Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Short Name
FES
Address Line 1
Address Line 2
Street - Number and Name
7 Ba Huyen Thanh Quan Street
District
City
Hanoi
Province – Vietnam
Phone
+84-4-3845 5108, +84-4-3845 2632
Fax
+84-4-3845 2631
Email Address
Contact Person – Vietnam
Erwin Schweisshelm, Resident Representative
Vietnam Website
International Website
International Headquarters
Mission Statement
The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) opened its Vietnam Office in Hanoi in 1990. It was one of the first international non-profit organisations to work in Vietnam. As a political foundation, we base our work on the principles of promoting social justice and political participation. Within these parameters, FES is supporting the renovation process known as Đổi mới, which was initiated by the Vietnamese Government in 1986. The close and long-standing cooperation with local partners forms the backbone of the work of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Vietnam. The Vietnamese partner organizations of FES are central actors in the fields of politics, economic development and political education. In its cooperation with local partners the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung emphasizes its demand orientation. Hence, all projects focus entirely on partner’s needs and wishes for political dialogue. The FES uses diverse methods to foster discussions and the exchange of international experiences. These include commissioning and publishing studies and reports on pressing sociopolitical issues, organizing workshops, conferences and similar platforms, inviting international experts to Vietnam and sending study groups to Germany and Europe.
History of operations in Vietnam
04. 10. 1990 - Skeleton agreement; 1991 - Business consulting centre Ha Bac, Returnee programme; 1992 - Labour legislation, Advanced training for journalists; 1995 - Socio-political dialogue; 1996 - Trade union law consulting, Training for journalists, Labour and administrative jurisdiction, Regional and sustainable economic policies; 1997 - Gender-Mainstreaming; 1998 - Credit guarantee funds, SME support; 1999 - Labour protection, Labour law Handbook, Labour market research, Research project on Social Democracy; 2000 - Professionalizing of the National Assembly's scientific service, Media law and research; 2001 - Didactics and adult education, Law on Cooperatives; 2003 - Change management & State-owned enterprises; 2004 - Dialogue on Social Security, ASEM People’s Forum; 2005 - Progamme debate on Social Democracy, Dialogue on Constitutional State; 2007 - Quality Management of international symposia, Affiliation to Global Union Ferderations; 2008 - TOT on leading skills, Training for collective bargaining experts of VGCL, Cooperation with diverse committees of the National Assembly, Amendment of Labour Code; 2009 - Trade union legal protection and labour jurisdiction, Trade union law, Conflict research; 2010 - Establishment of Centre for German Law, Radio project Quang Ninh; 2011 - Discussion with VWU on Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Budgeting, Potitical dialogue on sustainable development, Constitutional reform; 2012 - Discussion group of students of German language