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Introducing

Sun, 06 May 2012 04:00:30 +0200

Segolene Pruvot manages the activities of European Alternatives in France and coordinates Transeuropa Festival. She is interested in issues such as democracy in Europe, feminism and equality and urbanism. Ségolène actively participates to transnational activities and campaigns of European Alternatives and develops activities of the organisation in Paris, such as regular salons discussions and the TRANSEUROPA Festival.

Introducing

Sun, 06 May 2012 03:56:45 +0200

Alan Toner is an intellectual property and communications researcher, lost between New York, Florence, Berlin and Dublin. His current field of interest is the newly created European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy, and its first major project: the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED 2), which will propose new criminal sanctions for IP offenses. He is also interested in ACTA and supports the work of the people from Knowledge Ecology International, La Quadrature du Net, the FFII and Michael Geist.

Introducing

Sun, 06 May 2012 03:53:15 +0200

Brigitte Kratzwald is Social scientist and political activist living in Graz, Austria, whose research topics are welfare state and public services, democracy, european union policies and social movements. Her current theoretical work is focussed on alternatives to the capitalist system of reproduction, especially solidarity economy and commons.

Introducing

Sun, 06 May 2012 03:49:28 +0200

Saki Bailey is an IUC Faculty Member and Lecturer in Human Rights & International & Foreign Legal Research and also the Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Political Economy & Law in Torino. Her work experience includes property, immigration and environmental law in the private sector and immigration law and development work in the government and nonprofit sector.

Introducing

Sun, 06 May 2012 03:39:07 +0200

Costas Douzinas is a Professor of Law at Birkbeck, University of London, London. He is well known for his work in Human Rights, Aesthetics, Postmodern Legal Theory and Political Philosophy. He is also a founding member of the Critical Legal Conference, and managing editor of Law and Critique: The International Journal of Critical Legal Thought and the Birkbeck Law Press

Sun, 06 May 2012 03:34:09 +0200

Mayo Fuster Morell works as a postdoc fellow at the Berkman center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.developed. She does research in the field of the Internet and politics; social movements (Global Justice Movement, Free Culture Movement and recent mobilization wave of "indignated" in Spain); online communities; common-base peer production; and public policies and specializes in online methods and action-participation research.

Introducing

Sun, 06 May 2012 03:29:54 +0200

Geert De Pauw is the director of the Bonnevie community centre. Bonnevie works with residents of Molenbeek (Brussels), a poor neighbourhood, rich in cultures. The aim of the organisation is to improve the living and housing conditions of the inhabitants.

Introducing

Sun, 06 May 2012 03:21:16 +0200

Michael Hardt, born in Washington DC in 1960, is a political philosopher and literary theorist currently based at Duke University, North Carolina
Michael Hardt's recent writings focus primarily on deciphering various aspects of globalization through the style of writing he defines as eclecticism. His recent writings deal primarily with the political, legal, economic, and social aspects of globalization. In his books with Antonio Negri he has analyzed the functioning of the current global power structure as well as the possible political and economic alternatives to that structure based on new institutions of shared, common wealth.

Predstavljamo

Sat, 05 May 2012 03:59:31 +0200

Michael Hardt je politički filozof i teoretičar književnosti trenutno zaposlen na Duke University, North Carolina
Njegovi zadnji radovi bave se analizom političkih, pravnih, ekonomskih i društvenih aspekata globalizacije. U knjigama s Antonio Negrijem napravio je analizu trenutnih globalnih struktura moći, te prikaz mogućih političkih i ekonomskih alternativa koje bi proizašle iz novih institucija utemeljenih na principu javnog dobra.

World and European Commoners gather in Zagreb

Fri, 04 May 2012 08:34:02 +0200

Heinrich Boll Stiftung in cooperatin with the Subversive Film Festival brings world renowned theoretics and practitioners in the field of common goods protection to participate in discussions in ZKM on the 16th of May.

This includes: Michael Hardt, Saki Bailey, Brigitte Kratzwald, Segolene Pruvot, Vinod Raina, Alan Toner and Mayo Fuster Morell.

Lost in cacophony

Tihomir Ponos — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:14:15 +0200

Croatia has been going through the first weeks of 2012 in the accelerated rhythm of the referendum on the accession to the European Union. As the date of the referendum, 22 January comes closer, the rhythm is approaching a fast staccato. Indeed, everything reminds us of such clear-cut, distinctive notes. These days everybody, whether they are ‘for’ Croatian membership in the European Union or ‘against’ it, is playing their own notes with little attention to the other. Croatia is deafened by the confusing pre-referendum cacophony... click here for the full article

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:04:40 +0200

If its citizens will say ‘yes’ to EU-accession and the accession will be ratified by all 27 EU-Member States, Croatia will enter the European Union on 1 July 2013. When Croatia started negotiating its membership six years ago, the enthusiasm was great. In the meantime, things have changed. The European Union is in crisis and inside the EU it is feared that with Croatia another ‘Greece’ will be taken aboard, whereas many Croats (of whom many share that assessment) are afraid to climb aboard a sinking ship.

Introducing

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:44:41 +0200

Introducing David Bollier, an activist and theoretician who explores the commons as a new paradigm of economics, politics and culture.

Paul Hockenos

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:33:24 +0200

We introduce Paul Hockenos, journalist, writer and consultant renowned for covering the collapse of communism.

Rolf Holub

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:10:01 +0200

We introduce Rolf Holub, Green Party representative in the Carinthian parliament whose party first drafted the document (already in 2007.) on mismanagement and criminal misdealings in the Hypo bank.

Green Academy 2020

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 05:46:31 +0200

Hereby we announce the program of The Green Academy 2020 “CRISIS OF POLITICAL IMAGINATION AND TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF GREEN POLITICS”. The academy will be hosted on the island of Vis from the 21st till the 26th of August 2011 by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Green European Foundation with the support of a number of local partners. During five days the programme will host more than 150 people including twenty foreign lecturers and thirty participants hailing from the South-eastern Europe region.

To look through the program click here.

The program will take place in the Hotel Issa in Vis (a twenty minute walk from the port). The organizers will notify all participants about information regarding their accommodation.

Below we introduce some of the confirmed speakers in the program of Green Academy 2020 which will take place on the island Vis from 21 to 26 August 2011.

Mon, 09 May 2011 05:55:18 +0200

One Step Forward and Two Sideward Regional Analyses of Climate Policy in 2010 and the Cancun Climate Conference (COP 16)

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:46:58 +0200

Hereby we provide common HBF climate analysis of COP 16 in Cancun. For more click here

Agenda n°6

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:37:52 +0200

The new issue of our magazine Agenda is out

The Balkans: Energy Independence or Energy Interdependence?

Ana-Maria Boromisa — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:36:37 +0200

In a globalised world, energy independence can not be achieved. Successful energy policies require inter-sectoral co-operation, supervision, and long-term public policies concerning employment, the environment, and investment.

BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL - PUTOKAZ PREMA ZELENOJ EKONOMIJI

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:45:01 +0200

U Zadru se od 24. do 26.9.2010. godine u organizaciji Heinrich Böll Stiftunga održala međunarodna konferencija BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL - PUTOKAZ PREMA ZELENOJ EKONOMIJI
na kojoj je stotinjak strucnjaka, eksperata, aktivista i političara raspravljalo o promjenama koje je na vrijednosnom, političkom, institucionalnom i tehnološkom nivou potrebno
pokrenuti i koordinirati kako bi se stvorili uvjeti za prihvaćanje zelenih industrija koje su, smatramo, prilika za pokretanje strukturne transformacije privrednog sustava. Ovdje možete naći PowerPoint prezentacije većine sudionika/ica.

Uskoro ćete ovdje moći pronaći i video zapise sa konferencije kao i zaključke sudionika koji će poslužiti kao platforma za daljnje aktivnosti HBS-a, naših partnera, prijatelja i saveznika u području pokretanja zelene ekonomije u Hrvatskoj i regiji.

From a group of spiders to a pack of starfish

Mak Dukan — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:24:04 +0200

Instead of relying on huge capital investments, the Croatian government might focus on increasing the proximity of energy sources to its end users. A greater use of decentralized energy sources, such as efficiency technologies and renewable energy would have various positive effects.

"Business as unusual -Roadmap to green economy", an international conference

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:09:55 +0200

Heinrich Böll Stiftung Croatia is organizing "Business as unusual -Roadmap to green economy", an international conference which will take place from September 24, to September 26

More info here
See the agenda

How to get there

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:52:41 +0200

Heinrich Böll Stiftung Croatia is organizing "Bussiness as unusual -Roadmap to green economy", an international conference which will take place from September 24, to September 26

Climate Change and Democratisation

Peter Burnell — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:58:25 +0200

You can download the book here, Pdf, 437 kb

Renewable Energies in Croatia report

Tue, 25 May 2010 23:42:23 +0200

Hereby we present the recent report of Anna Cavazzini on Renewable Energies in Croatia.
More here.

Lunch Debate: Croatia at the doorstep of the European Union: a worrying lack of enthusiasm?

Tue, 11 May 2010 23:38:23 +0200

Lunch Debate 14 April 2010

"Croatia at the doorstep of the European Union: a worrying lack of enthusiasm?"
Speakers: Dejan Jovic, University of Stirling (UK) and Zagreb, chief political analyst for the president of Croatia; Josip Kregar, professor Faculty of Law, University Zagreb and vice-president of the Zagreb City Assembly; Dirk Lange, European Commission, DG Enlargement, Directorate B, Unit Croatia, Head of Unit
Moderator: Vedran Horvat, Head of Office in Croatia, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Zagreb

You can download reports by Josip Kregar and Dejan Jović here

WHAT'S CLIMATE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

Wed, 05 May 2010 00:58:24 +0200

Expert round table: Climate change and new migration flows: climate migration impacts on EU migration and asylum policy

Around 20 experts and activists from climate policy field and immigration and asylum policy took part in the HBS expert talk on climate migration which was held on 23rd of April 2010 in Zagreb in premises of Goethe Institute Croatia. Lack of coherence and coordination between these two policy settings and lack of recognition of climate migrants as the new category in the international legal framework were, in adittion to discussion on security and solidarity, two most important departure points of the discussion.

Just Blame it on Bologna

Danijela Dolenec — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:20:26 +0200

While Bologna reforms might not have been the cause of underfunding in higher education or of the disregard for wider social implications of massification in higher education, it has done very little in alleviating these problems. A brief look at the process has shown it to be driven primarily by the concerns which revolve around competitiveness on the global market, which is why most progress is reported in the area of structural and administrative reform. The real substantive reforms, which should lead to improved quality and academic mobility, have not been tackled in many countries

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:47:25 +0200

Tipping point is a new series of texts adressing current relevant themes. Monthly articles can be accesed by clicking on the tipping point banner on our right column.

Icesave but you pay: the (im)potence of people power

Danijela Dolenec — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:27:47 +0200

'At this point readers familiar with Croatia’s accession journey to the EU will remember that a recent bilateral territorial dispute with Slovenia blocked its negotiation process with the EU. Another country that is using the EU card in bilateral disputes is Greece, which is blocking the accession of FYR Macedonia. While in academic literature the EU is usually portrayed as Janus-faced, with an intergovernmental and a supra-governmental side, when it comes to crucial interests of member states, it repeatedly fails the test of unity.'

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:03:57 +0200

A new series of articles addressing relevant themes.

Green Identity in a Changing Europe

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:04:13 +0200

Green Identity in a Changing Europe

Published by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung EU Regional Office Brussels

Download publication - pdf, 126 pages, 2,4 MB

Green Identity in a Changing Europe

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:34:55 +0200

Published by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung EU Regional Office Brussels

Download publication - pdf, 126 pages, 2,4 MB

Gender Politics Makes A Difference

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:01:48 +0200

Gender Politics Makes A Difference - Experiences of the Heinrich Böll Foundation accross the world

Published by the Heinrich Böll Foundation

Download this publication as pdf-file (75 pages, 2,38 MB).

European future after black-red past?

Vedran Horvat — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:39:27 +0200

Still, it remains to be seen how two big political parties – HDZ and SDP – now significantly affected by the outcome of the presidential elections - will resolve their internal disputes and what will change within the electorate. Even more, it remains to see how new directly elected president will emancipate himself from his party background.

Constitutional reforms announced for spring, continuation of the accession negotiations with the EU and decisive fight against the corruption now remain among first priorities. Country is now facing momentum where a whole society needs to be much more involved in pursuing reforms, not only State alone. In this context, integrative function of the new president can have a crucial role, outreaching broader support for the advocated change.

Presidential elections as a turning point - Croatia (once again) between Europe and the Balkans?

Vedran Horvat — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:44:10 +0200

However, despite the significantly low voter turnout in the first round (44%), the voters have, in addition to the general lack of confidence in the parties, perhaps estimated the relative insignificance of these elections with regards to the representative function of the future president. The results speak not only of the crisis of representative quality in society (as well as democratic deficit), but also of deep cracks in the parties themselves, which are far greater than mere fraction differences.

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:43:34 +0200

The new issue of our magazine Agenda is out

Actors without Society-The role of civil actors in the postcommunist transformation

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:07:20 +0200

A study by Srđan Dvornik
Edited by the Heinrich Böll Foundation

Download pdf (1,22 MB, 156 pages)

Is Copenhagen Allowed to Kill Kyoto?

Vedran Horvat — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:33:50 +0200

The redirection of financial flow to more pure and green technologies may indeed occur after Copenhagen, but will this process be managed by those who have built it? Will the principles of justice, solidarity and transparency be incorporated into this process? This concept is probably not very interesting to the delegates of about thirty of the most developed countries who have been sketching new agreements in the Bella Center in the past days. It seems that big business has succeeded in skilfully capturing the climate change discourse and has now redirected all available development and humanitarian resources by calling it reductively a solidarity to combat climate changes in developing countries.

Who is going to get whom?

Žarko Puhovski — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:45:23 +0200

Some hundred years ago, Vladimir Illyich Lenin, precisely, as well as cynically, formulated the basic problem of politics with the famous question "Who - whom?".

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:34:08 +0200

Elections for the third Croatian president are the primary motive, but also an occasion for the Heinrich Boll Stiftung, a green political foundation, to induce a political discussion about the development of political culture in the country by portraying the elections on the new Croatian office website.

During the next few weeks our web pages will offer you the chance to read reviews, analysis and commentaries of authors that will mainly focus on social and economic conditions which surround these elections.

EU policy toward Western Balkans

Published by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Office Prague — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:58:55 +0200

Issue Paper on EU policy toward the Western Balkans –
Regional Perspective Case studies – Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Serbia, Croatia, Kosovo

Download PDF, 205KB, 31 pg.

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Who we are, what we do

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:04:10 +0200

The Heinrich Böll Foundation is part of the Green political movement that has developed worldwide as a response to the traditional politics of socialism, liberalism, and conservatism. Our main tenets are ecology and sustainability, democracy and human rights, self-determination and justice. We Are a Green Think Tank and an International Policy Network.

Contact & Impressum

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:44:47 +0200

Twenty Years After: Post-Communist Countries and European Integration

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:28:50 +0200

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.

Twenty years after: Post Communist Coutries and European Integration

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:40:40 +0200

Published by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, European Union, Brussels. Printed in Belgium, July 2009. Download publication (PDF, 129 pages, 2.7 MB)

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:30:49 +0200

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This will be the text about us

Meddling is the only way to stay relevant

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:02 +0200

Heinrich Böll is one of the most important and best-known writers of the Federal Republic of Germany. "Bound by the times and my contemporaries, to what my generation has lived through, experienced, seen, and heard," as he himself wrote, he was the critical chronicler of Germany’s history at mid-century.

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:05:05 +0200

Western Balkan countries face their first recession

By Dr Igor Matutinović — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:07:00 +0200

The world economic system has evolved to a state in which national economies are highly interconnected and interdependent. This means that what may at first sight appear to be a US economic problem could soon develop into a worldwide phenomenon, with its consequences sparing no one.

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