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Two women working as a team to pack the finished goods in boxes in a factory

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02.02.2018 | #CLSPlus, Trade, labour and social dialogue | News

Labour standards in trade agreements must be taken more seriously

Singapore – The sustainable development chapters the European Union has in place in trade agreements and the way they are used are not leading to a higher compliance with labour standards

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31.01.2018 | Future Hub | News

Civic Education Development: Learning from a Thai-German experience sharing

Civic education in Germany is about pluralism not indoctrination, says Vachararutai Boontinand, advisor to a civic education project by FES supporting the civic education reform movement in Thailand.

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29.01.2018 | Trade, labour and social dialogue, #CLSPlus | News

Trade should play a role in improving working conditions

The European Union says it is taking labour considerations into account in its free trade agreements, but it is not doing it in a way that actually leads to better working conditions for millions of…

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22.01.2018 | Trade, labour and social dialogue | News

Bangladesh: On with the next generation of trade unionists

In 2017, Bangladesh saw the opening of the first Academy of Work, a three-month long programme for trade unionists in the country. Today, they share their experiences!

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07.01.2018 | Future Hub | News

FES in Asia, achievements and aspirations

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 Asia.

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26.12.2017 | Trade, labour and social dialogue, #CLSPlus | News

Enforcing labour standards in Pakistan

Singapore – In 2014, Pakistan became a beneficiary of the EU’s GSP+ programme—a scheme which provides the country with zero import tariffs on most of its export. What has happened since with regards…

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21.12.2017 | Future Hub | News

Communication in the Digital Age

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

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20.12.2017 | Future Hub | News

Digital populism

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

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13.12.2017 | Future Hub | News

Big data in China and Germany – A challenge for governance and society

Shanghai (China) – A Chinese-German symposium about the field of tensions between economic innovation and personal rights in the era of big data, jointly organized by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)…

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12.12.2017 | Trade, labour and social dialogue, #CLSPlus | News

Creating Decent Work in the Era of Global Value Chains

Singapore – Today, some 60 to 80 per cent of the 20 trillion US dollars recorded gross exports are linked to the production of multinational firms in global value chains.