Table of Contents TheHeinrichBöllFoundation,affiliatedwiththeGreenParty onalong-termbasis.Additionalimportantinstrumentsofinternation- andheadquarteredintheheartofBerlin,isalegallyindependentpo- alcooperationincludevisitorprograms,whichenhancetheexchange liticalfoundationworkinginthespiritofintellectualopenness. ofexperiencesandofpoliticalnetworking,aswellasbasicandad- Annual Report 2008 Foreword 1 TheFoundation’sprimaryobjectiveistosupportpoliticaleducation vancedtrainingprogramsforcommittedactivists. TheHeinrich GlobalizationandSustainability 2 bothwithinGermanyandabroad,thuspromotingdemocraticinvolve- BöllFoundation’sStudyProgramconsidersitselfaworkshopforthe ment,sociopoliticalactivism,andcross-culturalunderstanding. future;itsactivitiesincludeprovidingsupporttoespeciallytalented InternationalDemocracyPromotion 7 TheFoundationalsoprovidessupportforartandculture,scienceand studentsandacademicians,promotingtheoreticalworkofsociopoliti- ForeignandSecurityPolicy 10 research,anddevelopmentalcooperation.Itsactivitiesareguidedby calrelevance,andworkingtoovercomethecompartmentalisationof the fundamental political values of ecology, democracy, solidarity, scienceintoexclusivesubjects. TheHeinrichBöllFoundationhas GlobalGenderPolicy 13 andnon-violence. HeinrichBöll’scalloncitizenstomeddlein about420supportingmemberswhoprovidebothfinancialandnon- EuropeanPolicy 15 politicsistheexampleuponwhichtheworkoftheFoundationismod- materialassistance. RalfFücksandBarbaraUnmüßigarethe eled. TheHeinrichBöllFoundationstrivestostimulatesociopo- currentPresidents.Dr.BirgitLaubachistheCEOoftheFoundation. PromotingYoungTalent–ScholarshipProgram 17 liticalreformbyactingasaforumfordebate,bothonfundamental Themembersassembly,comprisedof49persons,istheFoun- HeinrichBöllHouseinLangenbroich 19 issuesandthoseofcurrentinterest.TheFoundationplacesparticular dation’sforemostdecision-makingorgan;itsresponsibilitiesinclude importanceonattaininggenderdemocracy–signifyingarelationship electingthePresidents.Expertadvisoryboards(7–10peopleeach)are ArtandCulture 20 between the sexes characterized by freedom from dependence and staffedbyindependentexpertswhoconsultwiththeFoundationand NewsfromtheFoundation 22 dominance. TheHeinrichBöllFoundation’seducationalactivi- formulatesuggestionsregardingconceptualissuesraisedintheedu- tieshaveapoliticalbasis,anethicaloutlook,andstrivetopromote cationalprograms. TheFoundation’sby-lawsprovideforaquota Addresses 23 variousformsofculturalexpression.TheFoundationsupportsartand ofwomenandimmigrantsonalltheFoundation’sbodiesandamong cultureaspartofitspoliticaleducationworkandasacrucialelement itsfull-timestaff. TheFoundationcurrentlymaintainsforeign ofeachsociety’sself-image. Bywayofitsinternationalcollabo- andprojectofficesintheUSAandtheArabMiddleEast,inAfghani- rationwithalargenumberofprojectpartners–currentlynumbering stan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Croatia, about100projectsinalmost60countries–theFoundationaimsto the Czech Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Georgia, India, Israel, strengthenecologicalandcivilactivismonagloballevel,tointensify Kenya,Lebanon,Mexico,Nigeria,Pakistan,Poland,Russia,Ukraine, theexchangeofideasandexperiences,andtokeepoursensibilities SouthAfrica,Serbia,Thailand,Turkey,andanEUofficeinBrussels. alertforchange. TheHeinrichBöllFoundation’scollaborationon In2008,theFoundationhad¤45millionpublicfundsatitsdisposal. sociopoliticaleducationprogramswithitsprojectpartnersabroadis PublicationInformation PublishedbytheHeinrichBöllFoundation,e.V.(reg- isteredassociation) Editedby:SusanneDittrich,BerndRheinberg Texts: StaffoftheHeinrichBöllFoundation Translatedby:BarbaraAgieReevesand KurtKlotzle Coverillustration:TétéCamilleAzankpo,fellowoftheHeinrichBöll HouseinLangenbroich:untitled/metal,wood(detail) Photos:HeinrichBöllFoun- dationArchiveandLudwigRauch(p.1,Fücks),BettinaKeller(p.1,Unmüßig),Indy- act(p.3,top),JoachimLoch(p.5,9,10),CliveShirley/GlobalAware(p.6,bottom), GregorEnste(p.7),AmnonRauchmann(p.11,TelAviv),ViktorKogan-Yasny(p.16, top),RahmanSattiKuijpers(p.16,Süssmuth),MarcoLohrbach(p.17,Mendivil), MonikaHoegen,KölnerStadt-Anzeiger(p.19,Mushekwe),Schloemer-Gruppe(p.19, Mwanza),GürcanÖztürk(p.19,Erdogan),Photogräphin/ManuelaSchneider(p.22, Köhler),JanBitter(newheadquarters),RolfWalter/Xpress(p.22,Sizhi) Design: blotto,Berlin Paper:100%eco-friendlypaper,non-chlorinebleach Number ofcopies:1,600 Currentasof:August,2009 Thisreportisavailablefreeof chargefromtheHeinrichBöllFoundation,Schumannstr.8,10117Berlin,Germany. T+49–30–28534–0 F+49–30–28534–109 [email protected] Wwww.boell.de Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung–TheGreenPoliticalFoundation,Schumannstr.8,10117Berlin,Germany T +49–30–285340 F +49–30–28534109 E [email protected] W www.boell.de Table of Contents TheHeinrichBöllFoundation,affiliatedwiththeGreenParty onalong-termbasis.Additionalimportantinstrumentsofinternation- andheadquarteredintheheartofBerlin,isalegallyindependentpo- alcooperationincludevisitorprograms,whichenhancetheexchange liticalfoundationworkinginthespiritofintellectualopenness. ofexperiencesandofpoliticalnetworking,aswellasbasicandad- Annual Report 2008 Foreword 1 TheFoundation’sprimaryobjectiveistosupportpoliticaleducation vancedtrainingprogramsforcommittedactivists. TheHeinrich GlobalizationandSustainability 2 bothwithinGermanyandabroad,thuspromotingdemocraticinvolve- BöllFoundation’sStudyProgramconsidersitselfaworkshopforthe ment,sociopoliticalactivism,andcross-culturalunderstanding. future;itsactivitiesincludeprovidingsupporttoespeciallytalented InternationalDemocracyPromotion 7 TheFoundationalsoprovidessupportforartandculture,scienceand studentsandacademicians,promotingtheoreticalworkofsociopoliti- ForeignandSecurityPolicy 10 research,anddevelopmentalcooperation.Itsactivitiesareguidedby calrelevance,andworkingtoovercomethecompartmentalisationof the fundamental political values of ecology, democracy, solidarity, scienceintoexclusivesubjects. TheHeinrichBöllFoundationhas GlobalGenderPolicy 13 andnon-violence. HeinrichBöll’scalloncitizenstomeddlein about420supportingmemberswhoprovidebothfinancialandnon- EuropeanPolicy 15 politicsistheexampleuponwhichtheworkoftheFoundationismod- materialassistance. RalfFücksandBarbaraUnmüßigarethe eled. TheHeinrichBöllFoundationstrivestostimulatesociopo- currentPresidents.Dr.BirgitLaubachistheCEOoftheFoundation. PromotingYoungTalent–ScholarshipProgram 17 liticalreformbyactingasaforumfordebate,bothonfundamental Themembersassembly,comprisedof49persons,istheFoun- HeinrichBöllHouseinLangenbroich 19 issuesandthoseofcurrentinterest.TheFoundationplacesparticular dation’sforemostdecision-makingorgan;itsresponsibilitiesinclude importanceonattaininggenderdemocracy–signifyingarelationship electingthePresidents.Expertadvisoryboards(7–10peopleeach)are ArtandCulture 20 between the sexes characterized by freedom from dependence and staffedbyindependentexpertswhoconsultwiththeFoundationand NewsfromtheFoundation 22 dominance. TheHeinrichBöllFoundation’seducationalactivi- formulatesuggestionsregardingconceptualissuesraisedintheedu- tieshaveapoliticalbasis,anethicaloutlook,andstrivetopromote cationalprograms. TheFoundation’sby-lawsprovideforaquota Addresses 23 variousformsofculturalexpression.TheFoundationsupportsartand ofwomenandimmigrantsonalltheFoundation’sbodiesandamong cultureaspartofitspoliticaleducationworkandasacrucialelement itsfull-timestaff. TheFoundationcurrentlymaintainsforeign ofeachsociety’sself-image. Bywayofitsinternationalcollabo- andprojectofficesintheUSAandtheArabMiddleEast,inAfghani- rationwithalargenumberofprojectpartners–currentlynumbering stan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Croatia, about100projectsinalmost60countries–theFoundationaimsto the Czech Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Georgia, India, Israel, strengthenecologicalandcivilactivismonagloballevel,tointensify Kenya,Lebanon,Mexico,Nigeria,Pakistan,Poland,Russia,Ukraine, theexchangeofideasandexperiences,andtokeepoursensibilities SouthAfrica,Serbia,Thailand,Turkey,andanEUofficeinBrussels. alertforchange. TheHeinrichBöllFoundation’scollaborationon In2008,theFoundationhad¤45millionpublicfundsatitsdisposal. sociopoliticaleducationprogramswithitsprojectpartnersabroadis PublicationInformation PublishedbytheHeinrichBöllFoundation,e.V.(reg- isteredassociation) Editedby:SusanneDittrich,BerndRheinberg Texts: StaffoftheHeinrichBöllFoundation Translatedby:BarbaraAgieReevesand KurtKlotzle Coverillustration:TétéCamilleAzankpo,fellowoftheHeinrichBöll HouseinLangenbroich:untitled/metal,wood(detail) Photos:HeinrichBöllFoun- dationArchiveandLudwigRauch(p.1,Fücks),BettinaKeller(p.1,Unmüßig),Indy- act(p.3,top),JoachimLoch(p.5,9,10),CliveShirley/GlobalAware(p.6,bottom), GregorEnste(p.7),AmnonRauchmann(p.11,TelAviv),ViktorKogan-Yasny(p.16, top),RahmanSattiKuijpers(p.16,Süssmuth),MarcoLohrbach(p.17,Mendivil), MonikaHoegen,KölnerStadt-Anzeiger(p.19,Mushekwe),Schloemer-Gruppe(p.19, Mwanza),GürcanÖztürk(p.19,Erdogan),Photogräphin/ManuelaSchneider(p.22, Köhler),JanBitter(newheadquarters),RolfWalter/Xpress(p.22,Sizhi) Design: blotto,Berlin Paper:100%eco-friendlypaper,non-chlorinebleach Number ofcopies:1,600 Currentasof:August,2009 Thisreportisavailablefreeof chargefromtheHeinrichBöllFoundation,Schumannstr.8,10117Berlin,Germany. T+49–30–28534–0 F+49–30–28534–109 [email protected] Wwww.boell.de Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung–TheGreenPoliticalFoundation,Schumannstr.8,10117Berlin,Germany T +49–30–285340 F +49–30–28534109 E [email protected] W www.boell.de 1 Foreword We are living in extraordinary times! Human-induced climate change