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2007
28-30.3.2007 1967 Revisited - International Conference marking the 40th Anniversary of the Six-Day War Conference Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya Download invitation English, Hebrew (PDF)
21-22.3.2007 On the Future of Another Kind of Politics An Encounter Between Academia and Social Organizations Sapir Conference 2007 Sapir College, Hof Ashkelon Download invitation - English and Hebrew (PDF)
13.3.2007 Women's Mobility in Arab Settlements Event Publication of a New Report by Kayan Heinrich Boell Office, Tel Aviv Download invitation - English, Arabic, Hebrew (PDF)
2.3.2007 Budget and Gender: Lessons from International Experiences Conference Debbie Budlender, Community Agency for Social Enquiry The Zionist Home of America, Tel Aviv Download invitation - Hebrew and Arabic (PDF)
14-15.2.2007 Boundaries of free Speech Conference German-Israeli Journalism behind Growing Rifts between the Western and the Muslim World The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, 43 Jabotinsky St., Jerusalem Download invitation - English (PDF)
Impressions from the Herzliya Conference 2007 Jörn Böhme, Tel Aviv, January 26/27, 2007 Full article
2006
Tel Aviv, July 26, 2006 Interview Prof. Galia Golan, Peace Now Conducted by Jörn Böhme
Tel Aviv, 15.7.2006 “The world must help us to end the conflict” Interview MK Yossi Beilin, the chairman of the Israeli Meretz party and a member of the Knesset, to Ralf Fücks and Jörn Böhme Download English (PDF)
July 2006 Ralf Fücks / Israel in NATO Article The Transatlantic Alliance as Custodian for a Middle East Peace. Download English (PDF)
July 2006 Where are all the women? The Implementation of the UN-Resolution 1325 Conference Isha Le Isha (Woman to Woman) Opening words: Jörn Böhme(PDF) Conference Summary
12.7.2006, 16:30 Participation of Women in Peace Negotiations Conference Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem Download invitation - Hebrew & Arabic Feminist organisation Isha Le Isha will hand over the newly published booklet "Women, Peace and Security - an index of women for Peace Negotiation Teams" to current Minister of Defense Amir Peretz. Guest speaker of conference: peace activist Mrs. Visaka Dharmadasa from Sri Lanka, founder and chair of the Association of War-Affected Women and secretary of the Kandy Association for War-Affected Families.
10.7.2006, 9:00-18:00 Democratization of the Broader Middle East: Israeli, European and US Assessments Closed conference & workshop The Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv Participation with invitation only Download invitation - English
2005
29.11-2.12.2005 Peace of Art – Piece of Art: Report of a preparatory visit From the 29th November until the 2nd December a German delegation called Peace of Art from Kiel visited Israel to get in contact with the local art scene. Read more...
30.11.2005, 16:30-19:00 Silent Witnesses - Women in the second Intifada Conference, Cinematequ Tel Aviv, Shprintzach 2 Isha Le Isha - Haifa Feminist Center Download the invitation here
21.11.2005, 17:30-20:00 Women and Taxation Conference, Beit Sokolov, 4 Kaplan Str., Tel Aviv The Adva Center annual conference
At this 4th Adva Annual Conference in cooperation with the Heinrich Boell Foundation on Budgets and Gender invited speakers include Ms. Fran Bennett, Senior Research Associate, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, Oxford University, England; and Dr.Adi Brender, Head of Public Sector Area, Research Department, Bank of Israel For more informaion http://www.adva.org/ Download the invitation here
17.11.2005 Between Land Day and Earth Day: On the Space Between Concensus and Conflict, Redefining the Public Sphere Lecture, Dr. Jeremy Bernstein Eltafula Center, Nazerath
19-25.10.2005 Nazareth Festival: The days of Mossawa will be held in Nazareth Numerous embassadors and members of the diplomatic corps as well as politicians from Israel and the general public have announced their visit to discuss, learn about and celebrate with the palestinian minority in Israel. We congratulate our long standing partner Mossawa - Advocacy Center for Palestinian Equality in Israel to the organisation of this event. download program (pdf, 1MB)
25.09.2005 Water Justice: Water as a Human Right in Israel Seminar Ha’Kibbuzim College Invitation (PDF)
 08.09 - 10.09.2005 Femme Global - Gender Perspectives in the 21st century Conference, Beit Sokolov, 4 Kaplan Str., Tel Aviv The Adva Center annual conference link... invitation...
01.09 - 07.09.2005 Engendering Economic Policies in a Globalising World International Summer School, Berlin link...
12.08-16.08.2005 Womens Struggle against Occupation and War International Conference, Jerusalem Women in Black
21.07.2005 Knesset passed law requiring that peace negotiating teams include women. Isha L’Isha-Haifa Feminist Center called the law a “major milestone in the advancement of women’s rights in Israel.” Members of the group, which believe that female voices can help bring peace, helped organize support for the legislation. read new article... read press release...
09-11.06.2005 4th Activism Festival This year the festival is held in the Mixed City of Lod. more ...
"Mafateeh" (Keys) 28.06.2005 Documentry film showing, Coffeshop/theatre Tammuz in Haifa Invitation (MSWord, Arabic)
Effects of the International Trade Agreements on Women (GATS) 28.06.2005 Follow Up Meeting, Knesset Adva Center and MK Etti Livni, Committee for the Promotion of the Status of Women
Israeli and German Authors in Dialogue 22-28.06.2005 Every evening, young renowned authors from Germany and Israel will read from their latest publications, followed by a discussion. The audience is welcome to join the dialogue. For invitation (Hebrew and English) click here.
Tools to empower and develop housing projects in Arab towns 14.6.2005 Workshop, Nazareth more...
4th Activism Festival 09-11.06.2005 This year the festival is held in the Mixed City of Lod.

March of protest and support - Laqiya 01.06.2005 On Thursday, the 19th of May, 2005, the Center of The Association for the Improvement of the Status of Women: Laqiya was set on fire. We ask you to come to the village and join us in a march of protest and support that will start at the Association Center in the village of Laqiya and will continue to the local Municipality Building, on Wednesday, the 25th of May, 2005 at 17:00. For more information click here. Letter of Protest and Call for Support
The Role of International Public Law in a Globalized World 26.05.2005 Lecture, Prof. Ulrich K. Preuss, Free University of Berlin. The lecture will be held on Thursday, May 26th 2005 at the Michllala Leminhal campus. 7 Rabin Rd., Rishon Letzion, building A (the Law School) room 203. For invitation (Hebrew) click here.
The Arabs in Israel - Status, Opportunity and Challenges for Israeli-Palestinian Peace 25.05.2005 Conference, the European Parliament in Brussels, For more information click here.
Patterns of Media Consumption and Perceptions on Media Reliability in Arab Society in Israel 01.02.2005 Presentation of research data Cinemathek Nazareth, Israel For more information click here.
The German Green Youth visit Israel in May 11.05-21.05.2005 A delegation from the German Green Youth (GAJB) will visit Israel for ten days from the 12th until the 22nd of May 2005. The 10 delegates from age 18 to 28 want to deepen their knowledge about Israeli society, history and environmental issues and to contact several political organisations. The Green Youth is the federal youth organization of the German Green Party (Alliance 90/The Greens). It was founded in January 1994 and numbers today nearly 5.600 members. The Green Youth is a social, ecological, non-violent and grassroots democratic group. Our agenda is based on numerous issues: gender equality, renewable energies and the anti-nuclear movement. We believe that all conflicts should be solved peacefully and strongly oppose violence. Furthermore the Green Youth looks critically at the current impact of globalization.
The Green Youth has visited Israel already once five years ago. Now they plan to revive their commitment to an exchange of ideas with young Israelis to, eventually leading to a permanent exchange program. ConAct ( http://www.conact-org.de/ ) and the Heinrich Boell Foundation , Israel office ( http://www.boell.org.il/ ) support the visit.
The program will be as follows: 4 days in Haifa, Nazareth and upper Galilee in cooperation with the student organisation Cegas (The Committee for Educational Guidance for Arab Students) in order to learn about Israeli society from the perspective of young Arab-Israelis and their organisations.. The program includes meetings with associations working in social, cultural, political, environmental and human right issues depicting the life of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel.
In the second part of the journey the group visits Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. They will see Yad Va’Shem and they will meet there with Holocaust survivors. Planned are furthermore: meetings with social organizations, environmental NGOs, political organizations like Yachad Youth, New Profile, Machsom Watch and a visit in the Knesset including a meeting with Member of Knesset.
Marianne Tritz and Fritz Kuhn 30.04. - 02.05.2005
From April 30th until the May 2nd, a delegation of German Green Parliamentarians is visiting Israel. MoP Fritz Kuhn, Spokesperson on Foreign Policy of the Greens in the Bundestag and MoP Marianne Tritz, Member of the Council on Foreign Affairs at the Bundestag are visiting on occasion of the 40th anniversary of German-Israeli diplomatic relations. The purpose of their visit is to be updated on current developments within Israeli society and politics. They will meet with environmentalist, writers, members of social change organisations and Palestinian Israeli organisations. Mr Kuhn and Ms Tritz will be in extensive exchange with members of Knesset and the Government. They will visit Yad Vashem and its newly opened museum. After their visit to Israel they will continue their travels to the Palestinian territories and the region. For more information please contact the office.

Thilo Hoppe, Member of German Bundestag, Visit to Israel 02.03. - 06.03.2005
Following an invitation by the Heinrich Boell Foundation Israel and Friends of the Earth Middle East, Mr. Thilo Hoppe will visit Israel and the Palestinian Territories to broaden his knowledge on the subject of Waste Water Treatment in the region. Visits are planned in Salfit, Emek Hefer and Tul Karem for an introduction to sewage treatment problems. Furthermore, Mr. Hoppe will meet with the Israeli Water Commissioner, representatives of the Foreign Ministry, Israeli Military Officials as well as representatives of the Water Authority in Ramallah.
Further Information: Heinrich Boell Foundation, Phone 03-5167734/5
 UN Conference on the Implementation of Beijing+10 Platform for Action, New York, U.S 28.02. - 11.03.2005
The Heinrich Boell Foundation sent Dana Myrthenbaum from Isha La Isha and Manal Shalabi from Haifa Battered Women's Hotline to take part in the UN conference on the Implementation of Beijing+10 Platform for Action (49th session of the Commission on the Status of Women)
The delegates will present a Shadow Report on the implementation of UN resolution 1325 in Israel as well as a Mapping Research entitled The influence of the armed Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Women in Israel (click here to download, PDF format). For the oral statement of Isha La Isha, presented at the UN, please click here, MS-Word format.
Where Planning Meets Gender: Planning Policy from a Gender Perspective 01.02.2005
A Series of Conferences Organized by Bimkom– Planners for Planning Rights in Cooperation with the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. All Conferences will Take Place at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, 43 Jabotinsky St., Jerusalem
4th Conference - The Separation Wall from Gender Perspectives 1st February 2005, from 18:00-21:30
Full Program (pdf, 3 p., 32 KB)
Further Information: Bimkom, Phone 02-5669655 Heinrich Boell Foundation, Phone 03-5167734/5 Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Phone 02-5605222 |