A two-day job analysis workshop for Branch Managers of the Microfinance industry was held on 15-16 May 2012 in Manila in response to the need for enhancing the initial competency profile developed in 2008 for the position of Branch Manager in microfinance institutions (MFIs)... more...

On May 12th, 2012, the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry UMFCCI hosted a Workshop on Corporate Social Responsibility supported by Hanns Seidel Foundation HSF. Among the speakers were U Win Aung (President of UMFCCI)... more...

From 6 to 11 May 2012 the President of the Parliament of Myanmar, Thura Shwe Mann, stays with a fifteen-member delegation at the invitation of the Hanns Seidel Foundation for the first time in Europe. He is accompanied by four committee chairmen of Myanmar’s Parliament as well as two representatives of the opposition... more...

The Project “Community-based Dialogue Sessions on Human Rights Promotion and Protection between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Local Communities” has launched the Top-Level Policy Dialogues on Human Rights... more...

The Philippine National Police (PNP) Human Rights Affairs Office (HRAO) successfully concluded two sets of human rights desk officers and trainers’ course for a total of 65 police officers from four administrative regions of the country comprising Central and Northern Luzon... more...

Dr. Peter Witterauf, CEO of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, used his working visit to Indonesia within the period from April 22nd to 28th 2012 to get updated about newest developments of the Hanns Seidel Foundation’s project in Indonesia in following project components... more...

From April 17th-19th 2012, the ASEF Environmental Forum conducted the third scenario planning workshop in Bangkok, Thailand. This workshop served as the last step of the preparations for a participation... more...

In furtherance of the Dual Training System Competency-based Education (DTS CBE) Program for Microfinance, the key partners comprising of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) and Educational Institutions (EIs) for the pilot implementation of the program held a 2-day workshop... more...

From May 30th to April 3rd, 2012, 20 members of Myanmar Women Entrepreneur’s Association (MWEA) participated in a Train-the-Trainers course supported by Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF). The objective of the course was to develop content for future entrepreneurship... more...

On 30 March 2012 in Hanoi, Vietnam a workshop on “post-crisis landscape in Europe and prospect of the relations between Europe and Southeast Asia” took place. Because of the extensive agenda, insightful expertise and knowledge, a total of 140 national and... more...

The actual election law in Indonesia is currently evaluated by different government institutions such by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Electoral Commission (KPU) and the Election Observation Board (Banwaslu). Furthermore the Indonesian Constitutional Court (MKRI)... more...

From 21 - 25 March 2012 the conference for former Asien HSS scholarship holders took place in Bangkok. The alumni came from Indonesia, Philippines, China, Korea and Thailand. Dr. Michael Czepalla, Head of the department for foreign scholarships... more...

Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Nicanor A. Bartolome gave the keynote address at the opening of the instructors’ development training course on human rights-based policing for forty human rights officers taking place from March 19 to 30, 2012. This activity is a step towards institutionalizing the PNP’s core of human rights officers... more...

From March 12th-13th 2012, the regional office of UNEP in Bangkok conducted the second Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaption Forum. This forum is a follow-up to the Collaborative Action Network Meetings (CAN Meeting), which have been initiated three years ago and focus... more...

In February two of the representatives of the HSS Thailand visited the workshop "Handicraft production, design, management" for owners or employees of small handicraft companies in Tak (Province), Thailand. The workshop took place - amongst others - in cooperation with the Tak Provicial Office... more...

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The Islamic University of Yogyakarta conducted a conference on public participation in legal drafting and implementation of local regulations on 4th of February 2012. This event, which attracted more than 80... more...

From 17th to 21st of October 2011, a delegation from Vietnam visited Germany following an invitation of the Hanns-Seidel-Foundation. The leader of the Vietnamese Institute for Labour Science and Social Affairs (ILSSA), Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, and representatives of the Vietnamese Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs... more...

Held in Hanoi on 3rd-4th October 2011, the ASEM Green Growth Forum aimed to raise awareness of the ASEM member countries of the urgent need of transition to green economy. The Forum was hosted by the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was participated by experts and decision-makers from Asia and Europe. more...