Debate: Forgotten conflict? EU and the war in Donbas Report Is the situation in Eastern Ukraine still a topic for the international community? What can we do as Europeans to help Donbas? Is the Minsk Protocol enough to deal with the conflict ? Those and other questions were discussed with our experts during an open debate which Heinrich Böll Foundation in Warsaw organized in cooperation with Stefan Batory Foundation. By Małgorzata Kopka-Piątek
Polish-German perspectives on implementing equality and diversity on the local level Report As the examples of Poland and Germany show, European efforts to support progress in the field of gender equality policies should rather not overtly emphasize existing differences, but help to find ways to supplement each other. Whereas the look through the – often judgemental – prism of differences is often reproducing detrimental stereotypes, the search for possibilities of cooperation, exchange of best practices and mutual inspiration has the potential to create an upward dynamic on all sides. By Gert Röhrborn
World in Focus 2018. Warsaw International Gathering. Invitation Where is the world headed? How can citizens shape their social, economic and environmental circumstances? How can Poland make its mark on a changing Europe? Will we be able to stop the climate change? These are just some of the questions we will attempt to answer, hopefully with your help, in order to better understand global problems that impact is in our daily life.
The American left rarely looks beyond US borders Transatlantic Media Fellowship After all, foreign policy is an area where you can easily get your hands dirty – it is full of corrupt compromises that are far from the ideals to which the left aspires; it forces one to operate in a moral grey zone; there are sometimes nothing but ill-suited solutions on offer; and it often requires the use of force. By Adam Traczyk
Where do we go when the storm is coming? Report The fifth edition of Green Summer University (ZLU), organized by the Green Zone Foundation and the Green European Foundation in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Foundation took place from July 12th to 15th under the slogan “Crossing Borders”. Various supporters of “greening up” European societies met in Janów Podlaski, nearby the Polish-Ukrainian border, where the dialogue between different cultures, religions and languages is especially intense. By Gert Röhrborn
Reorganization of Polish Judiciary System vs. European Union Blog We kindly invite our readers to get acquainted with the new articles published on the German-Polish European Blog. Which steps have been and still can be taken by the European Commission towards the increasing number of member states, which turn their backs from the liberal democracy? By Małgorzata Kopka-Piątek
Transforming our world. A gender perspective. Report Implementing sustainable development is partially the art of overcoming false juxtapositions. It would be a gross mistake to approach (and discard) challenges related to saving our planet and creating just societies with equal rights for all in the Brechtian perspective of “Food is the first thing, morals follow on”. By Gert Röhrborn
Good Will is key, but Knowledge is Golden. Migration as an Indicator of Global Changes Report The intense public debate on various social policy issues in Poland that has been carried on for the last several years indicates that economic and socio-cultural developments in the country have accelerated significantly, although not equally for everyone. Some people experience those processes to such an extent that they increasingly demand substantial stability and a fixed direction in the rapidly changing reality. This also applies to the question of socio-cultural diversity, especially the issue of migration. By Gert Röhrborn
Siła mądrego buntu Głos z okazji 50. rocznicy Marca`68. Ellen Ueberschär pisze o percepcji wydarzeń w Polsce z sąsiedzkiej perspektywy. By Ellen Ueberschär
Imagined urban communities. Eastern European experiences Report Can politically engaged art help individuals to create vibrant, self-sustaining and inclusive urban communities, where they feel connected with their place of living and their fellow citizens? By Annika Poblocki and Gert Röhrborn