FNST

The Foundation participates in and sponsors activities aimed at promoting the renowned Economic Freedom in the World-index.. Our partners at the International Research Foundation in Oman and the Canadian Fraser Institute cooperate in developing a regional index regarding the state of economic freedom in the member countries of the Arab League. The highlight of this program is an annual international conference of economic think tanks from the region and free marketers from various other parts of the world at which issues related to liberal economic reform are discussed. 

www.freetheworld.com/arab_release.html

Democratic reform and the promotion of the rule of law with particular emphasis on the freedom of association are at the centre of a three year project coordinated by the Amman office of the Foundation in cooperation with the League of Arab States and co-sponsored by the European Commission.

Delegates representing their governments, political parties, non-governmental organizations and trade unions from Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria cooperate in this project.

The main objective of this regional program is the reform of respective national legislation regarding political parties, civil society and the trade unions, and harmonizing these laws with universally accepted international standards.

This project was concluded in Feb. 2010.

http://www.arab-laws-reform.net

In cooperation with Liberal International, the Foundation in 2006 organized a regional conference in Cairo attended by liberal individuals and members of liberal political parties and organizations from various parts of the region. This event laid the groundwork for the Network of Arab Liberals (NAL) which was formally established in Casablanca in early 2007 with members from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan. In a programmatic declaration, the member parties of the Network profess that they adhere to the liberal principles of freedom, responsibility, pluralism, tolerance, the market economy, the civil state and the separation of state and religion.

www.arab-liberals.net