Conscious Citizen is an independent youth platform co-founded by the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Free Your Mind, and the Namibia Institute for Democracy. The collaboration aims to create platforms where the Namibian youth can engage on topics such as Democracy, Human Rights, Rule of Law and Sustainable Economic Development.

The value chains of climate-smart agriculture, sustainable forest manage-ment and integrated management of freshwater fisheries were at the cen-tre of discussions of a national conference on 2 October 2019, hosted by the Hanns Seidel Foundation Namibia in partnership with the Namibian Parliament and the Namibia Nature Foundation, as well as various national and international stakeholders.

The past months have seen a dramatic increase in the level of violence in South Africa against foreign nationals. This prompted the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Namibia Institute of Democracy to hold a public forum discussion at Katutura Community Arts Center.