe seßmar enjoyedstory-tellingtimeandthesingingof The fourth-gradersfromtheelementaryschoolinNieder had regretted hisdecisionfortherestoflife. before andafterthevoteinReichstagthathe Heuss stoodoutasacriticofNationalSocialismboth Act inMarch1933.Thestudentsacknowledgedthat President TheodorHeuss,FDP, totheso-calledEnabling especially regardingtheconsentgivenbylaterFederal from theArchive’s inventory. Therewasalivelydiscussion, the liberalpartyinearly1933,usingoriginaldocuments Archive tocarryoutacriticalanalysisoftheconduct from thecomprehensiveschoolinMarienheidevisited grab bytheNationalSocialists,aroundseventystudents On 30January2014, the82ndanniversaryofpower characterised bymutualtrust,forthenextfewyears. the Archive, whichhasalreadybeenproductiveand Heuss Academy–formalisedtheircooperationwith Niederseßmar –bothschoolsareclosetotheTheodor Marienheide andDorisSchmitzfromGummersbach- In November2014, theprincipalsWolfgang Krugfrom
Taking Opportunities for Education | 19 Scholarship > “As coordinator I can gain WORKING GROUP experience in communication Holders are EDUCATION BENEFIT CONCERT and organisation” Critical Anna Christina Köbrich, undergraduate I have experienced the working group on democracy as a platform for a critical scholarship, and varied exchange on issues of key relevance to society. Particularly attractive are Thinkers the many informal discussions that are committed and light-hearted at the same piano, supported since 2013 time. As coordinator I gain experience in communication and organisation and
engage more thoroughly with topics that are relevant for our society such as digital
surveillance and participatory democracy. It is particularly important to me to reach In der Stiftung begegne ich überall kreativen, mutigen und > people independent of their political views and to spread information about the “heated debates selbstkritischen Personen, die mich zum Denken anregen. Als WORKING GROUP DEMOCRACY activities of the working group beyond the Foundation’s borders. Koordinatorin des „Arbeitskreises Bildung“ sammle ich Interessen NATIONAL ACADEMY I organised the national academy in 2014, which involved leading a group of und Ideen meiner Mitstipendiaten, um daraus neue Konzepte zu scholarship holders through five German cities in seven days. We visited research that are entwickeln, die das Phänomen Bildung in seiner ganzen Bandbre Lukas Lassak, undergraduate scholarship facilities and listened to lectures by well-known academics. Of all the events on ite beleuchten. Dass die Begabtenförderung uns als Koordinatoren holder since 2012, chemistry, Paderborn offer, I find the national academy the most important. It not only provides me with committed and die Gestaltung der Arbeitskreise selbst in die Hand gibt, ist für insights into important issues, but also allows me to gain experience in organising mich ein großer Vertrauensbeweis, der mich zusätzlich motiviert. events. I have become much calmer and more patient as a result. light-hearted at Im April 2013 entstand die Idee, ein Benefizkonzert für den Solidaritätsfonds, der Stipendiaten in Not hilft, zu veranstalten. Der hohe Stellenwert der Musik hat mich von Beginn meines the same time” Stipendiatenlebens an gefreut - in Zukunft möchte ich unbedingt weitere Konzertprogramme, am liebsten im Zeichen eines interkul “It gives me great pleasure to be part of turellen Austausches, verwirklichen und damit Gutes bewirken. THE organisational team of scholarship holders” > “interdisciplinary exchange allows us to gain insight ACADEMY FOR POST-GRADUATE into other fields of research STUDENTS and draws our attention to SCHOLARSHIP different perspectives” Michael Haneke-Reinders, post-graduate scholarship
holder since 2013, SCHOLARSHIP > biology, Bielefeld AWARDS Katarzyna Plucinska, post-graduate scholarship holder, Slavic studies, scholarship since 2014, winner of the The scholarship gives me the chance to gain my doctoral title free from financial worries as part of an university award “PUSH” for exceptional performance excellent team which originally had no vacant position for a PhD student. Thanks to the Foundation, I now from the University of Bamberg in 2014. work surrounded by highly motivated scholarship holders and have the chance to shape the events-pro gramme: This helps me to expand my skills in organising events and facilitating seminars. Such practical 21 20 | I decided to apply for a scholarship with the Foundation because and moral support is very valuable, especially for a future career and eventual management positions. for me freedom is fundamental. I am convinced that one needs I have taken on the position of i-prom coordinator and it gives me great pleasure to be part of the scholar to encourage a spirit of freedom in this world that influences ship organisational team and in that way repay the Foundation for their support. As coordinator, I am the everyday life. Thanks to the Foundation, I have the opportunity to contact point for all post-graduate scholarship holders of FNF, but also for all undergraduate scholarship get involved in issues which are particularly important to me. holders who are considering embarking on a PhD. I have the impression that the networking during the Not only am I a linguist and a foreigner, I am also interested in introduction for new scholarship holders is very helpful for everyone. integration and migration and this scholarship gives me a unique The academy for post-graduate students is at the heart of i-prom. This interdisciplinary exchange allows chance to broaden my horizon and meet people I can look up to. participants to gain insight into other fields of research and draws their attention to different perspectives that can be of value for their own research projects. The seminar “Post-graduate Studies Today” offers undergraduate scholarship holders the opportunity to openly talk to post-graduate students and PhD holders about the advantages and risks of doing a PhD. aking O pportunities for E ducation | aking O pportunities for E ducation T T Taking Opportunities for Education | 22 for Syria’s Future Political Education basic democratic education. The Millions arefleengthec ivl warin Syra. Foundat ion forFreedomoffershelpthrough to Jordanarehoused inrefugeecamps,allthe others these twocountries. Only10% ofSyrians thathavefled These refugeenumbers exceedbyfarthecapacities of than aquarteroftheLebanese population. of Syrianrefugeeshavearrived, theirnumberequalsmore Syrian refugees.InLebanon,where oneandahalfmillion lation ofsixmillionpeople,but hastakeninonemillion – asmallnumbercomparedto Jordan whichhasapopu 60,000 ofthemhavefoundtheirwaytoGermanysofar This amountstomorethan11 millionrefugees. from thecivilwareitherwithincountryoroutsideit. Half thepopulationofSyrialefttheirhometoseeksafety
Upheaval Using P violent eruptions. culous that thehostcountrieshavesofarbeenspared fear of occu to be integrated.Up60 need work forlowerwagesthannativesandnewsocialgroups increased the countries. Localauthoritiesareunabletomeet infrastructure, thesocialclimateandsecuritywithin far-reaching consequencesforthelabourmarketand population. Thishasledtosocialupheavaland here aswellinLebanonliveamongstthenative fusing potentialconflicts. on the‘otherside’willalreadyexist,thushopefullyde communities atalaterpoint,contactstotrustedpeople conflicts arisebetweenLebaneseandSyriansinthese communities intechniquesofconflictresolution.Should Syrian womenandyoungpeoplearetrainedintheirhost One practicalexample:MixedgroupsofLebaneseand this backinSyria,aftertheexodusisover. course anemergingcivilsocietywillbeabletobuildon tions forareconstructioninitiatedbytherefugees.Indue rule oflaw. Inthisway, FNFhelpscreatethe basiccondi the importanceoffunctioninginstitutions,basedon democracy, fundamentalrightsandfreedoms,as well refugees somebasicknowledgeonmarketeconomyand agement. Together withitspartners,FNFteachesSyrian political education,dialogueandtraininginconflictman man FoundationforFreedom(FNF).Theoffers help, butalsofortheengagementofFriedrichNau This situationnotonlycallsforinternationalhumani pied by Syrianpatients.Asaconsequence,thereis foreign infiltrationandconflicts.Itseemsmira olitical EducationasaT demand forservices;Syriansarepreparedto % ofhospitalbedsare ool againstSocial tarian “Through to thestabilisation oftheregion. on thereconstruction ofthecountry, butalsocontributes activities, theFoundation notonlysupportsadiscourse be playinganimportantrolein thatprocess.Throughits a politicalrenewalinSyria.Syrian refugeesinexilewill Lebanon thattheinternational community hastosupport lence andinstabilityintheneighbourhood ofJordanand It ispreciselybecausethereno endinsighttothevio tations ofradicalpreachers. which wouldbecomeevenmoresusceptibletothetemp simply watchadesperateandlostgenerationgrowup children toreceivelessons.Thealternativewouldbe dialogue betweenallstakeholderstoenablemoreSyrian the Foundation forFreedomisthereforeorganisinga communities withaparticularlyhighrateofrefugees, the teachersarestretchedandoftenoverwhelmed.In even thoughschoolsareworkinginshifts.Accordingly, Syrian childrenofschool-ageeverfindaplace, Education isalsonecessarysinceonlyabouthalfofthe Prepares forReconstruction Educating RefugeesProvidesStability–and Wolf-Dieter Zumpfort through owninitiative” a reconstruction creates thebasisfor the Foundation education
Taking Opportunities for Education | 23 Taking Opportunities for Education | 24 on Bismarck A LiberalPerspective 19th century. historians ontheperceptofBismarcksnce The LiberalArchiveorgan ised acolloquumfor explored theissue. Bismarck Museum inFriedrichsruhenearHamburg A colloquium that tookplaceinNovember2014 inthe good reasontotakeanotherlook atthisrelationship. birth ofthe“ironchancellor”will beinApril2015 –a much asthefirstchancellor. The200thanniversaryofthe other non-liberalhasinfluencedGerman liberalism as not justinthe19thcentury, butalsolateron.Andno interest toliberalsasOttovonBismarck(1815–1898) – Few politicianshavebeentheobjectofsuchcontroversial in the“Yearbook on LiberalismResearch”. the presentations outlinedhere,whichwillbepublished opportunity for further debate.Thesewillbeenriched by sary in2015 –hewasbornon1April1815 –presentsan generations -towardsBismarck.Theyearof his anniver li show aninterestingambivalence intheattitudesof Nonetheless, theresultsof colloquium asawhole vice versa). considering apoliticalcooperationwithBismarck(and reign from1862to1890,liberalswerefarremoved Bismarck. Hisanswerwasunequivocal:DuringBismarck’s whether liberalsweremorelikelytobefororagainst off thecolloquium:LotharGallexaminedquestion liberalism intheFederalRepublicandBismarck,rounded A lecturebyLotharGall,aneminentauthorityonboth historians andthelaypublic. of Bismarck’s politicalworkwaspredominant bothwith anymore, butfromthispointonwards,acriticalview point of reference.Heusswasnotalivetowitnessthis versary ofthebirthChancellorin1965ashis a former editoroftheYearbook, chosethe150thanni example ofTheodorHeuss,thehistorianEckartConze, Federal Republic.WhileInesSoldwischdrewonthe the reception Bismarckreceivedduringtimeof The thirdpanelsessionofthecolloquiumfocusedon the later FederalRepublicofGermany. truction ofalegend”–whichcausedcontroversiesin Bismarck biography, writteninBritishexile,asa“des politician intheGDR,onotherhand,conceivedhis policies. ThejournalistErichEyck(1878-1964),latera a distinction betweenBismarck’s foreignanddomestic liberal, joinedtheleft-liberalwinginWeimar andmade Friedrich Meinecke(1862-1954),whowasfirstanational The liberalhistoriographyisfullofsuchcontradictions. of Bismarck The 1960sLeadtoChangesintheP themselves fromthefounderofnation. 1870s hadleft-liberalviewsandpreferredtodistance Bismarck, whilethethreesonswhowerebornin Levin (1814-1883) wasanationalliberalandadmired First World War. WithintheSchückingfamily, the father before hefavouredBismarck’s policiesagainduringthe the 1890sandacriticalattitudeinfollowingdecade Naumann (1860-1888)fluctuatedbetweenadmirationin dominated bytheCountinhispracticalpolitics.Friedrich liberals, appearedtobecriticalofBismarck,heremained (1830-1888), whowasseenasthegreathopebymany While theGerman-PrussianheirtothroneFriedrich days, toFriedrichNaumannandtheSchückingfamily. from CrownPrinceFriedrich,whowasemperorfor99 contemporary liberalsandthoseconsideredtobeliberals, Morgenstern describedthepositiontakenonBismarckby The speakersFrankLorenzMüller, JürgenFröhlichandUlf Admiration and Rejection Liberal ContemporarieswereT 19th centurycouldthenbeassessedmoreobjectively. Merits anddrawbacksofpoliciesinGermanythelate should betakenintoaccountwhenjudgingBismarck. era andsuggestedthattheEuropeancontextattime He describedthecurrentstateofresearchonBismarck’s “Yearbook onLiberalismResearch”JoachimScholtyseck. The openingspeechwasmadebytheeditorof berals –hiscontemporariesaswell asthefollowing orn Between erception eckartConze “ political legacy” view ofBismarck’s are taking acritical well asthelay public Most historians as Bismarck Foundation Dr UlfMorgenstern,Ottovon Wolf-Erich Kellner Prize2014 Inka Le-Huu,awardeeofthe
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Making Free Speech Possible Making Free Speech Possible | 28 Hong Kong and China Heated Debatesbetween for civlbertes. was markedby the protests. Citizenstook to thestreets The workoftheFoundat ion forFreedomnHongK Dr Wolfgang Gerhardtvisitstheprotestcamp city – acoincidence? November there werealsoseveralliberalevents inthe from theprotests thatgainedattentionworldwide, in cused onthisinternationalhub forseveralreasons.Apart dom andruleoflawintheregion. In2014, liberals fo Freedom, listsHongKong asabastionofeconomicfree is published bytheFriedrichNaumann Foundationfor economy ofChina.TheFreedom BarometerAsia,which position asthegatewayforinvestmentintogrowing history, fromitstimeasaBritishcrown colonytoitsnew cosmopolitan cityofHongKong looksback onaturbulent surrounded bythewavesofSouthChinaSea– Islands fullofskyscrapersclingingtohighmountains, by thedirectorfor Trade andGlobalisation Studiesofthe presentation of the EconomicFreedomofWorld index As everyyear, the highlight oftheconferencewas the Must Joinin Where P the basisforprosperityandgrowth.” through thesamevaluesandinstitutions whicharealso “Political freedomandparticipationhastobeguaranteed linked andmutuallydependentthesetwofreedomsare: said. However, itshouldnotbeignored howcloselyinter China aboutpoliticalandeconomicfreedom”,Herzog topic: ”ThereisaheateddebatebetweenHongKong and Southeast andEastAsia,spokeabouttherelevanceof Siegfried Herzog,theFoundation’s regional directorfor man ofHongKong’s LionRockInstitute,BillStacey, and and politicalparticipationinHongKong, boththechair Against thebackdropofdemonstrationsfordemocracy Institute. Research were alsothefindingsofarecentsurveyby Pew than, forexample,redistributionthroughtaxes.These countries amarket-basedapproachismuchmorepopular self-determination anddignity. Especiallyindeveloping creates opportunitiesforpeopleandenablesalifeof economic policythatpromotesgrowth,ontheotherhand, redistribution givestoomuchpowertothestate.An Piketty intheirapproach:Fightinginequalitythrough inequality. Liberalthinkersdistancethemselves from to areductioninpovertybutatthesametimegrowing with ahighdegreeofequality, economicgrowthcanlead Economic growthwasadecisivefactor. Inpoor countries saw poverty, notinequalityasthemainproblem. Unlike theFrencheconomist,conferenceparticipants Inequality Economic P in theTwenty-First Century”. redistribution –inspiredbyThomasPiketty’s book“Capital about economicinequalityandthedemandformore as economists.Thisyear’s themereferredtothedebate was attendedbydelegatesfromliberalthinktanksaswell with thetitle“SupportingGrowth,ReducingInequalities” The conferenceoftheEconomicFreedomNetworkAsia eople AreFightingforFreedom, Liberals olicies HavetoSolveP overty –not > pean Parliament. ited, inhispositionasliberalvice presidentoftheEuro with theprotesterssinceAlexander GrafLambsdorffvis media interest.Thiswasthefirstpublicshowofsolidarity missioner forhumanrights,MarkusLöningattractedlocal International JuliMinovesandtheformerGermancom Tsang. Thevisittothecampsbypresident ofLiberal Hong Kong LegislativeCouncilanditschairmanJasper made itpossibleforthedelegatestomeetmembersof cratic Party anditscombativechairwoman EmilyLau the protestscampsinHongKong. TheHongKong Demo fighting forfreedom,manyconferenceparticipantsvisited Since liberalscannotstayindifferentwhenpeopleare with theFraserInstituteinpublicationofreport. drich NaumannFoundationforFreedomiscooperating present stateofeconomicfreedomintheworld.TheFrie Fraser InstituteFredMcMahon.Thisindexexaminesthe “ Wolfgang Gerhard governs thecity” themselves who want to decidefor Hong K’scitizens strong signalthat has sentouta The protest movement See alsowww.freedombarometer.org t
Making Free Speech Possible | 29 Making Free Speech Possible | 30 Breaking DownBarriers liberal successstory fromaroun d theworl. fall otheBerlinW A photography exhibtonandasymposumexplorethe all, anonlineconferencepresented by AnneWellingherhof, the directoroftheFoundation’s summer of1990. Attheopeningofexhibition, chaired remains oftheborder installationswereremoved bythe weeks. Auniqueopportunityto explorethearea,since The formerborderareawasaccessible onlyforafew installations inthespringof1990. headquarters justbeforethedismantling oftheborder the border areaandweretakenclose totheFoundation’s dation’s headquartersinPotsdam. Thephotosportray 17 November 2014 until17February2015 attheFoun Babelsberg andBerlin-Wannsee wereondisplayfrom pictures ofthesectionWall between Potsdam- graphs byKlausFahlbusch.Thepreviouslylittleknown Wall, theFriedrichNaumannFoundationshowedphoto To markthe25thanniversaryoffall theBerlin Pictures oftheScarsthatwereLeftbyW all
Paqué. and vicechairman oftheFoundationProfessor Karl-Heinz Geipel, historian ProfessorAndreasRödder, andeconomist stories: formerGDRtopathlete andnovelistProfessorInes Berlin Wall, basedontheir differentprofessionsandlife ers spokeabouthowtheyhadexperienced thefallof the first chairmanofnewlyfounded FDP. Thepresent Amtshof”. Here,in1948,TheodorHeusswaselectedas 12 December 2014 atthehistoricplace“Kurmainz year’s Heppenheim symposiumwhichtookplaceon Assessments andPerspectives” wasthetitleofthis “25 Years aftertheFallofBerlin Wall –Memories, Berlin W on theFallof Heppenheim Symposum Prof DrKarl-Heinz Paqué The exhibitionwasonshowuntil17February2015. as its director, AndreasDresen. former studentsoftheBabelsbergfilmschoolaswell “a meeting ofneighbours”. The guestsincludedseveral to an articleinthe“Potsdamer NeuesteNachrichten”, Künstler e.V”,andtheopeningnightbecame,according “Brandenburgischer Verband BildenderKünstlerinnen& The exhibitionwasorganisedincooperationwiththe atmosphere ofthatyearchange. for Stasi Documents,readfromtextsthatexpressedthe from Thuringiaandsince2011 Saxony’s Commissioner office inBerlin-Brandenburg,LutzRathenow, awriter Opening oftheexhibtion“25 Years FalloftheBerlinWall“ inPotsdam all
> here, too. provide impetusandideasforpoliticallyactivecitizens context, suchliberalsuccessstoriesfromothercountries of theseconceptsaredirectlytransferabletotheGerman the campaignofAustrianNEOS.Eventhoughnotall to theonlineparticipants,whowerealsokeendiscuss cratic Alliancepresenteditsstrategicmarketingconcept party intheEuropeanelection.TheSouthAfricanDemo 0.5% to15.5%,whichmadethemthestrongestDutch managed toincreasetheirvoteswithineightyearsfrom addressing votersdirectly:Theliberaldemocraticparty was successfulwithdoor-tocampaignsand The conferencealsodemonstratedhowtheDutchD66 and vote. supporters andtomotivatepotentialfollowersgoout Youth Movementof the EuropeanCommunity)tomobilise by the EuropeanLiberalYouth LYMEC (Liberaland participant, forexample,showedthetechniquesused of theFriedrich NaumannFoundationforFreedom.One and November2014, organisedbytheVirtualAcademy wide. ThisforumforbestpracticestookplaceinOctober gathered thebestprojectsandideasofliberalsworld from whichanEnglishlanguageonlineconference communication andbranding–theseweretheareas Participation, mobilisation, humanresources,fundraising, Politcal Management Best Practicesfor confidence inthefutureprevailed. and West Germans.Therewasconsensus,however, that in people’s minds’stillpartiallyexistedbothformanyEast at alllevelsofGermanlife,andthemuch-quoted‘wall was agreement thatunityhasnotyetbeenfullyachieved well asthechallengesthatGermanyfacesnow. There and whether theprocessofunificationiscompleted,as The symposiumdiscussedthestateofGermanunity, “ Potsdamer Neuesteachrichten,19/9/2014 remembrance.” side –werelookingfor worked here–oneither People wholivedor meeting ofneighbours. The eveningbecamea http://bit.ly/video_bppm14 A linktothetrailerforconference:
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Making Free Speech Possible | 32 History asa Process to you whencompiling thebook? a long time.Which aspectswereparticularlyimportant Genscher’s foreignpolicy. You workedwithGenscher for we jointlypublishedananthology onHans-Dietrich K Hans-Dietrch Genscher anthology about the editors ofanew and KerstinBrauckhoff Irmgard Schwaetzer A conversation between Dr IrmgardSchwaetzer, ministerofstateintheForeignOffice 1987 - 1991 erstin Brauckhoff:MsSchwaetzer, inNovember2014 , which contemporaries sharetheirvivid comes aliveinthese shortarticles,in butions fromhis contemporaries.History becomes evenmorevisibleinthe contri shine throughintheacademic essays –it office. Genscher’s personality doesn’tjust theme echoingthroughGenscher’s timein goal ofGermanunityisthecommon dreas Wirschingtookupthetopic:The Genscher’s goal.Inhissummingup,An fication andEuropeanintegrationwere reference tothefactthatGermanreuni Already intheintroductionthereisa are alsoreflectedintheanthology. K want topersuade,butconvince. intelligence ofhisstaff,whomhedidnot arguing hiscasethealwaysreliedon respect theopinionsofothers,andwhen Genscher itwasalwaysveryimportantto cative wayofworking.ForHans-Dietrich Another decisivefactorwashiscommuni Wanted toConvince” “Genscher didn’tWant toPersuade, he implemented inthefaceofopposition. solution, whichhefinallyreachedand Genscher workedtenaciouslyforapolitical deployment ofshort-rangemissiles. this charactertraitisthedebatearound vehement opposition.Agoodexamplefor and onoccasionevencunninglyagainst direction, hestaunchlydefendedhisview that somethingwasmovinginthewrong that somethingwasrightorwhenhefelt of working. Whenhedecidedforhimself racterised byhispersonalityandway Genscher’s foreignpolicywasalsocha strategy consistentlyandcarefully. ways awareofthatandpursuedthis erative Europeanframework.Hewasal achieved aspartofapeacefulandcoop tion, sinceGermanunitycouldonlybe inextricably linkedtoEuropeanintegra was German unity. Forhimthisgoalwas pursued withhisforeignpolicy, which political aimthatHans-DietrichGenscher important aspects.Thefirstonewasthe Irmgard Schwaetzer:Therewerethree erstin Brauckhoff:Thesethreeaspects fall oftheBerlin warinNovember2014. it intimeforthe 25thanniversaryofthe few monthsand wewereabletopublish utors, thisvolumewasproduced withina Thanks tothecommitmentof contrib temporaries characterisethisanthology. demic papersandcontributions fromcon style. Themixtureofeasytoread aca This istypicalforGenscher’s political them withreliablenewsandinformation. fited fromthewayGenscherprovided mutual trustwithjournalistswhobene how Genscherdevelopedarelationshipof of Genscher. AndRichardKiessler shows gang Ischingerfocusonthepersonalside von Weizsäcker andAmbassadorWolf byformerFederalPresidentRichard tions Irmgard Schwatzer:Yes, thecontribu timonies fromContemporaries” “A GoodmixofAcademicEssaysandTes the politicianandhiswork. stories ofGenscherthepersonaswell “ convince“ persuade, hewanted to Genscher didnot want to Hans-Dietrich Genscher, federalforeignministerandvicechancellor1974-1992 K of liberalGermanforeignpolicy. and toremindourselvesofthe importance anniversary ofthefallBerlinwall Naumann FoundationforFreedomtothe is avaluablecontributionbytheFriedrich Irmgard Schwaetzer: Genscher totheanthology. who hadcontributedaninterviewwith Appenzeller oftheBerlin“Tagesspiegel”, chaired withstyleandconfidencebyGerd Wolfgang Ischinger. Theeveningwas Hans-Dietrich Genscher, KlausKinkeland witnessed alivelydiscussionbetween 300 peopleattendedtheeventand the presentationofanthology. Nearly erstin Brauckhoff:Thisisalsotruefor To sumup,thebook
Making Free Speech Possible | 33 Making Free Speech Possible | 34 Enlargement T symposium,that provedmoretopical thanexpected. The crisntheUkraned ominated theautumnBonn being interviewed Alexander GrafLambsdorff,vicepresidentoftheEuropeanParliament, en Years EU Dr (h.c.)RolfBerndt,ExecutiveChairmanofBoardirectors1995-2014 were busyweaving anetofinternationaldiplomacy. public ofPoland andthebroadcaster DeutscheWelle – – theEUCommission, theGeneralConsulateof theRe the diplomaticstageofEastern Europe.FNF’s partners invited participantsbecame‘emergency fire-fighters’on litical eventsintheUkrainechanged thepriorities:The EU enlargementwasscheduled forspring2014, but po pects fortheFuture”marking 10th anniversary of the Enlargement. AssessingtheAchievementsandPros Originally thiseventtitled“Together weAre–10 Years of
Poland Prof DrArturNowak-Fak,undersecretary ofstateintheForeignM inistry of citizens. impact ofEUpoliciesontheeverydaylifeEuropean issue ofhowclosetheEUwastopublicand second expertpaneldebatedwiththeparticipants Rhine-Westphalia AngelicaSchwall-Düren(SPD).The Graf LambsdorffandtheEuropeministerfromNorth the vice-presidentofEuropeanParliament Alexander the Ministry ofForeignAffairsRepublicPoland, Professor ArturNowak-Far, undersecretaryofstatein Sobczak, consulgeneraloftheRepublicPoland, The 130participantson22SeptemberincludedJan attention forourevent”. have beenveryhappytodowithoutthebonusofadded said, “but in the interest of international peace, we would for NorthRhine-Westphalia (NRW),Jan-FrederikKremer, next crisiswillerupt”,thedirectorofregionaloffice Ukraine. “Unfortunately, onecanneverknowwherethe terest frombeyondtheregioninwakeofcrisis This eventonEUenlargementalsoattractedmediain Kremer) tion.” (DirectoroftheNRWregionalofficeJan-Frederik been veryhappytodowithoutthebonusofaddedatten “In theinterestofinternationalpeacewewouldhave Bonn wasovershadowedbythefightinginUkraine. event thatwastakingplaceintheEUregionaloffice one oftheexpert-panels–ahighlytopicalissueas European ForeignandSecurityPolicy” wasthethemeof Deutsche Welle, gotunderway. “EUEnlargementand by BartoszDudek,directorofthePolish Serviceof In theautumnof2014, however, thesymposium,chaired Dieter Schnaas,ChiefReporter of the“Wirtschaftswoche” I amthereasaspeaker.” enjoy participating–tolearnsomethingnewevenwhen events, thediscussionisreliableonahighlevel.Ialways “The regionalofficeNRWoffersvariedandwell-organised Germany Borders Christian Mihr, ExecutiveDirector, Reporterwithout intelligently designedevents!” questions ofpressfreedomandjournalisminsound of the FNFforFreedomregularlydealswithfundamental therefore veryimportantthattheregionalofficeNRW “Journalism isatrainingcentrefordemocracy. Ifindit Republic ofPoland in Cologne Andrzej Duziński,ViceConsul,GeneralConsulateofthe heart ofeveryPole.” the foundation ofSolidarnośćandthereforecloseto them intheirdailywork.Thesevaluesarethebasicto mination, buthasinternalisedthesevaluesandlives such asfreedom,democracyandtherighttoself-deter “FNF’s regionalofficeNRWdoesnottalkaboutvalues of the regionalofficeinBonn Stephan Koppelberg, EuropeanCommission,Director forward tomorejointevents.” rewarding andpleasantcooperationsofarwelook We wouldliketothanktheNRWregionalofficefor butes tothehighprogrammaticstandardsofevents. network andnumerouscontacts,theFoundationcontri the implementationoflargerevents.Withitsoutstanding reliability makestheregionalofficeagoodpartnerfor tion forFreedom.Itshighlevelofprofessionalismand NRW regionalofficeoftheFriedrichNaumannFounda in Bonn, wemuchappreciatethecooperationwith “As theEuropeanCommission’s regionalrepresentation Relevance oftheSymposium T estimonials oftheP “ Alexander GrafLambsorffMEP mutual exchange.” amount oftradeand There isanincredible the onesto theUSA. by nowcloserthan and Easternuropeare countries inCentral Our linkswiththe articipants demonstratethe
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Further Developing Market Economies Jacob Schrot, founder of the Young Transatlantic Initiative The “Duel of Arguments” Was a Great Success and president of the Association of German-American The lively debate, while not resulting in agreement Clubs, and Steffen Stierle, member of the coordination between the combatants, at least led to a constructive committee of the ATTAC Germany, were the duellists exchange of views. The discussion continued in the social trying to separate myth from reality, prejudices from facts. media forums. The event was facilitated by Jan-Frederik Kremer, FNF’s The “Duel of Arguments” was a great success. “Topical regional director in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). and interesting themes, outstanding speakers, innovative “We want to offer a forum for controversial opinions formats and the highest quality” was, for example, the and explode myths through presenting facts”, explained view of Marie-Christine Ostermann from the headquarters Jan-Frederik Kremer – especially German fears of chlorin of “Rulko Grosseinkauf GmbH & Co. KG”. It was a way of ated chicken and genetically modified corn which do “bringing across liberal policy in a sustainable way that minated the coverage of the free trade agreement. “We satisfied participants”. want to look behind the façade”, the facilitator empha sized. “The purpose of FNF’s Fact-Checking by FNF Brought the Com batants Back to Earth trade agreements “The Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement can be a great opportunity to promote prosperity through trade and is to create less strengthen high-level consumer protection standards on both sides of the Atlantic”, said Jacob Schrot. His oppo rather than more nent Steffen Stierle had reservations, fearing a “harmoni “Duel of Arguments“ in Bochum sation of standards, which would undermine investment regulation” protection, consumer protection, protection of workers Alexander Graf Lambsdorff MEP and most of all our democracy”. Since every discussion is coloured by the discussant’s sub jective views on world and humanity, some fact-checking by the facilitator was helpful for this ‘duel’ – for example, when it came to the bogey-man for consumers, the chlo rinated chicken. “Nobody wants to eat chlorinated “A vibrant democracy needs active citizens”, recalled
Jacob Schrot, Jan-Frederik Kremer and Steffen Stierle discuss TTIP chicken”, claimed Stierle. “Chickens are not even part of Alexander Trennheuser, regional manager of “Mehr the negotiations”, countered Schrot. In front of a capacity Demokratie NRW e.V.”, “and active citizens need back crowd, they debunked all kinds of misinformation. ground knowledge”. The seminars of the regional office NRW are a good starting point to acquire such knowledge. Given such encouraging feedback, the regional office NRW of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom plans to offer this type of event in other parts of the state as well. There will be a repeat of the “Duel of Arguments” US Chickens or – on other controversial topics. So, what’s happening with the US chicken? The Foundation recommends some fact-checking – for Economic Freedom? example in a US-American restaurant. TTIP proves unsettling – and encourages rumours. The “Duel of Arguments” sets out to separate fact 39
38 from fiction. | EU-Commissioner Cecilia Malmström Chlorinated chicken and genetically modified corn or economic freedom? Nearly every political debate proves how fine the line can be between having an opinion and engaging in polemic propaganda. Fair conditions are, therefore, all the more important in such debates – and these exist in the new FNF format “Duel of Arguments”. The Foundation’s regional office in North Rhine-West phalia (NRW) had organised a debate on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Two speakers, one facilitator, clear rules and plenty of well-researched information and facts made this ”Duel of Arguments” a fair and interesting discussion. = a “Duel of
F urther D eveloping M arket E conomies Arguments”. Dr habil Peter Röhlinger F urther D eveloping M arket E conomies | Further Developing Market Economies | 40 the GlobalEconomy US-Fracking Revolutionises Programme to theUSA. the themeofastud The implcations ofrack ing forglobalpoltcswas y tripby theTransatlantic Dalogue opportunity tovisit aconveyorsystemnearPittsburgh in multipliers from GermanyandtheBalticStates hadthe during astudytrip toWashington, DC.Energyexpertsand lantic DialogueProgrammewanted tofindoutmore putting pressureonAraboilmultinationals. TheTransat the USareenthusiasticallydrilling intotheearth–and onthe extraction ofgasby“fracking”,companiesin cism While EuropeandespeciallyGermany lookswithscep shale” –(oil)sheiksagainstshale(gas/oil). calls thecontestofenergycompanies“sheiksversus the talkisofashalegasrevolution.The“NewEconomist” global economicrelations.IntheUnitedStatesofAmerica New methodsofgeneratingenergyarebeginningtochange ti Concentrates onFindingTechnical Solutions While EuropeConsiderstheEnvironment,USA fracking, notthewhetherthatisfocusinUSA. drilling waterarebeingdiscussed–itisthehowof into the atmosphereandrecyclingofcontaminated production facilities.Thepossibleleakageofmethane with fracking,suchashighlevelsofnoiseandtrafficat energy productionandtosolvetheproblemsassociated are beingmadetooptimisethistypeofextractionand improving frackingtechnologyanditsregulation.Efforts the States,therefore,debatefocusesoncontinuously shale gasisextractedprofitfromthecreationofjobs.In sation oftheUnitedStates.Inparticular, regionswhere accompanied theeconomicrecoveryifnotre-industriali States butalsoRussiaisnoticeable.Thisdevelopmenthas The impactonotherenergyproducers,suchastheArab nies ledtoadramaticfallofpricesontheenergymarkets. and thefactthatUSAcanoffergastoenergycompa The declineindemandfromtheUSAonworldmarkets to foregotheimportofnaturalgasandevenexportsome. world. Probablyalreadyby2016, thecountrywillbeable have become thelargestnaturalgasproducerin As aresultofshalegasextraction,theUnitedStates policies security international Natural GasProductionintheUSaffects revolution intheUSAandgainvaluableinsights. guests wereabletowitnesfirsthandtheshalegas politicians, journalistsandbusinessmen.TheEuropean Pennsylvania (PA) andtotalkAmericanscientists, Study tourofenergyexpertstoPittsburgh ronmental aspects. ment, theGermandebateshouldfocusnotonlyonenvi intense transatlanticdialogue.Giventherapiddevelop immediate effectonEuropeandwouldrequireamore policy tool.Bothsuchchangesinwouldhavean it is notatabootoconsiderenergyexportsasforeign affected bydevelopmentsinthatregionanymore.Also, in theMiddleEast,sinceUSenergysupplieswouldnotbe imports shouldresultinareducedengagementforpeace for example,whetheranindependencefromArabenergy market. OnthepoliticallevelinUSA,itisdiscussed, and securitypolicyofthisdevelopmentontheenergy to haveapublicdebateabouttheimplicationsforforeign For allreservationsthatexistinGermany, itisnecessary environmentally friendlymethodsofshalegasextraction. mental organisationscooperateconstructivelytodevelop perienced thewayinwhichindustry, citizensandenviron frightened citizensnorburningfaucets.Insteadtheyex European participantsofthestudytourmetneither technology. IntheUSA,thereismuchlessconcern:The water oranincreasedriskofearthquakesduetofracking feared andwarningsaboundofthepoisoningground energy productionfollowsadifferentscript.Theworstis In Germany, thediscussionaboutthisnewmethodof
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Further Developing Market Economies | 41 Further Developing Market Economies | 42 Liberal Ideas Passionately Defending “ project with each and to grow one’s ownideas to implement opportunity There isthe “ for freedom.” for self-realisation –andthus wonderfully creative platform The Foundation offerssucha
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tal fortakingexistentialdecisions. our lives.Havingsomeknowledge oftheseissuesisvi system andthepharmaceuticalindustryarepartofall medicine andresearch,healthcareeconomics,the health caresystemaffectsusall,however–ethicsin ceived asmuchattentionIwouldhaveliked.The ate studiesthatissuesofhealthcarepoliciesrarelyre management. Irealisedalreadyduringmyundergradu service andamstudyingforamasterinhealthcare it isalsoclosetomyownheart.Iworkedinthehealth the topicofhealthpoliticswithinFoundation,but The initiative“healthpolicies”isnotonlyimportantfor with eachproject. opportunity toimplementone’s ownideasandtogrow taking onthepositionofpointcontact.Onehas they affectCentralGermany. Icanonlyrecommend ment andlabourmarketpolicy, allwithafocusonhow sues ofthedaysuchasmigration,freedommove ny-Anhalt andThuringiawerediscussingimportantis an derSaale.ScholarshipholdersfromSaxony, Saxo meeting forCentralGermanywhichtookplaceinHalle the summerof2014, Ialsoparticipatedintheregional lecturers andatopenhouseeventstheuniversity. In department attheregularmeetingswithliaison have alsobeeninterested.Irepresentedthescholarship about theFoundation.Lecturersanduniversitystaff students inconversationsandgivetheminformation Krefeld. Aspartofmyposition,Iamtryingtoengage versity, givingafaceandvoicetotheFoundationin I alsorepresentthescholarshipdepartmentatmyuni dents andscholarshipholdersinforminganetwork As thepointofcontactatuniversity, Iassiststu
“T tanks andinpolitical work.Theopportunitythat theFoundationgavemeisinvaluable formyfuturecareer. analyses onthe situation inSouthAfrica.Ilearned muchaboutthisdeveloping regionandgainedfirstwork experience inthink office oftheFoundation inthecity. Duringthattime,Iwasresponsibleforthe publicationofbackgroundreportsandpolitical seven-month longstudyvisittoJohannesburg, Ifirstworkedasaninternandlateraprogramme assistantfortheregional In thisproject,too,Iwassupported bythetrustthatscholarshipdepartmentandLiberal Institutehadinme.Duringmy text independently atsuchanearly stage ofmyacademiccareerwasimportantaswell. my mainmotivationwastogather thediverseandimpressiveideasofscholarshipholders,but theopportunitytopublisha of my own,inwhichIdiscussedthe conceptof“education forall”and howtoreachthatgoal.Whencoordinatingthisproject scholarship holdersonthenatureandfinancingofGerman educationsystem.Thisallowedmetoincludeanarticle scholarship departmentin2014, Ipublishedahandbookonliberaleducationpolicy. Thepublicationpresentstextsfrom Based onresultsoftheconferenceeducationthattookplace aspartofthecelebrationsfor40thanniversary defend them passionatelyandthuscontributetotruesocialtransformation. for their respectiveworkinggroupsandinitiatives.Afterall,mycommitment servesonegoal:Iwanttospreadliberalideas, mainly discussedfreetradeandinternationalagreements. Theycannowusetheknowledgeandinformationgained unsupervised aforumforscholarshipholdersandwasthenable toparticipateaswell.Attheconference,participants meant that wecouldfollowtheprincipleofself-organisationscholarshipholders.Ihadopportunitytoorganise organise togetherwithfellowscholarshipholders.The departmentshowedgreattrustinusorganisers,which For me,thehighlightofthisyearinmyengagementwithFoundation wastheconferenceontradethatIableto transformation” to truesocial mechanical engineering,Berlin undergraduate scholarshipsince2014, V SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION MEETING o anessa Findling, contribute
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Further Developing Market Economies | 43 Further Developing Market Economies | 44 and Morality Markets, SM Es publication of“PostLiberal” convention, the“Frankentre ffen” andthenew Ethics nbusnesswas thethemeofalumni Profs DrRandolfodenstock Prof DrLudwigTheodorHeuss, deputychairmanoftheBoard T Liane Knüppel,VSA-president,deputychairwomanoftheBoardT and havedropped theirfundamentalobjections toamar tives havebegun toacknowledgeeconomicrelationships was pleasedtosee that,conversely, churchrepresenta relevance ofethicalconductin the privatesectorandhe Franconia. Hestressedthatthere wasnodoubtaboutthe at theliberal“Frankentreffen”in castleGaibachinLower honorary presidentoftheBavarian BusinessAssocation, conclusion reachedbyProfessor RandolfRodenstock, sites –theyaremutuallydependentinstead.Thiswasthe Business andethicsdonotpresentinsurmountableoppo Profit withaClearonscience
rustees rustees, and “ moralism“ of economiclaws isnot moralitybut dispense withthetechnicalknowledge A moralitythat believesitself ableto Cardinal JosefRatzinger, formerPope contacts. opportunity torenewoldfriendshipsandestablishnew A culturalprogrammeandafestivedinnerprovidedan directors oftheSchleupenAG. Ethic InstituteinTübingenandHeinzHeineke,boardof FDP, MichaelTheurerMEP, BerndVillhaueroftheGlobal Württemberg, OliverHans,theregionalchairmanof the executivedirectorofstockexchangeinBaden- Representation ofDeutscheBank,Hans-DieterHoltzmann, (DDV). Renownedexpertstookpart:theheadofEU mut KnüppelfromtheGermanDerivativesAssociation financial marketsandethicalprinciples,chairedbyHar ical andeconomicchallengesoftheinterplaybetween presentations. Thiswasfollowedbyadebateonthepolit afternoon, theprogrammestartedonSaturdaywithshort After avisittothestockexchangeinStuttgartonFriday was Professor LudwigTheodorHeuss. theme of“StockExchange.Banks,Politics” Thepatron friends oftheVSA.Thistime,eventfocusedon Holders (VSA)inStuttgartbroughttogethermembersand of theAssociationPresentandFormerScholarship In October2014, as in everyyear, thealumniconvention Financal Ethcs Alumni Dscuss referee, butnotasaplayer.” Staying withthefootballanalogy, weneedthestateas “Yes toa centralframework,butnoeconomy. such a waythatthereisnoneedforself-exploitation: they are adheredto.Therulesshouldbedesignedin as a referee,establishingtherulesandensuringthat Rodenstock arguedinfavourofastrongstatethatacts who servedasPope BenediktXVIfrom2005to2013. entrepreneur butbyCardinalJospehAloisiusRatzinger antithesis ofmorality.” Thisquotationisnotfroman laws is notmoralitybutmoralism.Assuchitthe dispense withthetechnicalknowledgeofeconomic ket economy. “A moralitythatbelievesitselfableto
two setsofregulations intheEUandUS. markets, which currently oftenfailsbecausethey face could allowparticularlySMEseasy accesstoforeign dures. TheTransatlantic FreeTrade Agreement(TTIP) unnecessary bureaucracyandsimplify approvalproce for medium-sizedenterpriseswouldalsoneed toreduce banking regulations.However, aliberaleconomicpolicy sized enterpriseswereassessedasunsafepartofthe serious caseofmismanagementthatsuccessfulmedium- tion wouldhavetobeabolished.Theauthorconsidersita for smallandmedium-sizedenterprises,anydiscrimina businesses. Inaddition,sincecreditfinancingisessential threatening theattractionofGermanyasalocationfor medium-sized enterprises:Risingenergypriceswere The Renewable EnergyAct(EEG)wasalsodamagingfor ployers andemployeeswhennegotiatingratesofpay. ing withthetriedandtestedpartnershipbetweenem of amarketeconomy. Rentschwasinfavourofcontinu sue ofminimumwagesasthesewouldnegatetheeffects labour marketpolicies,hetakesacriticalviewontheis jeopardy bytaxationoftheircapital.Withinthearea capital gainstaxisharmful;businessescouldbeputin important policyareas:doubletaxationsuchasthe tributions. Rentschexamineswhatthisfactmeansfor of allemployeesthatareliableforsocialinsurancecon sized enterprises.Suchbusinessesemploy, afterall,65% policy wasparticularlyprofitableforsmallandmedium- for HessenFlorianRentscharguesthataliberaleconomic liberal economicpolicy. Theformerministerofeconomics tion Liberal”,publishedbyFNF, lookedattheoutline ofa The edition“LiberalPolicies forSMEs”oftheseries“Posi prises Medium-Sized for Smalland A LiberalProgramme Florian Rentsch,MinisterforEconomicsinHessen2012 -2014 Enter
Further Developing Market Economies | 45 Freedom Is… Protecting Human Rights Protecting Human Rights | 48 T Rights andReligon Contributng to anUnderstanding BetweenHuman In Senegal,theFoundation C oncentrates on o RespectEachOther tion oftheHigh CommissionerforHumanRights. with AmnestyInternational andtheSenegalese delega these institutions, theorganisationalsoworks closely inspections. To ensureprotectionofhumanrightsinall and parliamentarians eventhepresident canaskfor Both naturalandlegalpersons can callontheONLPL in prisons,psychiatricinstitutions andpolicestations. human rightsorganisationswhich carriesoutinspections policemen, psychologists,doctorsandrepresentativesof Senegal, establishedateamofjudges,lawyers,former (ONLPL), oneoftheFoundation’s cooperationpartnersin The ObservateurNationaldesLieuxdePrivationLiberté Human RightsBehindars
hoods wereable topreventradicalisationinSenegal. concern. Sofar, the strongandmoderateIslamic brother Islamic groupsis noticeablehere,too,andisa cause for religions. However, thegrowinginfluenceofradical ple≈ tians. TheWest Africancountryisseenasagoodexam Senegal ishometoaround90% Moslemsand5%Chris co-existence. capital Dakarasanimportantcontributiontoapeaceful which wasrecordedintheformerPalace ofJusticeinthe television andradiostationsalsobroadcastthesong, this video andofaCDbyNicolasJob. TheSenegalese Youtube. FNFWest Africasupportedtheproductionof Hallelujah!” Avideoofthesonghasbeenuploadedon Turn yourlifeintoparadise.Mustafa,Nicolas, InchAllah, sings. “Believewhatyouwantandleaveotherstheirfaith. called MustafaorNicolas,weareallequalsonearth”,he est song“BetweenHeavenandEarth”. “Whetheryouare Job advocatesadialoguebetweenreligionswiththislat The Senegalesemusician,producerandpresenterNicolas Radicalisation A Songgainst tary, police,lawyersandprisonstaff. known withinthegeneralpopulationaswellmili help tomakethisimportantinstitutionmorewidely and throughpublicrelationactivities.Informationevents of theONLPLbyaccompanyingteamoninspections The FriedrichNaumannFoundationalsosupportsthework held wrongfullyinaprisonDakarforsevenyears. Observateur wasabletofreeaprisonerwhohadbeen recommendations, forexampleinMarch2014 whenthe admitted. Often,theauthoritiesresponsibleheedthese human rightsandtoliberatepersonswhoarewrongfully advises authoritiestopenaliseprisonofficerswhoviolate admission ofpeopleintopsychiatrichospitals.TheONLPL draw attentiontoincidencesoftortureortheunlawful regularly findhumanrightsviolations–andimmediately psychiatric institutions.Duringthesevisits,theinspectors other placesofdetentionsuchasmilitaryprisonsand The aimistoinspectall223prisons,policestationsand for thepeacefulco-existenceofpeoplefromdifferent
“ seriously tobeableconfrontitontime. However, thepopulationasawholehastotakethreat > international work” of theFoundation ’s rights hasbeena and enforcing human years, promoting For morethan50 fundamental part Wolf-Dieter Zumpfort gamf-vU here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ7f The song“HeavenandEarth”canbedownloaded
Protecting Human Rights | 49 Protecting Human Rights | 50 for HelenZille Freedom Prize South Africa. Foundation celebrate d apioneerofreeanmoern B Helen ZillerstKöhlerund Bundespräsident a.D.HoFormerGermanpresident,orstKöhlerand y honouringthePremerofWesternCape, She is marriedwith two grown-upsons. 2006 until2009, HelenZillewasmayorofCape Town. her electiontothe nationalparliamentin2004. From leader oftheoppositioninprovincial parliamentuntil minister intheWestern Cape(until2001), and afterthat custody. In1999, thiscriticofapartheidwaseducation black consciousnessmovement who diedin1977police violent deathofSteveBiko,the founderandleaderofthe Rand DailyMailanduncoveredthebackgroundto political engagementsheworkedasajournalistforthe had to leaveGermanyduringtheNaziera.Priorher niece oftheBerlinpainterHeinrichZille–herparents (DA), wasbornin1951 inJohannesburg.Sheisagreat- Helen Zille,since2007 leaderofthe DemocraticAlliance
an African politicianwastherightsignal. tinent of Africa.Theawardingthefreedomprizeto freedom andtotakeseriousatlastthehuge,richcon and acrossborderswithdifferentunderstandingsof Germany and Europealsoneededtoengagemoredeeply with an authenticAfricanunderstandingoffreedom.” ity are possible.SheisapioneerofmodernAfrica success showsthatpoliticsdonotfocusonethnic paid tribute totheperseveranceofawardee:“Her Former GermanPresidentProfessorHorstKöhleralso the fragile goodoffreedominherdailylife. needs examplessuchasHelenZille,whopersonifies threat tofreedominthenameofsecurity. Theworld of terrorist militiainIraqandSyria,thegrowing current politicaldevelopmentsinRussia,thebrutality The chairwomanofthejury, Karen Horn,referredto Is aPioneerofModernAfrica” Former GermanPresidentKöhler:“HelenZille country andforfreedom”,Gerhardtstressed. people shehasperformedextraordinarythingsforher freedom andtoequalopportunitiesforallSouthAfrican wavering commitmenttoanopensociety, toindividual St. Paul’s Church inFrankfurtamMain.“Withherun said at theceremonyon8November2014 inthe Foundation’s BoardofDirectors,Wolfgang Gerhardt, apartheid andfordemocracy”,thechairmanof “Helen Zilleisashiningexampleofthefightagainst never giveup.” true toHelenZille’s motto:“Donotlosehearttomorrow, as possibletocreatealiberalpolitical reality–remaining courses. Inthisway, FNFwantstoenableasmanypeople facilitators, andthedevelopment ofcurriculafortraining as well trainings,politicaleducation, especiallyfor tivating contactstootherliberalforcesonthecontinent By now, FNF’s activitieswiththeDAconcentrateoncul also afterthefirstnoteveryencouragingelectionresults. (DA) since1994andperseveredinsupportingtheparty worked withtheSouthAfricanpartyDemocraticAlliance The FriedrichNaumannFoundationforFreedomhas and DrWolfgang Gerhardt(right)presentthefreedomprizetoHelenZille Christian LindnerMdhonourstheawardee/ProfDrJürgenorlok(centre) definitely awrongturn. fool-proof roadtofreedom,butpatronisingpeoplewas flicts asawaytoclingpoliticalpower. Therewasno opportunities” –andwarnedagainstusingethniccon in heracceptancespeechforan“opensocietyofequal something isimpossible.InGerman,therefore,sheargued her success wastonotgiveup,neverbelievethat But that waspreciselywhyshedidit:Thesecretof – eventhoughhermotherMilahadadvisedagainstit. a marathon, notsprint.”TheawardeespokeinGerman requires stayingpower, since:“Thefightforfreedomis oured allotherfreedomfighters,shefelt–afightthat Helen Zillewasintenselymovedbyheraward.Italsohon “Do notLoseHeart–NeverGiveup!” “ Helen Zille sprint” is amarathon, not a The fightforfreedom
Protecting Human Rights | 51 Protecting Human Rights | 52 Commission inPakistan The Work oftheHumanRights the work ofHumanRi ghts Commisson. Ronald Meinarus,reports from P The newregionaldirector for South Asia, Ibn AbdurRehman,DirectorHumanightsCommissionofPakistan sai terrorists. Islamic a risky undertaking inacountrythreatenedbyradical the protectionof minoritiesandofwomenallhis life– fight forhumanrightsandreligious freedomaswell He workedasajournalistandhas beencommittedtothe Harayana, evenbeforethepartition ofthesubcontinent. peace activist–hewasbornin 1930 intheIndiancity For decades,IbnAbdurRehman hasbeenarenowned cooperates withtheFoundationforFreedom. Freedom. Since1988,theHumanRightsCommission and apartneroftheFriedrichNaumannFoundationfor mission ofPakistan (HRCP)inLahore,founded1987 Abdur Rehman,thedirectorofHumanRightsCom that ismoreintolerantthaneverbefore”,reportsIbn “We areexperiencinganewwaveofreligiousextremism, akistan about
get onthewrongsideofradicalIslamists. stan, inalliancewiththeTaliban”. Onedoesnotwantto “Our armystillcherishesthedreamofoccupyingAfghani official reticenceinthefightagainstterroriscalculated: to leavethattheAmericans”. Rehmanthinksthatthis very nice.Theydon’tkilltheTaliban-leaders, theyprefer tions againstarmedJihadists,saysRehman:“Ourarmyis ance”. Thestateandthearmyonlytakehalf-heartedac contributed: “Ourtextbooksarefullofhatredandintoler for theradicalisationofyoungpeople,stateschoolsalso Not onlythemadrasas(Islamicschools)wereresponsible the stateformbasisforpowerofmilitants.” government isresponsible,because“themistakesmadeby for thegrowingextremism”,Rehmanstates.Partly, the experts canonlyguessat.“Thereisnoeasyexplanation Why itissodifficulttocurbtheviolence,eventhesetwo kistan“, hesays,„isanever-endingcommitment“. his desk.Hehashandsfull.„HumanrightsworkinPa nearly disappearsbeneathpilesofpapersonandaround for dealingwithcomplaintsfromthegeneralpublic–and others isanon-workingday. ZamanKhanisresponsible continue withtheirwork,evenonaSaturday, whichfor Nonetheless, RehmanandhiscolleagueZamanKhan the deadlyattack. and hadsurvivedseveralassassinationattemptsbefore been workingasadefencelawyerinblasphemytrial a lawyer, alreadydiedinanattack.Thecolleaguehad don’t seeusasathreat.”However, oneofhiscolleagues, danger: “We areseenastoosmall”,heexplains.“They with neitherguardsnorfences.Rehmanplaysdownthe villa, however, doesnotappeartobeparticularlysecure The officeofthehumanrightsactivistinanoldbrown “is aNever-EndingCommitment” “Human RightsW ork inP akistan”, HeSays, > on Twitter under@FNF_Pakistan. about theFoundation’s workinPakistan isalsoavailable posting onTwitter [email protected] The regionaldirectorforSouthAsiaRonaldMeinardusis with theFoundationforFreedomonthisprojectaswell. children. preparing aneducationprojectforPakistani school has to startinschools.Hisorganisationis,therefore, have tobecomeamoretolerantsociety”. Thisprocess lamic rhetoricandfinally–thegreatestchallengewe be broken,second,thePakistani statehastostopitsIs tremism: “First,themilitarypowerofmilitantshasto jihadists”. Heoutlinesthree stepsinthewaragainstex you killtenTaliban withonedrone,youproduce100 new Taliban andthusplayintothehandsofterrorists:“When counterproductive, sincetheseleadtosolidaritywiththe Rehman alsocriticisesthedroneattacksbyUSas Begins atSchool Engagement foraMoreT “ en-inPakistan 14-0806FHR02-ReligioseMinderheit line at:https://de.scribd.com/doc/237309855/20 man rightssituationinPakistan inavailableon A reportinGermanbyOlafKellerhoff onthehu Rehman wouldverymuchwelcomecooperating society“ a moretolerant become We have to Ibn AbdurRehman olerant Society
Protecting Human Rights | 53 Protecting Human Rights | 54 Ideas for Latin America:Creative to discusshumanandcivlrghtsnLat in Amerca In November,theliberalnetwork RELIAL metinP Adoption ofpolicypaperonhumanandcivilrights Combating Crime Juli Minoves, thepresident ofLiberalInternational, was and todiscussissues ofcurrentimportanceinthe region. Panama tolookbackonthe10th anniversaryofRELIAL America, RELIAL,metfortheiranniversary congressin In November, themembersofliberalnetworkinLatin in theregion. organised crimeareobstaclesto democraticdevelopments Weak institutions,problems withnationalsecurityand above alltodebatehumanand civil rightsissues. to discusseconomicdevelopmentsinLatinAmerica,but The 37memberorganisationsusedthemeetingnotonly anama vulnerable groups wereabletoprotectthemselves better private security services. Buteventhesefinancially more affected sincethey werenotabletoaffordexpensive poorer sectionsofthepopulation wereparticularly the police forcewasinefficient.According toMoreno, even lesssointhosecountries LatinAmericawhere not befoughtanymorewithrigid governmentregulations, Moreno demanded.Increasingly, evenpettycrimecould promote new, creativeanddecentralised solutions, Liberalism inthe21st centuryhadtoofferandactively well-networked andprofessionallyorganisedcriminals. would beunabletoreactadequatelyimaginative, But evenregionalorsub-policecooperation P The ImaginativeUseofSmartphonesCanHelp enough todealwithstructuralinternationalcrime. national effortstocombatcrimewerenotfarreaching ternational CourtofJusticeinTheHague,stressedthat Luis MorenoOcampo, formerchiefprosecutorattheIn go sub to high levelsofcrime,corruptionandimpunity. The Reports fromBrazil,Venezuela andChilealsopoint by police. mass kidnapping.Apparently, theirkillingwasordered town Iguala.Thestudentshadbeenfounddeadaftera her horroratthemassacreofstudentsinMexican human rightsforafunctioningdemocracyandexpressed European Parliament, emphasisedtheimportanceof Gesine Meissner, amemberoftheALDEgroupin Combat Crime donotGoFarEnough Luis MorenoOcampo:NationalEffortsto Parliament since2009 The Hague2003 -2012 /GesineMeißner, FDP-MemberoftheEuropean Luis MorenoOcampo,chiefprosecutorattheInternationalCourtofJusticein totalitarian regimes. citizens worldwidethatasserttheirpoliticalrightsagainst Minoves expressedhissupportonbehalfofthemany demonstrators usedtheirumbrellastoprotectthemselves. elections, wereattackedwithteargasbythepolice.The in HongKong, whowhendemonstratingforfreeandfair Umbrella Movement.Thetermwascoinedafterprotesters in HongKong. Hespokeofhissupportfortheso-called Liberal International’s (LI)ExecutiveCommitteemeeting the mainspeakeronfirstday. Minovesreportedfrom oorer P vernments, butalsounderglobalorganisedcrime. continent notonlysuffersunderinterventionist eople toProtectThemselves of the networkinareahumanandcivilrights. rights, whichformsthebasisofastrongerengagement discussed andadoptedapolicypaperonhumancivil After thespeechofMoreno,membersRELIAL registration documentswereeasytobuyorfake. the old systemofformalregistrationtaxiswhere were already offeringahigherlevelofsecuritythan phone-based taxiservicessuchasTaxi BeatorUber unsafe areasortoshareamoresecuretaxi.Smart users andenablethemtowaitforabustogetherin example withsmartphoneappsthatlinkpublictransport through ingenioususeofmoderndaytechnology, for “
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Protecting Human Rights | 55 Freedom Is… Blazing New Trails Blazing New Trails | 58 “Praja” =Citizen! Success Story: Foundat ion. cooperates successfully withthemediaand The citzen’snat ive “Praja”, based inMumba, empower citizens toparticipateinthepolitical processby a newlyproduced guidetothehousingshortage: “We tion, explainsthe aimsofhismovementwiththe helpof Nitai Mehta,thefounderanddirector oftheorganisa and recommendationsfrom“Praja”. politicians arenolongerableto ignoretheinvestigations are interestedintheinvestigative reportsbytheNGOand (NGO) inthisIndiancityof20 million people.Themedia respected andinfluentialnon-governmentorganisations for acitizen’s initiativethatisbynowone ofthemost “Praja” means“citizen” inSanskrit–anappropriatename crime andtherule oflawinMumbai.Thecity had be In November, “Praja” presenteditslatestreportabout dents”, MilindMhaske says. politicians aresittingattheirschool desksjustlikestu political consultancyandeducation: “At ourseminars, from publishingpoliticalanalyses “Praja”isalsoactivein dialogue”, explainsprojectdirector MilindMhaske.Apart „Our reportslaythefoundations foragenuinepolitical P “Praja” MakesGenuine wrong place–“Praja”isindependentandincorruptible. tried toinfluencethereports.Buttheyhavecome an election”, claimsNitaiMehta.Some,therefore,have grade from“Praja”canbedecisivefortheoutcomeof also giveanaccountoftheirvotingbehaviour. “A bad times representativeswereabsentfrommeetings,but evaluated. Thesereportcardslistnotonlythenumberof mance andqualityoftheelectedrepresentativesare containing so-calledreportcardswithwhichtheperfor In addition,“Praja”producesaseparatepublication, taken inMumbaithatwillalsoaffectthestate. a federal structureandmanyimportantdecisionsare government ofthestateMaharshtra,sinceIndiahas In thisway, “Praja”intendstoalsoinfluencethestate huge bureaucracy. ment, inthiscasethemunicipaladministrationwithits the localelectedrepresentativesaswellgovern it: Praja’s reportsarepublicisedbythemediaandreach tions. Theempiricaleffortisgreat,buttheresultworth and evaluatedthroughinnumerableresearchinvestiga and thehousingshortageisbeingpainstakinglycollected about municipalservices,publicsafety, thehealthsystem cramped surroundingsattheircomputers.Information In Praja’s officeincentralMumbai,20staffsit of anElection Praja’s ReportsCanBeDecisivefortheOutcome focus ofhiscitizen’s initiative. actions areessentialforreachingthatgoal;thisisthe – notonlyonelectionday”. Transparency andresponsible wants toachieve,“thatcitizensbecomepoliticallyactive providing informationanddifferentperspectives”. Praja ossible –evenbetweenElections olitical P articipation by theFoundation. open abranchinthecapitalofDelhi–activelysupported But thereisanotherimportantproject:“Praja”wantsto well andtocallforpoliticalaction. elected primeministerofthestateMaharashtra,as toprevail.” Heplanstopresentthereportnewly the citizenadvocateNitaiMehta,“theruleoflawhas justice. “We needmorepoliceonthestreets”,demands such asmurderandrapethecriminalsarebroughtto unsolved violentcrimes.Inonly8%ofseriouscrimes are particularlyalarmedaboutthehighnumberof figure isevenhigherforpublictransport.“Praja”activists this report,37%ofpeoplefeelunsafeonthestreets; ference ontelevisionandinnewspapers.Accordingto interested journalistswhoreportedfromthepresscon come veryunsafe,NitaiMehtastressedinfrontofmany Great mediainterestinPraja/officeMumbai “We Nitai Mehta political participate inthe citizens empower to process“
Blazing New Trails | 59 Blazing New Trails | 60 Heard Making Freedom of Techno – theRegionalOfficePotsdam Remembers25Years Liberate imagnat ion: ACongresson“LiberalLanguage” Electronic musicianDJMaryJane over Europe.At the sametime,astatedisintegrated first “loveparade” madeBerlin’s technomusicknownall air dance-floor, playingnew electronicdancemusic.This event totransformthe“Kudamm” inBerlinintoanopen harmony”, asmallgroupofmusicians startedanannual years ago,undertheprovocative motto“peace,joyand a video show, apaneldiscussion–andbymemories:25 Villa inPotsdam notjustbyelectronicbeats,butalso Freedom”. Guests weredrawntothegardenofTruman the musicinopeningeventofseries“Musicand Berlin-Brandenburg thatwasreasonenoughtofeature life, butalsothesoundoffreedom.Forregionaloffice In theyearsofreunification,technowasnotjustaway Dr. Motteand25Y ears ofT echno some statistics: Most Germansfeltfreethesedays –even granted intheFederal Republic.Petersen contributed return toparliament quickly. Freedomisbeingtaken for ion-forming inGermany”,orderto helptheLiberalsto proach was“usefulwhenmanaging theprocessofopin for actionsavailabletothem.”Such a“workman-like”ap selves tobefree“whentheyare satisfiedwiththeoptions lined definitionof“freedom”: People consideredthem As anintroduction,DushanWegner putforwardastream cel Hafke. family affairsoftheFPDparliamentarygroupNRWMar tion consultantfromMunster, and thespokespersonfor advisor DushanWegner, ChristianeGeuting,communica Schnaas, chiefreporterof“Wirtschaftswoche”,political lensbach InstituteforPublicOpinionResearch,Dieter tened topresentationsbyThomasPetersen fromtheAl liberal communicationtools.Around50participantslis theme of“LiberalLanguage”withtheaimsharpening in theTheodorHeussAcademy, concentrated onthe The 4thconferenceonliberalism,thattookplaceinJuly Liberal Language > electronic soundsofDJMaryJane. of theGriebnitzsee –accompaniedbyspherical- The eveningfinishedwithareceptionontheshore about herownmusicalfreedom. capital BerlinfromSaarlandinthemid-1990s,spoke tronic musicandwhomovedtothereunifiedGerman Wieprecht. TheDJMaryJane,whospecialisesonelec The eventwaschairedbyRadioOnepresenterVolker tation, showinghowliberatingtechnofeltatthetime. In theTruman Villa,theDJgaveamulti-mediapresen scene today. Atfirst,itwasDr. Mottewhotookthelead. this newmusicwhichstillcharacterisesBerlin’s clubbing spaces –mainlyemptyfactoriesprovidedahomefor whose politicshaddividedthecity. Theresultingfree mannstiftung/sets/72157647389787821/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/friedrichnau Impressions canbeseenat: communication strategy. gative connotations,thetermcannotberescuedbyany “neo-liberalism”, originallysopowerful:Becauseofne here andnow. Thisincludeswavinggoodbyetotheterm the imagination”(Schnaas)foravibrantliberalismin to avoidstereotypesandoldmistakes–“liberate The conferenceshowedhowliberalterminologyisshifting needed anewconcept. and politicalfreedomswerenolongertwins;liberalism however, haddevelopedanti-middleclasstraits.Economic a misunderstanding;the“turbo”-varietiesofcapitalism, Against thisbackground,hecalledtheegotisticliberalism as aprerequisiteforfreedom,DieterSchnaasadded. the Allensbachpollssince1982.Manyseesocialsecurity that aliberalpartyisneeded–thisthelowestfigurein the term“liberal”. Only19% ofGermanscurrentlyagree of freedom.TheFDPhadthereforelost“sovereignty”over “bureaucracy” wasgenerallynotperceivedtobean “ freedom“ prerequisite for security asa Many seesocial Dieter Schnaas Woyke andSebastianHahn(fromleft) Dr ErikMeyer, MarcelHafkedL,ProfDrWichard
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Blazing New Trails | 61 Blazing New Trails | 62 Comic StripHero Erasmus as Brussels hasbeenagreat success. competiton heldby theDialogueProgrammen raise the Europe-wearyfrom ir sleep. Thecomic With “ Animate Europe”theFoundation wants to Europe. in Brussels announced aspecialcompetition:Animate to actively promote theEU,DialogueProgramme To fightthe growingdisenchantmentwithEuropeand was hardtobear. marked byindifferenceoreven hostility –forliberalsthis modest, theenthusiasmforEurope low, themoodoften much democracyinEurope.And yet,theturnoutwas EU-citizens in28memberstates.Therehasneverbeenso free, secretanddirectelectionsbymorethan500million On 25thMay, theEuropeanParliament waselected,in
“Erasmus andtheSeal”,createdby26-yearold filled thespeechbubbleswithEnglish.Thecomicstrip in Germany, drewthestoryofaDutchphilosopher and bodies theessenceofEurope:HewasborninItaly, lives The winnerofthecomiccompetition,MarcoTabílio, em for Everyuropean Comics IllustratelearlythatEuropeIsRelevant liberty. thought andpromotesEuropeasaprojectofpeace in timesofcrisis:anewmediumthatoffersfoodfor believes. ThiswaspreciselywhataliberalEuropeneeded politics”, theGermantelevisionauthorThorstenErnst those whoarenotinterestedinredtapeandabstract room. “ComicsmakethetopicofEuropeaccessibleto ment ofthenewssectionandputsitrightintoliving irony, removestheEuropeanideafromsterileenviron differences. Suchacomicstripthatleavesroomforsome is astripabout“terriblynicefamily”thatovercomesits into thepopularlanguageofcomicstrips–oneexample Animate Europetranslatestheideaandvisionof politics orcommittedtotheideaofaunitedEurope. research, throughoutEuropeislessandinterestedin ans –whichispreciselytheagegroupthat,accordingto European politicaleducationcanreachyoungerEurope has beenasuccessfulexperiment:Comicstripsastoolsof occasions andforumstotakea(fresh)lookatEurope.It citizens tolookbeyondtheirnationalborders,offering The newcomiccompetitionisdesignedtohelpEuropean ment forEuropeanP The ComicStripBecomesanInnovativeInstru “ Thorsten Ernst politics“ interested inredtape andabstract accessible to thosewhoarenot Comics makethetopic ofEurope olitical Education
relations. explain Europeandcontributetoimprovingtransatlantic there, in thelandofWalt Disney, thecomicscanhelpto crossing theoceanforatourthroughUSA.Even The journeywillcontinuein2015, firsttoVienna,before Forum oftheEuropeanParliament inStrasbourg. at thecomicsfairinErlangen,schoolsorYouth and hasattractedmorethan34,000visitors,forexample comic strip heroeshastouredmorethan30placessofar internet. Themobileexhibitionofthefreshlydrawn sold outandthousandsclickonAnimateEuropethe that waspublishedwiththeshortlistedentriesisnearly artists andaspecialistaudience.Thecomicstripbook However, AnimateEuropenotonlyappealedtofellow Europe”. “to bring tolifedifferentpersonalandpoliticalviewson confirmed inwordandimage”. Comicshadthepower Paul Gavrett found“thestory-tellingskillsoftheartists ber oftheinternationalexpertjury. TheBritishwriter of thePolish cartoonistMarzenaSowa,whowasamem “Comics canbringacrossseriousissues”,wastheverdict strip asserts. “Good ideas needdoubt!”,thecleversealincomic comics offeradifferentperspectiveontheseissues. differences betweenSouthernandNorthernEurope.The Borders, migration,monetaryunion,mobilityandthe Their discussion focusesonimportantissuesforEurope: discussing Europewithasealinthebellyofwhale. philosopher oftheenlightenment,ErasmusRotterdam, cartoonist, illustratorandvideoartist,showsthegreat
Blazing New Trails | 63 A Scholarship from the Foundation Means Autonomy “This is liberalism in action: Based on
> mutual respect, trust INITIATIVE INTEGRATION “T hank for believing and enthusiasm for > IMPORTANCE OF REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIP in me and for sup innovative ideas” STRATEGY FORUM CONVENTION Büsra Okcu, porting me in gain undergraduate scholarship, Mareike König, undergraduate social work, ing self-confidence” At strategy forums and in structural meetings, I gained an insight into the varied scholarship holder since 2012, Berlin engagement of scholarship holders: all young people, who take their opportunities to psychology, Mannheim be creative! I am now member of the Representative Council to ensure that the circumstances for their commitment remain favourable. For me the scholarship first of all means autonomy. In addition, it is important for me to have the confidence and trust While the strategy forum is responsible for conceptual planning, the Representative Council of the staff of the scholarship department who always guided and supported me. The interest shown in me, the core is elected at the convention, where also large projects such as national and international competencies that I have acquired and the support for networking have contributed to a strong foundation for my future academies are agreed. This is liberalism in action: Based on mutual respect, trust and career as a researcher, which I can use as a basis for assuming my liberal and social responsibilities. For example, I am enthusiasm for innovative ideas, time and again we launch great projects together. now an active member of the Forum for Islamic Scholarship Holders. As a scholarship holder I also had the opportunity to meet the German President Joachim Gauck! Thank you so much for believing in me and supporting me in developing confidence in myself! The exchange with other scholarship holders is valuable since one shares common but also different experiences and can grow as a person by developing new perspectives. As coordinator of the Initiative Integration I have great pleasure in making our motto “Integration as a two-way process” accessible to the general public through debates, seminars and essays. The scholarship department gives us the opportunity to voice and realise our ideas. A trusting and harmonious way to in teract brings about a productive working atmosphere, which in turn strengthens the desire to actively contribute to society.
In 2013 my fellow scholarship holders elected me to the Representative Council, our governing body. I learned how to plan, organise and evaluate events and how to be crea tive outside my own area of research. I saw this above all as an opportunity to gain international leadership experi ence outside my home country. In the Representative
> Council, I was the contact person for my fellow PhD stu dents and responsible for the magazine “Freiraum” and The support of the scholarship department meant for the international scholarship holders. I particularly en
me that I was able to concentrate on my master the joyed being part of the organising team of the introduc sis and my related involvement with the organisation INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY > tory events in Potsdam. Jangu in Uganda without having to worry. IMPORTANCE OF SCHOL REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL In this way, the Foundation also supports me in my per The highlight of 2014 was the 10-day long interna ARSHIP ACADEMY FOR PHD STUDENTS sonal development – a special privilege for me as a for (PARTICPANT) tional academy in Kenya and Uganda where 22 Etienne Salborn, eign post-graduate scholarship holder. I work with tal scholarship holders experienced an exciting political SEMINAR FOR INTERNATIONAL ented people from Germany and all over the world and Katarzyna Plucinska, Promotionsförderung, Slawistik, Bamberg, seit 2014 in derundergraduate Förderung, scholarship SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS safari. My personal goal was to gain the kind of since 2012, share my thoughts beyond disciplinary boundaries. During insights into lifeP inreisträgerin East-Africa thatdes Umedianiversitätspreises cannot „PUSH“ für besondere Leistungen der Universität INTRODUCTIONARY EVENT the 5-day “iProm” post-graduate academies I received Bamberg im Jahr 2014 political sciences, convey. I have made contacts on that trip that are Innsbruck Clement Compaore, post-graduate valuable feedback for my doctoral thesis. 65 64 | helpful for my charitable commitments even once the scholarship holder since 2013, In December 2014, I organised a 3-day seminar for inter scholarship period is over. Our group also became in German as a Foreign Language national scholarship holders with the aim of bringing to fected by the positive energy of the people there who gether different liberal representatives from the cultural are faced with enormous social, economic and politi sector to discuss democracy and human rights. It was a cal challenges. For many of us, Europe and East Africa wonderful experience. came a bit closer to each other. B lazing N ew T rails B lazing N ew T rails | Blazing New Trails | 66 Party Programme Participation asa can be. showed howsuccessfulinternalparty democracy The “FirstLiberalY outh Conference”inThessalonk sentatives ofthe Europeanliberalyouthorganisation young peoplefrom acrossEurope.Together withrepre the “EuropeanYouth Capital”(EYC)of 2014, attracted civil societyorganisationsmetin Thessalonikiwhich,as sixty delegatesfromliberalstudent groups,partiesand the FriedrichNaumannFoundation forFreedom.Over ence” inSeptember, organisedbytheGreece-projectof This wasthebackgroundto “1stLiberalYouth Confer the decisionmakingprocessoftenexistonpaperonly. elections. Therightsofpartymemberstoparticipatein political programmetotheselectionofcandidatesfor who determinethedirectionoftheirparties,from membership, inGreeceitistherespectivepartyleaders works participate. ThepoliticalsysteminGreece,though, and bya widerangeofopportunitiesforcitizensto openness andtransparencyofthepoliticalprocess, Modern, democraticsocietiesarecharacterisedby differently. Evenaftermorethan30yearsofEU
for apro-Europeanorientationoftheirhomeland. their establishedcolleagues.Finally, theyarguedforcefully education andadministrationsystem,ontheagendaof investmentfriendly climateandreformsoftheGreek delegates alsoputjobcreation,throughprovidingan from theeverpresentsystemofstateintervention.The not onlymanyeconomicreforms,butalsoamoveaway liberals toallmembersoftheGreekparliamentdemanded The finaldeclarationthatwassentbytheGreekyoung political reforms,theresultsareevenmoreimportant.” since thiswasnotasimulation,butconcreteworkon joined thediscus-sionsinworkinggroups.“However, Spyros Pengas summedupafterhehadenthusiastically in thepoliticalprocess”,vicemayorofThessaloniki “This wasanimportantlessonondemocraticparticipation practised asamatterofcourseinmanyEuropeanparties. grassroots decision-makingcanbedone–andhowitis the inflexibleoldguardhowinternalpartydemocracyand passionate. Thecommittedyoungpoliticiansthusshowed initially inworkinggroups.Thedebatetheplenarywas istrative reforms,andGreece’s roleintheEuropeanUnion, against unemployment,educationandinnovation,admin the themesofeconomicdevelopmentandfight Before theplenarydiscussion,participantsdiscussed Democratic –andP The P Northern Greeceavailablefortheoccasion. Yannis Boutarismadethecouncilchamberofthiscityin the Greekparliamentandgovernment.Mayor LYMEC, theydiscussedalistofdemandstomembers olitical DebateoftheY assionate oung W as Exemplary Spiros Pengas, vicemayorofThessaloniki munal orregionallevelandtosuccessfullyseekelection. tivated severalparticipantstobecomeactiveonthecom and campaigns.TheFNFyouthseminarshavealreadymo uses roleplaytoprepareparticipantsforpoliticaldebates supported, forexample,byanexpertinpublicspeaking, practical experience.Acampaignandstrategyconsultant and lead workshops,whereasSun-daysareallaboutthe oriented speakersgivelectures,holdpaneldiscussions a theoretical andpracticalpart.OnSaturdays,liberal society activities.Everyseminarweekendisdividedinto eral ideasandencouragedtoengageinpoliticalorcivil times annually. Hereyoungpeopleareintroducedtolib held overfourweekendsandtakeplacetwoorthree Youth Seminars”. Theseareaseriesofseminarswhich The 1stLiberalYouth Conferencewasprecededby“Liberal Economic Reforms Y oung GreeksDemandaPro-European “ political process“ participation inthe lesson ondemocratic This was animportant Spiros Pengas olicy and
Blazing New Trails | 67 Open debates
Freedom Is… Open debates | 70 in theMiddleEast of FoundationActivities Years 30 in theJerusalemoffice Israelis andP of thecompetition T sipi Livni,IsraeliMinisterofJustice2013 -2014 /the winningpictures alestinans workngunderoneroo f Bank and theGazaStrip, duringtheceasefire. anniversary of cooperationwith partnersintheWest Foundation’s activitiesinIsraelaswell asthe20th managed tocelebratethe30th anniversaryofthe salem, whichisresponsiblefor Israel andPalestine, Despite theheatedpoliticalclimate, theofficeinJeru successful in2014. the Foundationinthisdifficult regionwereonceagain versaries cannotbemoved,andthetenaciouseffortsof managers topostponeorevencancelevents.Butanni Gaza conflictthatflareduprepeatedlyforcedtheproject look backonadifficultyear. The violence relatedtothe dom inIsraelandtheAutonomousPalestine Territories The staffoftheFriedrichNaumannFoundationforFree
permanent endtotheconflict. a continuation ofthedialogue,sothattherecouldbe 2014. Inapassionate speechsheappealedurgentlyfor talks untiltheyweresuspendedintheearlysummerof minister ofjustice,wasthechiefnegotiatoratpeace The IsraelipoliticianTsipi Livni,untilDecember2014 contribution tothefailure. own perspectives,seeminglyunabletoperceivetheir obvious towhatextentbothsideswerecaughtintheir lack ofsuccessinsearchforpeace.Yet again,itbecame At botheventspoliticiansanddiplomatsdiscussedthe P Without RealDialogueThereillnotbe versary on 17thSeptember. partner “BeFreeIsrael”tocelebratethe30thanni accepted theinvitationfromFoundationandits In West Jerusalem,morethan70 friendsandpartners activities intheconflictregions. in the regionarehavingseparateofficestomanage arrangement isunique;theotherGermanfoundations East JerusalemneartheGreenLine.To thisday, this the winningpicturesofcompetition united thePalestine andIsraelprojectunderoneroofin - atthattimepromisingpeaceprocess,theFoundation with Palestinian partners.Oneyearlater, inspiredbythe from 1994,theliberalfoundationbegancooperating celebration inRamallah.OneyearaftertheOsloAccords friends fromtheworldofpoliticsandcivilsocietyfora On 16thSeptember, theFoundationinvitedpartnersand eace quarters inPotsdam in May2015. ing Tel AvivinMarch2015 andtheFoundation’s head The exhibitiontravelsthroughthecountrybeforereach audience. Hanan BarAssulinbecamethefavouriteofonline topic ofreligiontouchedanerve.Thephotographby ent posters advertisingtheeventweretorndown–appar from morethan600entries.Evenbeforetheopening, between stateandreligion.Ajuryselectedthebestones in Jerusalemcaughtthetenseandcomplexrelationship nals aswellamateurs–illustratethemultifacetedlife The 22photostakenbyIsraeliphotographers–professio with fire”. Temple Mount:“Thosewhoseekupheavalareplaying Klitz, warnedagainstchangingthestatusquoon At theopening, Foundation’s countrydirector, Walter ded the exhibitiontobeasymbolofreconciliation. the Friedrich NaumannFoundationforFreedominten Taking placetothebackdropofbombingsandattacks, the resultsofacompetitionorganisedbyFoundation. organised bytheJerusalemofficeinNovember, showing include thephotoexhibition“Religion*Freedom*City*”, The achievementsoftheFoundation’s workinIsrael Religion andStateT Photo CompetitionontheDelicateSubjectof „ ly, thesomewhatunfamiliarapproachtodelicate end to theconflict” can beapermanent tinue, sothat there Dialogue hasto con Tsip Livn the winningpicturesofcompetition
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Open debates | 71 Open debates | 72 Questions AboutFreedom liberalsm. – inBerln,thefocuswas onto day’s relevanceof office LübeckputEuropeansecurityontheagenda Prompted by conflictzonesworl dwide, theregional about T Cécile Bonnet(right)andDrPetra Beckmann-Schulzattheevent unisia inSchwerin cal organisation andparticipationinthecountry. seminars andindividual counsellingandhelpswith politi revolution. Theproject supportswomeninTunisia through the developmentofwomen’s rightsinTunis afterthe “Democracy NeedsWomen”, tookpartinadebateabout the FDP inSchwerinandregionalsponsor fortheproject to offer: InJanuary, CécileBonnet,localcouncillorfor The regionalofficeinLübeck,however, hadmuchmore crisis intheUkraine. focusing onthefutureofEuropeanintegrationand taking placeinKiel,Greifswalke,FredeburgandNeustadt, held inHamburg.Thiswasthefirstaseriesofevents policy inthecontextofglobalcrisesandconflictswas In February, apaneldiscussionon Europeansecurity Discussing troublespots
groups insocietyfinancially. should bewillingandabletobettersupportvulnerable As one oftherichestcountriesinworld,Germany and politicians reallyhadtouseothercriteriaaswell. ments tobepeggedthepriceindex.Unionofficials Schneider calleditunfairforgovernmenttransferpay as a scenario,“howarewegoingtodealwiththat?” the publicpoolneedsrenovating”,Schneiderdeveloped of redistribution.“Thereisarichmaninthevillageand But Schneiderwasnotsatisfiedandbroughtuptheissue most oftheiropportunitiesineveryphaselives. cies weretheonesthatsupportedpeopleinmaking Lindner didnothavetothinktwice:Themostsocialpoli “Tagesspiegel”, whowaschairingthedebate. asked Stephan-AndreasCasdorff,editorinchiefofthe tinued provocatively:“Whatissocialaboutliberalism”, of theFoundation’s BoardofDirectors,theeveningcon After theintroductionbyWolf-Dieter Zumpfort,member band“ UlrichSchneider. director ofthe„DeutscherParitätischer Wohlfahrtsver FDP ChristianLinderandeducationalistmanaging the debateinSeptemberbetweenchairmanof “Freedom wasyesterday?”,theBerlin“Tagesspiegel” called for ourTimes? Is FreedomRelevant World”, whichwillbecontinuedin2015 inKiel. Security Policy, “Transformations andConflicts inthe of eventsorganisedincooperationwiththe focusing on“UkraineandRussia”. Thiswaspartofa series heavals wasalsothethemeofaneventinDecemberKiel, How todealwithcrises,conflictsandinternationalup an-Arab Association. was organised incooperationwiththeEuro-Mediterrane tries andtheupheavalsinArabworld.Theevent discussion aboutthesituationintheirrespectivecoun consul oftheRepublicTunisia, tookpartinapanel the Arab RepublicofEgypt,andMohamedImedTorjemane, Ahmed MohamedEzzatAbdelhakim,consulgeneralof debate aspartofthe“HamburgCulturalConversations”. In March,twopoliticiansfromNorthAfricametfora Institute for which concentratesonpeople’s freedom. force whichisagainststatecontrolandcollectivism institutionalised liberalisminGermany”,i.e.apolitical cold language,concededsomewhatsurprisingly“weneed Schneider, whoaccusedtheFDPofusingtechnicaland laws andcoercion. egoistical andthereforehadtobemadeobedientthrough assume thatpeoplewerefundamentallyirresponsibleand and humanecommunity. Unlikeotherparties,hedidnot and werevoluntarilycontributingtoacohesive,inclusive people, Lindnerreplied,weredoingtheirdutyeveryday this could begoodforsociety. Evenandespeciallyfree - andputthequestiontoLiberalLindnerwhether Freedom alsoalwaysimplieschaos,Casdorffinterjected “
As aliberalIhave distrust them” people anddonot a positiveviewof Christan LindnerMemberofRegonalP Wohlfahrtsverband Christian LindnerandUlrichSchneider, DeutscherParitätischer arliament
Open debates | 73 Open debates | 74 Perspectives Liberal perspective onEuropeanpol itcs nHanover. counters, liberaltheatre providedapsychoanalyt ical While theTransatlantic Forumprovidedspace foren Political theatre:aEUfamilyconstellation
Poland, Estonia,Slovenia,Spainand Cyprus –andhow typical forthemember statesGreatBritain,Finland, an entertaining way whichnationalcharacteristics are In thisamusingperformance,the actorsdemonstratein family constellation isclear:Europehas tosucceed! the WGCtheatre.Theaimof psychotherapeutic countries aremeetingforasession offamilytherapyin direction offamilytherapistKatja Hensel,sevenEU the play“HowEuropeSucceeds”toHanover. Underthe Foundation, aproviderofliberalpolicytraining,brought For thesecondtimealreadyRudolfvonBennigsen P A EUFamilyConstellation olitical Theatre:“HowEuropeSucceeds.” Axel Hoffmann,ViceChairmanoftheBoard ofDirectors2003 –2014 and howthisimagevacillatesbetweenproanti- presented theimageGermansusuallyhaveofUSA– zinger, UScorrespondentforthenewspaper“DieWelt”, his pithyandopinionatedkeynotespeechRichardHer complicated theworkofincumbentUSpresident.In information aboutlossesoftheDemocraticParty, which House ofRepresentativesandtheSenate,provided tural phenomenasuchasthe‘incumbentbonus’in tions.” HeexplainedtheimportanceofAmericanstruc May andspokeabout“theUSAbeforethemid-termelec gave anintroductiontothefirst Transatlantic Forumin the USconsulgeneralinDusseldorf:StephenA.Hubler education eventsintheAcademy. Thisnumberincluded About 4,500peopletookpartinmorethan140political and aconferenceon“LiberalLanguage”. included aninternationalmeetingontransatlantictrade alism andofferperspectivesonfreedom.Thehighlights for Freedom’s preferredmeetingplacetoreflectonliber proved yetagaintobetheFriedrichNaumannFoundation In 2014, theTheodor HeussAcademyinGummersbach atlantic Encounters Space forTrans to ensurethatEuropecontinuesbeasuccess. for adiscussionwiththeactorsafterperformance– addresses attheopeningnight.Theywerealsoavailable ter-Jürgen RauandMEPGesineMeißnergavewelcoming directors oftheRudolfvonBennigsenFoundationPe The showwasasell-out.chairmanoftheboard sensus isthatEuropesucceeds. encouragement fromitsmembers–and,atlast,thecon bears fruit:She,i.e.it,theEUTreaty, receivesplentyof and theworkthatwasdoneonfamilyrelationships stance. Thedirector, Katja Hensel,herselfplaystheTreaty, reform treaty. Anditfeelssomewhatneglectedinitssub and hasbeensignedbythe(then)27members:EU and encourage.Until,atlast,theLisbonTreaty isthere tough jobforthetherapistHenseltoarbitrate,comfort EU candidateTurkey makesaguestappearance–itis often heatedargumentsofher‘clients’–eventheeternal the European communityofvalues.Givenlivelyand ever, howimportantpreciselythesedifferencesarefor these canleadtoconflicts.Theaudiencealsosaw, how been abletotake“theroadmodernlife”soeasily. minded theaudience,(West) Germanywouldnothave ing powerinNATO. WithouttheUSA,journalistre they dependedontheUSmilitaryprotectionaslead American “wayoflife”–andalsotheextenttowhich had forgottentheextenttowhichtheyprofitedfrom complacency”, Herzingerthinks,manyGermancitizens during thecrisisinUkraine.Intheir“newGerman noticeable today, forexampleinpro-Russiansympathies dations foranti-AmericanisminGermanywhichisstill mament. In Herzinger’s view, these protests laid the foun test againstUSpoliciesand,inthe1980s,rear took tothestreetsnotseeaUSpresident,butpro the anti-warprotests.Byendof1960s,Germans F. Kennedy in1963.ThencametheVietnamWar –and felt, wasthewildlypopularBerlinvisitbyPresidentJohn “big brother”. Thehighlight ofthisphase,thejournalist Cold War erawhentheFederalRepublicleanedonits Americanism. Herecalledthetimeofeuphoriaduring
“National community ofvalues” for theEuropean are important their differences characteristics and Katja Hensel
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Showing Responsibility Showing Responsibility | 78 Rights Against With Property Poverty Barun Mitra,presidentLibertyInstituteIndia liberal project supporting atruly the Foundation s farmers: India, become indepenent How poorpeasants make their ownclaims. project, whereindividuals havetoshowinitiative and own initiative.Officials areoftennottookeen on this Our initiativehardlyusestaxpayer’s money–werelyon vent the moneyfromevenreaching peopleinneed. subsidised bythestate.Corruption andinefficiencypre Most conventionalpovertyreduction programmesare poverty. Whatisthedifferencewiththis one? There aremanyprogrammesfightingrural Invest –andHaveNewSelf-Confidence and claimtheirrights.FarmerswithTitlestoLand other poorfarmers.Entirecommunitiesgainconfidence pumps. Theirincomesstartincreasingwhichencourages dig wells.Somemakeplanstobuysolar-poweredwater authorities. Thealsostarttoinvest,putupfencesand treated withrespectwhentheypresentthemselvestothe land titles,theirsituationhaschanged.Suddenly, theyare ered second-classcitizens.Sincesomefarmersacquired fear ofevictionbygovernmentagenciesandareconsid therefore notinvestingintheland.Theyliveconstant Many ofthefarmersdonotpossesspropertyrightsandare they farm.Howdoesthatwork? India, inclaimingpropertyrightstothelandthat Mr itra,Y Liberty Instituteabouttheproject. Meinardus, spokewithBarunMitra,presidentofthe officially. ThedirectorofFNF’s regionaloffice,Ronald Indian farmersintheirendeavourstoregisterland Naumann FoundationforFreedom,hasbeensupporting Since 2001, theLiberty Institute,apartneroftheFriedrich ou arehelpingmarginalisedfarmersin
proach isalsopolitically sosuccessful. the ground.Thisisreasonwhy ourap ship, butwasadoptedunderpressure from signed byanenlightenedpolitical leader the basisofourcampaignwasnot de ever: TheIndianlawfrom2006 that forms There isoneimportantdifference,how importance oftitledeedsintoaccount. Yes, wetrytotakehistheoryonthe Are youfollowinghisideas? rights and economicdevelopment. relationship betweenproperty Hernando deSotopointedoutthe Especially theP demand protectionoftheirland. realise thattheyareequalcitizens–and state. Manypoorpeoplearebeginningto other hand,encouragedependencyonthe Subsidies andsocialprogrammes,onthe citizens ofafreeanddemocraticrepublic. political level:Theyperceivethemselvesas a completelynewconfidence–alsoonthe fight fortheirrightsascitizens.Thatinstils taking initiativeforthefirsttime!They of propertyrightsmanypeopleinIndiaare to thecontinuingdisregardforanderosion decades ofsufferingmarginalisationdue to makeclearthepoliticaldimension.After ever, Ithinkthatmanyliberalshavefailed dition foreconomicdevelopment.How Yes, Iwould.Propertyrightsareaprecon development. W property akeyfactorforeconomic property ahumanrightandprivate Liberals considertherightto eruvian economist ould youagree? “
haps ourapproach willinspireAfricatoo… Foundation’s regionaloffice inAfrica. Per Recently, wereceivedaninquiryfromthe national PropertyRightsIndex” in Hindi. and also,since2009,topublish the “Inter rights, throughseminarsandworkshops people ontheimportanceofproperty role inthisproject.Ithelpedustoeducate The Foundationhasplayedanimportant the Foundationforyou? important isthecooperationwith for Freedom manyyears.How Friedrich NaumannFoundation Y ou havebeenapartnerofthe Many poorIndiansare their civilrights” first timeandfightfor taking initiative forthe Barun Mitra
Showing Responsibility | 79 Showing Responsibility | 80 Climate IsaT policy ontheEgyptanagenda A newdialogueprojectinCaroputsenvronmental vironmental policies. discussed inpublic –thereisvirtuallynodiscourse onen scarce – isendangered. However, these issuesarerarely is en ticular affected bytheconsequencesof climatechange.Par this, themostdenselypopulated Arabcountry, isheavily given theunstablesitua-tion,itisalsodangeroussince such asglobalwarming.Whilethisisunderstandable all andthereishardlyanyinterestinmorecomplextopics in thissituation.Onlyafewissuesarebeingdiscussedat rent order. Thereisapricetopayforthis development.Cur nings. Thecountryhasembarkedontheroadtoanew unfortunately -alsoviolentyearsofpoliticalnewbegin Egypt islookingbackonafewturbulent,chaoticand– getting worseandthepurityof thewater–already vironmental pollutionisabigproblem. Theairquality ly, thecountryisdeeplydivided.Public debatesuffers ly inEgyptwithitsstillgrowing population, opic! to theentireproject. Thisengagementwiththe conse Climate Change inEgypt“whichwillformthe conclusion ing blocksaredesigned toleada„NationalAgenda on legisla-tion relatedtotheissueofthat year. Thesebuild publish theirownapproachesand draftproposalsfor change problem.Attheendofeach year, participants five years.Everyyear, thefocusisonadifferentclimate the timeframeforclimatechange projectinCairois Teambuilding andgroupworkneedstime, whichiswhy Time In fortheLongHaul:GenuineDialogueNeeds counteract anevendeeperdivisioninEgypt. have asustainableeffectonpoliticaldiscourse,butalso cooperation anddialogueactuallyworks,itcouldnotonly tives ofdifferentparty-politicalideologiesexperiencethat not justdiscussproblems,butsolvesthem.Ifrepresenta sense ofunityandeventuallycreatingateamthatdoes project andtoeachotherwiththeaimofencouraginga trum. Itisnowaquestionofcommittingthegroupto which makesitpossibletocoverabroadpoliticalspec operates withrepresentativesvariouspoliticalgoals, chartered territory:forthefirsttime,Foundationco With thisproject,theregionalofficeinCairoentersun sequences. they areequallyaffectedbyclimatechangeanditscon brella, mayhavedifferentideologicalbackgrounds,but dialogue partners,meetingundertheFounda-tion’s um of civil societycometogetherinajointdialogue.These presentatives oftheelevenimportantpoliticalparties unusual “all-party approach”here.Inthisproject,re Friedrich NaumannFoundationforFreedomfollowsan on Climate ChangeinEgypt“(NDCCE)comesin:The This iswheretheclimateproject“„NationalDialogue A GroupExperimentBridgesIdeologicalDivides protection backintothepublicdiscourse. important issuesofclimatechangeandenvironmental within theirpartiesandbe-yond–helpbringthe they continuetheenvironmentaldebateasmultipliers mental expertswithintheirrespectiveparties.Inthisway, develop anexpertise,whichwillqualifythemasenviron eration. Throughyearsofworkingtogether, participants an impactcanbefeltonthelevelofparliamentarycoop it iseffectiveonthelevelofsociety–otherhand, experience somethingasconstructiveinsteadofdivisive, one hand, whentheparticipantsfindaconsensusand quences ofclimatechangeworksintwoways:Onthe “Environmental Manfred Richter borders” stop at national that does not global problem pollution isa
Showing Responsibility | 81 Showing Responsibility | 82 „Life Chances“ Progress and and olphilosopherslook for answers. meaning oflberalsmto day? Y What didprogresslooklikeyesterday? What isthe Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenbergerwiththeawardees Professor DrLordRalfahrendorf,ChairmanoftheBoardirectors1982 -1987 oung photographers Höffe ismainly interested inthebasicvaluesof ademo Aristotle andKant toDahrendorf’s theory of“lifechances”. fried Höffefrom Tubingen whosemusingsrangedfrom This time,thekeynotespeakerwas thephilosopherOt The regional officeStuttgartwasin chargeoftheevent. tung”, organisedthe3rdLordRalf DahrendorfLecture. Foundation forFreedom,together withthe“BadischeZei the fifthanniversaryofhisdeath, theFriedrichNaumann On theoccasionofRalfDahrendorf’s 85th birthdayand Social IssuesasOpportunitiesforLiberals
of Presentand success ofthisnew jointeventbetweentheAssociation holders. “WhatIsProgress?”was thisyear’s topic.The took placeatthestartofball forthescholarship Naumann FoundationforFreedom holdseverytwoyears competition thattheVirtualAcademy oftheFriedrich For thefirsttimeever, theawardsceremonyforphoto “What IsProgress?“ aus vergangenenZeitenmitzunehmen.“ wenig langsamerzuhasten,umdenBlickunddieLehren oft untergehen.Sielassenunsdarübernachdenken,ein nach immerneuenInnovationeninderHektikdesAlltags denken anregen:„SiesehenvieleAspekte,dieimStreben gefühl derjungenPreisträgeraufundließsichzumNach Sabine Leutheusser-SchnarrenbergernahmdasLebens the debate aboutfutureofliberalism. This eveningbroughtsubstantialfoodforthought had to considerecologicalandfinancialsustainability. of the 21st century”. Suchacontemporaryliberalism “intergenerational fairnessasthenewsocialquestion called foran“enlightened liberalism”thatrecognizes Condition forFurtherOpportunities”. Thephilosopher Höffe theissueof“EducationasanOpportunityanda group oftheFDP/DVPHans-UlrichRülke,discussedwith Eucken Institute,andtheleaderofparliamentary The “economic guru”LarsFeld,directoroftheWalter editor-inchief ofthe“BadischeZeitung”ThomasHauser. panel discussionthatfollowed,whichwaschairedbythe core concepts,andtheissuewasalsotakenupby Lord Dahrendorf’s “lifechances”areamongsttheliberal place forlifechancesoropportunitiestoberealised. cratic societyandaskswhichconditionsneedtobein “ consider intergenerational fairness as thenewissueof21st century” An enlightenedliberalismhasto O tfried Höff us theviewsandlessonslearnt fromtimespast.” inspire ustoreflect,hurrya bit slowerandtotakewith of evernewinnovationsandour hecticeverydaylife.They life which weoftendon’tpayattentiontoinourpursuit awardees andreflected:“Theynoticemanyaspectsof Federal Ministerwasinspiredbythespiritofyoung be seen,nosmartphone,Googleglasses.”Theformer spectacular technologicalinnovations.Nocomputeristo progress”, theFDPpoliticiansaid.“Theydonotfocuson the photographsareimagesofpast,orratherpast of the contributionstothemeprogress:“Many She showedherselfimpressedbythequalityanddepth prizes tothefiveaward-winningyoungphotographers. also Leutheusser-Schnarrenbergerwhopresentedthe to theliberalcause–especiallyindifficulttimes.Itwas on thescholarshipholderstoshowpoliticalcommitment Justice SabineLeutheusser-Schnarrenberger(FDP)called As patronoftheVSAball,formerFederalMinisterfor Fleck. Elisabeth Lisa Wittmann,ArianHenning,RobertHammanand convinced bythequalityofentriesStellaDanek, incisive textwasalsorequired.Thejuryparticularly for them.Inadditiontoanexpressivephoto,ashortand They wereinvitedtodemonstratewhatprogressmeant petition wasopentoyoungpeoplefromalloverGermany. perfectly organisedthefestiveevening.Thephotocom Schulte: Together withhiscolleagueAnikaBonitzhe was mainlyduetotheheadofAcademy, Joachim Former ScholarshipHolders(VSA)andtheVirtualAcademy
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Transparent Structures For a Renaissance Report of the Board of Political Liberalism of Trustees
Interview with the chairman of the Foundation, For the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Wolfgang Gerhardt, about the future plans Freedom, 2014 was characterised by necessary of the Foundation changes
70% of the more or less 1,000 events taking place as part The aim was and is above all to position the Foundation of the educational programme in Germany, will deal with strongly enough to enable it to make a maximum con these themes, some in new event formats. In addition, tribution to the renaissance of political liberalism in training programmes for practical political action will Germany in the coming years. continue to be on offer. Public relation activities and the regional offices will receive more support and the In their three regular meetings, the Board of Trustees, as circulation of the magazine “liberal – Debates on Free the Foundation’s highest decision-making body chaired dom” will be increased. by Professor Jürgen Morlok, concentrated on discussing the strategy for the coming years. Based on preparatory Does the Foundation take a new approach to work done by the programme and finance committees, communication as well? the focus was on the thematic agenda, the format of Yes, that too. For 2015, a comprehensive expansion of events, the communication of the Foundation’s positions digital communication methods is planned. This includes and events as well as the finances necessary to carry out a new concept for the Foundation’s website, as well as a all these activities. In this way, the Board of Trustees in substantially expanded multimedia presence, to enable tensively supports the Board of Directors in initiating and a user-friendly marketing of Foundation events and posi implementing the transformation processes. tions. We should present a comprehensive picture of lib eral politics and attitudes and we are making use of a In several extraordinary meetings, the Boards decided on wide range of communication possibilities institutional changes: The Board of Trustees gradually
Dr Wolf-Dieter Zumpfort, Professor Dr Karl-Heinz Paqué, Sabine Leutheusser- becomes smaller and will have 21 members at the end of Schnarrenberger, Steffen Saebisch, Dr Wolfgang Gerhardt an Manfred Richter Does the Foundation have the necessary financial 2016, down from the current 29 members; at the end of (from left to right) resources for this programme? 2014, there were 26 members mainly from the sectors of In negotiations about the distribution of funds between politics, media, academia, marketing, small and medium Professor Dr Jürgen Morlok, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Wolfgang Gerhardt, What are the aims of the the political foundations from 2015 to 2018, our previous sized enterprise and culture. The reduction in the number Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in executive chairman Rolf Berndt achieved that our share of members of the Board of Directors happened already Overview of the Board of Trustees these difficult times for liberalism? has fallen only marginally, despite the FPD’s exit from the at the end of September 2014, when early elections took (as of 19/12/2014): The Friedrich Nauman Foundation for Freedom wants to German Parliament. In addition, the budget negotiations place; the Board of Trustees reconfirmed Wolfgang Ger make a noticeable contribution to the renaissance of for 2015 brought a positive result for the political founda hardt as the chairman. The position of executive chairman Chairman: political liberalism in Germany. The aim is to reach more tions, so that we have increased flexibility and scope to has been replaced by the role of chief executive officer: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Morlok and more people, who consider liberal ideas as solutions strengthen political liberalism in Germany. The Board of Directors in close cooperation with the to the everyday challenges of our time. At this point, I would like to thank Rolf Berndt not only Board of Trustees has asked former Secretary of State Honorary Chairman: for his successful negotiations for the distribution of Steffen Saebisch to take on that position. Dr. h. c. Walter Scheel How can these aims be reached? funds, but also for his tireless work during his 19-year The Board of Directors, that was newly elected in Septem tenure as executive chairman of the Board of Directors Vice Chairman / Chairwoman: ber, has begun together with the newly appointed chief and to wish him all the best in his well-deserved retire Prof. Dr. Ludwig Theodor Heuss und Liane Knüppel executive to quickly improve internal work processes in ment. Likewise, I warmly thank Irmgard Schwaetzer and
86 discussions with staff and our liberal environment. We Axel Hoffmann, who were active members of the Board of Other Members: | have also developed a new thematic agenda for the Directors, and showed such passionate commitment. I am Christel Augenstein, Dr. Gisela Babel, Dr. h.c. Hinrich 87 Foundation, which aims to clearly express the core looking forward to working with our new chief executive Enderlein, Richard Fudickar, Prof. Dr. Helmut Haussmann, competences of the liberals. Steffen Saebisch. It has started well and the Board of Di Dr. Peter Jeutter, Detlef Kleinert, Karl-Ulrich Kuhlo, rectors are working together as a closely-knit team. Alexander Graf Lambsdorff MEP, Heinz Lanfermann, What are the details of the new thematic Christian Lindner MdL, Michael Georg Link, Dr. Anita agenda? Maaß, Gisela Piltz, Walter Rasch, Dr. Horst Rehberger, In the coming years, the Foundation will focus on four Hermann Rind, Dr. Fritz Schaumann, Renate Schneider, core themes: Education, social market economy, open Dr. Hermann Otto Solms, Prof. Dr. Thomas Straubhaar,
S tructures t T ransparent society and European & international issues. More than Ruth Wagner, Joachim Werren S tructures | T ransparent Transparent Structures | 88 – – – – - – Their aims are,aboveall: ples ofsolidarity, subsi of afree anddemocraticconstitutionontheprinci work athomeandabroadarebasedontheprinciples grammes andtheirinformationpoliticalconsultancy system. Their they intendto contributethefutureofoursocial The Left. Infulfillingthetasksdefinedbytheirstatutes Bavaria, theAlliance90/TheGreenParty andtheparty Free Germany, TheSocialDemocraticParty ofGermany, the closely affiliatedtotheChristianDemocraticUnionof the Rosa LuxemburgFoundationarepoliticalfoundations Hanns SeidelFoundation,HeinrichBöllFoundationand dation, FriedrichNaumannFoundationforFreedom, The Konrad AdenauerFoundation,FriedrichEbertFoun a summaryoftheirstatement: as informationforthegeneralpublic.Thefollow Their jointdeclarationisaselfcommitmentandserves formulated theirposton. drafte theirself-conceptonanhave The politcalfoundations nGermanyhave Foundations of thePolitical The Self-conception research andconsultancy. through thesupportofsciencesandpolitical between science,politics,thestateandeconomy to To developessentialsofpoliticalactivity as well understanding between nationsthroughorganising To supportEuropeanintegration andcontributetothe scholarships and themain To promote theartsandculturethroughevents, and organisingtutoringprogrammes. of talented youngpeoplethrough granting scholarships To promote theacademiceducationandqualification political andsocialmove To researchthehistoryofpoliticalparties andthe involvement throughciviceducation. tions aswelltosupportandpromotetheirpolitical To achieveinterestamongcitizensforpolitical ques promote dialogueandthetransferofknowledge Democratic Party, theChristianSocialUnionof social anddemocraticeducationpro diarity andmutualtolerance. ments. tenance ofworks ofart. ing is of their self-identity aboveallintheareasofpublicfunding pass alaw. Inthisjointdeclaration,theydefine their President andnottowaitfortheGermanParliament to indepen the recommendations suggestedbyacommitteeof that thepoliticalfoundationsjointlyagreedtofollow tion ofthepoliticalfoundations.Itisalsoforthisreason use andtogivepublicaccountispartoftheself-concep The deploymentoftheirresourcestothegreatestpossible – and projects. that creation ofdemocratic,freeandrule-lawstructures To offerhelpindevelopmentandcontributetothe information andinternationalmeetings. serve humanandcivilrightsthroughprogrammes dent expertsthatwasinstalledbytheGerman activities andtheiraccountabilitytothepublic.
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Transparent Structures | 89 Transparent Structures | 90 Development ofFederalandStateFunding2006–2014 (2015 =planning) funds in2014 was€9millionhigherthanin2006. Taking therateofinflationintoconsideration,volumefinancial over thelastnineyears,thoughinrealtermsbyonly25,4%. from theFederalandStateGovernmentshavenominallyrisenby44.2% The fundsreceivedbytheFriedrichNaumannFoundationforFreedom The Meansto anEnd The LiberalBalance € € Nominal 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 10 0 5 Real 35,5 35,5 2006 35,8 36,4 2007 35,7 37,6 2008 37,4 39,8 2009 39,6 42,7 2010 40,1 43,9 2011 41,0 46,0 2012 42,3 48,3 2013 44,5 51,2 2014 in millionEuro 43,8 51,1 2015 million. FundsfromtheEUandotherstotalled1 compared tothepreviousyear. TheshareofFederalStatefunds1.8%totaldecreasedby0.1millionandtotalled1 from theFederalMinistryofEducationandResearch(BMBF)covered12.9%totalfunds,whichwasanincrease1 The fundsreceivedfromtheGermanForeignOfficedecreasedby10.6millioncomparedto2013. Thatis5.7%oftotalfunds.Funds 2013. 22.3%offunds,1 Federal MinistryforEconomicCo-Operation&DevelopmenttofundtheFoundation’s coretasks.Thiswas11.0millionmorethanin In 2014, theFriedrichNaumannFoundationforFreedomreceivedfundstotalling154.3million.51.6 %ofthefundscamefrom Sources ofFunding for 2.4%ofthetotalincome.Otherrevenuescontributed3.3%,fallingfrom1 2015 2014 2013 Structure ofFunds2013 € € € 2013 Plan 2015 24,9 28,0 27,0 2014
BMZ 12.1million,camefromtheFederalMinistryofInterior. 11,8 12,1 10,4
BMI / 2014 (2015 =planning) 6,3 3,1 3,7 1.3millionandwerehence1 AA 7,0 7,0 6,0
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in millionEuro Other Funds 1.0 57,1 54,3 52,3 Total
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18,1 % Head Office,Adminstration: Liberal Archive,Research: Mediterranean Countries Domestic CivEducation: PR, Publications: Transregional: Latin Amerca: Scholarships: in millionEuro in millionEuro in millionEuro Africa: SOOE: Asia: 8,2 7,4 1,6 1,1 8,1 6,9 5,3 3,3 3,3 4,2 4,9 and conferences. ternational visitingprogrammes for Leadershipaswellthein Office, theInternationalAcademy and theNorthAmericaRegional ties oftheEuropeanInstitutions “transregional” coverstheactivi received. Thesegmenttitled million was53.8%oftotalfunds The totalexpenditureof1 13.6 %oftotalrevenues. dation’s infrastructure,were the administration ofFoun international workaswell steering oftheFoundation’s including theplanningand The expensesfortheHeadOffice, revenues. in 2014. Thiswas46.2%oftotal penditure totalled1 The Foundation’s domesticex otal: Total: T T otal: 54,3 otal: 29,2 25.1 million 29.2 25,1
Number GermanScholarshipHolders Scholarship Fundsin2014 Promoting theFuture und desAuswärtigenAmtes(827.0001 Promovierenden. Insgesamtwurden1031 StipendiatenmitMittelndesBundesministeriumsfürBildungundForschung (7.125.6751 „Die Begabtenförderungerhielt2014 etwasüber7,9Mio.1 eingespart. umgesetzt. ImInlandwurdeninsgesamtvierStellen notwendigen Personalabbau. DieserwurdeinTeilen auch neun Monaten geprägtdurchdieDiskussionenzueinem Die Personalarbeit desJahres2014 warin denersten Staff tructure The BasisforSuccess Funds T Total: otal: fehlt € € 1031 7,9 167 780 0,8 2,0 5,1 84 Foreign ScholarshpHold ers AA ) gefördert.“ BMBF Postgraduates BMBF Postgraduates für dieFörderungvondeutschenundausländischenStudierenden BMBF Undergrauates + BMBF Undergrauates 165,5 55,5 fehlt 110
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Transparent Structures | 93 Transparent Structures | 94 The FoundationinFigures in 2013 Total Accruals andDeferredItems T · · · Circulating Assets T · FinancialAssets · T · Fixed Assets Ergebnisvortrag Addition toaccrued reserves restructuring results 6.169,95 Item inthebudgetline the previousyear 9.228.119,95 Profit carriedforwardfrom Jahresfehlbetrag -208.329,27 T and Outlays Extraordinary Expenditure Other Expenses Non-Personnel Expenses Expenses Domestic Personnel Projects Statutory Activities, Expenditure Assets
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16.412.533,44 16.876.643,95 20.488.742,93 20.479.267,75 35.089.445,04 14.919.496,90 15.539.679,90 50.612.107,30 48.590.788,46 4.046.196,69 3.566.669,90 9.024.407,90 9.228.119,95 5.366.525,72 9.263.532,63 8.786.060,69 3.194.851,97 2.831.423,03 1.076.714,54 1.034.166,05 31.12. 2013 827.144,72 416.322,00 302.798,00 891.563,91 24.200,00 20.100,00 30.012,80 35.953,90 -1.552,73 1.040,00 31.173,09 2013 2012 As of 5 5 34.377.160,05 9.428.276,67 4.957.716,34 -198.244,70 31.12. 2012 438.678,29 715.146,87 -1.912,02 As of 0,00 5
· ReserveFunds information werepublished intheFederalGazetteon07.01.2014. Foundation’s annualaccountsfor2013 includingsupplementary experts commission -appointedbytheGermanpresident According tothe17 February1993 recommendationbythe independent T 428.191,81 -936.821,67 Allowances forFixedAssets Special AllocationforInvestment Revenues andeturns Extraordinary Other Revenuesandeturns Participants Fees Income fromDonations T Income Total Accruals andDeferredItems Obligations Accrued Liabilities for FixedAssets Special InvestmentAllowance funding thatarenotasyetfinalandhencecannotbeassessed. value-adjustment liabilities(aslaiddownbytheregulationsgoverning The “otherassets”listedundertotalassetsmaypartlycorrespondwith T · Profitcarriedforward · Restructuringresults · Foundation’s Assets T Liabiltes otal Subsidies otal otal Income otal Assets
20.488.742,93 20.479.267,75 9.185.397,56 9.391.726,83 50.403.778,03 48.392.543,76 48.956.275,06 4.398.805,25 2.939.400,00 2.447.300,00 3.549.653,00 3.724.241,00 9.024.407,90 9.228.119,95 1.088.360,14 31.12.2013 162.000,00 415.487,12 299.083,92 243.264,10 632.704,61 481.054,70 484.366,79 -6.169,95 0,00 63.015,84 5.159,61 As of 2013 2012 5 5 47.105.870,33 4.616.916,00 1.074.008,80 31.12.2012 153.590,55 10.016,33 32.414,90 As of 5 5 and ExpensesintheBugetary Year2015 Summary ofAllExpectedRevenues
4. OtherRevenues 5.245.532,00 3. P 2. Donations 1 III. ExpectedBalancefortheYear Total 1. ExpensesAccordingtotheFoundation’s StatutoryW II. Expenses T t t 1. T I. Revenues 4. ExpenditureonInvestment -181.160,00 managementandMaintenanceofPropertiesBuildings runningCosts 3. FunctionalAdministrativeExpenses 2. DomesticP Including alldirectlyrelatedpersonnelcostsforinternationalstaff otal ransfers andAllowances articipants Fees 347.869,00
Further FinancingInstitutions International Co-operation Scholarships forUndergraduatesandPostgraduates Civic andSocialEducation -57.128.434,00 Other FunctionalAdministrativeCosts Public Relations ransfers fromStateAuthoritiesandOtherInstitutions ransfers fromFederalMinistries ersonnel Expenses -9.471.000,00 1
ork / Project Expenses 57.128.434,00 -29.165.392,00 50.085.075,00 -7.267.675,00 -4.273.068,00 -3.845.933,00 -1.109.660,00 -1.770.051,00 464.157,00 966.801,00 -44.495,00 19.000,00 0,00 5 5
Transparent Structures | 95 Acknowledgement to Our Donors, Donators & Sponsors
We would like to thank you for your support and trust in the FNF; for your recommendations that supported the foundation’s tasks and for your many good ideas. Only by increasing private financing we can become more independent of public funding. There are, among others, two ways worth mentioning: By making an endowment to the Foundation’s capital stock you are doing something lastingly good. The return in interest that we receive from our capital stock plus endowments permanently and entirely contrib utes to financing our statutory tasks. A donation, on the other hand, has a singular and direct effect in financing our activities. Decide for yourself whether you would like to support the Foundation for Freedom by making an endowment or a donation: thus sharing responsibil ity for common welfare. In both cases you will receive a tax-deductible receipt from us. We will gladly provide you with further details.
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