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. We place particular emphasis on gender democracy, meaning social emancipation and equal rights for women and men. We are also committed to equal rights for cultural and ethnic minorities and to the societal and political participation of immigrants. Finally, we promote non-violence and proactive peace policies. more»

The Prague Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation was established on August 21, 1990, exactly 22 years after the Prague Spring uprising was crushed by the Warsaw Pact. The Prague office was the foundation’s first-ever office abroad, and until late 2004 it was located in a solar-powered house with an organic garden in Prague’s Barrandov district. more»