Hanns Seidel Foundation ANNUAL REPORT 2012 Short Version English

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Foreword ...... 4

The Hanns Seidel Foundation: facts and figures ...... 6

Institute for International Cooperation ...... 7

The Berlin office...... 15

Office for Foreign Relations...... 16

Liaison Bureaus/International Conferences ...... 17

Institute for Scholarship Programmes ...... 24

Institute for Political Education ...... 27

Academy for Politics and Current Affairs ...... 29

Hanns Seidel Foundation worldwide ...... 30

Imprint

Publisher Copyright 2013 Editorial Office Hubertus Klingsbögl (Editor-in-Chief, V.i.S.d.P.) Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung e.V., München Referat Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Translation redkeytranslations.de Lazarettstr. 33 80636 Munich, Germany Photos Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung; Hubertus Klingsbögl; Tel. +49 (0) 89 12 58-0 Isabel Küfer; Isabel Pantke; Thomas Plettenberg; Online: www.hss.de/english.html Katharina Gsöll; Sven Hoppe/picture alliance/ dpa (p. 6 top right) Chairman Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Hans Zehetmair Former Minister of State, Hon. Senator Layout formidee, Munich

CEO Dr. Peter Witterauf Print Druck +Verlag Ernst Vögel GmbH, Stamsried

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Dear Reader, The following statement from Bavarian Prime Minister and CSU Chairman Horst In a year that has been marked by many Seehofer is representative of the exten- positive events such as the awakening sive feedback we have received and re- of the democratic process in Myanmar, flects the high regard in which our many but also by the increasingly disconcert- activities are held by politicians, project ing developments in the wake of the partners, multipliers and seminar partici- “ Arab Spring” and the ongoing debt crisis pants alike. in the eurozone, the Hanns Seidel Foun- dation has once again shown itself to be “The Hanns Seidel Foundation is based a trusted partner and has provided a plat- one th fundamental values that underpin form for constructive dialogue. In 2012, the Christian view of humankind. They the Foundation continued its mission of provide guidance in turbulent times Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Hans Zehetmair providing people with orientation and a and spread their influence far b eyond Former Minister of State, Hon. Senator, spiritual home and of conveying knowl- our beautiful free state of Bavaria to Chairman of the Hanns Seidel Foundation edge and values in line with the Christian the furthest corners of the world. I have view of humankind. the very highest regard for the work it does to promote democracy, peace and The Hanns Seidel Foundation once again develop ment.” used its expertise to good effect in de- batesne o th new energy age and the fu- We are delighted to receive such praise, ture of Europe, on questions of business andt i will spur us on to even greater and media ethics, and in facing the chal- efforts in the coming year! lenges presented by the digital revolution, international security, combating global Onef o the Foundation’s highlights in poverty, promoting and stabilising emerg- 2012 was the opening of our office in ing democracies and in promoting human Myan mar, with the aim of continuing to rights and religious freedom, to name but support the country’s democratic pro a few key areas of its involvement. This cess. With this, the Hanns Seidel Foun- Dr. Peter Witterauf annual report documents and summarises dation became the first German politi CEO of the Hanns Seidel Foundation the successful efforts of the Foundation cal foundation to have a presence in at regional, national and European level, Myan mar. Other highlights included our and in the 60 or so countries around the 2nd International Strategy Symposium, globe where our Foundation is active. which addressed the crises on Europe’s

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borders in light of the growing tensions This year too, we are planning to a ddress abroad and we would like to thank in the Eastern Mediterranean, and a many more political issues that are im- every one for their hard work during the widely acclaimed cooperation with the portant for the future. We will continue year. In 2013 we once again ask them BavarianA cademy of Sciences and our work of persuading people to act in to lend their belief, work and support Human ities on the issue of Israel and its the service of the common good and to our efforts to promote democracy, neighbours in the year that followed the will be their trusted partners and guides peace and development. start of the Arab Spring uprisings. in this ever-changing world. So our A cademy for Politics and Current Affairs In e 2012, w also held our first youth wille b looking closely at the banking congress, where the younger generation business. Other important issues on the tackled the question of how we want to agenda include changes to energy poli- liven i the future. The “Young Europe cies and climate protection as well as Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Hans Zehetmair Forum” was also held for the first time. the impact of new media on politics. We believe that each generation needs 2013 will see state and parliamentary to t take i upon themselves to under- elections in Germany and for this rea- stand and assimilate the principles of son the Institute for Political Education democracy, so we are keen to use this has chosen “Our homeland today” as its Dr. Peter Witterauf Forum as a means of speaking to young main theme for the year. The Institute people, informing them about wider po- for Scholarship Programmes will make litical issues and encouraging them to its new “International Studies” pro- become politically active. gramme one of its main areas of focus, while the complex and multi-faceted Mention should also be made here of issue of promoting democracy and the our growing number of scholarship rule of law will once again play a key awards. In 2012 we broke through the role this year, especially at our Institute one thousand barrier for the first time. for International Cooperation. This means that more than 1,000 men and women have been given financial We would like to thank all our board supporty b the Hanns Seidel Foundation members and every member of the and have become a part of our growing Hanns Seidel Foundation for their posi- network of excellence. We are delighted tive contributions over the course of to welcome these new scholarship hold- the year. The success of our work is erso t the Foundation’s ever-growing thanks to the dedication and commit- family! mentf o all our staff in Germany and

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TeH Sh aNNS eidel Foundation: facts and figures

Number of Events * Participants

Academy for Politics and Current Affairs 104 7,858

Institute for Political Education 1,417 52,126

Institute for Scholarship P rogrammes 170 4,180

Institute for International Cooperation 4,608 190,619

Liaison Bureaus/ International Conferences 80 5,548

Total 6,379 260,331 * Seminars, conferences, symposia etc.

1,650 events took place on the premises of the foundation’s edu- Kicking off 2012: The traditional winter conference of the CSU delegation cational centres and at the Conference Centre Munich, with a total was held at the Wildbad Kreuth educational centre. CSU Chairman and of 74,769 participants (incl. client bookings). The financial figures Prime Minister of Bavaria, Horst Seehofer, and the Chairman of the CSU are presented in the appendix to this annual report. national committee, Gerda Hasselfeldt, welcomed the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte (centre), to join their political discussions.

20 f years o Bavarian-Ukrainian police cooperation supported by the Charlotte Knobloch, Chairwoman of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Hanns Seidel Foundation: Bavaria’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann München und Oberbayern (Israeli community, Munich and Upper Bavaria) andU krainian Interior Minister Vitaly Zakharchenko signed an agree- was welcomed by the Foundation’s CEO, Peter Witterauf, to the confer- ment in Munich to continue their high-level cooperation. ence entitled “Strong women, strong words” on 19 November. The event was moderated by Stephanie Heinzeller (left).

The Speaker of Myanmar’s parliament, Shwe Mann, received CEO Peter Breakfast on 2 July to discuss the future relationship of politics and the Witterauf after the Hanns Seidel Foundation opened its office in this media. Chairman Hans Zehetmair and Manfred Weber MEP, welcomed Southeast Asian country (see p. 12). deputy government spokeswoman Sabine Heimbach and former editor- in-chief of Focus magazine, Wolfram Weimer (2nd from right).

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The Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) in 2012 continued its society. The Foundation’s value-based approach to politics is work in promoting democratic awareness and rule of law reflected in the substance of its activities. The focus is set on worldwide. It provided people with the skills needed to the responsibility that each person bears to himself as well become actively involved in shaping their communities, and as his fellow citizens, as well as the question of what form of gave advise to decision-makers in politics, business and society is necessary to ensure sustainable development.

Looking back at 2012, the focus was set delegates discussed Myanmar’s route to- nent’s development. In order to support on the widespread and growing hopes wards democracy and its international political change in this respect, in 2003 of democratic change and the difficulties integration. The Speaker of Myanmar’s the African Union launched the African of consolidating this change. The Hanns Parliament, Thura Shwe Mann, presented Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) as a Seidel Foundation is promoting demo- the reforms that his country has already means of helping countries to support cratic participation, the rule of law and set in motion and those that are planned each other in their attempts to achieve good governance worldwide, while also for the future. He emphasised the free, democracy, good governance and social raising awareness of the urgent need transparent and participatory nature and economic change. The Hanns Seidel to improve economic conditions and en- of parliamentary sittings and the agree- Foundation has supported this process vironmental protection. Its measures ments made with 10 out of 11 of the from the start. provide essential specialist knowledge, country’s ethnic groups. During b ilateral along with sharing experiences and discussions, including talks with the Pres- InN ovember a panel discussion was potential new approaches. ident of the European Commission, José also held in Brussels. The presidents Manuel Barroso, the Speaker emphasised of the national APRM commissions in European Office for Development his country’s political will to continue to Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger Policies in Brussels introduce lasting reforms. and Togo came together with EU representatives to discuss their democratic The European Office for Development In Africa, political instability, inadequate progress. The deputy from Ghana, Pro- Policies in Brussels works to raise the economic growth and social disparities fessor Samuel Adjepong, talked speci European public’s awareness of political are preventing long-term development. fically about the role played by his coun- changes and approaches in development But there are also positive examples: try’s very active civil society. He said project work. In May, the Brussels office Countries such as Ghana and Benin are that these organisations and platforms organised a conference on Myanmar to reaping the benefits of democracy and are the embodiment of a lively, par- draw attention to the country’s current stability and achieving reasonable levels ticipative democracy and that their situation and consider the prospects for of economic growth. It is evident that work particularly focuses on transpar- cooperation with the EU. The conference good governance is the key to the conti- ency and responsibility in government. The speakers all agreed that the APRM’s work in promoting dialogue between government and civil society is highly important

Thura Shwe Mann and José Manuel Barroso Panel discussion with Samuel Adjepong, Ousmane Danté, Christian Forstner, for the progress Katharina Patzelt, Jeremy Lester, Gibert Medje of democracy.

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Seidel Foundation in the Middle East. N owadays, environmentally-conscious behaviour is considered to be an important goal for education worldwide. Even at primary school, children should be learning about natural processes and the connections between them. The environment should be part of the curriculum in all schools, whether public or private. By 2010 the HSF had already been working for some years with two partners in Lebanon, the Environment Ministry and the Association for Forest Develop- Dialogue between ultra-orthodox Jews and the Islamic movement in Israel ment and Conservation, along with the Education Ministry and the Educational A rab-Jewish co-existence The Citizen Accord Forum, a long-term Center for Research and Development. partner of the Hanns Seidel Foundation They agreed to draw up a framework in Where would the border run between in Israel, has turned its attention to this this respect. Since then, various working Israel and a future Palestinian state? issue and set up a discussion group of groups and meetings have laid the foun- The answer is still uncertain, and even if Harredi rabbis. The group met with rep- dation for future environmental educa- it were known, the question of co-exist- resentatives of the Arab minority and tion. In October 2012, Lebanon’s Educa- ence and neighbourly relations between Israeli social scientists to discuss a position Minister, Professor Hassan Diab and Jews A and rabs would still remain. De- tion paper for peaceful co-existence in Environment Minister Nazem al Khourry pending on the particular method of Israel. At this year’s Jaffa convention, the presented the results as a national policy counting, Israeli Arabs comprise up to most important conference on Jewish- and introduced its Environmental Educa- one-fifth of the population of Israel. The A rab relations in Israel, the rabbis from tion Curriculum. This curriculum will be numberf o orthodox Jews is also grow- this group presented their work and dis- followedn i classes 1–3, and it then needs ing at above-average rate. According cussed with the audience of experts how to be expanded for classes 4–6. Teach- to calculations by the Israeli Office of to change attitudes within the ultra-ortho- ers will receive training on the new cur- Statistics, in just five years almost half dox Jewish society. riculum and how to integrate it into their of Israeli schoolchildren will be either teaching both pedagogically and didacti- A rabs or members of ultra-orthodox Jew- Environmental education in Lebanon cally. In future the Hanns Seidel Founda- ish communities. A recent survey by the tion plans to compare the curricula and University of Tel Aviv point out a great A long with political education, environ- experiences with those of neighbouring potential of problems, such as very mental education and the sustainable countries and in this way contribute to discriminatory attitudes of the orthodox usef o natural resources form an im- greater harmonisation of environmental Jewish population. portant focus of the work of the Hanns education in the Middle East.

Workshop on environmental education The board of the Association for Forest Development and Conservation, HSF partner organisation

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A wide range of projects in Central, the two countries. Membership of the Eastern and Southeast Europe over the EU or efforts to forge closer ties with the last 20 years EU also mean accepting certain codes of conduct in terms of democracy and the In 2012, the Hanns Seidel Foundation rule of law. The Hanns Seidel Founda- celebrated three 20-year anniversaries tion has been providing value-oriented in Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe. support for the process of transforma- The Foundation runs an office in Alba- tion in the two countries through numer- nia since 1992 and since then has been ous education and training initiatives for Degree being awarded during the ceremony in Bischkek supporting the process of transforma- the last 20 years. The focus has been set tion in administration, internal security on creating transparency, efficiency and and justice in cooperation with state and servicen i modern administrations at civil society institutions. The Albanian nationl a and local levels. In 2012, a pro- Constitutional Court showed its appre- gramme designed to promote the young ciation of the close and successful part- leaders of the future was introduced at nership it has enjoyed with the HSF by the Sevastapol municipal council and this celebrating its own 20-year anniversary local model, which is being supported by with an international conference organ- the HSF, will be rolled out in 2013 by the ised jointly with the Foundation. The Kiev Academy of Public Administration Anniversary celebrations in Karakol project office in Tirana also participated to all 27 of its training centres across the tic society, promoting good governance in the publication of the Constitutional country,s a well as being introduced at and helping to develop parliamentary Court’s decisions to date. The Founda- ministerial level. systems. tion has also been asked to work with the constitutional courts in Serbia and 10 years of work in Central Asia Transformation in North Africa Montenegro in 2013, in addition to the project work it is already carrying out in The Hanns Seidel Foundation can also The Hanns Seidel Foundation continues these two EU candidate countries. look t back a ten years of effective to support the transformation process in project work in the Central Asian state N orth Africa. An important part of this A ground-breaking commentary on the of Kyrgyzstan. In 2002, this reform- work involves working closely with new constitution was published in the Repub- oriented state became the Foundation’s political stakeholders such as the “Face- lic of Moldova as part of the work being first partner country in Central Asia. book generation”, as well as with moder- done by the Foundation with the Consti- Kyrgyzstan was followed in 2009 by ate Islamic groups. The main focus is set tutional Court in Chisinau. As in Albania, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan. The Foun- on helping to consolidate democracy in the Hanns Seidel Foundation has been dation’s officially recognised Master’s the region. Strengthening decentralised carrying out project work in Moldova’s Programme is providing young lead- structures is a particular core area of a neighbouring countries, Romania and ers from local and national administra- variety of initiatives financed by special theU kraine, since 1992. Anniversary tions as well as civil society and the funding from the German Foreign Office. celebrations in Bucharest and Kiev in- parliamentary sector with systematic Some of the key measures employed included not only a look back at the work professional and vocational training. clude training programmes for local and that has been done, but also some cau- Over 1,000 scholarship holders have regional officials, new governors and tionary words for today’s politicians in completed their studies since the initia- municipal councils; seminars and round tive began, while almost 500 are taking courses today. The EU adopted a new Central Asia Strategy in 2007 when Germany held the EU Council Presi- dency, and the guidelines introduced as part of this strategy are still applica- ble today. The main focus of the Hanns Seidel Foundation’s work in this region

A lexandru Tanase, Chairman of Moldova’s Con- continues to be the support establishing stitutional Court, with Christian Hegemer democratic structures and a pluralis- Deputy Chairman Alois Glück in Tunisia

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tables on issues relating to the rule of Major EU project in the DR Congo Transnational dialogue in Latin law for relevant parties; workshops on America establishing legal and organisational The Hanns Seidel Foundation was principles in local administration and awarded a contract by the EU for a major The Hanns Seidel Foundation believes training for young multipliers to encour- reforestation project in the DR Congo. that it is an important prerequisite for age civic participation. The Foundation has been carrying out consolidating democracy that political similar projects in this African country parties have strong political agendas Combating corruption is high on the for many years, an activity that is in fact and good regional networks. For this agenda quite unusual for political foundations. reason, the Foundation has been work- However,e th sustainability of these types ing closely with the Unión de Partidos Combating corruption was another major of technology-based measures can only Latinoamericanos (UPLA) since 1992. priority in 2012 and was a key element be guaranteed if the appropriate local This Latin American alliance of conserv- of the Foundation’s work in almost all structures are also developed and ex- ative political parties and movements its partner countries. A good example panded. That is what the Hanns Seidel was set up to help consolidate democ- is Namibia, where the HSF is support- Foundation has been doing success- racy and sustainable market economies ing the work of the government’s Anti- fully in the DR Congo over the last years. as the political and economic structures Corruption Commission as well as pro- Seminars and consultations have helped in the region. ducing a monthly “Corruption Tracker”. interest groups representing small farm- The Foundation is also sponsoring the ers to become better established. All of The Hanns Seidel Foundation has pro- publication of a monthly “Corruption vided the UPLA with a transnational Almanac” in Tanzania, which reports discussion platform that has allowed on and denounces cases of corruption. member parties to exchange ideas and Corruption as an obstacle to effective experiences on the continent’s politi- administration is also a major issue for cal, economic and social situation. The discussion in other partner countries, purpose of the dialogue programme is especially at a local level. The most im- to help strengthen networks within the portant event aimed at addressing the UPLA, especially the working groups of issue of combating corruption was an young people, women, local politicians international anti-corruption conference and parliamentarians. in Cape Town, which was opened by the Sustainable use of land previously cleared by burning through agroforestry Foundation’s CEO Dr. Peter Witterauf. In April, experts from the UPLA’s “Foreign The involvement of representatives from the projects carried out in rural areas in Policy” working group came together in the business world, such as the South the DR Congo over the decades have suc- São Paulo to carry out an in-depth analy- A frican section of Siemens’ Compliance ceeded because of the creation of local sis of Brazil’s economic upturn and its Department, is very important for the structure (cooperatives and mutual or- impact, on the continent and globally. success of this kind of initiative. The ex- ganisations). Around 70,000 people in They also discussed the development of isting network of participants was further the Bateke Plateau region have benefitted a common direction for foreign policy extended by the presence of representa- directly or indirectly from the sustainable in response to a shift in the traditional tives from North Africa. measures that have been introduced. balance of power.

Peter Witterauf opens the Pan African Anti- Panel of the UPLA’s foreign policy working group in São Paulo Corruption Conference in Cape Town

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Political education for young people A merica, as well as continues to be an important focus of promoting good gov- the Foundation’s work. This year the ernance and decen- traditional “Campus UPLA” was held tralised structures in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The 5-day pro- by providing train- gramme gave participants an oppor- ing programmes for tunity to discuss the principles that mayors and local under pin a free society and the current civil servants. challenges democracy is facing on the continent. Participants also had the In Cuba, the HSF is chance to learn more about the politi- supporting the im- cal, economic and social situation in the plementation of the host country. economic reforms Chilean Ambassador O’Ryan Schütz congratulates Hans Zehetmair that have just been At the end of June, the UPLA celebrated introduced. These its 20th anniversary during its General A new orientation for the Central reforms aim at encouraging more private Assembly in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Chris- America and Caribbean projects enterprise and integrating the island tian Hegemer, Head of the Institute for nation’s economy into the world econ- International Cooperation and Dr. Su- Latin America is a continent of extreme omy to a greater extent than has been sanne Luther, Head of the Office for For- contrasts. While emerging economies the case in the past. Working closely eign Relations, joined in the celebra- such as Brazil and Mexico are becoming with the Ministry of Tourism and local tions. Senator Jovino Novoa of Chile was important players on the international think tanks, the HSF is providing train- elected for further two years as Chair- stage, many of the countries of Central ing and advice to managers and experts man of the UPLA. According to Senator America and the Caribbean still suffer on economic and legal issues. Last year, Novoa, the HSF has made a significant from poverty, crime, political instability leading experts from Europe and Latin contribution to positive change over the and lack of opportunity. The Hanns Sei- America were also invited to symposi- previous decades. Both parties are look- del Foundation believes that good gov- ums on international politics, econom- ing forward to continuing their work to- ernance and participation are necessary ics and finance. gether in the years to come. prerequisites for effective democratic development, and has therefore set it- HSF Chairman Hans Zehetmair visited Recognition for the Foundation’s self the goal of helping to strengthen the Honduras and Cuba in April in order long-standing project work in Chile involvement of civil society, especially to gain a better understanding of the women and young people, in the polit polit ical, economic and social develop- In October, Prof. Hans Zehetmair, ical process of the countries of Latin ments in the region. He was accompa- Chairmanf o the Hanns Seidel Founda- nied by Christian Hegemer, Head of the tion, was awarded the Chilean medal Institute for International Cooperation. of Bernardo O’Higgins. By present- Welcoming the visitors, the President of ing the award, the Chilean P resident Honduras, Porfirio Lobo, expressed his Sebas tián Piñera recognised the valu- appreciation for the project work being able contribution to strengthening carried out by the HSF. In Cuba the dele- the country’s democratic institutions gates met José Balaguer, one of the best- carried out by the project work of the known Cuban revolutionaries that is Hanns Seidel Foundation in the areas still alive today, and discussed different of parliamentary consulting, local poli- perceptions of democracy with Ramón tics and the development of young Pez Ferro, President of the Commission poli tical leaders. In light of the student on International Relations of the Cuban protests that have been going on in National Assembly. The Secretary Gen- Chile e for th last two years, the HSF will eralf o the Cuban Bishops’ Conference, now o start t focus more on the areas Monsignor Juan de Dios Hernández, ex- of youth unemployment and education Christian Hegemer, Hans Zehetmair, President plained the relationship between church reform. Porfirio Lobo and state to the visitors.

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develop ments The Hanns Seidel Foundation is support- make it necessary ing democratic structures and the rule of for state structures law in this Southeast Asian country. It is to be regularly re- advising the parliament on the develop- organised, while ment of legislation and helping to train in Pakistan the civil servants and members of parliament. federal structures For the first time in the country’s history, alreadyn i place a parliamentary delegation from Myanmar at various levels visited Munich, Berlin and Brussels at the needoe t b brought invitation of the Hanns Seidel Foundation. upo t date. The Thura Shwe Mann, Speaker of Myanmar’s outcome of the parliament, led the delegation, which was Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Myanmar Nanda Kyaw Swa with conference, which very interested in learning more about Hans Zehetmair was attended by the parliamentary systems in Europe. The high-profile experts functioning of a parliamentary democ- Federalism conference in Wildbad from the field of politics and finance, will racy, federalism, coalition governments Kreuth then be incorporated into the work of the and the role of the opposition were all HSF country offices. high on the agenda. The delegates met The first Kreuth conference on federalism with President of the Bavarian Parliament entitled “Federalism in Europe, Asia and Representative office in Myanmar Barbara Stamm, President of the Bundes Beyond” took place in November. Profes- opened tag Norbert Lammert, Foreign Minister sor Hans Zehetmair, Chairman of the HSF, Guido Westerwelle, Deputy Chairman of explained that the aims of the confer- The Hanns Seidel Foundation became the CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag, ence, which will take place once a year, the first German political foundation Dr. Christian Ruck, as well as high-ranking are to look at contemporary issues sur- to be officially represented in M yanmar representatives of various EU institutions. rounding federalism in Germany, Europe whent i opened a project office in and Asia, to analyse reform efforts being Yangon in October. At this point the In f terms o future cooperation, the focus carried out and to present the various Foundation had already been actively will be on political education, especially options available to decision-makers. involved in development issues in Myan- in the area of social market economies Federalism currently faces a number of mar for nearly ten years. “Now that the and federalism, the structuring of politi- major challenges, particularly in Myan country is slowly opening up, we want cal parties and the provision of train- mar, India and Pakistan. As part of the to actively support the democratisa- ing for the parliament’s civil service ap- process of democratisation, Myanmar tion process in the long-term” said CEO paratus. The HSF will also be assisting will have to make important decisions Dr. Peter Witterauf, who believes that Myanmar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in on the country’s future organisation and the country is still going to face major its preparations to take over the ASEAN structures. In India, economic and social challenges in the future. presidency in 2014.

Delegates at the first Kreuth conference on federalism Hanns Bühler, Peter Witterauf, Thura Shwe Mann, Achim Munz, Axel Neubert

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Parliamentary cooperation in the of a tradition of A ssociation of South East Asian Nations families looking after their older On 15 May a project was launched in relatives. For this support of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamen- reason, demo- tary Assembly (AIPA), an association graphic change made up of the national parliaments was one of the of the Association of South East Asian main issues ad- Nations. Members of parliament and dressed in discus- civil servants from Brunei, Indonesia, sions with the Cen- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philip- tral Party School pines, Thailand and Vietnam are given of the Communist advice and guidance on legislative and Party of China dur- Wu Haiyang and Peter Witterauf extend the cooperation agreement on parliamentary processes. A comprehen- ing 2012. The dis- rural development sive training programme for parliamen- cussions focused tarianss i also being developed. Dialogue on the question of raising the retirement Rural development initiatives aim at the and the transfer of knowledge between age and the need to change the coun- sustainable development of rural areas. members of the various national parlia- try’s one-child policy. There was general The development of new concepts and ments are essential in order to harmo- agreement that demographic change the launch of pilot projects have helped nise legislation amongst the member needs to be approached in a construc- to raise awareness at the Ministry of states and to create uniform democratic tive manner in order to create a process Land and Resources and amongst local structures. The project is being financed that will endure from one generation to functionaries of new approaches to rural by the Federal Foreign Office and run the next. development and land consolidation jointly by the Hanns Seidel Foundation that take environmental issues into ac- and the German Society for International count and involve more active participa- Cooperation. tion by local people. Further education and training are the key to the success of Areas of activity in the People’s these initiatives and, in this regard, the Republic of China HSF is helping to improve the living conditions and employment opportunities The Hanns Seidel Foundation is particu of the rural population as well as making lary l active in China in the areas of poli- a significant contribution to reducing re- tics and society, education and rural gional disparities and to promoting fair development. Key areas of focus for the and equal participation. Foundation are social and institutional change, the rule of law and good govern- In 2012, the 25-year partnership be- ance, fair and equal participation and vo- tween Bavaria and Shandong was cational training. Through the process of commemorated in Quingdao, while in political dialogue and academic debate, Speech by Zheng Zhenzhen at the Migration and Nanjing there was a celebration of 30 Integration Forum the HSF has been able to create a frame- yearsf o cooperation between the Hanns work for discussing social and political is- A forum on the subject of migration and Seidel Foundation and the city’s uni- sues as a major part of the Chinese reform integration was organised in Novem- versityf o cooperative education. For process. This exchange of ideas between ber with the Women’s Studies Institute the HSF, this was an opportunity to look two countries with very different social of the All-China Women’s Federation. backn o a number of important joint systems and views of the world is very The migration of hundreds of millions projects in the areas of vocational train- importantn i helping to improve under of workers into towns and cities is part ing, academic cooperation and rural standing between China and Germany. of the reality of modern China. The re- development. In his speech, Christian sulting social upheavals and the need Hegemer, Head of the Institute for A major challenge is presented by the to integrate this large social group have Inter national Cooperation, underlined aging population of China, a country that increasingly come under the spotlight in the important social and political role of hardly offers social security but consists recent times. education and stressed the importance

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production much of development cooperation and how to more environmen- measure its impact. The official inaugura- tally friendly and tion of the German Institute for Develop- sustainable. It ment Evaluation by Federal Minister Dirk would also help to Niebel on 6 November 2012 heralded the promote regional arrival of a new actor on the international integration and evaluation and measurement stage. The could even serve Institute’s methods and ideas are likely to help reduce to have a growing influence on German tensions on the development cooperation work in the Korean Peninsula. future. The Hanns Seidel Foundation is Opening of the exhibition in Qingdao also in a position to tackle this issue and of vocational training in this context. He In November a conference was held in has been able to expand and improve its made the point that transnational dia- Ulaanbaatar under the patronage of methods and procedures for managing logue on education is vital to ensure the the President of Mongolia. A feasibility projects to maximise their effectiveness. development of new ideas and initiatives study to look at the potential technical, The Foundation uses its project planning and that cooperation with HSF offers an financial and political benefits of coop- documentation as the basis for ongoing ideal framework for such dialogue. erating on renewable energy initiatives monitoring to evaluate how effective and integrating national power grids is projects are in achieving their goals, and, Promoting renewable energy in Korea being prepared by Mongolia with the where necessary, to react quickly to any help of partners from China, Japan and problems that may arise and take correc- The HSF has been working to bring about Korea. The plan is to launch some initial tive measures. The projects are also eval- reconciliation and the peaceful reunifi- pilot projects based on the results of the uated externally by regional and subject- cation of Korea for more than 20 years. study. matter experts. In 2012, seven external Today, energy policy issues have also evaluations were carried out on projects startedo t become an important aspect of Monitoring and evaluation – in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe in ad- the ongoing dialogue. The Gobitec Initia- from estimating effectiveness to dition to Latin America, which was being tive proposes producing solar energy in measuring success focused on this year. The results of these desert regions such as the Gobi Desert evaluations are published in an annual and distributing it to neighbouring coun- The Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effec report so they can be used not only as a tries via a supra-regional power grid. tiveness in Busan, South Korea, which tool for improving the specific projects Such an initiative could be a decisive took place at the end of 2011, prompted involved, but also for the benefit of insti- step in making Northeast Asia’s energy renewed discussion on the effectiveness tutional learning in general.

O vERVIEw 2012

Projects in 2012 Number of projects from 2003 to 2012

Number of projects, 103 incl. regional projects 100 and project measures 103 95 93 94 90 91 90 90 91 Number of countries 66 88

80 82

S eminars worldwide 70 Number of seminars 4,608 60 Number of participants 190,619 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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The office of the Hanns Seidel Foundation in the nation’s and associations. It plays host to conferences on major capital maintains contacts with Parliament, the German social and political issues for a target audience of political federal government, German federal ministries, embassies opinion-formers.

The Foundation’s wide-ranging and chal- In 2012 the Hanns Seidel Stiftung hosted tries to work together on development lenging work in the complex network of a f series o events at its Berlin office. These and economic policy in the Arab world. Germany’s capital covers a broad spec- included the following two conferences: trum. It requires the activities of the Russia after the elections Munich and Berlin offices to be closely Upheavals in the Arab world coordinated, and for the Hanns Seidel On 21 March a group of experts led by Foundation to have a presence on the The debate on democracy in North Africa Carlo Masala (Bundeswehr Uni Munich), capital’s diverse political scene. It is al- and the Middle East provided the focus Alexander Rahr (Bertholdt Beitz Centre ways guided by the values of the Hanns for this meeting of experts on 7 Novem- at the German Council on Foreign Rela- Seidel Foundation. ber in Berlin. Renowned experts includ- tions) and Thomas Silberhorn MP, cast ing Dr. Christian Ruck MP and Deputy doubt on Russia’s right to be considered The activities of the Berlin office are par- Chairman of the CDU/CSU faction dis- one of the BRICS countries. The conclu- ticularly characterised by its interna- cussed the topic of “Upheavals in the sions wa that the country is finding it too tional work to promote cooperation and Arab world – the dawn of democracy? difficult to carry out the required mod- exchange. This includes intensive con- What is the way forward for the develop- ernisation. Instead, in contrast to the tacts with the Foreign Office, the Federal ment policies of Germany and the EU?” other BRICS countries, Russian growth Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ) Dr. Ruck stated his belief that hopes and is stagnating, its economy is too reliant and the diplomatic world in the shape of expectations for rapid change in these on raw materials, corruption is rife and foreign embassies and institutions. The countries had sadly come to nothing and its demographics are in a parlous state. Foundation also looks after international visitors and delegations to Berlin.

It organises meetings of experts, workshops and specialist conferences as part of its collaboration with other foundations, associations and organisations in the areas of politics, business and society and with the German Armed Forces. In this way, the Berlin office contributes to the Foundation’s public relations work Christian Ruck MP Thomas Silberhorn MP with regard to its specific aims. The that it was now impossible to predict the A occording t Thomas Silberhorn, Putin’s Berlin office has now taken up perma- future. The CSU politician felt the “Arab goal of making Russia the world’s fifth nent residence in the Europäisches Haus Spring” presented both risks and op- largest economy can only be achieved (Europe House) on Unter den Linden portunities but that Germany and other with the help of the middle classes. He in central Berlin, providing the perfect Western countries had failed to take ad- expects Russia to bid farewell to its old location as a meeting place and for its vantagef o them. With the words “Ger- waysf o thinking and thinks Russian regular work with top-level public insti- many has been too backward in coming society will find itself forced to take a tutions and personalities. forward” he stressed the need for coun- more Western orientation.

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In 2012 the Office for Foreign Relations has been actively collaboration with the relevant departments of the founda engaged in cooperating with political partners with a tion work continued in expanding the worldwide network Christian democratic or conservative orientation – in the of like-minded people and organisations. neighbourhood as well as on distant continents. In close

The Office for Foreign Relations (OFR) itself as an important hub for the coop- continued to consolidate the HSF’s ex- eration of Europe’s Christian democratic isting ties to political parties, party-affi foundations. As one of its founding liated foundations and organisations members, the HSF has made active use with Christian democratic or conserva- of this forum right from the start. The tive leaning, along with forging new and two organisations have worked together interesting contacts around the world. to organise numerous events on areas of The OFR acted as the interface between European policy that are of current con- management and the various depart- cern (such as migration and integration, ments for contact inquiries and also expectations of the Cypriot Presidency CES planning seminar in Dubrovnik in April 2012 carried out its own analyses of parties of the EU Council or political develop- with delegates from national foundations and think tanks across Europe and party-affiliated organisations. ments in the Western Balkans). A planning seminar organised by the CES in In Europe, the network of the European Dubrovnik, Croatia in April provided the People’s Party (EPP) with all its mem- opportunity for important bilateral con- bers, observers and affiliated founda- tacts with national foundations that are tions and organisations has proven to membersf o the CES, e. g. from Greece, be most valuable in fostering our global Cyprus and Italy. networkf o political contacts and for sharing information with like-minded The centre-right group of parties within organisations. The highlight of the year the International Democrat Union (IDU) was the EPP Congress held in October proved to be a valuable point of contact in Bucharest, where representatives of for consolidating our political network in HSF staff congratulate UPLA Chairman, S enator Jovino Novoa (3rd from left) during the annual g eneral more than 70 parties (including those the Anglo-Saxon area, particularly with meeting in Guayaquil, Ecuador with observer status) from 40 countries the Conservative Party in Britain (which as well as national political foundations is not an EPP member) and, in a US-elec- and think tanks came together to discuss tion year, across the Atlantic. Working and agree on a new EPP Platform and to closely with the colleagues at the HSF elect a new presidency. Institute for International Cooperation, relations with political parties in Latin Another important element of the OFR’s America were also deepened, particu- work was coordinating the Foundation’s larly with the members of the Unión de work with the Centre for European Partidos Latinoamericanos (UPLA), the Studies (CES) in Brussels. The CES is regional union of conservative parties in the EPP’s foundation and think tank Latin America, an organisation that the

Peter Witterauf, Irish Ambassador to Germany Daniel on issues relating to Europe. Now in Hanns Seidel Foundation has been sup- Mulhall, Susanne Luther its fifth year, the CES has established porting for 20 years.

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In 2012 the Liaison Bureau for Washington, Brussels, Moscow tion and improve Germany’s relations with Russia. A parti and Athens/International Conferences set itself the task of cular challenge was presented by its desire to help Greece using its broad range of meetings and conference programmes overcome its massive budgetary and economic problems to promote transatlantic dialogue, deepen European integra- and in this way restore confidence in the stability of the euro.

The Washington Liaison Bureau Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, Ministry of Defence, travelled to Wash- Kathleen Doherty, Deputy Assistant ington and New York for political con- In 2012, the focus of the work at our Secre tary of State for European Regional sultations. The main focus of these talks liaison bureau in Washington was once A ffairs and Western Europe, and Con- wasn o the situation in Afghanistan, again on expanding and maintaining our gressman P eter Roskam, Chief Deputy preparations for the NATO Summit in close working relationship with leading Republican Whip. Chicago and the future of the MEADS members of the US government and Con- transatlantic missile defence system. gress and with multilateral organisations In early March a delegation of Bavarian Mr Schmidt met with Senators Dan (such as the World Bank, IMF and UN), politicians led by Prof. Ursula Männle Coats, Saxby Chambliss and Jim Webb think tanks, universities, businesses and MP, Deputy Chairwoman of the HSF and as well as with Israel’s UN Ambassador the media. Thomas Silberhorn MP, Spokesman on Ron Prozor. Foreign Affairs for the CSU Bundestag TheU S Presidential Elections in 2012 Group, visited Washington. Senator Jon raised Germany’s and the world’s pub- Kyl, the second-highest Republican in lic interest in US politics. Consequently the US Senate, praised Germany’s efforts the Washington Liaison Bureau focused to overcome the eurozone crisis, while its networking and research efforts on Senator Tom Coburn expressed pessi- topics related to the election. mism about the USA’s precarious finan cial situation. Elliott Abrams, Middle Manfred Weber, Deputy Chairman of the EPP faction in the European Par liament, visited Washington at the end of January. The focus of his political Senator Dan Coats, Parliamentary State Secretary Christian Schmidt, Senator Saxby consultations was on questions of in Chambliss ter nal security and the eurozone crisis. Mr Weber met with Jane Holl Lute, Dr. Beate Merk, the Bavarian Minister for Justice and Consumer Protection, visited Washington in mid-March. The main focusf o the talks was the fight against th HSF delegation with Senator Jon Kyl (4 from cybercrime, the protection of intellec- left) tual property, the issue of privacy in East advisor to presidential candidate the internet age and the role of women Mitt Romney, warned of a looming mili- inU S politics. Dr. Merk met with Con- tary escalation between Iran and Israel. gresswomen Zoe Lofgren and Loretta Sanchez, and with Mary Ellen Callahan, A t the beginning of March, Christian Chief Privacy Officer of the Department Jane Holl Lute and Manfred Weber Schmidt, State Secretary in the Federal of Homeland Security.

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At the invitation of the Hanns Seidel Defence, Peter MacKay, discussed with A ugust and met for talks with Kathleen Foundation, Federal Minister of the Inte the delegates the results of the latest Doherty, Deputy Assistant Secretary in rior, Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich MP, and NATO Summit in Chicago, and Trade the US B ureau of European and Eurasian Monika Hohlmeier MEP (CSU) spoke at a Ministerd E Fast tried to gather sup- Affairs. He then went on to take part in conference on “Cyber Security” held in port for the successful conclusion of the the Republican National Convention in Washington in early May. The conference planned free trade agreement between Tampa (Fl.). HSF’s CEO Dr. Peter Witter- was organised jointly with the Center the EU and Canada. In addition, Immi- auf was a guest at the Democratic Con- for Strategic and International Studies. gration Minister Jason Kenney provided vention in Charlotte, where he took the The HSF also organised a dinner with a fascinating insight into his country’s opportunity to talk with former Greek Michael Chertoff, former US Secretary of policies on immigration and integration. Prime Minister George Papandreou. Homeland Security and General Michael In early July, the 27th Hanns Seidel Memorial Fellow- ship Programme offered an opportunity for high-level staff at the US Congress and representatives of US think tanks N and GOs to enter into talks with political leaders in Munich, Brussels and Berlin in order to gain a better understanding of Ger- man and European politics. nd Uf l Gartzke, Michael Chertoff, Michael Hayden, The delegation visited the HSF delegation with Christopher Smart (2 from right) Monika Hohlmeier, Minister of the Interior Hans- Peter Friedrich Bavar ian Parliament and met with Georg At the end of September a visit to Wash- Schmid, Chairman of the CSU Group in ington was made by former Bavarian Hayden, former Director of the CIA and the Bavarian State Parliament. In Berlin State Minister Erwin Huber MP, National Security Agency. Monika Hohl- they were invited to the Federal Ministry Dr. Christoph Israng, Division Head at meier also held talks with Bill Moeller, of the Interior to meet State Secretary the German Federal Chancellery and the new Consul General in Munich, and Klaus-Die ter Fritsche. Harald Leibrecht Professor Eberhard Sandschneider of the with João Vale de Almeida, EU Ambassa- MP, the German government’s Coordi- German Council on Foreign Relations. dor to Washington. nator of Transatlantic Cooperation, dis- The focus of their trip was the develop- cussed the current political situation ment of German-US relations and an In mid-May, a delegation of Bavarian in Germany, Europe and North America analysis of the effects of the emergence politicians led by former Bavarian with his guests from the USA. of China on transatlantic politics. This Prime Minister Dr. Günther Beckstein latter issue was addressed as part of a MP, travelled to Canada for political CS U Secretary General Alexander conference on China jointly organised consultations. Canada’s Minister of D obrindt MP, visited Washington in with the renowned American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, including talks with Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger. The delegation also visited the US Treasury and met with Christo- pher Smart, Deputy Assistant Secre- tary for Europe and Eurasia, to discuss the eurozone c risis and the expansion- ary monetary and fiscal policies of the Obama administration.

An HSF delegation led by Members of

The Bavarian delegation with Minister of Defence Uf l Gartzke, former Greek Prime Minister the Bavarian Parliament Dr. Otmar Bern- Peter MacKay (2nd from right) George Papandreou, Peter Witterauf hard A and lexander Radwan visited

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Washington in early December. The fo- In February, an invitation to engage posed amendments to the European cus of the talks was on how to resolve in debate on the correct amount of Union’s data protection framework are the eurozone crisis and escalation in the European integration was taken up by misguided because they constitute a Middle East. During talks with Matthew Dr. Peter Gauweiler MP, and Manfred breach of the principle of subsidiarity Rooney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of W eber MEP, Deputy Chairman of the EPP and leaves Germany at risk of having to State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Group in the European Parliament. In lower its data privacy standards. the delegation learned more about the light of the threat to their sovereignty prospects for transatlantic cooperation faced by national parliaments, Gauweiler At the Energiematrix 2050 conference, in the wake of the latest US elections. concluded that the EU should be seek- Dr. Michael Süss, Head of Siemens Discussions with Congressmen Steve ing to de-escalate rather than escalate Energy Division, said that Europe has King and Jim Sensenbrenner revolved the process of integration. Gauweiler to date failed to respond adequately to around the challenges that the USA is preferred to rely on mature entities with facing in terms of its fiscal policy. clear identities, democratic principles and defined responsibilities rather than The Washington Liaison Bureau also on the EU in Brussels. Weber opposed organised a programme of high-level his argument by pointing out the many talks for Bavarian politicians who found challenges faced by Europe that clearly themselves in Washington on business, needoe t b dealt with at supranational including Bavarian Interior Minister level. He said that practical issues re- Joachim Herrmann MP, Chairman of the lating to environmental protection and CSU Economics Commission Markus climate change, the fight against terror- Blume MP, and Florian Hahn MP and ism and crime and financial stabilisation Memberf o the Defence Committee. require a high degree of strategic coordination and cooperation at European European Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger The Brussels Liaison Bureau level. He claimed that Europe does not threaten national sovereignty but rather the complex global structures of energy Europe has been the focus of public de- guaranteest i in times when Europe’s policy. He felt that Germany’s decentral- bate over recent years as a result of problems transcend national boundaries. ised network with millions of “prosum- its sovereign debt crisis. Never before ers” (energy consumers who are also has Europe been such a hot topic in the In March and April two conferences fo- energy producers) was not the solution media, politics and society, and Europe’s cused on data privacy and energy is- and that Europe was still not sufficiently common destiny is now very much in sues. In his speech, Bavarian Minister united in terms of energy policy. Euro- the public consciousness. There are ma- of the Interior Joachim Herrmann MP, pean Commissioner for Energy, Günther jor concerns about mounting tensions did not deny that the existing 1995 Oettinger, gave his unequivocal support in E urope and about its loss of prosper- data privacy laws have failed to keep to industry’s calls for greater European ity and stability, and these will not be up with the speed of technological coordination of energy policy. Oettinger mitigated simply by awarding the Nobel and economic change. But he claimed said that in the medium term the main Peace Prize to the European Union. that the European Commission’s pro- focus should be on increasing energy Europe is at a crossroads between frag- efficiency, expanding the energy infra- mentation and progress towards a poli structure and on the systematic use of tical union that will harmonise solidarity renewable energy sources. and individual responsibility. “European security policy after the NATO The Brussels Liaison Bureau played its Summit in Chicago” was the subject of part in the debate on Europe by organ- an international conference in May, with ising a series of conferences, seminars, speakers including Dr. Reinhard Brandl forums and opportunities for behind- MP. He called on the USA to continue to the-scenes talks that brought together fulfil its role as leader of the alliance and top-level decision-makers from many dif- not to simply allow itself to be driven by ferent sectors and countries. Below is a Bavarian Minister of the Interior Joachim its own interests in the Pacific region. short summary of the year’s main events. Herrmann gives a speech in Brussels With regard to the latest smart defence

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initiatives, Brandl argued for a realistic tion is the price of freedom and of lives ing the second half of 2012. Andreas approach and a change in thinking about lived in peace, and that the state was en- Mavro yiannis, Cyprus’ Deputy Minister security policy. titled to a moderate share of an individ- for European Affairs, said that the fo- ual’s private income, a figure that Kirch- cus of the Cypriot Presidency would be In June a panel of experts tackled strat- hoff set at around 25 %. Miklos talked on solidarity and social cohesion, rap- egies for “intelligent” growth and sus- about Slovakia’s positive experiences of prochement with the EU’s neighbours tainable finances. Markus Ferber MEP, simplifying its tax system, saying that in the Middle East and North Africa and Chairman of the CSU Group in the Euro- lower taxes have resulted in increased on strategies for sustainable growth and pean Parliament, stated his belief that tax revenues, lower levels of tax fraud resource efficiency. In view of the on the dual system of vocational training and a reduction in administrative costs going controversy between the Euro was the best way to counter unemploy- as f a result o simplifying the different pean Council and Parliament about ment. He said that Europe does not have types of taxes. the Schengen Area’s powers in terms a labour market problem, but a problem of policies on asylum and border con- of education. Ferber urged the European The 10-year anniversary of the intro- trol, former Bavarian Prime Minister Commission to rethink its structural poli- duction of the euro in 2002 provided Dr. Günther Beckstein MP, reminded cies, saying Europe does not need more the impetus for a review of the current the audience of the individual nations’ motorways, but does need more centres situation. Dr. Jürgen Stark, former ECB responsibilities in the area of internal for education and training. board member stated that the euro has security. He also made a clear argument acted as a shield that has prevented structural reform. He believed the lax inter- pretation of the Maastricht deficit and convergence cri- teria, together with the ob- viously falsified statistics, have led to a paradigm shift from a stability union to a transfer union. Since 2010 it has become the norm to circumvent the no-bail Markus Ferber MEP out clause and the ban on Andreas Mavroyiannis, Karel Kovanda, Günther Beckstein, Jannis Kasoulides MEP providing financial assist- In July Prof. Dr. Paul Kirchhof and former ance to struggling Member States. Stark against full EU membership for Turkey in Slovakian Finance Minister Ivan Miklos recommended that these kinds of con- light of the faltering entry negotiations. cast an analytical eye over the various traventions of the rules should in future taxation systems in Europe. Prof. Kirch- be prevented by means of sanction and A t a conference in November on the finan hof criticised the omnipresent overregu- supervision mechanisms within a fis- cial framework of the EU that has now lation that paradoxically leads to the cal union. Prof. Iveta Radicova, Prime spanned many years, Alain Lamassoure, laws being weakened. He said that taxa- Minister of Slovakia from 2010 to 2012, Chairman of the European Parliament’s stressed the need for reforms to be im- Committee on Budgets spoke about the an- plemented in a systematic way in order tiquated basic structure of the EU budget to restore voter confidence. She said the that still earmarks almost 40 % of its ex- focusfe o th structural reforms should be penditure for agricultural and structural on training initiatives, making the labour policies.n I its present form, the EU budget markets more flexible and on steps to is a historical monument but provides strengthen the middle classes. no convincing strategy for European economic growth, competitiveness and jobs. The subject of a conference held in June was the European policy agenda In speeches given in Brussels in March of the Cypriot Presidency of the Euro- and November, the Chairman of the Hanns Paul Kirchhof and Ingo Friedrich pean Council, due to hold office dur- Seidel Foundation, Prof. Hans Zehetmair,

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made a convincing argument for a Parliamentary Defence Committee, vis- strong and powerful Europe that is more ited the Russian capital to talk to high- than just a currency union. A meeting of ranking Russian politicians and experts MEPs focused on how discussion about about the new prospects for Russia’s Europe could once again be given a pos- domestic and foreign policy. Felix Klin itive slant. With EPP Chairman Wilfried tsevich, Deputy Chairman of the State Martens, he analysed decentralised ap- Duma’s Defence Committee defended proaches that comply with the principle the recently announced intention of of subsidiarity in order to strengthen the new Russian President to invest cultural and linguistic autonomy and the billions in modernising the army with idea of a unified Europe in which unity the argument that Russia was trying to and diversity can exist in harmony. In Hans Zehetmair with Governor Sergey Yastrebov maintain stability by creating a mili- talks with Kristalina Georgieva, Euro- the city of Yaroslavl, a World Heritage tary counterweight. In other talks in the pean Commissioner for International Site,o t meet with Governor Sergey State Duma, Deputy Yevgeny Fyodorov Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Yastre bov and discuss possibilities for announced that in future it would be Crisis Response, Prof. Zehetmair empha- future cooperation in the areas of edu- made easier to establish new political sisede th common goals of the European cation and science. parties. There was contentious discus- Commission and the Hanns Seidel Foun- sion about accusations by the opposi- In Sergiyev Posad, a city whose monastery played a significant rolen i Russian history, Prof. Zehet mair talked to high-ranking representatives of the Rus- sian Orthodox Church about the relationship between state and church in present-day Rus- sia. Changes to Russian domestic n policy i the wake of the parlia mentary and presidential elections were the topic of th Hans Zehetmair, Wilfried Martens, Peter a series of talks in Moscow, HSF delegation with Grigoriy Yavlinsky (5 from right) Witterauf among them with Gennady dation in their development cooperation Gudkov, member of the Duma for the tion parties that the parliamentary and activities. He said that social and politi- “ A Just Russia” party and Deputy Chair- presidential elections had been manipu- cal change takes time, and the ongoing manf o the Committee for Security Af- lated and about the resulting violent work of the political foundations dem- fairs and the Fight against Corruption. protests. In this respect, the German onstrates that establishing democratic During his visit, Prof. Zehetmair gave a delegation also had intensive discus- systems is a long, slow process. This well-attended talk at the Moscow State sions with two of the best-known rep- has once again become evident with University about how, after the Second resentatives of the non-parliamentary the recent events of the Arab Spring in World War, Bavaria transformed itself opposition, Grigoriy Yavlinsky (Yabloko North A frica. from a predominantly agricultural area Party) and Boris Nemtsov (PARNAS al- into a modern industrial state. liance).An t a evening reception with Moscow Liaison Bureau over 30 top Russian political experts, The main focus of attention in Russia in speeches were given by Prof. Dr. Hein- The Hanns Seidel Foundation’s Moscow 2012 was the presidential election held rich Oberreuter, University of Passau Liaison Bureau works not only in Mos- in March. Vladimir Putin won the first and Vyacheslav Nikonov, member of cow but also tries to involve certain ballot with 63 % of the vote against the State Duma Budget Committee and other regions of Russia in its networking three other candidates. One week after President of the “Russkiy Mir” founda- and information activities. In June 2012, the election, a German delegation of tion, leading to discussions on the topic the Chairman of the Hanns Seidel Foun- politicians and Russia experts led by of “Changes to the party systems in dation, Prof. Hans Zehetmair travelled to Dr. Reinhard Brandl MP, member of the Germany and Russia”.

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In June the Hanns Seidel Foundation organised a top-level programme of talks for seven members of the State Duma in Ber- lin and Munich. In the Ger- man capital the programme included political talks in the German Bundestag with Gerda Hasselfeldt, Chair- woman of the CSU Bun- German Gref and Theodor Waigel Max Straubinger, Markus Ehm, Michail Tarasenko destag Group and several In August, former German Finance Min- Blume MP, used the example of Germany membersf o the German-Russian Par- ister Dr. Theo Waigel visited Moscow to present the advantages of an open so- liamentary Friendship Group, includ- to take part in a series of political dia- ciety that always allows for debate and ing its Chairman, Bernhard Kaster MP. logues. The focus of these talks was EU broad consensus on how to find solu- The Russian politicians also held talks policy on overcoming the financial crisis tions to social problems. Under the title with Parliamentary State Secretary in the euro zone, a subject that has at- “The social market economy as a model Christian Schmidt (Defence Ministry), tracted a great deal of attention among for Russia?”, a top panel of experts took Dr. Gerd Müller (Agriculture Ministry) Russia’s political and business elites. partn i a roundtable discussion, organised and Dr. andreas Scheuer (Transport During talks with German Gref, Chair- jointly with the Economic Institute of the Ministry) on prospects for German-Rus- man of the Sberbank and former Rus- Academy of Sciences. Oxana Dmitrieva, sian cooperation on security, agricul- sian Economic Minister, it became clear Deputy Chairwoman of the “A Just Russia” tural and transport policy. In Munich, that Russia would support the EU in its partyn i the State Duma, efforts at stabilisation and consolida- gave a speech criticising tion. Gref believed a clear indication in the fact that in the last 20 this respect was provided by President years Russia has failed to Putin’s intention to continue to leave significantly curtail state Russia’s massive euro currency reserves inter vention in the econ- in euro. During his visit, Dr. Waigel also omy. She said that a hazy had talks with the First Vice President of mixturef o various economic the Russian Central Bank, Alexei Ulyu- and political concepts has kayev and the Deputy Finance Minister, led to an unacceptably high Sergey Storchak. number of monopolies and to the constant privatisa- Welfare and economic policy was the tion of gains and socialisa- th focusf o a two-day German-Russian tion of losses. Igor Jürgens, Members of the Russian Duma with Gerda Hasselfeldt (6 from left) and Bernhard Kaster (9th from left) forum n held i Moscow in April. Michail Director of the Institute for Tarasenko, member of the State Duma Modern Development, spoke S ocial Committee, gave a conference of a kind of state capitalism speechn o “Current challenges facing in Russia that has served to modern welfare policy”, in which he enrich a great many interest clearly rejected calls by Russian employ- groups. He claimed there is erso t extend the working week to 49 a f lack o a model for com hours. Member of the Bundestag and wel- petition such as that found fare expert Max Straubinger explained to in Germany’s tried-and- the Russian delegates how the German tested “social market econ- pension system will cope with the demo- omy”, where employees are graphic challenges of the future and the well protected and the state need to increase the pension age from takes on the role of “honest 65 to 67 years. Economic expert Markus broker”. Membersf o the Russian Duma with Reinhold Bocklet (4th from left)

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the delegation was welcomed to the A thens Liaison Bureau liament and high-ranking Greek multi Bavarian Parliament by First Vice-Pres- pliers the opportunity tell a European ident Reinhold Bocklet. The delegates The Hanns Seidel Foundation began audience about their country’s reform also had meetings with the Chairman working in Greece in 2012. It has two policies to date and to provide encour- of the CSU parliamentary group, Georg main objectives: to improve the cur- agement for the continuation of these Schmid; with Dr. Gabriele Stauner, sec- rently tense relations between Germany policies. tion head in the Bavarian State Chancel- and Greece and to help Greece to re- lery; and with Dr. Peter Witterauf, CEO of solve its severe economic and financial As part of this conference programme, the Hanns Seidel Foundation. problems by providing targeted support a study was presented on “Social Co- and advice. hesion” in Greece by the Konstantin In September, a delegation of young Karamanlis Institute. This gave a tell- German political multipliers visited In collaboration with the office of the ing insight into the huge pressures that Moscow and Kaluga. The highlight of German-Greek Assembly (Deutsch- are burdening Greek society in these Griechische Versammlung times of crisis. DGV)n i Thessaloniki we organised conferences In November, a high-level HSF delega- aimedt a boosting Greece’s tion of experts in local politics took economic potential in the part in the “German-Greek Assembly” area of tourism and its glo- in Thessaloniki that was organised at bal marketing of wine and the instigation of State Secretary Hans- olive oil. The HSF also or- Joachim Fuchtel MP, the German federal ganised two programmes government’s commissioner for German- of talks and discussions on Greek relations. 400 multipliers in the European policy issues in area of local politics discussed specific Brussels in order to give waysf o working together to tackle the th Bavarian delegation with Viktor Baburin (7 from right), Parlia members of the Greek Par- Greek crisis. mentary President of the Kaluga region their 3-day programme, which focused on issues relating to young people, was the welcome given by Parliamen- tary President of the Kaluga region, Viktor Baburin.

In October, a group of future young leaders of the Russian Federation came to Brussels and Munich to learn more about the latest political and social developments in the European Panel discussion in Brussels with Greek MPs A. State Secretary Hans-Joachim Fuchtel Georgiadis (left) and A. Dermentzopoulos (right) Union and Germany. In Brussels they met with high-level politicians such as Manfred Weber MEP, Deputy Chairman of the EPP faction in the European Parliaments and Dr. Gabriele Stauner, Section Head in the Bavarian State Ministry for Fe deral and European Issues. In Munich they had talks with the State Secretary of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture, Bernd Sibler, and with the Chairman of the CSU’s youth group in the Bavarian Parliament, Ingo Friedrich, Yannis Valinakis Alois Rainer, Interior Minister Euripidis Markus Blume. Stylianidis, Max Höffkes, Jakob Kreidl

Hann s SeIDEL Foundation | Annual Report 2012 23 Iitenst ut for Schol arship Programmes

F or three decades, the scholarship programme (established scientists in Germany and abroad who have demonstrated a in 1981) of the Hanns Seidel Foundation has been support- keen interest in politics and social commitment in line with ing highly qualified students, PhD candidates and young the values and ideals of a Christian and social democracy.

Head of the Institute Hans-Peter Niedermeier (right) in discussions at the career fair for school leavers in Munich entitled “Getting into Journalism”

Onef o the main aims of the Institute The Foundation is currently working This particularly applies to study schol- for Scholarship Programmes is to pro- with around 60 academic advisors. Their arships, where the number of bene vide financial support and advice for responsibilities range from providing ficiaries has increased by more than above-average students, PhD candi- academic and personal support at the 30 percent over the last 4 years. Of dates and young academics in Germany educational institution to involvement in course this has also had a positive effect and abroad who have demonstrated the selection meetings. The exceptional on the academic support offered by the a keen interest in getting involved in degree of commitment shown by these Foundation and has allowed us to signifi- politics and society. This involvement voluntary advisors makes a significant cantly expand our seminar and conference should be in line with the fundamen- contribution to the success of the HSS programme. tal values and ideals of Christian social scholarship programme. demo cracy. The increase in the book allowance from The Federal Government’s education the German Federal Ministry of Educa- In the accompanying seminar pro- campaign tion and Research (BMBF) also provided gramme, scholarship recipients work the scholarship organisations with ad- together (and with recipients of other The Federal Government’s education ditional funding and increased their at- scholarships, scholarship programme campaign has made it possible for Ger- traction. In 2012 we continued to work graduates and the Foundation’s aca- many’s twelve scholarship organisa- on the implementation of the BMBF pro- demic advisors) to prepare for leader- tions, one of which is the Hanns Seidel gramme entitled “Supporting previously ship and management roles in govern- Foundation, to significantly increase the underrepresented groups in scholarship ment, industry, culture and society. number of scholarships they can offer. programmes”.

24 Hann s SeIDEL Foundation | Annual Report 2012 Istituten for Scholarship Progr ammes

Scholarship programmes In 2012 preparations got underway for natural sciences and technology. introducing scholarships in the “MINT A 0round 8 events were held in 2012 subjects”. This new division is designed More information on our scholarship to promote studying in Germany (insti- to encourage suitable candidates to programmes is available on our website tutes of higher education and doctoral study subjects such as maths, IT, the at www.hss.de/stipendium.html. sponsorships) as part of our efforts to provide academic support and advice for our scholarship holders.

In addition, the Institute for Scholar- ship Programmes hosted numerous infor mational events on the Hanns Sei- del Foundation’s scholarships at sec- ondary schools and colleges in Bavaria. Seminars were also held for school principals to inform them about new opportunities offered by the scholarship programme. “Games and Cross-Media” was the subject of a media conference at Wildbad Kreuth: Bavarian Joint forums and specialist events were state ministers Thomas Kreuzer, Andreas Scherer, Association of Bavarian Newspaper Publishers, Markus Kaiser, MedienCampus Bayern, Siegfried Schneider, Bavarian regulatory authority for held for German and overseas scholar- commercial broadcasting ship holders and scholarship programme graduates in the fields of the humanities and science, law, medicine, engineering and the media.

German universities are now home to 37 groups of scholarship holders and another2 2 groups can be found at the universities of applied sciences.

The BIL/MIG programme for students with a migrant background and for foreign students studying at German universities was further expanded in 2012. Legendary mountaineer Reinhold Messner at the Scholarship Alumni meeting in the South Tyrol, Italy The level of academic support provided as part of this programme was also increased.s It i planned that this programme, with its aim of enhancing educational opportunities for gifted foreign students at German universities, should continue to be an important element of the Hanns Seidel Foundation’s scholarship programme.

The “International Studies” division of the scholarship programme, introduced in 2011, is designed to give the best possible academic support to students Charlotte Knobloch (centre), Chairwoman of the israelitische Kultusgemeinde München und who are obliged to spend a large amount Oberbayern, (Israeli community, Munich and Upper Bavaria) welcomes Munich-based scholarship of time abroad as part of their studies. holders to the Jewish Centre on Jakobsplatz

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Number of Scholarships in Germany in 2012

University scholarships 407

Scholarships at Higher education establishments (HAW) 226

Scholarships for Journalists (JFS) 76

BIL/MIG programme for foreign students studying at German universities and s tudents with an immigrant background and (BIL/MIG) 63

Students in international degree programmes (IS) 61

Scholarships for PhD candidates 189

Total number of scholarships in Germany 1,022

Scholarships abroad 87

Sc hOLARSHIPS abroad

Since 1981, when the foreign scholarships programme was launched:

– 2,084 scholarships have been awarded to foreign students from 62 countries. The programme currently supports 87 scholarship holders from 31 countries.

– A f s part o the accompanying programme for scholarship holders from overseas, monthly meetings were held in Munich and the surrounding area, along with a series of one-day, one-week and weekend seminars. Folklore evening during the annual meeting for foreign students

– Follow-up meetings were held in Romania, the Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, Thailand, China, the Philip- pines and Indonesia for scholarship holders who had returned to their home countries after completing their studies in Germany.

– The annual meeting for foreign scholarship holders took place at the Wildbad Kreuth educational centre and addressed the topic of “The USA after the presidential elections”. Foreign students address the topic of “The USA after the presidential elections”

26 Hann s SeIDEL Foundation | Annual Report 2012 Iitenst ut for Political Education

Political education is one of the core missions of the Hanns principles. The primary objective of our political work is to S eidel Foundation and an important prerequisite for the provide civic education based on Christian values, and to stability of our democracy, which is based on the rule guide as many citizens as possible towards participating in of law and which requires on-going efforts to explain its our society in a well-informed and dedicated manner.

Political education is one of the core seminars and events at the Banz Mon- for young people was supplemented missions of the Hanns Seidel Foundation astery and Wildbad Kreuth educational by our first Youth Conference and a and a major prerequisite for ensuring the centres, the Conference Centre Munich new series of seminars entitled “Young stability of our constitutional democracy. and at other venues across Germany. Europe Forum”. It is important that we continue striving to explain and clarify our democratic sys- Our seminars were aimed at people of The 2012 seminar programme was tem. The primary objective of our poli all ages from all sectors of society and drawnpo u t reflect the central theme of tical work is to provide civic education all occupations. There was a particu- “How do we want to live in the future?” based on Christian values, and to give as lar focus on encouraging and training – a question that affects almost every many citizens as possible the information volunteers to work in the political and other issue, including policies on the they need to become active participants social spheres, and also on young peo- environment, climate change and in our society. ple. One of our main aims was to pro- energy, economic, financial and welfare vide the younger generation with basic policies and the challenges faced by To this end, the Institute for Political Edu- knowledge about political processes foreign and security policy. These are cation offered a wide range of seminars and issues and to encourage them to just a few of the topics that were cov- and events during 2012. Over 52,000 get involved in politics and society. ered in our seminars and events during citizens took part in more than 1,400 The existing range of seminars on offer the course of the year.

Head of Institute Franz Guber, political scientist Heinrich Oberreuter, CEO Peter Witterauf

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S eminars and events He said it was particularly important for an institute for political education For the Institute for Political Education, to not only tackle current questions 2012 kicked off with its traditional an- but also more long-term, fundamen- nual conference for seminar leaders tal issues. The keynote speech of the and trainers to let them know the pro- two-day conference was given by Prof. posed aims and content of seminars Dr. Heinrich Oberreuter, who looked at in 2012. The CEO of the Hanns Seidel the mission and the challenges faced Foundation, Dr. Peter Witterauf, ex- by civic education. He stated his belief plained that the main focus of all the in the need to provide political educa- Foundation’s departments should be on tion despite – or perhaps even because major political issues such as the trans- of – the difficulties that such educa- formation of energy policy, the sover- tion faces among large sections of the eign debt crisis, the future of Europe population due to individualism, pub- and the role of the media in democracy. lic perceptions of entitlement and the The central theme for the year, “How rejection of social and political order. Current topics of the seminars and events do we want to live in the future?” was He said that all the hard work is worth- organized by the Hanns Seidel Foundation are listed in the 2013 seminar program, and introduced by the Head of the Institute while to achieve the freedom that can shown in the events database found on our for Political Education, Dr. Franz Guber. best be guaranteed by democracy. website: www.hss.de/veranstaltungen.html

Number of Seminars in 2012

in Bavaria 681

at the Educational Centre Wildbad Kreuth 317

at the Educational Centre Banz Monastery 371

The Educational Centre Wildbad Kreuth at the Conference Centre Munich 48

Total 1,417

Number of Participants in 2012

in Bavaria 34,648 The Educational Centre Banz Monastery

at the Educational Centre Wildbad Kreuth 6,683

at the Educational Centre Banz Monastery 8,029

at the Conference Centre Munich 2,766

Total 52,126

The Conference Centre Munich

28 Hann s SeIDEL Foundation | Annual Report 2012 Ac adEMy for Politics and Current Affairs

The Academy organised 104 events (panels of experts, 6 conferences with a total of 580 participants were held workshops, symposia, round tables, etc.) in the course of in Berlin. The Academy’s goal is to serve as a platform for the year, with 7,858 participants. The Conference Centre the exchange of ideas on politics and current affairs and Munich and the educational centres in Wildbad Kreuth it strives to make a major contribution to public discourse and at the Banz Monastery provided the main venues and and policymaking.

Crises on Europe’s borders – 2. Inter Ins hi introductory talk entitled “Crises A fter the keynote speech by the Min- national Strategy Symposium organised on Europe’s borders – Consequences ister of the Interior, experts with both by the Hanns Seidel Foundation for Internal Security”, the Federal Min- academic and practical experience of isterf o the Interior, Dr. Hans-Peter politics came together to discuss how The Hanns Seidel Foundation initiated Friedrich MP, stressed how the dis- Germany and the EU should handle the its biannual International Strategy tinction between internal and external new challenges and possible courses of Symposium in 2010 on the occasion of security has now become very fluid. action (Markus Ferber MEP, Dr. Michael the 20th anniversary of German reuni- For example, the uprisings in the Arab Griesbeck, Prof. Dr. Beate Neuss, Prof. Dr. fication. The first symposium reviewed countries had an impact on Germany’s Rainer Tetzlaff and Prof. Dr. Carlo Masala). the f state o Germany’s “new” foreign security at home. Dr. Friedrich stated policy and worked on new perspec- his belief that the main security risks tives for Berlin’s diplomacy in view of come from Islamic terrorism, organ- the new global challenges that it faces. ised crime and increased migration. The International Strategy Symposium There is no acute threat to Germany’s held on 3 December 2012 in the Confer- securityt a present, but in future it will ence Centre Munich focused on specific be o vital t help the affected countries crises on Europe’s borders. These were to build stable governmental and secu- analysed in terms of their potential for rity structures. He said Germany must escalation and a study was made of sce- work closely with its international allies narios and strategies to mitigate these to deal with the challenges in the “arc Federal Minister of the Interior Hans-Peter problems. of crisis”. Friedrich speaking at the Strategy Symposium

The conference room with Federal Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich at the Panel discussion with Rainer Tetzlaff, Beate Neuss, Carlo Masala, Markus lectern Ferber, Michael Griesbeck

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