“In the service of democracy, peace and development” – this is how the Hanns Seidel Foundation describes its mission and its work. These words apply to its activities in Germany – and of course particularly in Bavaria – and to its commitments abroad.Overview...
The HSF office in Indonesia was established in 1993. Since then projects and programs have been jointly implemented with domestic and international partners. The main pillars of HSF‘s work are the justice and democracy sectors, in which HSF focuses on training and capacity-building, exchange programmes,...Overview...
Our first involvement to provide development assistance in Myanmar dates back to 1994 with capacity building activities for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the time when Myanmar was preparing to apply for membership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Many more activities were carried out...Overview...
The HSF has been active in the Philippines since 1979, extending development assistance to Philippine partner organizations mainly in the field of human resource and policy development ranging from training and education, community-based and top-level policy dialogues, research and publication,...Overview...
The project work in Thailand started in 1993. Since then, activities aimed at strengthening democratic institutions and processes together with national as well as international partners. Based on the HSF's mission, democracy, peace and development are major pillars of our work.Overview...
Our projects in Vietnam initially aimed at providing a multidimensional development platform for the Doi-Moi Policy (Renovation Policy), which was launched in 1986 and largely represented the economic reforms. Since then, Vietnam has made the transition from a developing country to a lower middle-income country...Overview...
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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.
Impressions of the activities of the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) Philippines in 2023.
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).
The media landscape is at a turning point. Artificial intelligence has spread rapidly across the media landscape and is increasingly taking over the tasks of journalists. Declining readership and revenues as well as the increasing spread of fake news make it necessary to analyze AI applications in the media from an ethical and reliable point of view on how to use AI applications effectively and responsibly.
A 2-day CBD Summit covering Western Visayas was held last 20-21 November 2023 in Iloilo City. The activity was able to achieve its objectives, viz: (i) Participants increased appreciation of CBD as an approach to human rights promotion; (ii) Action plan on how to influence the functionalization of existing Human Rights (HR) mechanisms & local policies, and (iii) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed for local CBD sustainability with defined institutional roles.
This half-day CBD held on November 10, 2023 in Batangas City was organized by the Commission on Human Rights Region IV-A (CHR-Region IV-A) in with the support of the Hanns Seidel Foundation/Germany (HSF).
On November 7, 2023, a half-day Top-Level Policy Dialogue (TLPD) on the Philippines’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR, 4th cycle, November 2022) was held both in-person and via zoom. It was attended by more than 150 participants representing partner organizations and other stakeholders (CHR, ALG, PAHRA, AFP, PNP, HSF, CSOs, LGUs, academe, among others).
This 2-day CBD held on September 8-9, 2023 at FSUU in Butuan City was organized by the Commission on Human Rights Caraga Region (CHR-Caraga) in collaboration with Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU)-College of Law’s Urian Legal Assistance Program (ULAP) with the support of the Hanns Seidel Foundation/Germany (HSF) and GO-JUST Program of the European Union (EU).
As part of the process of implementing a simple and effective “Feedback and Referral System” (FRS) to report and monitor human rights violations (HRVs), a one-day awareness-raising seminar was conducted on August 18, 2023 in Baguio City, gathering local stakeholders from the 5 pilot barangays and local government unit (LGU) of Baguio City.
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