RSS-feed of HBF Arab-Middle-East en-GB Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:46:16 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 531 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:51:44 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> ]]> article 530 at www.boell-ameo.org Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:07:30 +0200 <![CDATA[The Impact of Climate Change on the Middle East – Conference ]]> article 529 at www.boell-ameo.org Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:01:06 +0200 <![CDATA[Human Rights defenders from Arab world discuss HR in Washington]]> article 526 at www.boell-ameo.org Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:01:07 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> New article: Taghreed al-Khodary "Heinrich Böll Fellow" at the Middle-East-Institute des Carnegy Endowment for international peace details what’s happening on the ground in Gaza and how the incident will shape politics in the area. ]]> article 519 at www.boell-ameo.org Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:46:46 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> Latest visit: The former Minister of State at the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kerstin Müller visited in her position as a Member of the German Bundestag and the foreign policy spokesperson of the Greens/ Alliance 90 parliamentary group the Palestinian Territories for the second time.]]> article 517 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:52:46 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> Voices from insight: Dr. George Giacaman, Co-Founder and General Director of The Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy (Muwatin) in Ramallah, writes about the political implications of the event with the aid flotilla for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, its political aftermath and the consequences for the international community. This article is also available on the hbs main website www.boell.de (in German).

 

]]> article 515 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:10:17 +0200 <![CDATA[Open the crossing points to Gaza!]]> article 513 at www.boell-ameo.org Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:52:05 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> New publication: Gender Politics Makes a Difference 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.]]> article 511 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:27:10 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> Media Outreach Projects in Egypt – Announcement: Rising Voices, the outreach arm of Global Voices Online, in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Foundation, selected three new media outreach projects in EGYPT. The project aims to bring new voices from new communities around Egypt to the conversational web, by providing resources and funding to local groups or individuals reaching out to underrepresented communities.]]> article 509 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:48:37 +0200 <![CDATA[Female Arab Techies Meeting]]> article 508 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:34:43 +0200 <![CDATA[Media Outreach Projects in Egypt]]> Rising Voices, the outreach arm of Global Voices Online, in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Foundation, are now anouncing ththree selected new media outreach projects in EGYPT. The project aims to bring new voices from new communities around Egypt to the conversational web, by providing resources and funding to local groups or individuals reaching out to underrepresented communities.]]> article 506 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:18:15 +0200 <![CDATA[International Conference on Palestine in Berlin]]> here]]> article 502 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:26:19 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 496 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:04:01 +0200 <![CDATA[Regional Summer School]]>

In order to contribute to cope with the growing global responsibilities incumbent on the Middle East and Turkey, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, represented by its offices in Istanbul, Ramallah and Beirut, hosted a regional “Summer School”. The Summer School addressed challenges and opportunities in achieving intelligent energy policies and in contributing to sustainable and ecological development. Please find more information about the Summer School on the following page.

]]> article 495 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:17:54 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 494 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:14:34 +0200 <![CDATA[Visit of Sven-Christian Kindler MoP and Jan Phillip Albrecht ME]]> article 485 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:56:08 +0200 <![CDATA[Visit of Sven-Christian Kindler MoP and Jan Phillip Albrecht ME]]> article 484 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:40:57 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 483 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:30:55 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> The Stasi And Its Aftermath - Reflections On The Legacy Of The East German Secret Police, STASI Discussion was held with Mrs. Marianne Birthler, Federal Commissioner for the Records of the former East German State Security, on the 9th of February in cooperation with and the Goethe Institute Ramallah.

 

]]> article 481 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:13:16 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 477 at www.boell-ameo.org Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:17:37 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> Water-as a human right, Karen Assaf, Bayoumi Attia, Ali Darwish, Batir Wardam and Simone Klawitter, 2004 (English, PDF, 246 pages, 2,58 MB)

The water problem in the Middle Eastern region is a highly controversial political issue, a significant component to the Arab-Israeli conflict in general, and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular. Palestinian and international experts present in this study latest information around the topic.

]]> article 471 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:27:48 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 451 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:08:36 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> Muwatin - The Palestinian Institute for the Study of  Democracy is promoting the process of democratic transformation in the region through networking, activism and research. ]]> article 429 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:32:04 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> h_taibi@boell-ameo.rg)]]> article 318 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:04:52 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> (MIFTAH) seeks to promote the principles of democracy and good governance within various components of Palestinian society; it further seeks to engage local and international public opinion and official circles on the Palestinian cause. To that end, MIFTAH adopts the mechanisms of an active and in-depth dialogue, the free flow of information and ideas, as well as local and international networking.]]> article 316 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:51:52 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 314 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:32:46 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 313 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:32:20 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> CIHRS Cairo Institute for Human Rights, Egypt]]> article 309 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:52:10 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> Muwatin  - The Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy]]> article 308 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:41:05 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> Archiving Palestine, Jerusalem Quarterly, Winter 2008, Issue 36 published by Institute for Jerusalem Studies]]> article 304 at www.boell-ameo.org Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:15:21 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> Salma Newsletter, issue 01 ( English, PDF, 8 pages, 902 KB)

Salma Network presents its first issue of Salma Newsletter as part of the seocnd phase of the Salma Project started in 2003. The newsletter focuses on the humanitarian natre of partners` work on real cases to reflect the cruelty and negative repercussions of violence on women and the community.

]]> article 303 at www.boell-ameo.org Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:13:50 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> Jerusalem Childhoods, Jerusalem Quarterly, Spring 2009, Issue 37, published by the Institute of Jerusalem Studies

The Institute of Jerusalem Studies (IJS), the Jerusalem branch of the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS), was established in 1995. IJS draws upon a local board of trustees, scholars, and administrators. The main objective of the Institute of Jerusalem Studies is to produce scholarship in English and Arabic on the city of Jerusalem. It publishes both the Jerusalem Quarterly (English) and the Hawliyyat al-Quds (Arabic).

]]> article 302 at www.boell-ameo.org Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:23:56 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> Environmental Policies in Partnership - Bani Zaid West Municipality, PDF, 4 MB, 82 pages (Arabic)
]]> article 300 at www.boell-ameo.org Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:02:37 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> "What we Have and What is Not ours - Government Resources in the Twenty First Century", PDF 1,48 MB, 76 pages  (Arabic)]]> article 299 at www.boell-ameo.org Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:44:36 +0200 <![CDATA[Digital Activism]]> article 296 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:28:10 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> “On the Road to Copenhagen."]]> article 294 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:57:34 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> Climate Change and “Sustainable Cities” Proposal by Habib Maalouf (Assafir) discusses the "Global Greens Congress" in that took place São Paulo, Brazil, on May 1-5, 2008 and the prospective for the green parties work all over the globe. (Heinrich Boell Stiftung Beirut May 2008)]]> article 293 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:50:46 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> Gender Responsive Budgeting for Local Councils by Miftah (Arabic, PDF,  95 pages 1,532 KB)

The book was developed by MIFTAH in its pilot project on gender budgeting for local cmmunicities. The mnual gives trainers in this field the tools to promote gender responsive budgets in local and municipal councils in a way that encourages local councils to prepare and develop gender approachable budgets.

]]> article 292 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:51:09 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> HABI Center for Environmental Rights, Egypt is a non-governmental organization established in 2001. It interests lie mainly in raising citizen's and NGO's awareness of environmental rights and the mechanisms available for defending them. The HABI Center also assists people in defending their environmental rights.
]]> article 290 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:19:24 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> AHED Association for Health and Environmental Development, Egypt is an Egyptian non-governmental organization striving to assist in the development and implementation of alternative policies and systems in the areas of health, environment and disability, which are capable of responding to the needs and rights of Egyptian society as a whole, and the most disadvantaged and marginalized groups in particular.
]]> article 288 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:12:14 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> The Applied Research Institute- Jerusalem ARIJ represents 19 years of combined organizational experience in the Palestinian Territories in the fields of economic, social, management of natural resources, water management, sustainable agriculture and political dynamics of development in the area. ]]> article 287 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:02:07 +0200 <![CDATA[Palestine: Audio-Visual Media after Oslo ]]> Audio-Visual Media in Palestine after the Oslo Accords by Jamal Nazzal,(Arabic, PDF, 279 pages, 1.38 MB)
]]> article 285 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:12:23 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> Civil Society between descriptive and normative concepts, by Nadia Abu Zaher, (Arabic, PDF, 360 pages, 1,77 MB)]]> article 283 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:42:37 +0200 <![CDATA[First Arab Bloggers Meeting 2008]]> article 280 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:55:34 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 278 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:44:30 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 277 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:22:56 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 276 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:19:29 +0200 <![CDATA[]]>
This dossier is realized in cooperation with the hbs Beirut office.

]]> article 275 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:11:09 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 274 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:06:16 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 273 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:52:41 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> Dealing with the Financial and Climate Crises
Europe needs to retain its international leadership in energy efficiency to make sure that the restructuring of the financial system also lays the ground for an ecological transformation.   --------------------------------------------

DESERTEC: Solar energy from MENA to Europe his is one of the most promising and exciting project proposals to emerge for years. In fact, the idea to energize Europe with renewable energy from the Middle East could be one of the milestones of future energy security plans linking Europe with the Middle East.

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Habib Maalouf discusses the prospective for the international green parties at the "Global Greens Congress" that took place in Sao Paolo, Brazil in May 2008.

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Mari Loumi (The Finish Institute of International Affairs) analyzes the UN climate change conference that was held in Poznan in December 2008 and stresses the participation of Arab countries. 

This dossier is realized in cooperation with the hbs Beirut office.


]]> article 271 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:43:36 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 269 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:58:40 +0200 <![CDATA[ ]]> article 266 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:30:39 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 264 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:36:42 +0200 <![CDATA[How to Write a Proposal]]> ]]> article 261 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:32:40 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 259 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:03:55 +0200 <![CDATA[Conference on Jerusalem]]> article 256 at www.boell-ameo.org Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:05:11 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> -----------------------------------------

Abstract Mitigation of Greenhouse gases deals with measures to reduce the vulnerability of a certain sector to climate change through minimizing net emissions. In this paper, mitigation scenarios aimed at reducing Jordan methane emissions from sewage treatment plants and sanitary landfill sites were proposed and investigated.

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]]> article 253 at www.boell-ameo.org Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:20:57 +0200 <![CDATA[On the road to Copenhagen]]> “On the Road to Copenhagen"
]]> article 247 at www.boell-ameo.org Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:30:46 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 246 at www.boell-ameo.org Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:17:27 +0200 <![CDATA[Road to Copenhagen]]> article 229 at www.boell-ameo.org Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:02:28 +0200 <![CDATA[Stronger Together - SALMA the Regional Network against Violence against Women]]> article 226 at www.boell-ameo.org Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:43:46 +0200 <![CDATA[Stronger Together: The Network SALMA against Violence against Women in the Arab World ]]> article 214 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:20:46 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 206 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:35:54 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 195 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:47:33 +0200 <![CDATA[Freedom of Expression and Media Diversity]]> article 191 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:02:34 +0200 <![CDATA[Gender Democracy]]> ]]> article 184 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:59:47 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 171 at www.boell-ameo.org Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:09:09 +0200 <![CDATA[ ]]> article 156 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:21:33 +0200 <![CDATA[Olaf Deussen]]> Olaf Deussen, coordinates the “democratisation&human rights” and the “foreign&security policy” programmes since June 2010. He holds a M.A. in Euro-Mediterranean Studies from Reading University, UK and a B.A. in European Management from the Strasbourg Graduate School of Management, France. Over the last years he has been working inside and close to the European institutions, namely the EU Commission and the European Parliament. Before joining hbs he worked the last three years in Brussels for GOPA-Cartermill as a Project Manager with the EU Commission/DG RELEX. odeussen(at)boell-ameo.org]]> article 152 at www.boell-ameo.org Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:26:05 +0200 <![CDATA[Suzan Awwad Abuteen ]]> suzan@boell-ameo.org

]]> article 151 at www.boell-ameo.org Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:14:43 +0200 <![CDATA[Hiba Taibi]]> Hiba Al-Taibi coordinates the sustainable development and gender democracy programs since May 2009. Previously managed the regional program "A life without violence and discrimination is possible: Regional Campaign to Protect Women from Domestic Violence", implemented by hbs jointly with partners in Palestine, Egypt and Jordan with support from the EU. Hiba has a broad experience as a trainer for Euro-Med youth program and assisted developing training manuals in the field of campaigning, organization management, and inter-cultural learning and dialogue. She recently graduated with a MA degree in "International Relations" from Birzeit University.

h_taibi@boell-ameo.org

]]> article 149 at www.boell-ameo.org Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:39:05 +0200 <![CDATA[Nadeen Karkar]]> Nadeen Karkar Abu Hadid joined the Heinrich Boell Foundation team in April 2006 as financial coordinator. She holds a BA degree in accounting from Birzeit University and is responsible for financial and administrative aspects of the program.
Before joining the hbf Nadeen worked as a senior accountant in the Palestinian NGO Women's Affair Technical Committee in Ramallah.

karkar@boell-ameo.org

]]> article 148 at www.boell-ameo.org Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:35:49 +0200 <![CDATA[Joachim Paul]]> Joachim Paul: Director of the Arab Middle East Office (AMEO) since January 2009. In his former positions he worked as an Emergency Specialist with UNICEF and headed UNICEF Zone Offices in Gaza, OPT (2002 - 2005), Batagram, North Western Frontier Province of Pakistan (2006) and Kilinochchi, in the formerly LTTE ("Tamil Tigers") controlled areas of Sri Lanka (2006 - 2007). Most recently he was based in Yaounde, Cameroon from where he worked also in Chad. Prior to his assignments with UNICEF Joachim Paul coordinated the German Fund for Palestinian NGOs and other regional civil society projects.

jpaul@boell-ameo.org

]]> article 146 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:22:53 +0200 <![CDATA[Heinrich Böll (1917 - 1985) ]]> article 144 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:48:04 +0200 <![CDATA[]]> article 136 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:51:55 +0200 <![CDATA[Mission Statement: Heinrich Boell Stiftung]]> article 135 at www.boell-ameo.org Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:29:36 +0200 <![CDATA[Arab Middle East Office ]]> article 127 at www.boell-ameo.org Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:45:53 +0200