Annual Reports of Heinrich Böll Foundation
Annual reports
Annual Reports of HBS
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Gender Politics Makes a Difference - Experiences Across the World April 29, 2010 - Politics can only succeed when it is inclusive of all genders. Gender justice is an ambitious goal, one that the Heinrich Böll Foundation is pursuing together with many different allies worldwide. This publication gives an overview of their work. click the link below»
Women in Times of Change, 1989-2009December 2, 2009 - In the face of the lack of public debate on the role of women in the time of transformation, the publication of the Heinrich Böll Foundation Regional Office
in Warsaw attempts to present a multidimensional dialogue about the transformation experiences, giving voice to women. The Authors of the publication judge the past twenty years of reforms from the point of view of women from the former countries of the Eastern Bloc: the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine and former East Germany. more»
TWENTY YEARS AFTER: POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATIONSeptember 6, 2009 - In the words of the Polish journalist and dissident, Adam Michnik, 1989 was Europe’s annus mirabilis. The peaceful revolution of that year was a miracle effected by the people in central and eastern Europe. Hardly any one (and certainly no western head of state or politician) had foreseen that a popular movement active in different countries would, in just a few months, topple socialist regimes and force the mighty Soviet Union to retreat behind the borders of Russia. more»
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Polish Shades of GreenJuly 27, 2009 - The publication of the European Green Foundation attempts to find answers for the question about the future of Green politics in Poland. The publication stems from the research ordered in 2008 by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and coordinated by Przemysław Sadura. The research concerned the prevailing reception of Green ideas and perception of Green political powers by the Polish society. On its bases, the Author analysed the Greens’ chances of finding a permanent place on the Polish political scene. more»
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Gender Issues 2008 - Gender-Sensitive EducationApril 27, 2009 - Assuming that it is important not only to implement the “hard core” EU legislation concerning the equality policy, but to implement it in the areas within competences of EU member countries as well, in 2008 the Warsaw Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, in cooperation with partner organisations from the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine, implemented a project analysing the system of education in individual countries in the context of gender equality. more»
Energy and Climate
November 13, 2009 - In the face of the current multiple crisis (financial, economic, social, environmental), the need for sustainable policies is self-evident. The Green New Deal is the integrated policy approach that Greens in Europe are putting forward as a solution to the crisis. The current report by the Wuppertal Institute analyzes in depth the climate, environment and energy aspects of this proposal.
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Magazine
Boell.Thema - Green New DealJuly 27, 2009 - There is a centrist idea of a Green New Deal that is being discussed worldwide as a response to the dual economic and environmental crises. As different as these two concepts may be, they share a common core: both first require a great leap toward a sustainable economy. more»
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Toward a Transatlantic Green New Deal: Tackling the Climate and Economic Crisis July 23, 2009 - The report examines ways in which the current economic downturn is an opportunity to fight climate change while creating quality jobs. more»
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Gender and Climate Finance: Double Mainstreaming for Sustainable Development June 23, 2009 - Climate change is real, it is happening already, and its impacts on people are not gender-neutral.  It is affecting men and women all over the world differently, especially in the world’s poorest countries and amongst the most vulnerable people and communities. Liane Schalatek more»
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Building the 21st Century Transmission Super Grid April 27, 2009 - Technical and Political Challenges for Large Scale Renewable Electricity Production in the U.S.. Plans to increase the penetration of renewable electrical generation into the United States face a number of challenges. Pat Wood and Rob Church, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) more»
Foreign and Security Policy
Issue Paper
July 28, 2009 - There is no doubt that the states of the Western Balkans belong to the European Union. However, their road to the EU is by no means an easy one. The entire Western Balkan region is not only encumbered by the maladies related to its communist past, but also by the problems the region has more recently experienced due to the horrors of war. Many of the ethnic tensions have not yet cooled down. more»
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Greening the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP): A Handbook to assess Implementation of the Action Plans in the Field of the Environment.July 27, 2009 - Civil society has a crucial role to play in holding their governments accountable for the commitments they have made in the context of the ENP. The handbook aims at increasing their capacity to monitor the implementation of ENP Action Plans. more»