Hanns Seidel Foundation Myanmar

Hanns Seidel Foundation Myanmar
Unit 7, Inya Lake Hotel
37 Kaba Aye Pagoda Road
Yangon, Myanmar
Telephone: +95-1-667225 | Fax: +95-1-667454
E-Mail: myanmar@hss.de

Myanmar

The Hanns Seidel Foundation cooperates with Tourism Transparency to conduct a workshop on responsible tourism with key stakeholders of the International Airport of Yangon, Myanmar

On 4th December 2012, the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) organised jointly with the non-governmental organisation Tourism Transparency a one day long workshop with high-ranking representatives... more...

Hanns Seidel Foundation invites high-ranking members of Myanmar parliament for conference on federalism in Germany

The Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) invited H.E. U Nanda Kyaw Swa, Deputy Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw, the lower house of the Myanmar parliament Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, and H.E. U Win Thein, Legal Affairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission Member of... more...

Dr. Wolfgang Bötsch, former Minister of Post and Telecommunications of Germany visits Myanmar in support of ongoing reform process

From 6th November to 10th November 2012 Dr. Wolfgang Bötsch, the former Minister of Post and Telecommunications of the Federal Republic of Germany, visited Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and Yangon, the economic centre of the Southeast... more...

Myanmar: Chief Executive Officer paves way for further projects in the future

On 23rd October 2012, Dr. Peter Witterauf, Chief Executive Officer of the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), opened the Project Office of the HSF in Yangon, Myanmar. The HSF is the first German political foundation with a representative office in the Southeast Asian country... more...

The Hanns Seidel Foundation opens office in Myanmar

The Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) is contributing in an active and effective way to international cooperation and understanding with its programmes and projects. With the aim to support the democratisation process in the Southeast Asian country, the HSF opened together with the OAV – German Asia-Pacific Business Association... more...

HSF hands over documents on policies and strategies for responsible tourism to the Government of Myanmar

The Vice President of Myanmar congratulates and thanks the Hanns Seidel Foundation for the successful cooperation with the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism in the development of policies and strategies for responsible and sustainable tourism in the Southeast Asian... more...

Aung San Suu Kyi and Speaker of Parliament, Thura Shwe Mann receive official delegation from Hanns Seidel Foundation/Germany

From 10th to 15th September 2012, a delegation from Hanns Seidel Foundation/Germany (HSF) travelled to Myanmar for political talks with key leaders of political parties, high-ranking members of government and civil society. The HSF representatives were invited by the International... more...

The Draft Responsible Tourism Policy for Myanmar formulated successfully

From the 22nd of May to the 5th of June in workshops all over Myanmar and in a Concluding Conference more than 350 participants from public and private tourism sector expressed that tourism should be developed in a responsible and sustainable way... more...

Workshop enhances integration of Corporate Social Responsibility in Myanmar’s economic development

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...

Myanmar: President of Parliament visits Europe for the first time

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...

Women Entrepreneurs successfully completed Train-the-Trainer course

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...

Conference and workshops on Responsible Tourism in Myanmar held successfully

From 21st-23rd of February, the new and impressive Myanmar International Convention Centre, situated in the new myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw was the stage of the 1st International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Myanmar. During the first two days... more...

Memorandum of Understanding signed with Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Having held their first joint workshop in UMFCCI in 1996, HSF and UMFCCI can look back on a long fruitful cooperation, which culminated today with the signing of a first Memorandum of Understanding, set to further strengthen their cooperation. Only recently, in December... more...

HSF strengthened partnership with Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs’ Association

Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) and the Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs’ Association (MWEA) can look back to a long-term partnership. With the first activity dating to 1996, HSF has been supporting female entrepreneurs for more than 15 years now. This partnership has now been... more...

First Green Economy and Green Growth Forum in Myanmar

The Forum on Green Economy and Green Growth, held in Myanmar from 1st to 4th of November 2011, can be seen as a valuable step towards international openness of the new government. It was the first Conference of its kind in the country and evoked international recognition. The main conference, taking place in Nay Pyi Taw for two days, was officially opened by U Win Tun, Minister for Environmental Conservation... more...