Themes

Southeast Asia Regional Office in Thailand

Themes

What are the project intervention themes and levels of the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation in South East Asia?

	Ecology and Sustainable Development,
	Empowerment of women and promotion of Gender Democracy,
	Cultural Heritage and Development,
	Promotion of Art and Culture as media for a critical analysis of society,
	Protection of Human Rights and promotion of the rule of law and good governance.

The Foundation supports projects at various levels, as follows:

	Rural development projects and the empowerment of civil people for self-help, representation of interests and participation in the development process,
	Lobbying for the implementation of political intervention at national level,
	Regional networking,

Critiques and advocacy at international level such as the UN and its organizations and committees, or in the area of international finance and trade organizations.

A booklet with information on the individual projects supported by the Foundation is available in Thai on request. ('The Long Road Ahead', journalistic essays by Naurin Ahmad-Zaki, published by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Lahore and Chiang Mai is available in English and Thai on request).

To reach for the stars and yet remain on the ground with both feet?

In the past few years, there was an ongoing discussion within the Heinrich Böll Foundation, regarding the concept and objectives of the projects to be supported by the Foundation. The major question was the balance between projects promoted on the international lobby level, supporting the creation of good global governance structures as opposed to projects that were aimed at poverty alleviation and gender justice through political and economic grassroots empowerment.

As a result of this discussion, the Foundation now tries to maintain different partnerships through networking and exchange to link micro with macro and local with global.