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Recent local elections in Nepal have brought a number of independent candidates into office. Among them is Balendra Shah ‘Balen’, Kathmandu…

Education in Asia is becoming increasingly privatised and commercialised. To learn more about the impacts and future trends of the sector,…

Despite numerous movements for freedom, justice and equality, Nepal is still struggling to consolidate its new democratic system.

FES Indonesia hosts capacity building for young people aiming to enhance awareness on key social, political and cultural issues, while equipping them…

The FES Nepal team spoke with the first resident director, Heinz Bongartz, about opening the FES office in Kathmandu and the role of social democracy…

A festival in North Sumatra brings together the region’s engaged youth each year under the principles of create – collaborate – celebrate. Now in its…

A participatory higher education system and a prosperous and socially just labour market are at the core of the ongoing work by the Dhaka-based team…

A mediator and platform for exchange in Nepal through several periods of conflict and reform since the 1990s, FES is facilitating to build trust…

At a high-level ministerial meeting in Berlin, representatives of Germany and Indonesia back stronger international cooperation to tackle migration by…

Through a series of policy workshops in Mongolia, young political party supporters receive hands-on experience to work together and develop policy…

The globalization of work, the tectonic shifts in geopolitics, and climate change are all having an impact on the archipelagic South-East Asian nation…

The FES office in Singapore is the hub for the organization’s operations across Asia, which cover 14 country offices and 15 programmes as of June…

Fifty years ago FES first established a base in Indonesia where today it works with local partners on a range of topics, from pathways to fair…

With an office in New Delhi since 1981, FES has been active in India for 40 years, building platforms of mutual trust for open debate and exchange of…

Supporting narratives for economic transformation and people’s awareness about the links between domestic and regional questions, FES Pakistan works…

More than 40 years now, FES has been working in Thailand, a land of contrasts and rapid transformation.

Civic education in Germany is about pluralism not indoctrination, says Vachararutai Boontinand, advisor to a civic education project by FES supporting…

At the turn of the year we summarize past highlights to celebrate and aspirations for the year ahead in the work with partners and friends by FES in…

Bangkok (Thailand) – Managerial staff of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Asia from offices in the region was part of a three-day workshop on strategic…

Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) – A closer look at how digital space is being exploited and the signs of cyber-populism that emerged in the 2017 presidential…

Youth is once again called to the fore with the rise of authoritarianism in the region, their voices captured by contributors in this year’s second…

Manila (Philippines) – In this photo story, see how knowledge, skills and values are passed on to future political leaders for a progressive future in…

June is LGBT Pride Month when pride marches around the world commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969, in New York…