iaf guidelines 2011

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Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF)

Seminars at the International Academy for Leadership (IAF)

Gummersbach, Germany

APPLICATION GUIDELINES LOGISTICS - EXPECTATIONS

www.visit.fnst.orgwww.fnfasia.org

www.fnfmalaysia.org

All applicants must have excellent command of the English language, an interest in politicsand liberalism as well as dedication to democracy, protection of human rights, rule of law

and market based economy. Seminars are open to anybody, especially to those who areengaged in pushing for greater freedom in their country, for example by working for liberal

political parties, NGOs, foundations and media-organisations. Liberal, reform-mindedemployees of government agencies are also welcome.

Content Page

1. List of seminars 22. Application deadlines 33. Application procedures 44. Notification 45. Air- and Train-Ticket 56. Visa Application 67. Visa Fee 68. Your financial contribution 69. Before your departure to Germany 710. Departure to Germany 711. Arrival in Germany 712. Climate 8

13. Your stay at the IAF: Accommodation, Meals and Services 814. Leisure Activities 815. Internet 916. Pocket Money / Means of Payment 917. The seminar in Gummersbach / Replications in mind 918. After your return: Feedback 919. After your return: Replication 920. IAF Alumni Network 10


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1. List of seminars

Please have a look at the current list of IAF seminars in Germany:

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For more information about the content of the seminars, please go towww.visit.fnst.org/webcom/show_article.php/_c-1171/_nr-13455/i.htmland click abstract.

As you can see from the list, three types of seminars are available:

two-week-long seminars in Gummersbach, Germany. FNF will select participants from thepool of applicants

week-long seminars in Gummersbach, Germany. FNF will select participants from the poolof applicants

two-week-long seminars in Gummersbach, which start online. These seminars are open toanyone and have three phases: phases I and II via the internet, followed by a seminar inGummersbach, Germany. Initially, participants will login to the IAF online platform,receive study material, get assignments and discuss/chat with other participants fromaround the globe. The participants performance will be assessed by FNF. Those who dobest in online phase I will be invited to take part in online phase II and to later travel to theseminar in Gummersbach, Germany. In order to have a chance to make it, please completeall assignments and participate actively in all online-discussions.

Having studied the list, please choose and apply for ONE seminar which a) interests you, b)you are suitable for and c) will benefit you and/or the organisation you work with.

2. Application deadlines

The closing dates (deadlines) for applications in the list in this document (see above) differfrom the dates mentioned in the list that is available atwww.visit.fnst.org/webcom/show_article.php/_c-1171/_nr-13455/i.html. Here is why: Thedeadlines in the list that is available online refer to the days applications need to be receivedin Germany. However, we kindly ask you to send your application to FNF staff in Asia a fewdays before the Germany-deadline. There will be a screening and ranking of applications atthe FNF Regional Office in Bangkok. We need a few days for this, we then forward allapplications to Germany. The list in this document (see above) includes your all importantAsia-deadline, and it also includes more specific information regarding the phases of theseminars which start online. So please use the list in this document for your reference.Needless to say: The sooner we receive your application, the better. Late and/or incompleteapplications will not be considered.

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3. Application procedures

Your application must include

a) Curriculum Vitae (CV) with one photo (4x6)b) Motivational letter: appr. 300 words, telling us WHY you would to attend the particular

seminar you are applying for and HOW it will benefit you as a person and/or theorganisation you work with

c) Filled out IAF registration form (we will send you the form).Please note that if you are applying for a seminar which starts online, you only need to sendus your CV to get started. In case you do well in the online phase I and are invited to theonline phase II and to the following seminar in Germany, we will then need you to fill out theIAF registration. Online-start: No motivation letter is needed.

Malaysia: Please send your application (email attachments) to Nattipa([email protected])

Cambodia: Please send your application (email attachments) to Khim Sophanna([email protected]), Neang Sovathana ([email protected]) and NattipaChuenpirom ([email protected])

Myanmar: Please send your application (email attachments) to Aye Mya Hlaing([email protected]) and Nattipa ([email protected])

4. Notification

The final decision regarding who gets to participate in the seminars is made in Germany. Due

to limited space at the seminars and due to regional quotas, only about 25 percent of theapplications we receive in Bangkok are awarded places in any given IAF seminar. We willinform you whether your application for regular seminars was successful or not and whetheror not your performance in seminars which start online was good enough to advance or not.

In case you were not successful: Please have another look at the list of IAF seminars, chooseanother seminar and apply/try again. Not having been chosen may not be related to youand/or your qualifications but simply to the fact that space is limited and quotas (Asia,Africa, America etc.) must be kept. We therefore strongly encourage you to keeptrying/applying.

In case you are notified that you are invited to Gummersbach, please read and follow the

information on the next pages.


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5. Air- and Train-Ticket

You may fly to Frankfurt or to Cologne1. If you fly to Frankfurt, you may take a high-speedtrain to Cologne usually this is the fastest option as many flights arrive in Frankfurt, thetrain conveniently leaves from the airport and it only takes about 55 minutes to Cologne.However, we will not be able to provide you with a train ticket up front, you will have to

purchase it yourself and you will get reimbursed. A roundtrip train ticket Frankfurt Cologne costs 85 122 Euros, depending on the time of the day. Sometimes cheaper dealsare available. Should you not have enough money to be able to purchase a train ticketyourself, please look for a flight to Cologne.

Usually participants travel abroad for the duration of the seminar in Germany. Should youwish to extend your stay abroad beyond the timeframe of the seminar (at your own expense),please inform Nattipa ([email protected]) about your preferred/proposed traveldates RIGHT AWAY (before the air-ticket is booked/purchased). Once the ticket is bookedand paid for, we usually cannot accommodate changes. FNF will not cover charges thatmight arise due to changes.

In case a participant does stay longer in Europe, his/her actual flight cost will be comparedwith the cost of a flight to Cologne for the seminar period. FNF will only cover the cost of aflight to Cologne for the seminar period, additional costs need to be covered by theparticipant. FNF will provide and pay for your health insurance for the duration of theseminar only. Should you want to extend your stay, you need to buy your own healthinsurance for the extra-days.

Reservation - Booking - Payment

Malaysia: Please provide Nattipa with your proposed travel dates and three quotationsfrom three airlines (through websites or travel agents). Nattipa will choose one flight.Please book and pay the ticket and send the original invoice and the receipt to FNF. Wewill reimburse you right away. Train tickets Frankfurt (Frankfurt(Main)Flugh) Cologne(Kln Hbf) may be purchased online (www.bahn.de) or be bought at the ticket counter inthe railway station at the airport. Again, we will reimburse you. Please send your bankaccount details to Nattipa.

Cambodia: Please get in touch with Neang Sovathana (Nana) to discuss the dates of yourflights. Nana will look for three quotations, then she will book and pay for your flight andgive you your ticket. Train tickets Frankfurt Cologne may be purchased online(www.bahn.de) or be bought at the ticket counter in the railway station at the airport.Again, we cant give you a train ticket up front, please buy it yourself, you will getreimbursed. Should you not have enough money to be able to purchase a train ticket

yourself, please look for a flight to Cologne.

Myanmar: Please provide Nattipa with your proposed travel dates. Nattipa will get threequotations for you, book a flight, pay the air ticket and send it to you. Train ticketsFrankfurt (Frankfurt(Main)Flugh) Cologne (Kln Hbf) may be purchased online(www.bahn.de) or be bought at the ticket counter in the railway station at the airport.Again, we cant give you a train ticket up front, please buy it yourself, you will get

Or, upon notification and as an exception to the rule, to Dsseldorf.


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reimbursed. Should you not have enough money to be able to purchase a train ticketyourself, please look for a flight to Cologne.

6. Visa Application

Apply for a Schengen-Visa at the nearest German Embassy or Consulate as soon as possible.Please fill out the visa application form (you can download it from the website of the nearestGerman Embassy) and bring all necessary documents to the embassy when you apply,including passport (has to be valid for at least six months from the date of departure),passport pictures, letter of employment etc. (please check details on the website of theGerman Embassy).

You will also need

a) Invitation letter to Germany (we will send it to you)b) Proof of travel/health insurance (we will arrange coverage and send you proof)c) Roundtrip Airplane-Ticket to Germany (see above)

7. Visa Fee

There will not be a visa fee. Should you have problems at the Embassy in this regard, pleasecontact us.

8. Your financial contribution

FNF covers all cost (air/train tickets, seminar-costs, room and board in Gummersbach etc.),but we kindly ask you for a small contribution of your own:

Malaysia: 260,- EuroCambodia: 100,- US$Myanmar: 100,- US$

The contribution only applies for those who actually travel to Gummersbach and is not askedfor at the start of seminars which start online. In case you are unable to provide suchcontribution, please notify us. We will work something out.

Malaysia: we will deduct your contribution from your reimbursementCambodia: Please bring the Euro equivalent of 100 US$ to Germany and pay yourcontribution in Gummersbach in EuroMyanmar: Please give your contribution in cash to Aye Mya Hlaing (Amy)


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9. Before your departure to Germany

Malaysia: Should we not have had a chance to speak before or during the applicationprocess, please get in touch with Moritz Kleine-Brockhoff ([email protected]) or WolfgangHeinze ([email protected]) before you depart. We would like to meet you or atleast talk to you over the phone about expectations.

Cambodia: Should we not have had a chance to speak before or during the applicationprocess, please get in touch with Khim Sophanna ([email protected]) or SovathanaNeang ([email protected]). We would like to meet you or at least talk to you overthe phone about expectations.

Myanmar: Should we not have had a chance to speak before or during the applicationprocess, please get in touch with Moritz Kleine-Brockhoff ([email protected]), WolfgangHeinze ([email protected]) or Aye Mya Hlaing ([email protected]). Wewould like to meet you or at least talk to you over the phone about expectations.

10. Departure to Germany

Transport to your Airport (hometown): Please use public transportation. Should it not beavailable, a taxi is ok. In any case: Please get and keep receipts.

PLEASE KEEP ALL RECEIPTS (public transport, taxi etc.) AND ALL BOARDING

PASSES. HAND THEM OVER TO US. WE NEED ORIGINALS!

11. Arrival in Germany

Arrival at Frankfurt Airport, connecting flight to Cologne: at Frankfurt airport, youneed to go through immigration first and then find your departure gate for your domesticflight. Your luggage will likely be checked through to Cologne, but please make sure itreally will be when you check-in in Malaysia/Cambodia/Myanmar.

Arrival at Frankfurt Airport, continuing by train to Cologne: at Frankfurt airport, youneed to go through immigration, get your luggage and go through customs. Find the airporttrain station for long distance trains (look for signs: Fernbahnhof) you will have toleave the main terminal and walk a bit, just follow the signs. If you have not purchased atrain ticket online, train tickets to Cologne are sold at a ticket office in the train station(Fernbahnhof).

Arrival at Cologne train station: you will be met by a FNF staff member. Please go to theMcDonalds inside the train station that is located at the exit Breslauer Platz (not the exitthat faces the huge church but the exit at the opposite end of the train station). The FNFdriver will expect you in front of the McDonalds and take you to the IAF Gummersbach.

Arrival at Cologne Airport: you will be met by a FNF staff member. The FNF driver willwait for you at the exit of your respective arrival gate with a sign stating Friedrich-Naumann Foundation. He will take you to the IAF Gummersbach


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Should you fail to meet your driver or face any other problems during your journey, e. g.flight or train delays, please call the IAF academy at +49(0)2261 3002-0 or the driver at+49(0)170 234 84 41. We can only respond to the change and take you to the academy if welearn in time about problems. Please let us know as early as possible about any change or anyproblem.

As we do provide transport to the IAF from your arrival point in Cologne, we will not refundtaxi receipts to the IAF.

12. Climate

Please check the weather report for Germany before your departure. Most times of the yearyou will need to bring warm clothes.

13. Your stay at the IAF: Accommodation, Meals and Services

We want to make the stay at the IAF as pleasant and informative as possible for our seminarand conference participants. Here are a few pieces of advice which you might find useful.

The International Academy for Leadership (IAF) is located in the Theodor-Heuss-Academyin Gummersbach, a quiet, small town in the countryside about 45 min by car from Cologne.Participants will mostly live in single rooms, and partly in double rooms. Any expenses forbed and board will be covered by the academy. The meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) areusually in the academy with the exception of meals served in other places within the seminarprogramme. Should you have any special wishes (vegetarians or special diet) please indicatethem on the registration form.

You will be put up in modern rooms with television, radio and telephone. Calls from outsidecan reach you directly in your room (phone number: +49-2261-3002 plus the three-digitextension indicated on the phone in your room) or through the reception desk (phonenumber: +49-2261-3002-0), from where calls will be put through to you. You can dial intothe international network directly from our phones at any time.

At the reception you can also buy international calling cards, which make international phonecalls much cheaper. There is also a laundry (washing machine + dryer) which you can use fora fee of 2 . Should you have any questions or need help with anything, the reception will beat your disposal between 08:00 am and midnight. They speak English and German.

14. Leisure Activities

In our leisure room we have table tennis, pool billiard and table soccer facilities. In the hallthere is a reading corner where international papers are available. In addition a selection ofvideos and board games can be obtained from the reception for a deposit. During summertennis courts are also available. You can contact the reception if you wish to book a court.


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15. Internet

Feel free to use our computers in the internet corner or use our W-LAN in the hall.

16. Pocket Money / Means of Payment

We recommend you to bring enough money for your personal expenses (e. g. bar, cigarettes,telephone, postcards, stamps, laundry, etc.). Smaller amounts can be changed at the academyin cash or in traveller cheques made out in Euro.

17. The seminar in Gummersbach / Replications in mind

You will receive all relevant information and teaching material in Gummersbach. Seminarsare usually attended by about 25 participants from around the globe. One or two resourcepersons will conduct the seminar. Participatory methods and group work are frequent.

Please be punctual at the seminar and at all events. During the seminar, please ask plenty ofquestions, participate actively in discussions and share experiences from your country! Pleasepay close attention and all times and collect all teaching material and your notes. Participateand learn in a way that enables you to later pass on your new knowledge to others backhome. We would like you to do just that.

18. After your return: Feedback

Please contact us when you are back home. We would like to get feedback: what was good,what was bad? We like to meet you or at least talk to you over the phone.

Malaysia: Please get in touch with Moritz Kleine-Brockhoff ([email protected]) orWolfgang Heinze ([email protected]) when you are back home.

Cambodia: Please get in touch with Khim Sophanna ([email protected]) orSovathana Neang ([email protected]) when you are back home.

Myanmar: Please get in touch with Moritz Kleine-Brockhoff ([email protected]),Wolfgang Heinze ([email protected]) or Aye Mya [email protected]) when you are back home.

19. After your return: Replication

If possible, we would like you to replicate the IAF seminar you attended or parts thereof -in your home country. You will be the resource person. It could be just a one day seminar,reflecting the most important aspects of what you have learned. Or it could be longer. Thetarget group could include colleagues from your organisation, staff of (another) NGO orother interested groups or persons. Cambodia has a fixed event for this: IAF dinner meetings.Participants from Malaysia and Myanmar have also shared their newly acquired knowledge


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in the past, but in those two countries we do not have regular avenues/events for such eventsyet we improvise. In any case: FNF will cover the expenses.

20. IAF Alumni Network

Over the years, more than 200 participants from Malaysia, more than 60 from Cambodia andmore then 15 from Myanmar have attended IAF seminars. In all three countries, we haveestablished IAF Alumni Networks. Malaysia (FAN Malaysia) is most active, Cambodia(IAF Cambodia Alumni) has regular events, Myanmar (IAF Alumni Network Myanmar)recently got started. The networks bring together people from different walks of life, whopush for more freedom in their country and work for democracy, the protection of humanrights, the rule of law and a market based economy.

The level of activity of the Alumni Networks very much depends on the enthusiasm of theirmembers. FAN Malaysia has organised political events, such as panel-discussions in the past.They also publish an annual calendar with varying themes (2011: human rights). IAFCambodia Alumni get together every month to discuss political issues. Sometimes movies

are shown. The young IAF Alumni Network Myanmar has also published a calendar (theme:democracy/elections), followed by two social gathering. All events are not only open to IAFalumni, but also to those who are thinking about applying in the future.

Contacts for IAF Alumni Networks:

Malaysia: Wolfgang ([email protected]) and Nattipa([email protected])

Cambodia: Khim Sophanna ([email protected]) and Nana([email protected])

Myanmar: Amy ([email protected]), Moritz ([email protected]) and Wolfgang([email protected])

We encourage you to be an active member of your alumni network. You will be invited toevents: please attend and bring your liberal friends. Should you have ideas forevents/activities: Great. FNF will make it happen and cover the cost.

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