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On 25 April 2024, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights - APHR, with the support from Hanns Seidel Foundation, launched the report titled “Parliamentarians at Risk: Reprisals against opposition MPs in Southeast Asia in 2023” in Manila, the Philippines.

The involvement of non-party stakeholders (NPS) in the Climate Village Program (Proklim) is crucial for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing local resilience. This aligns with Indonesia's commitment to climate change mitigation. The Proklim program encompasses a variety of mitigation and adaptation efforts, allowing communities, entities, and individuals to contribute to the Indonesian Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) by developing their own Proklim initiatives, which are registered in the National Registry System by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

How is sustainability integrated into federal constitutions across national and regional domains? In what ways can federalism contribute to sustainability? In the 2024 Winter School on Federalism and Governance in Austria and Italy from February 5-16, a Philippine delegate joined 27 others from 18 countries to analyse the interconnected themes of federal governance and sustainable development.

This workshop is aimed to enhance the curriculum of police training centers across Thailand through the development of training modules based on the Bavarian example.

Impressions of the activities of the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) Philippines in 2023.

More than 50 start-ups, policy makers, investors and start-up supporters joined the networking event jointly hosted by Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) and the Center for Creativity and Sustainability Study and Consultancy (CCS) in Hanoi. The event offered a precious opportunity for members of 2 different networks of climate start-ups supported by HSF, namely ClimateLaunchpad in Vietnam and Ecothon in other ASEAN countries to exchange ideas and network with each other.

In a landmark event that attracted over 100,000 delegates, double the number from the previous session, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC COP 28) in Dubai, held from November 30th to December 13th, 2023, has concluded.

On the occasion of National Constitution Day and International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2023, the Hanns Seidel Foundation Thailand office, in collaboration with the Parliament of Thailand and various Civil Society Organizations, celebrated democracy and the Thai Constitution.

The Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) Philippine alumni’s Fourth Quarter General Membership Meeting gathered former scholars to engage with the new Resident Representative and welcome a new alumna, fostering involvement and network building. Discussions emphasised the importance of alumni engagement in HSF’s project activities; Krones Filipinas, Inc.’s sustainable packaging solutions were featured.

The online dialogue was attended by 27 representatives from partner organizations (ALG, CHR, PNP, AFP, PAHRA, HSF), Congress and civil society organizations (CSOs).