HSF Events The Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) is named after the late Dr. Hanns Seidel (1901 - 1961). He was the Chief Minister of Bavaria (1957 - 1960) and Party Chairman (1955 - 1961) of the Christian Social Union (CSU).
The HSF was founded in 1966 in Munich and has the legal form of a registered society. It is one of the youngest amongst the five German Foundations in India.
The foundation has Liaison Offices in 54 countries and single Project officers in about 8 centres worldwide.
For activities abroad, the HSF receives grants from the Federal Republic of Germany. These activities are non-commercial, non-profit-making and are subject to constant monitoring by the Federal Audit Office.
In its objective to promote bilateralism and fellowship among women, FLO serves as a forum for them to come together and interact with each other. They also come across government bodies needs. FLO also sends its delegation abroad and hosts them time to time. The idea is to make new friends and be open to new ideas.
The Foundation has five wings:
- The Academy for Political Science and Contemporary History
- The Institute for Adult Civic Education
- The Institute for Foreign Relations
- The Scholarship Organization
- The Institute for International Contact and Co-operation, which is represented in India throughits Liaison Office in New Delhi.
The "Institute for International Contact and Co-operation" functions abroad; we are in India since 1996 and presently cooperating with the FICCI Ladies Organization and with four other Indian Non-Government Organizations. Our endeavour is to promote the principles of social and political dialogue and "selfhelp". The partner organizations have not only to be on the receiving end, but contributing as well. Through this kind of joint effort, we feel dialogue between India and Germany can become more and more purposeful.
Objectives: With a view to promoting knowledge and awareness, the HSF supports projects in the areas of international political dialogue, community development, education, health and environmental awareness, management training and Institution building. The HSF also provides support for seminars, symposia and workshops in order to help people update their qualifications, skills and capabilities. The Foundation's educational programs are intended to: (1) invoke thought process and provide motivation and awareness for responsible independent action; and (2) to train the participants to enhance their level of competence, so that they become self-reliant, responsible and capable of handling their professional problems with confidence.
For the smooth conduct of the programs, suitable and qualified faculty is drafted from India and Germany faculty, which has didactic experience and those who are recognized experts in their respective fields.
Since 196 the Foundation has been extending support annually for about 35-40 activities proposed by FLO. These educational workshops and training programs are mainly for women, and are spread all over India; the three broad categories receiving our assistance are: (1) Grass root level or income generation projects for the unemployed and for the artisans and craftspersons; (2) Middle level or skill development workshops for the educated youth and (3) Senior level or skill enhancement programs for the managerial groups.
From 1996 till 2011, nearly 20,000 participants from all over India have taken advantage of some 300 + training programs, workshops, seminars and symposia, organized by FLO and supported by HSF. |
