Our program in Southeast Asia (covering Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar/Burma) is located in two main areas:
Our offices in Chiang Mai/Thailand and Phnom Penh/Cambodia are two of the Heinrich Boell Foundation's over 25 offices worldwide. We work together closely with the Asia Desk of the head office in Berlin, as well as the HBF offices in Lahore/Pakistan, New Delhi/India and Beijing/China.
To better understand and promote indigenous women’s participation in both traditional and formal political institutions, the Cambodia Country Office, together with GTZ, has launched an action research project. The study was conducted among indigenous communities in Ratanakiri, Mondulkiri, Stung Treng and among Khmer communities in Kratie. It points at both obstacles and opportunities to enhance indigenous women’s political participation. more»
- Phnom Penh. Within the framework of the 3rd ASEAN dialogue series BRIDGES – Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace, organized by the International Peace Foundation, Noble Laureate for Economics, Prof. Eric. S. Maskin, spoke on Thursday, January 21, to leading Cambodian Economists and Civil Society actors at a round table discussion hosted by the Cambodian Economic Association and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. more»
