A non-profit NGO based in Munich, Germany, the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) has been active in the Philippines since 1979, extending development assistance mainly in human resource development: from training and education, research and publications, to project development.
HSF’s operations in the Philippines have largely contributed to the following national objectives: developing rural areas through the strengthening of civic organizations; training professionals and skilled workers; strengthening democratic structures; and enhancing partnerships between government and the private sector.
It also initiated programs towards Asian integration and ASEAN-EU cooperation, specifically in the areas of: Economic and Political Cooperation and Integration, Trade and Investment, and Environmental Management.
Its main intervention comes in the form of technical assistance provided in cooperation with local partners. The project activities are based on long-term partnerships, at least over a three-year project cycle, implemented together with its partners. Its current project term covers the period 2008-2010 in priority areas in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
Actual major programs of Hanns Seidel Foundation Philippines are:
- Microfinance capacity building;
- Support for public administration;
- Peace, democracy and human rights;
- Local government capacity bulding;
- Establishment of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly;
- Support for follow-up activities in the fields of vocational traning, cooperative systems and ASEAN-EU cooperation.
Hanns Seidel Foundation Philippines is implementing its project activities in cooperation with the following major local partners:
- Alternative Law Groups (ALG)
- Benigno S. Aquino Foundation, Inc. (BSAF)
- European IT Service Center Foundation, Inc. (EITSCFI)
- League of Municipalities in the Philippines-Mayor’s Development Center (LMP-MDC)
- National Cooperative Movement (NCM)
- Philippine National Police-Human Rights Affairs Office (PNP-HRAO)
- PinoyMe Foundation, Inc. (PinoyME)
- Ramos Peace and Development Foundation, Inc. (RPDEV)
