Foundation

The Heinrich Boell Foundation is a legally independent German foundation affiliated with Alliance '90/The Greens. It is a non-profit organization which disposes both of 16 offices located in the federal states of Germany and 21 foreign offices working in 60 countries in four continents.

Main activities of the foundation are: supporting democracy and political education of society, strengthening involvement of civil society in political progresses, improvement of international understanding. Basic values for the organization are environmental protection, democracy, social equality and solidarity; it acts according to Heinrich Boell words: “Intervention is the only way to keep on being realistic.”

The Heinrich Boell Foundation supports the development of democracy and the creation of social-political commitment. Our objective is to create a just ideology in society. More information about the foundation, its history, its status and its structure is available on www.boell.de in German and English, www.boell.pl in German and Polish as well as on www.boell.ru in Russian.

Since the early 1990s the Heinrich Boell Foundation is active in Central and Eastern Europe. The regional office is located in Warsaw and collaborates with the foreign offices in Kiev and Prague. These offices are involved in political and social processes in their countries and in processes concerning the European Union enlargement. Especial attention is payed on exchanging views between the old and the new members of the EU as well as on issues about EU enlargement. Furthermore, intrastate problems in Central and Eastern Europe of social-political context are discussed.

On February, the 4th 2008 a new office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation was opened in the capital of Ukraine, Kiev. Main activities of the office are: supporting democracy and political education of society, supporting of regional projects for climate protection, Gender and equality politics and protection of human rights. The foundations objectives are achieved by public discussions, conferences, seminars, debates etc.

Heinrich Böll

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.

Mission Statement

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.

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Last publications

Синя обкладинка з елемнетами мапи з назвою дослідження

Methodological recommendations for developing a climate change adaptation roadmap for a community (UKR)

Study

Guidelines for Developing a Community Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap - a step-by-step guide for local governments seeking to develop effective local climate policies.

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Coverage of Ukraine's relations with Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia in the Ukrainian media: topics and accents monitoring

Monitoring

The publication was prepared by the NGO «Centre for East European Studies» with the support of the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Kyiv-Ukraine Office.

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Safety guide for Ukrainian communities’ residents

Guide

The team of the NGO "Association of Community Advisers of Ukraine," with the support of the Heinrich Böll Foundation's Office in Ukraine, has developed the "Safety Guide for Residents of Ukrainian Communities."

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We barely have time to celebrate our wins … or to process what we’ve lost

Report

The Ukrainian House report, issued in cooperation with the Open Space Works Ukraine and the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Warsaw analyzes humanitarian organizations run by women in Ukraine and Poland, additionally comparing their methodologies of operation and priorities of approach.

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Art for Freedom: Unseen Civilians

Common Sense Communications and PR Army, two Ukrainian NGOs, launched the project “Art for Freedom: Unseen Civilians.” This initiative aims to shed light on the stories of these individuals, whose lives have been irrevocably shattered by the Russian occupation, through impactful graphic art.

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How cyberattacks and disinformation are synchronously destabilizing the digital space of Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression

Research

The Center for Democracy and Rule of Law, with our support, presented and published a study “How cyberattacks and disinformation are synchronously destabilizing the digital space of Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression”.

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Central and Eastern European Vulnerabilities Alert Tracker

Research

Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” conducted an analytical research “Central and Eastern European Vulnerabilities Alert Tracker” with the support of the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Kyiv Office - Ukraine.

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Lessons from Certain Global South Countries in development of decentralized energy systems and increasing end use energy efficiency: What can be implemented in Ukraine?

Research

Razom We Stand with the support of the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Kyiv Office - Ukraine has conducted the research - Lessons from Certain Global South Countries in development of decentralized energy systems and increasing end use energy efficiency: What can be implemented in Ukraine?

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RE BUILDING UKRAINE FOR ALL Inclusive REcovery, REsilient Ukraine

policy brief and podcast series

The Project "RE: BUILDING UKRAINE FOR ALL: Inclusive REcovery, REsilient Ukraine" aims to address the multifaceted challenge of how Ukrainian society can recover from the war.

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Gender-sensitive recovery and development at the local level: 20 recommendations - policy brief

Policy brief

This policy brief has been prepared in order to suggest recommendations regarding the implementation of the principle of gender equality and inclusion in the recovery and development processes at the local level.

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Social Links

Welcome to the website of the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Office in Kiev. We hope that our new format will help you to get acquaintance with our activity and put right with our partners.

To Your attention we presented such topics as: democracy, ecology and international politics, where we write about our own events and our partners’ projects. In column “Publications” we present printed editions of Heinrich Böll Foundation in Ukraine. In column “About us” you can gain more information about aim of the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Office in Kiev and find all information to contact it in Ukraine.

We wish you pleasure reading and happy to hear you proposals and review.