Friedrich Naumann
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty is an independent, nonprofit, nongovernmental organisation committed to promoting liberal policy and politics.
Founded in 1958 by Theodor Heuss, the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany, and drawing inspiration from Friedrich Naumann, 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. By applying its core concepts such as human rights, rule of law, liberal democracy and a free market economy, it has been proved through the centuries that liberalism offers appropriate solutions for the present and the future in public and personal life.
It is this proud tradition that we seek to expand even further through our intensive work in political education, advice, training and dialogue. In Africa we support various projects in cooperation with partner organisations and are similarly active in over 50 countries worldwide.
NEWS
South Africa: SA Author honoured with prestigious Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award (USA)
This year, the Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award which recognizes the publication that ‘best improves the public understanding of free society’ has been awarded to the Centre for Development and Enterprise’s (CDE) executive director, Ann Bernstein. Bernstein won the award for her book entitled 'The Case for Business in Developing Countries'. The CDE is one of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation’s (FNF) South African thinktank partners.
South Africa: ‘Government has failed, not the Constitution’ (Helen Zille)
The African National Congress, South Africa's governing party since its transition to democracy in 1994, and poster child of a liberation movement turned political party to many in the northern hemisphere, is making increasingly strident noises demanding a re-write of the country's much praised constitution. Helen Zille, leader of the country's official opposition and the premier of South Africa's second most important province, has a very interesting take on what is driving the ruling party to want to tear up the very constitution they celebrated as their finest achievement only a couple of years ago.
2012 Climate Conference Video Link
In February the FNF held two climate conference events in Berlin and Brussels: the first was entitled 'Tackling Climate Change with Market-based Instruments - Can Emerging Economies and Industrialized Countries Jointly Achieve a Breakthrough?' and took place on the 23rd of February in Berlin. The second - ‘Adapting for Tomorrow? Opportunities and Risks of Climate-Resilient Growth’ - took place on the 28th of February in Brussels.
South Africa: SA Author honoured with prestigious Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award (USA)
