Publications

Ecology

Citizens’ Assemblies and the European Green Deal: A Perfect (Mis)Match?

PUBLICATION

The success of the European Green Deal hinges on meeting people’s needs and making sure they are reflected in environmental policies. Citizens’ assemblies offer a way to ensure voices are heard at all levels, from local communities to EU institutions. This publication, which explores the first lessons learned from this new institution, was compiled by the Green European Foundation (GEF) and translated into Greek with the support of the Heinrich Böll Foundation - Thessaloniki Office.

European Mobility Atlas

PUBLICATION

The European Mobility Atlas is a 2021 edited volume by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, which presents a wealth of reliable and informed data on transport and mobility in Europe. The Greek version of the Atlas, one year later, was not just a translation but also included many additional data from the domestic experience. Now the volume for Greece is also available in English, giving a wider audience the opportunity to get in touch with issues of the Greek transport reality.

Beyond Destruction

PUBLICATION

In 2023, Greece was hit by a series of devastating natural disasters. Wildfires and floods claimed many lives and left behind destroyed homes, devastated landscapes and entire communities plunged into loss and uncertainty. Documentary photographer Ilir Tsouko and writer Anja Troelenberg took a long field trip to the affected areas a few months after the disasters and documented not only the despair but also the hope; not only the disaster but also the resilience. The outcome of this project is, among other things, this publication.

Ilir Tsouko, Anja Troelenberg

All publications on Ecology

Democracy

Feminist mapping: The experience from the “Ioannina: Bridges of Participation” project

PUBLICATION

Urbana and the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s project “Ioannina: Bridges of Participation” focuses on women and LGBTQ+ people whose needs in the city have been neglected. This publication captures the experience from the aforementioned project as well as the collective experiences in the city from a gender perspective, offering a framework for practical and political action.

Eva Grigoriadou, Pinelopi Alexiou

Handbook on participatory planning for small islands

PUBLICATION

This publication presents a project that was implemented in Samothrace (January-December 2021), in order to contribute to the democratic activation of the local community and to support the co-planning of a proposal for the island's future.

Angelos Varvarousis, Panos Petridis

Actually European!? 2023

Factsheet

The fifth edition of the long-term study Actually European!? Analyzes how German citizens assess their country’s role in the EU and what they expect from their government.

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Social Solidarity Economy

The social organisation of care in Greece

PUBLICATION

This book (language: Greek) is an introduction to the concept of care, a topic that is increasingly at the center of narratives, analyses, claims, and policy proposals. Furthermore, it explores aspects of how care is socially organised in Greece, focusing on the different roles of the state, the market, the community and the family, while aspiring to become part of a collective reflection and dialogue on the ways in which care is socially organized in Greece, but also on how we imagine an equal, just, and caring world.

Hara Kouki, Haris Malamidis, Andreas Chatzidakis

Business sustainability tools in SSE: Social Value

TOOLKIT

This valuable business tool helps social solidarity economy initiatives in a simple and analytical way to understand their values and their position in the market, to realise their problems, to evaluate their situation and to plan their prospects. This practical guide includes three volumes: 1. on social value, 2. on economic sustainability and 3. on the strategy of an initiative.

Elena Tzamouranou, Georgia Bekridaki, Maria Britzolaki

Business sustainability tools in SSE: Strategy

TOOLKIT

Elena Tzamouranou, Georgia Bekridaki, Maria Britzolaki

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Foreign & Security Policy

EU statecraft in the age of permacrisis

PUBLICATION

The purpose of this working paper is twofold. First, to suggest and examine how the EU can enhance its security and its global role, without diverting its focus to the remilitarization of European politics. Second, to examine how, in the age of permacrisis, deliberative and discursive processes should be at the heart of EU public diplomacy.

Christos Frangkonikolopoulos

Green Foreign Policy Snapshots

PUBLICATION

Green foreign policy, lacking an agreed upon definition, is often misquoted and misinterpreted, narrowed down to only protecting the natural environment. In this preliminary study conducted in 2022, we attempted to see beyond scattered political opinion by analysing data. Partial or complete, a green foreign policy doctrine may be an eventuality based on these initial findings.

Evangelos Astyrakakis Aslanis

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Migration

In difesa dei Difensori

PUBLICATION

This publication is a practical guide created by the Border Violence Monitoring Network and the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Thessaloniki Office, in order to support human rights defenders by showing them mechanisms and avenues for help and self-defence in cases of criminalisation – something that is unfortunately becoming increasingly common in Europe and especially in areas receiving refugees and migrants. After English, Greek and BHS (Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian), it is now also published in Italian by our Paris Office, including a section specifically on the reality in Italy.

BVMN - Border Violence Monitoring Network, ASGI - Associazione Studi Giuridici sull'Immigrazione

Practicing Feminist Foreign Policy in the Everyday: A Toolkit

PUBLICATION

Feminist foreign policy is emerging as a new paradigm in international relations. The concept raises expectations of a more peaceful and just foreign policy, but its theoretical dimension and practical implementation are often not clearly defined. This toolkit, published in November 2021 by IFFF and Heinrich Böll Stiftung, tries to close this gap and clarify key terms of feminist foreign policy, as well as outline the practical application of the feminist approach to international diplomacy, to security, environmental, development, trade and migration policy.

Victoria Scheyer, Dilek Gürsel, Marie Jelenka Kirchner, Jessica Cheung

Who guards the guards?

PUBLICATION

This legal opinion written by the non-profit organization front-LEX elaborates on the accountability of Frontex under EU law for ongoing violations of the fundamental rights of asylum seekers, committed in relation to its activities in Greek waters.

Dr. Omer Schatz, Adv. , Iftach Cohen, Adv., Sarah Easy, Adv.

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