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  Friedrich Naumann - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Friedrich Naumann (March 25, 1860 – August 24, 1919) was a German politician and Protestant parish priest.
Towards the end of the 19th century, Naumann, who was a monarchist and adherent of the German emperor Wilhelm II espoused a liberal imperialism.
In 1919 Friedrich Naumann was a cofounder of the German Democratic Party (Deutsche Demokratische Partei, DDP) with Theodor Wolff and Hugo Preuss, the "father of the constitution of the Weimar Republic".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Friedrich_Naumann   (372 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Friedrich Naumann Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation (Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung) (FNSt) is a German foundation for liberal politics, related to the Free Democratic Party.
Friedrich Naumann Friedrich Naumann (March 25, 1860 – August 24, 1919) was a German politician and Protestant parish priest.
While the Foundation’s activities in the field of civic education consist of seminars, conferences and publications aimed at promoting liberal values and principles, the international political dialogue program provides a discussion forum for a wide range of liberal issues.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation   (844 words)

  
 Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Washington, D.C. Office, Startpage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation is an independent German political foundation, founded on May 19, 1958 by the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Theodor Heuss.
Friedrich Naumann realized that the newly established German parliamentary democracy required the active participation of citizens aware of their rights and duties under the rule of law.
Currently, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation operates in roughly 60 countries, cooperating with numerous governmental and civil society organizations across the globe.
www.fnstusa.org /Startpage.htm   (594 words)

  
 Friedrich Naumann Foundation - Projects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation believes in the importance of the dialogue between civil society actors.
Based on the belief in the importance of the private initiative of citizens be it on the social, political or economic level and the belief in liberal principles, the Amman office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation puts its services in support of its Jordanian and Lebanese partners and other Arab organisations in the region.
In 1993, the Foundation commenced its activities in Lebanon firstly in cooperation with the René Moawad Foundation.
www.bunian.org.jo /english/fnf2.htm   (306 words)

  
 Principles Applying to the Financing of Political Foundations, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This matrix, which is submitted by the political foundations to the Budget Committee by consent, applies to global subsidies as well as to project-related remittances, with a few exceptions applying in the latter case.
In its opinion of February 17, 1993, the commission affirmed that political foundations constitute an essential element in the political culture of the Federal Republic of Germany, and that their work is useful to the polity as a whole.
It is the most important concern of all political foundations to inform the public regularly and comprehensively about their work, and to ensure that the way in which they use their funds is transparent to the public (Joint Declaration, ibid.).
www.kas.de /stiftung/wir_ueber_uns/1847_webseite.html   (2159 words)

  
 Political Foundations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
These foundations, see also Funding of Party Overseas Activities, generally carry out work that benefits the parent party but that is not directly connected with the immediate task of electioneering.
Party foundations typically conduct courses to educate party members or sympathisers in political work; they are sometimes responsible for policy research, for maintaining the parent party's archives, and for assistance to sister parties in foreign countries.
Since party foundations generally receive the bulk of their funds from the public purse, opinions about their merits vary according to each commentator's judgement of the merits of state funding of political parties.
www.aceproject.org /main/english/pc/pcd01b05.htm   (466 words)

  
 Foundation for Liberal Politics in the Philippines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation invites all those interested in governance issues, and who have access to a computer equipped with Internet Explorer, a modem of at least 28.800 bps and are proficient in English to send in their applications.
Hubertus von Welck, the new regional director of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Bangkok.
The Foundation is sponsoring this year’s seminar in conjunction with the University of the Western Cape.
www.fnf.org.ph   (1127 words)

  
 Links to other websites
The Foundations (Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Friedrich Naumann Foundation and Heinrich Boell Foundation) are part of the basic political organisation of expansionary German policy abroad.
From their statement, which is now in the public domain, the Boards of the German Foundations accept by implication that German foreign policy must inevitably lead to conflicts from which conspiracy and murder cannot be excluded.
The investigations by the State Prosecutor were brought against the "Konrad Adenauer Foundation" (Christian Democrat), the "Friedrich Naumann Foundation" (Free Democrats), the Social Democrat "Friedrich Ebert Foundation" and the "Heinrich Boell Foundation" (Green Party and League 90).
home.freeuk.net /ukconservatism/gc-20.html   (738 words)

  
 The Friedrich Naumann Foundation - Activities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In the field of economic development, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation supports initiatives, which increase the role of the private sector in the economic life in Jordan, Lebanon, and in the region.
The Foundation supported in Jordan the initiative to create the Young Entrepreneurs Association (YEA) since the year 1997 The Young Entrepreneurs Association (YEA), registered end of1998 as a non-profit organization is dedicated to promoting and encouraging entrepreneurship in Jordan.
Publication of the proceedings of the symposium on: "The Age of Nahdha: Liberal Prologues to Modernity" (organised by the René Moawad Foundation, Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the American University of Beirut, 1998).
www.bunian.org.jo /english/fnf3.htm   (1095 words)

  
 Friedrich Naumann Stiftung   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation from Germany was established in 1958 as a non-profit educational organization that promotes liberal and reformist politics worldwide.
The Seoul Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the Center for Local Autonomy at Hanyang University recently hosted an international conference on “Federalism as an Agent for Decentralization and Regional Integration”, sponsored by the Dong-A Ilbo newspaper, the Korea Times and Gwangjin-Gu Office, Seoul.
The Alumni Association of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Seoul is with 70 members one of the biggest outside Germany.
www.fnfkorea.org /new_eng/index_eng.asp   (672 words)

  
 Conflict resolution, prevention, and transformation: Search for Common Ground
These foundations have a long history of political education inside the country and are closely linked with particular political parties, even though they have a distinct legal status.
For example, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation would more naturally coordinate with and support major trade unions, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation would rather focus on sustaining liberal-minded institutions and chambers of commerce, and the Heinrich Boll Foundation, with its connections to the Green Party, would prefer to work with local environmentalist and women's groups.
The two most important ones, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, have been working in the region for more than 30 years, first to strengthen dialogue and foster reconciliation between Germany and Israel, and later to engage in sustaining democratic transition and economic development in the territories administered by the Palestinian Authority.
www.sfcg.org /programmes/middleeast/archive/focus_germany2001fawi.html   (1455 words)

  
 Tibetan Bulletin - Online: Volume 8, Issue 6, November - December 2004
Friedrich Naumann was a firm believer of individual liberty-the rights of the individual in his political, economic and cultural sphere of life.
In 1918 Friedrich Naumann established the College for Civic Education, an institution based in Berlin devoted to the political education of adults.
FNF has also had the distinguished privilege of being one of the organisers and the main founder of the International Conference of Tibet Support Groups.
www.tibet.net /tibbul/2004/1112/Interview2.html   (1279 words)

  
 L I B E R A L - P H I L I P P I N E S   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) is the Foundation for liberal politics.
The Foundation follows the ideals of its namesake Friedrich Naumann.
In this regard, FNF is an agent of organized liberalism.
www.liberal-philippines.com /links.html   (625 words)

  
 www.fnst.org - Conquering Poverty in Africa through Business - 3rd Africa Resource Bank Meeting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The meeting, which was supported by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, attracted participants from South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, USA, Canada, Germany and from the host country Kenya.
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation Africa held its second regional meeting of 2005, from the 16 — 20 October, in Dar —es-Salaam, Tanzania.
While in Tanzania FNF representatives took the opportunity to meet with the Foundations’ political partner, the Civic United Front (CUF) on the island of Zanzibar and experience first hand the tense situation on the eve of the elections.
www.fnst.de /webcom/show_article.php/_c-1011/_lkm-1426/i.html   (1019 words)

  
 First of all, I would like to welcome all of you to our Third Annual International Conference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This institute was initiated thru the efforts of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and recently restructured with the participation of the ARI Movement.
This is our third year of cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the dimension of the relationship continues to expand into various areas.
In addition to cooperating on political reform issues, we have worked with Friedrich Naumann Foundation on institutional development and the Mediterranean Democracy Network, a project which was founded by the Naumann Foundation and funded by the European Commission in order to foster dialogue and raise democratic standards for Middle Eastern Countries.
usconsulate-istanbul.org.tr /reppub/arieu/kemal.html   (1662 words)

  
 Friedrich Naumann Foundation - Home
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation is an independent, nonprofit, nongovernmental organisation that is committed to promoting liberal policy and politics.
Originating in Germany, the Foundation has won a reputation for promoting Freedom in human Dignity as the ultimate precondition of a society where people can live freely and in peace.
To create such an open society we are guided by the principles of Liberalism and its message of tolerance and acceptance of diversity.
www.fnf.org.za /Foundation/1_about_us/Foundation.htm   (157 words)

  
 Academic Foundation - Indian Economy: Books, Documents, Reports
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation is a German non-profit institution primarily engaged in the strengthening of democratic and pluralist development both in the industrialised and the developing world.
As the only liberal organisation of its kind worldwide, the Foundation is active in many countries of the world, helping to lay the foundation for a future in freedom that bears responsibility for coming generations.
In South Asia, where the political situation is characterised by the sharpest of contrasts, the Foundation faces some important challenges to accompany and support the distinct endeavours to move from feudalistic structures to democracy.
www.academicfoundation.com /n_detail/SSI-LSEP.asp   (808 words)

  
 Hetq Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
He was interested to find out what these foundations do in our region, how they spend their financial resources, and why this information is classified.
A source told us that before the 2003 Parliamentary elections in Armenia, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation had allocated $250,000 to a local organization to implement a project aimed at the propagation of liberal values through an Armenian media outlet.
It is not clear whether the seminars and conferences organized by these foundations in various hotels were registered by the hotels, whether taxes were paid for the amounts spent, and whether, in fact, the amounts actually spent equal the amounts spent on paper.
www.hetq.am /eng/society/0502-eberti.html   (935 words)

  
 Friedrich Naumann Foundation - Freedom
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation, in order to further its goal of a peaceful and free world all over the globe, is guided by the following political principles for its activities:
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation is the foundation for ideas on liberty and training in freedom.
It wants to contribute to the furtherance of the principle of freedom in human dignity in all sectors of society in the united Germany as well as together with partners abroad.
www.fnf.org.za /Foundation/1_about_us/freedom.html   (813 words)

  
 Friedrich Naumann Stiftung   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
On November 24th 2005, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the Malaysian Institute of Integrity invited several distinguished speakers to a panel discussion with on the subject of enforcing and ensuring integrity within the political system.
Ulrich Niemann, FNF Resident Representative in Korea, with the North Korean delegates at the German Finance Ministry in Berlin.
The Election Commission of Thailand, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Suan Dusit University, and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation jointly designed a training course for young Thai people interested in politics and ecnomics, for the ages of 17 and 18.
www.fnfasia.org   (896 words)

  
 Civic Club Foundation : Homepage
On November 5-6, 2004 in coopearation with Friedrich Naumann Foundation we organized seminar " European Funds - a chance for SME".
The conference was organized by the Civic Club Foundation in cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the Survivors of the Shoah - Visual History Foudation.
In Warsaw the foundation's partner is the Polish Union of Jewish Students.
www.klub-obywatelski.org.pl /english.html   (849 words)

  
 The German Fund for Palestinian NGOs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation is in charge of managing the fund.
Founded in 1958 in memory of Friedrich Naumann, a leading liberal personality, the foundation is working in 50 countries all over the world and has five Mediterranean offices in Cairo, Jerusalem, Amman, Rabat and Ankara.
Other elements such as gender sensitivity, increasing the participation of individuals and groups in political and societal development, addressing needs in marginalized and/or neglected geographical areas as well as sustainable development were also taken into consideration.
www.german-fund.org   (322 words)

  
 Pattaya Mail - Vol. XII No. 30 - Friday July 23 - July 29 , 2004 Our Community
Since the 1990s, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation has been concentrating on cooperation with its partners in the public and private sectors to strengthen and consolidate democratic structures and initiatives.
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation has a regional office here and at the same time is working on a land project which incorporates Thailand and Cambodia and a second one which involves Malaysia and Vietnam, where other projects are also on the go.
All in all, the foundations concerns itself with the civil movement, civil rights groups, initiates dialogue for conflict resolution, is active in the implementation of constitutional rights and the registration of land rights.
www.pattayamail.com /573/community.shtml   (2814 words)

  
 Stefan Gleason: Comments at Friedrich Naumann Foundation Conference on Choice in Education
Friedrich Naumann Foundation Conference on Choice in Education
National Right to Work comes at the issue from the angle of individual rights and fighting what is, as most people recognize, the primary obstacle to education reform -- government-granted coercive union power.
Because so long as they have that power, they'll be installed in a place where they can derail education reform.
www.nrtw.org /d/shgfnfccg.htm   (2139 words)

  
 Jewish Sightseeing - U.S-Mexico border area
The delegates, many of whom were described as emerging leaders in their countries, spent several days in San Diego last week under the auspices of the American Jewish Committee and the Friedrich Naumann Siftung (Foundation) of Germany.
The non-profit Naumann Foundation--which is the educational arm of the German liberal party-- has partnered for the last seven years with the AJC to expose western thinking to the emerging leaders of Eastern European and central Asian democracies, said Rabbi Andrew Baker, AJC's director of European affairs.
Rainer Willert, head of the Naumann Foundation's Baltic project, said Friedrich Naumann was a German politician who died before World War I who emphasized the need to educate people to participate in the democratic process.
www.jewishsightseeing.com /usa/california/san_diego/us_mexico_border/19981106-border_problems.htm   (1142 words)

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