Short insight into Friedrich Naumann Foundation and its work for freedom in Pakistan.

1. FNF – the Foundation for Freedom
LFP Freedom of Information Workshop, Dec.12 Lahore
Olaf Kellerhoff
Resident Representative Pakistan

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Overview
1. Friedrich Naumann Foundation
working for Freedom in Pakistan since 1986
2. Liberalism
– a movement of freedom
political philosophy & based on equality
Friedrich Naumann (1860–1919)

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Resident Representative Pakistan Olaf Kellerhoff
Islamic History + International
Relations (MA) at Hamburg Univ.
Missions & Experiences abroad
Somalia
Marocco
Turkey
Kosovo (3x)
Afghanistan (3x)
Lebanon
Apprenticeship as photographer

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1. FNF

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Founding a foundation: President Heuss
First president of the Federal
Republic of Germany,
Theodor Heuss (1884–1963),
founded the endowment
1958
Heuss named the foundation
after his mentor Friedrich
Naumann
Theodor Heuss – lifelong liberal: founding
member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP)
and its first chairperson
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Changing this world
Naumann = protestant priest
confronted with social question in
Hamburg at an orphanage
Getting active
– liberalism as solution:
published a magazine
founded a party
became MP
parliamentarian, politician, Friedrich Naumann (1860–1919),
philosopher – mastermind seen by Max Liebermann
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Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit
Founded 1958: civic
education for Germans
regional offices in the
provinces
Liberal Institute (LI)
think tank
Scholarship department
International Academy for
Leadership (IAF)
Headquarters in Potsdam (Germany), Jan. 2009 since 1963 abroad
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Worldwide: in over 60 countries
Regional
approach
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Sharing the
fate with
FNF in Pakistan
Pakistan…
working for Freedom in
Pakistan since 1986
objectives:
liberal democracy
civic education
human rights
free market economy
peaceful conflict resolution
… and consequently working for betterment
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Small team – big outcome
Syed Hussain Shah Muhammad Nisar
handyman handyman
outside the office inside the office
Muhammad Anwar
Chief-Administrator Munazza Batool
Program Coordinator
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Sustainable work through partners
Crucial Element is the self-responsible programme work of
our partners. FNF trains, consults, interlinks and funds.
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LFP-Elections in Larkana Meeting in Mithi
Seminars, workshops, meetings
Lahore
(FGP), Karachi,
Management
Conflict
Jul. 09
Children’s parliament (SPARC), Isl. 09
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Millenium Development Goals
Pursuing MDGs… UN initiative in 2001
– achieved by 2015
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower
women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
…with German tax payers’ money: 6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other
Minister for Economic Cooperation and diseases
Development, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, 7. Ensure environmental sustainability
and German Ambassador, Michael Koch, in
discussion with the German foundations. 8. Develop a global partnership for
development
Serena Hotel, Islamabad, Apr. 2009
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Political Foundations
Instrument to implement
constitution:
The political parties contribute to the
formation of the political will of the
people. [German Basic Law, Art. 21]
Weimar Republic (1918–
1933): Democracy without
democrats
=>civic education
Pluralism: democracy taught
with different views
learning respect for each other
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Same view
– different duties
party:
develops political objectives and raises
political will to achieve those goals
Courtesy of © Harald Kirschner
faction:
turns party will into parliamentary
work
foundation:
research and formulation of policies
capacitates political actors
Delegation of the foundation at raises political interest
the party’s parliamentary group hall
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2. Liberalism
- a movement of freedom

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Liberal: Misuse and Misunderstanding
Liberal: from latin: liber – free
Liberalism – concerning Freedom
Libertarian: a person who upholds
the principles of absolute and
unrestricted liberty esp. of
thought and action
Libertine: a person who is
unrestrained by convention or
morality, one leading a dissolute
life
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Liberalism
political philosophy
economical ideology
worldwide movement
hardly an undisputed
definition
– Liberals avoid Dogmas
=>approach by seven
selected thinkers
Hambach Festival, 1848 (Germany)
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Liberty leading the people
before Socrates
Locke: Two treatise on
Government, 1690
American Revolution, 1776
French Revolution, 1789
Hambach Festival, 1848
19th century economic
La liberté guidant le peuple
take-off
Eugène Delacroix, 1830
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“We are the people!”
Protestant Prussia
Totalitarianism:
National Socialism
Communism
Peace & freedom after
1945
Renaissance since 1989
Berlin Wall open: 12. Nov. 1989
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Freedom of
Information
citizens’ right
citizens’ awareness in
civic education
improving work
anti-corruption
FoI Workshop, July 30 2009, Karachi
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