FES supports the democratic development of the Kingdom of Thailand. With its conferences, publications and exchange programs FES offers an open platform for a constructive and fruitful exchange among social movements, government institutions and politicians in Thailand. These activities are mainly based on the constitutional rights of the Thai people as laid down in the constitution of 1997. Significant issues are gender equality in political representation and labour relations, democratic media reform and human rights education. Projects include networking among female politicians and women worker leaders, the support of democratic media reform initiatives and close co-operation with human rights institutions and journalists' associations. These efforts go hand in hand with the dialogue with government institutions and include the debate of critical and sometimes even controversial issues, for which FES can serve as an independent forum.