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Heinrich Böll is one of the most important and best-known writers of the Federal Republic of Germany. "Bound by the times and my contemporaries, to what my generation has lived through, experienced, seen, and heard," as he himself wrote, he was the critical chronicler of Germany’s history at mid-century.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his novels and short stories in 1972.

The courage to stand up for one's beliefs; encouragement to meddle in public affairs; and unconditional activism in support of dignity and human rights were characteristics of the writer Heinrich Böll. The Foundation is committed to that tradition.

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Episode " The insurgent power of the Commons & the crisis of imagination "

Rethinking Established Thought Categories: The Path to the Commons

Discover "The insurgent power of the Commons & the crisis of imagination," a captivating episode of the Ecologia podcast in partnership with the Heinrich Boell Foundation Tunis. Explore the potential of the Commons to shape a sustainable future!

By Olfa Chebaane

Green Lecture #6: 23 mai 2023

Green Lecture #6: Commons - For a Just and Sustainable Future: Insights from David Bollier

Explore the emerging concept of "Commons" for a sustainable future! A retrospective of the Green Lecture #6 in Tunis with David Bollier.

By Olfa Chebaane

Des employées de la Coopérative Lella Kmar trient les graines de blé dur mahmoudi.

6. How to start thinking and speaking like a commoner

The world of commoning represents a profound challenge to capitalism because it is based on a very different ontology. Many of us have internalized the language of separation and individualism

Elinor Ostrom et les huit principes de gestion des communs

5. Elinor Ostrom & 8 rules for managing the Commons

A very important figure in debunking the myth of the “tragedy of the commons”, was political scientist and political economist, Elinor Ostrom. She was the first woman to win the Nobel prize in economics. She received this prize for her extensive research on patterns of successful commons governance.

Le projet Kid'Chen à Makther

4. What are not the Commons? The myth of the tragedy of the Commons

Conventional economists have long seen the commons as an inventory of resources that are free for the taking, or that can potentially be owned and shared by all, such as the oceans, the atmosphere, outer space, the Internet. The focus is on commons as a resource or property, and not on commoning.

Commoning - A Triangular Process

3. Commoning - A Triangular Process

A resource does not equal a commons. It is only when a community engages in processes of commoning, that a commons emerges.

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Who benefits from Tunisia's Green Hydrogen Strategy?

Report

Tunisia is currently developing a national strategy for the development of green hydrogen. While the global energy sector is being revamped, the “clean” fuel approach is often hailed as the flagship solution for the challenges of energy deficits and the decarbonization of the economy.

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Democracy & Transition

Les Libetés Individuelles aux temps du Corona

Interview with Prof. Wahid Ferchichi: Individual Liberties in times of Covid 19

COVID-19 has radically changed our lives. Hence, it is crucial to analyze the ways in which the responses of the Tunisian authorities' to the pandemic and the implementation of effective and proportionate security measures have affected the civil rights and individual freedoms of citizens. In this interview, Mahassen Segni speaks to Professor Wahid Ferchichi about the challenges of having effective COVID-19 measures while staying committed to the protection of individual rights and liberties for the whole period of the crisis.

By Mahassen Segni

Long-Term Election Observation (LTO) Project with Mourakiboun

This article describes HBS partner Mourakiboun, explains the project of long-term election observation and gives insides into the Tunisian electoral process 2014.

Ecology and Resource Politics

Call for Applications: Hbs’ 9th MENA Regional Summer School 2023 - Jordan

Call For applications

The Heinrich Böll Foundation, represented through its offices in Rabat, Tunis, Ramallah and Beirut, welcomes applicants from the MENA region to apply for the 9th Regional Summer School that will take place from 29 July to 05 August 2023 in Jordan, under the title “It’s More than Just Food: Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture towards Equitable and Justice-based Food Systems in the MENA Region”.

Production of Green Hydrogen

Who Benefits From TUNISIA’S GREEN HYDROGEN STRATEGY?

survey report

New publication on green hydrogen production in Tunisia!

International Politics

Dossier: Presidential Elections in Egypt 2014

An Interview with Nazra for Feminist Studies: Violence, Politics and Women’s Bodies

An Interview with Nazra for Feminist Studies, an Egyptian group that documents cases of gender-based violence, offers psychological, medical and legal support for survivors, and works with female politicians to boost representation.

Sarah Carr: The army and the people - On becoming one hand

On the first, still jubilant, day of the 2014 presidential elections a group of women had gathered outside a polling station in the leafy, affluent district of Heliopolis...

Amr Adly: Structural crises that have become pressing‬‬‬‬

The continuous political turmoil Egypt since January 2011 has resulted in a decline of the annual growth rate to a level near recession, which has turned many of the chronic structural defects of the country’s economy into urgent and pressing crises.

Karem Yehia: No dreams for Egypt’s working class

Egypt first declared May 1 an official holiday 50 years ago. That same year, on May 1, 1964, three workers were born — Ahmed Mahmoud from the Public Transportation Authority, Ali Aref from the Steam Boilers and Hesham Abu Zaid from the Tanta Flax factory.

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