Friedrich Ebert Foundation

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) maintains its own representations in 70 countries of Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. 70 German staff are posted in these
countries at present and - with the assistance of numerous local staff - are engaged in projects in the fi elds of socio-political development and economic and social promotion.

The FES spends approximately half of its annual budget on international activities. Its partners come from politics, business, associations, trade unions, academia, and also from the communication sector and cultural institutions.

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung sees its activities in the developing countries as a contribution to:

• promoting peace and understanding between peoples and inside its partner countries,
• supporting the democratisation of the State and society and strengthening civil society,
• improving general political, economic and social conditions,
• reinforcing free trade unions,
• developing independent media structures,
• facilitating regional and worldwide cooperation between states and different interest groups and
• gaining recognition for human rights.

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