The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung contributes to social democracy by means of:

• political education in order to reinforce its fundamental values;
• scholarships for young academics who are committed to social democracy;
• various forms of public dialogue (conferences, workshops and so on) in order to promote social democracy;
• development cooperation aimed at global justice;
• research and political consultancy to study the foundations of social democracy and to disseminate it; and
• international cooperation to promote worldwide democracy.