Heinrich Böll Foundation

Gender

DEBATE: GENDER FORUM ON 30TH MAY 2013

Public Procurement at National and County Level: Opportunities for Women and Youth Enterprises

June 10, 2013 - In the year 2013/4, 30% of all Government of Kenya procurement amounting to approximately 336 Billion Shillings will be reserved for women, youth, persons living with disabilities and small and medium enterprises. However, the billion shilling question is: will these target beneficiaries actually benefit? Is the law supportive; are government procurement entities and their officers adept to apply the changing procurement scene? Are the intended beneficiaries aware of the opportunities, are they procurement ready and are they vigilant to claim their rights and privileges? Are lobby, oversight and monitoring agencies prepared to ensure that the governments at national and county levels will make this happen? more»

TOOLKIT

Men to Men Strategy Toolkit: For Working with Men to Combat Gender Based Violence

- May 2, 2013 - The Toolkit shares information, tools, activities, and skills building ideas and methods to support organisations and individuals to better understand the needs of working with men to address sexual and gender based violence and the spread of HIV in collaboration with women’s rights organisations in Africa. The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) more»

Ecology

STUDY

Powering Africa through Feed-In Tariffs

April 17, 2013 - Africa is facing a severe energy crisis and fails to meet the increasing demand for electricity. One tool that has been successful in increasing the use of renewable technologies worldwide is Renewable Energy Feed-in Tarifs (REFiTs). more»

Workshop

HBS Future Workshop on Resources in East and Horn of Africa

- March 26, 2013 - The Future Workshop enabled young people identify topics and innovative approaches with regard to resource policy in three phases: i) the Critique Phase where the problem was critically analyzed; ii) the Fantasy Phase where visions were generated on how to address the problem differently; iii) the Implementation Phase where concrete steps were defined on how to approximate to the visions. more»

STUDY

Towards a Coherent and Cost Effective Policy Response to Climate Change in Kenya

- January 28, 2013 - The impacts and costs of climate change must, be addressed through coherent and effective climate change governance. However, available evidence suggests that environmental and climate change relevant policy in Kenya remains mostly incoherent and not integrated with longterm national development plans and policies. more»

Peace and Dialogue

PUBLICATION SERIES ON DEMOCRACY, VOLUME 28

Sudan after Separation: New Approaches to a New Region

April 18, 2013 - Building on the 2010 publication, Sudan – No Easy Ways Ahead, the Heinrich Böll Foundation brought together a new group of authors to reflect on the challenges of the post-separation era. Their contributions lay out new approaches to a new region, providing guidance to understand the complex political realities of the two Sudans, and pointing out areas where constructive international engagement is possible. more»

WEB DOSSIER

Beyond the Kenya Elections Web Dossier

- February 23, 2013 - The growth of Kenya's economy, the respect by its neighbour and the harmony of its people is dependent on the citizens making a deliberate commitment to vote wisely and peacefully during the elections. more»

Perspectives: The Quarterly Newsletter from HBF's Africa Offices

PUBLICATION SERIES

Perspectives #1/13: Movers and Shakers? Youth and Political Change in Africa

May 15, 2013 - What frustrations are causing the youth to turn to the streets? How do they mobilise today? Are conventional politics and parties able to attract young people or do they seek alternative ways to engage? How does their political participation manifest? Have they been successful? Are the youth a political force? more»

PUBLICATION SERIES

Perspectives #03/2012: What Are Sustainable African Cities?

- February 13, 2013 - This edition of Perspectives offers a snapshot of Africa’s urban sustainability challenges, ranging from tensions between heritage and urban renewal in Addis Ababa to building climate resilience in poor African households. It also highlights selected sustainable development initiatives offering innovative solutions that are sensitive to the overwhelming challenges posed by urban African informal settlements. more»

International Politics

REPORT

Missing Women: The G20, Gender Equality and Global Economic Governance

May 16, 2013 - The Group of 20 (G20) was created to tackle the most pressing challenges confronting the world economy today, including reducing instability and preventing future financial crises. Given its commitment to a goal of shared and inclusive growth, it is striking how little attention has been paid to issues of gender equality in its policy frameworks, summits, and declarations. James Heintz - University of Massachusetts, Amherst more»

G20 Update E-Newsletter : The G20's Initiative on "Financing for Investment in Infrastructure": A Bridge to Prosperity?

- February 13, 2012 - The May 2013 G20 Update focuses on three questions: What is the nature of the upsurge of investigations of, and attacks on, Russian civil society and how should this situation inform engagement by global civil society in the Civil 20 (C20) and its activities, including the C20 Summit in June 2013?; Why has the G20 launched a new initiative on “financing for investment,” especially in infrastructure? What is the nature of this initiative?; and How do the policy agendas of the G8 and G20 converge? more»