Staff
There are a total of 614 employees (2009) at headquarters in Bonn and Berlin, training centres, regional offices and abroad.

Budget
128 million euros (2009), mainly public funding (federal and state funds). Approximately 50 per cent of the funds go to international cooperation and dialogue (2008).

Events
In 2009, FES organised about 3,000 educational activities and workshops in Germany alone, with more than 200,000 participants. With regard to international activities these numbers are multiplied.

International
FES has offices in more than 100 countries and organises thousands of workshops and conferences every year.

Scholarships
Approximately 2,500 students (~270 foreign nationals) are supported by FES (2009). Over 800 new scholarships were awarded in 2009.

Library
FES maintains the largest specialised library on the German and international labour movement. It contains over 880,000 volumes (see also »Publications«). Furthermore, FES has the biggest archive of original documents on the history of the labour movement in Germany.