Asia

With its programs and projects, the Heinrich Böll Foundation wants to support democratization in Asia and promote the recognition and observance of human rights.

The Heinrich Böll Stiftung has been working in Pakistan from 1994 to 2019 with an office in Lahore, which was shifted to Islamabad in 2012. The main areas of work during this time were Ecology, Democratization as well as Peace and Security Policies. Since 2015 the program concentrated mainly on Resource Equity, Energy and Climate Change as well as Gender democracy. After 25 years of successful work with project partners in Pakistan, the office Islamabad has been closed with effect to 31st March 2019 due to ongoing problems with the registration process. This page presents some of the results of the work in the past years. There are a number of publications, articles, and reports about events conducted by Heinrich Böll Stiftung and its partner organizations covering the time from 2009 to 2019.  

The Heinrich Böll Stiftung has been active in Afghanistan since 2002 working in different fields: in the first years the work focused on media development, women empowerment and strengthening of local civil society organisations. Due to changing situations, the program changed in the course of time and concentrated on environmental issues, the role of youth in the democratisation process and on Foreign, Peace and Security Policies. This page presents some of the results of the work in the past on the above-mentioned topics. There are a number of publication, articles and reports about events conducted by Heinrich Böll Stiftung and its partner organisations. The page presents as well the current work in Afghanistan on Resource Governance and environmental issues.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations turns 50. Our dossier sheds light on the develpoment of the institutional framework of ASEAN and looks into the realities of the people - including podcasts, infographics and photos.

2014 is viewed as one of the most important years since the Afghan transition process began, over a decade ago. Western troops are being drawn down and more importantly, the first presidential and provincial elections autonomously organised within the country, will present a further important step within the political transition process. This dossier provides analyses, profiles, interviews, as well as studies that will shed light on the events of what is an important year for Afghanistan.

Perspectives Asia is a publication series jointly produced by the offices of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in Asia. With this series, we intend to provide a German and European readership with an understanding of Asian perspectives, as well as an analysis of global trends and greater insights into developments and current political issues across the Asian region.

The 2013 elections in Cambodia are hardly expected to be free and fair. In this dossier, we examine what this means for the future of the country. Through analyses, interviews, films and studies, we pursue a critical discussion about Cambodia’s development, and give a say to Cambodian and German representatives of civil society and politics.