Agricultural crisis: causes and possible solutions in France, Germany and Greece VIDEO In order to better understand the agricultural crisis and the farmers' protests that took place in the winter of 2023-2024, the Thessaloniki and Paris Offices of the Heinrich Böll Foundation co-organised a public online event on 12 February 2024, where we discussed this issue with farmers and researchers from France, Germany and Greece. The discussion is recorded in this video. Understanding the New Pact: How the EU is abolishing the right to asylum VIDEO Our partner organization Border Violence Monitoring Network recently hosted a webinar titled 'Understanding the Pact: How the EU is Abolishing the Right to Asylum', which we were happy to support. In light of the complexity and intransparency of the reform process, this webinar not only provided much needed elaborations on the proposed changes to the Common European Asylum System, but also the potential implications these would have in different EU Member States. Decoding urban resilience in the Med ONLINE DISCUSSION On 29 June 2023, the Heinrich Böll Foundation offices in Thessaloniki and Paris organised this event, where the invited experts discussed critical data on the status of climate in the Europe and foreseen trends and presented examples on local adaptation and climate resilience strategies from Mediterranean cities in Greece, France and Italy. Neda Noraie-Kia on the shipwreck off Pylos INTERVIEW Three days after the refugee shipwreck off the coast of Pylos, on 18-06-2023, Deutsche Welle asked Neda Noraie-Kia, Head of Migration Policy Europe at the Heinrich Böll Foundation, to share her views on the tragedy and on the new migration and asylum policy promoted by the European Commission. Watch the short yet informative interview. How the media covers migration in different countries along the “Balkan route” VIDEO We have recently completed the publication of three e-papers on how the media covers migration along the so-called Balkan route, namely in Turkey, Greece, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. Here you can watch a short yet very informative video summarising the main findings of these three surveys. In defence of defenders: Criminalised solidarity in Europe The toolkit "In defence of defenders: A practical guide to legal means and advocacy tools for criminalised Human Rights Defenders in Europe" is an attempt by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and the Border Violence Monitoring Network to present targeted Human Rights Defenders existing options for action and defence. You can watch the video of the launch event here. "Discussing the energy market and the energy crisis in simple terms. How can consumers be protected?" ONLINE EVENT The video of the online event that took place on 14 April 2022. Experts describe how the energy market works, explain why electricity bills are so expensive in Greece and make suggestions. Moving Cities: Another migration policy is possible ONLINE EVENT The “Moving Cities” website is a platform that brings together in a network around 700 cities and communities across Europe, which defend refugees’ rights and operate an active policy of welcome, often in opposition to the national governments. To mark the launch of the website, an online event was organised, which you can watch in the video. Bridges - Encounters on Migration and Asylum in Europe #2 Parliament in Exile. Afghan Women’s Resilience and the EU's Responsibility to Act VIDCAST "Bridges" is about bringing together different people on relevant questions on migration and asylum in Europe. With Nazifa Yusufi Bek, elected member of the Afghan parliament, and Hannah Neumann, member of European Parliament. Bridges - Encounters on Migration and Asylum in Europe #1 Forced to flee - but where to? Europe, Greece and those displaced from Afghanistan VIDCAST "Bridges" is a about bringing together different people on relevant questions on migration and asylum in Europe. With Parwana Amiri, Human Rights Activist and Author and Stelios Kouloglou, Member of European Parliament and of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Deconstructing Gender Stereotypes Campaign: Stereotypes from the cradle VIDEO With an eye on gender democracy, Gender Alliance Initiative and the Heinrich Böll Foundation's Thessaloniki Office in Greece return with a series of dramatized stories and educational videos aiming at critically reflecting upon gender stereotypes while promoting gender equality. Green Room #2 Interview with the Greek Ombudsman on his latest report on alleged pushbacks VIDCAST Our regional head of migration programme, Neda Noraie-Kia, talked to the Greek Ombudsman, Mr. Andreas I. Pottakis, about his latest report on alleged pushbacks to Turkey of foreign nationals who had arrived in Greece in search for international protection. Green Room #1 | Greek-Turkish relations and the restart of exploratory talks VIDCAST An interview by Michalis Goudis, Head of Heinrich Böll Stiftung Office Thessaloniki, with the Political Scientist and International Relations Expert, Theodoros Tsikas. Green Room #1 Gender will tear us apart again - Gender-based inequality and employment in Greece ONLINE DISCUSSION The recent publication of the Gender Equality Index 2020 Report by the European Institute of Gender Equality-EIGE) has placed Greece in the last position in the EU with regard to gender equality based on the composite index constructed and followed up on a yearly basis. 1.png phpFcWAZl 4.jpg programma_imeridas_energeiakoi_synetairismoi_6_sept2014_sifnos.pdf europaeisches_haus_berlin_am_brandenburger_tor_europaeisches_parlament_14820715720.jpg drv_120523_borderline_-_border_surveillance.pdf 9.jpg partner_logos.jpg frederic-koberl-975747-unsplash-1.jpg publication_teaser_2.jpg ahmad-sharara-globe-by-sa20 (2018_10_01 20_28_09 UTC).jpg phpC0PtcF iosif_vaena.pdf w1260x840_-_copy.jpg img_0031_small.jpg test-image
Agricultural crisis: causes and possible solutions in France, Germany and Greece VIDEO In order to better understand the agricultural crisis and the farmers' protests that took place in the winter of 2023-2024, the Thessaloniki and Paris Offices of the Heinrich Böll Foundation co-organised a public online event on 12 February 2024, where we discussed this issue with farmers and researchers from France, Germany and Greece. The discussion is recorded in this video.
Understanding the New Pact: How the EU is abolishing the right to asylum VIDEO Our partner organization Border Violence Monitoring Network recently hosted a webinar titled 'Understanding the Pact: How the EU is Abolishing the Right to Asylum', which we were happy to support. In light of the complexity and intransparency of the reform process, this webinar not only provided much needed elaborations on the proposed changes to the Common European Asylum System, but also the potential implications these would have in different EU Member States.
Decoding urban resilience in the Med ONLINE DISCUSSION On 29 June 2023, the Heinrich Böll Foundation offices in Thessaloniki and Paris organised this event, where the invited experts discussed critical data on the status of climate in the Europe and foreseen trends and presented examples on local adaptation and climate resilience strategies from Mediterranean cities in Greece, France and Italy.
Neda Noraie-Kia on the shipwreck off Pylos INTERVIEW Three days after the refugee shipwreck off the coast of Pylos, on 18-06-2023, Deutsche Welle asked Neda Noraie-Kia, Head of Migration Policy Europe at the Heinrich Böll Foundation, to share her views on the tragedy and on the new migration and asylum policy promoted by the European Commission. Watch the short yet informative interview.
How the media covers migration in different countries along the “Balkan route” VIDEO We have recently completed the publication of three e-papers on how the media covers migration along the so-called Balkan route, namely in Turkey, Greece, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. Here you can watch a short yet very informative video summarising the main findings of these three surveys.
In defence of defenders: Criminalised solidarity in Europe The toolkit "In defence of defenders: A practical guide to legal means and advocacy tools for criminalised Human Rights Defenders in Europe" is an attempt by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and the Border Violence Monitoring Network to present targeted Human Rights Defenders existing options for action and defence. You can watch the video of the launch event here.
"Discussing the energy market and the energy crisis in simple terms. How can consumers be protected?" ONLINE EVENT The video of the online event that took place on 14 April 2022. Experts describe how the energy market works, explain why electricity bills are so expensive in Greece and make suggestions.
Moving Cities: Another migration policy is possible ONLINE EVENT The “Moving Cities” website is a platform that brings together in a network around 700 cities and communities across Europe, which defend refugees’ rights and operate an active policy of welcome, often in opposition to the national governments. To mark the launch of the website, an online event was organised, which you can watch in the video.
Bridges - Encounters on Migration and Asylum in Europe #2 Parliament in Exile. Afghan Women’s Resilience and the EU's Responsibility to Act VIDCAST "Bridges" is about bringing together different people on relevant questions on migration and asylum in Europe. With Nazifa Yusufi Bek, elected member of the Afghan parliament, and Hannah Neumann, member of European Parliament.
Bridges - Encounters on Migration and Asylum in Europe #1 Forced to flee - but where to? Europe, Greece and those displaced from Afghanistan VIDCAST "Bridges" is a about bringing together different people on relevant questions on migration and asylum in Europe. With Parwana Amiri, Human Rights Activist and Author and Stelios Kouloglou, Member of European Parliament and of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Deconstructing Gender Stereotypes Campaign: Stereotypes from the cradle VIDEO With an eye on gender democracy, Gender Alliance Initiative and the Heinrich Böll Foundation's Thessaloniki Office in Greece return with a series of dramatized stories and educational videos aiming at critically reflecting upon gender stereotypes while promoting gender equality.
Green Room #2 Interview with the Greek Ombudsman on his latest report on alleged pushbacks VIDCAST Our regional head of migration programme, Neda Noraie-Kia, talked to the Greek Ombudsman, Mr. Andreas I. Pottakis, about his latest report on alleged pushbacks to Turkey of foreign nationals who had arrived in Greece in search for international protection.
Green Room #1 | Greek-Turkish relations and the restart of exploratory talks VIDCAST An interview by Michalis Goudis, Head of Heinrich Böll Stiftung Office Thessaloniki, with the Political Scientist and International Relations Expert, Theodoros Tsikas. Green Room #1
Gender will tear us apart again - Gender-based inequality and employment in Greece ONLINE DISCUSSION The recent publication of the Gender Equality Index 2020 Report by the European Institute of Gender Equality-EIGE) has placed Greece in the last position in the EU with regard to gender equality based on the composite index constructed and followed up on a yearly basis.