Our Visitors - Heinrich Böll Foundation

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Krista Sager

May 28, 2013 - Krista Sager, Member of the German Parliament for Alliance 90/The Greens and Spokesperson of the Green Parliamentary Group for Science, Technology and Research Policy, will travel to Washington, DC, New York and Chicago from May 27th to June 1st for political talks on technology innovation, science and higher education in light of current budgetary constraints. more»

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Ralf Fücks

- Ralf Fücks, President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, will travel to Washington DC and New York City from May 20th to May 24th, 2013. He will speak at several events presenting his new book 'Smart Growth: The Green Revolution'.
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Jürgen Trittin

- Jürgen Trittin, Chairman of Parliamentary Group of Alliance '90/The Greens, will visit Boston, New York, and Washington, DC from May6th to May 10th, 2013. He will speak at several events throughout his trip, and will meet with UN and US officials.
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Dr. Hermann Ott

- April 16, 2013 -

Dr. Hermann Ott, Member of the German Federal Parliament and Speaker for climate policy for the German Green Party, will visit the East Coast from April 29 – May 3, 2013. Dr. Ott will focus on the German energy transition and its global implications. He will address why Germany rose to become a world leader in solar power, as well as challenges such as the need for a re-designed electricity grid to accommodate intermittent renewable energy sources.

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Dirk Scheelje

- April 12, 2013 - Mr. Dirk Scheelje will be visiting Washington from April 15-18, 2013. Speaking from experience of the effect that the industry has had in German North Sea ports such as Bremerhaven and Kiel, Mr Scheelje’s visit will focus on the potential for offshore wind to bring economic benefits to local communities on the US Atlantic coast. more»

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Reinhard Bütikofer

- Reinhard Bütikofer will be in Washington, DC from April 28th to May 5th, 2013 to participate in policy discussions about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). more»

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Afghanistan Civil Society Delegation

- February 4, 2013 - Afghanistan civil society leaders Nargis Nehan (EQUALITY for Peace and Democracy), Aziz Rafiee (Afghan Civil Society Forum), and Masood Karukhil, (The Liaison Office) will be attending bilateral meetings in Washington and New York, as well as participating in a panel discussion titled "Beyond 2014 – Afghanistan in Transition: A discussion of reconciliation, elections, and reforms" at the Center for American Progress. more»

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Joschka Fischer

- January 25, 2013 - Joschka Fischer is the former German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor. Fischer will be a keynote speaker at the German Conference at Harvard, which is cosponsored this year by the Heinrich Boell Foundation and will take place Friday, February 15th and Saturday, February 18th 2013. He will be speaking on the topic of "Whence Does the West come, Whither Will it Go?" more»

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Cem Özdemir

- January 25, 2013 - The party chair of the German Green Party, Cem Özdemir, will visit Washington, DC, New York City, and Boston from Feb 12-16, 2013. He will provide insights on Germany’s energy transition, the Energiewende, on contemporary foreign policy matters, and he will also give a preview of the German Bundestag elections. more»

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David Bollier and Carroll Muffett

- January 22, 2013 - David Bollier (Commons Strategies Group) and Carroll Muffett (President and CEO, Center for International Environmental Law - CIEL) are visiting the Heinrich Boell Foundation for a seminar and launch of the new book: “The Wealth of the Commons: A World Beyond Market and State." more»

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Brig Gen (Res.) Shlomo Brom and Major Gen Jibril Rajoub

- November 8, 2012 - Brig Gen (Res.) Shlomo Brom and Major Gen Jibril Rajoub will attend the Halifax International Forum from Nov. 18.-20. They will present a proposal for building an international presence in the conflict zone on the way to a two-state solution. The proposal is the result of intensive consultation among a group of high-level experts from Israel, Palestine, Europe and Canada.
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Dr. Joachim Lohse

- November 1, 2012 -

Dr. Joachim Lohse, Senator for the Environment, Construction and Transportation of the City-State of Bremen will be visiting the Atlantic Coast from November 13-16, 2012. The Heinrich Böll Foundation and the BlueGreen Alliance are jointly organizing an offshore wind tour during which some of the success stories from the German offshore wind experience will be shared with US counterparts in Washington DC, Maryland and New York City.

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Sub-Sahara Africa Delegation

- October 25, 2012 - From October 28th to November 3rd, the Heinrich Boell Foundation will host eight Sub-Sahara Africa participants for an Adaptation Finance Visiting Program in Washington, DC. more»

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Peter Schaar

- October 24, 2012 - Peter Schaar, Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, is visiting Washington D.C. October 29th and 30th. He will be meeting with members of government and speaking on topics such as: The reform of the EU privacy law and its implications for the U.S., the future of privacy law in the U.S., and activities and initiatives of the Federal Trade Commission, Chamber of Commerce and the White House. more»

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Dr. Simone Peter & Tabea Rößner

- October 3, 2012 - Dr. Simone Peter, Alliance 90/The Greens Parliamentary Deputy Chairman of the Saarland Parliament, and Tabea Rößner, Alliance 90/The Greens Spokeswoman on Media Policy and Demographic Policy will be attending the Battleground Nevada tour hosted by The Congressional Study Group. more»

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Nurten Karakas

- September 18, 2012 - The Heinrich Böll Foundation welcomes Nurten Karakas, who will be working as a 'Heinrich Böll Junior Fellow' at the German Marshall Fund this fall.
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Dr. Franziska Brantner (MEP) and Rasmus Andresen

- August 27, 2012 -

Dr. Franziska Brantner, Member of the European Parliament and Rasmus Andresen, Member of the State Legislature of the State of Schleswig-Holstein will be attending the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina from September 2nd until September 6th.

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Steffi Lemke and Rudi Hoogvliet

- June 13, 2012 - Steffi Lemke, the Secretary General of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and Rudi Hoogvliet, Press Secretary of Winfried Kretschmann, Minister-President of Baden-Wuerttemberg, will lead a delegation of the German Green Party for a visit to Washington DC from June 18-22. more»

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Gerhard Schick

- Gerhard Schick, member of the German Parliament for Alliance 90/The Green, will visit Washington, DC as part of his trip to Canada (Ottowa and Toronto) and the United States (Washington, DC and New York City, NY) from May 31st to June 9th. His wil visit North America in his function as member of the Finance Committee of the German Bundestag (German Parliament).

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Tarja Cronberg

- Tarja Cronberg is a Finnish Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and the Chairperson of the parliament’s Delegation for relations with Iran. MEP Cronberg will be in Washington DC from June 2nd until June 6th to discuss the issues of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament as well as the security situation in Iran with foreign affairs experts and other key actors. more»

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Barbara Unmüßig

- March 19, 2012 - Barbara Unmüßig, President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, will visit Washington, DC from March 16 to March 22, 2012. In addition to bilateral meetings on issues such as the G20, gender and climate finance, she will speak at a round table discussion on "Between Sustainable Development and the Green Economy" in cooperation with UNEP. more»

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Franz Untersteller

- September 15, 2011 - Franz Untersteller, Minister for the Environment, Climate, and Energy of the State of Baden-Wurttemberg (Germany), will visit Washington, DC, Chicago and Toronto from October 2 to 8, 2011. He will speak at the event Clean Energy Economy among others and discuss transatlantic energy policies in bilateral meetings. more»

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Robert Habeck

- September 12, 2011 - Robert Habeck, state chairman of the Green Party of Schleswig-Holstein, will visit Washington, DC and the state of Maryland from September 17 to 23. He will take part in the conference RETECH and speak at an invitation-only roundtable discussion on renewable energy. more»

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Johannes Remmel

- September 12, 2011 - Johannes Remmel, Minister for Climate Protection and Environment of Germany's largest state North Rhine-Westphalia, will visit Washington Dc from September 18 to 21. He will speak at the public conference Gaining Strength and at RETECH about Germany's transition towards a low carbon economy. more»

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Dirk Ketelsen

- June 27, 2011 - Executive Director of Dirkshof, a renewable energy generation company and consultancy, will be a guest speaker during this year’s Midwest Renewable Energy Tour (June 27th - July 1st, 2011). more»

Wibke Brems

- June 20, 2011 - Wibke Brems, State Legislator in North Rhine-Westphalia, will visit Washington, DC from June 20th to June 24th, 2011. She will speak at the briefing State of Play. Transatlantic Perspectives on Shale Gas Development on June 21st, 2011. more»

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Kerstin Müller

- June 13, 2011 - Kerstin Müller, Member of the German Parliament for the Greens, will visit New York City and Washington, DC from June 14th to June 18th, 2011 in her position as member of the parliamentarian committee on crisis prevention. more»

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Malte Spitz

- June 13, 2011 - Malte Spitz, member of the federal executive board of the German Green Party, will visit Washington, DC from June 15th to June 16th on the occasion of the CFP 2011 "The Future is Now." Conference. more»

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Jan Philipp Albrecht

- April 7, 2011 - Jan Philipp Albrecht, Member of the European Parliament has been active with the “green idea” since he was 16 years old. He will visit Washington, DC from June 14th to June 16th, 2011 and speak at the CFP 2011 "The Future is Now." Conference on the issue of privacy protection in the US and the EU. more»

Climate Finance Adaption Group from Africa

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Sub-Sahara African Dignitaries from Government, Parliament and Civil Society

- May 20, 2011 -

A group of eight Sub-Sahara African dignitaries from government, parliament and civil society consisting of partners of the Heinrich Boell Foundation’s regional offices in Africa is visiting Washington, DC from May 24 to May 27 to learn more about actors, instruments and policies involved in financing adaptation measures in Africa.

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Daniel Cohn-Bendit

- May 10, 2011 - Daniel Cohn-Bendit will visit Washington, DC from May 23-26, 2011. During his visit to the United States, he will meet with representatives from think tanks and the media. more»

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Cem Özdemir

- May 10, 2011 - Cem Özdemir will visit New York City and Washington, DC from May 11-14, 2011. He will speak at the event Quo Vadis, Germany? Making Sense of Berlin's Foreign and European Policy in an Era of Global Change on May 13 and meet representatives from think tanks and the media. more»

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Ulrike Lunacek

- April 20, 2011 - Ulrike Lunacek will visit Washington, DC from April 27th to April 30th, 2011. She has been a member of the European Parliament since 2009 and serves as the Coordinator for The Greens/ EFA at the Foreign Affairs Committee and Rapporteur for Kosovo in the European Parliament. Ulrike Lunacek will speak at the event Kosovo's Future in Europe and have several bilateral meetings with representatives from the Department of State, think tanks and the media on the topic of Kosovo. more»

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Marieluise Beck

- March 22, 2011 - Marieluise Beck, Member of the German Bundestag, will visit Washington, DC from March 27-31, 2011and meet with representatives of the Administration to discuss issues related to Eastern Europe, Russia and the European integration of the Western Balkans. She will speak at the roundtable discussion The European Response to the Political Situation in Belarus on March 31, 2011, hosted by the Heinrich Böll Foundation North America in cooperation with the German Marshall Fund. more»

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Hannes Lorenzen

- March 10, 2011 - Hannes Lorenzen is senior adviser to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Parliament. Mr. Lorenzen comes to the US to attend the Annual Convention of the National Farmers Union in San Antonio, TX (March 12-14) and for meetings with agriculture and trade experts in Washington, DC (March 11 and March 15-17) to discuss current developments in the US Farm Bill, as well as the latest initiative of reforming European Agriculture Policy. more»

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Gisela Kallenbach

- January 28, 2011 - Gisela Kallenbach, Speaker for Environment, Urban Development and European Politics, parliamentary group Alliance 90/The Green Party, Saxony, Germany will visit Washington, DC from January 30th to February 5th, 2011. more»

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Lothar Probst

- October 5, 2010 - Lothar Probst will be in Washington, DC from October 4th to 6th, 2010 where he will speak at the panel discussion A “Third Force” for Change? German Voters Shift Favors and Votes to the Greens, organized by the Heinrich Boell Foundation in Cooperation with the Center for American Progress.
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Viola von Cramon-Taubadel

- September 30, 2010 - Viola von Cramon-Taubadel will be in Washington, DC from October 18th to 19th, 2010 and in Philadelphia, PA from October 19th to 22nd, 2010 as part of the Bundestag to Battleground Program in Cooperation with the Congressional Study Group on Germany. more»

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Alexander Bonde

- October 4, 2010 - From October 11-13, Alexander Bonde, Member of the German Bundestag for the Green Parliamentary Group, will be visiting Washington DC for a series of political talks.
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Taghreed El-Khodary

- May 4, 2010 - Taghreed El-Khodary, Heinrich Boell Fellow and Visiting Scholar with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Middle East Program, will be in Washington, DC from May to the end of July 2010. more»

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Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee Delegation to Washington, DC

- July 7, 2010 - From July 12th to 15th, the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee Delegation of the European Parliament will visit Washington, DC. more»

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Human Rights Activists from the Middle East

- July 8, 2010 - On the occasion of the anniversary of U.S. President Obama’s Cairo Speech and the upcoming elections in Egypt, the North America and Arab Middle East offices of the Heinrich Boell Stiftung invited a delegation of human right activists from the Middle East. more»

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US Low-Carbon Economy Tour 2010

- June 9, 2010 - Both Europe and the US have regions with key roles in the competition to establish a low-carbon economy. On both sides of the Atlantic, however, these regions remain economically and politically bound to carbon intensive electricity production and manufacturing. But this stalemate can be overcome. more»

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Imtiaz Gul

- June 7, 2010 - Imtiaz Gul, head of the independent Centre for Research and Security Studies in Islamabad, will visit Washington, DC and New York City from June 13th to June 18th, 2010 to promote his new book “The Most Dangerous Place: Pakistan's Lawless Frontier.” He will read from his book and participate in expert panel discussions hosted by the New America Foundation and the United States Institute of Peace in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation. more»

Ralf Fücks

- May 11, 2010 - Ralf Fücks, President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, will visit Washington, DC from May 30th to June 4th, 2010. He will participate in a panel discussion and a workshop hosted by the Brookings Institution and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. more»

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Heidi Hautala

- May 4, 2010 - Heidi Hautala is the chairwoman of the EU parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights and will lead the delegation to Washinton, DC from May 25th to 27th, 2010. She will participate in a roundtable discussion hosted by the Brookings Institution and the Heinrich Boell Foundation and meet with members of Congress, the State Department and the US National Security Council. more»

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Joost Lagendijk

- May 4, 2010 - Joost Lagendijk is senior advisor at the Sabanci University’s Istanbul Policy Center and former member of the European Parliament from 1998 to 2009. He will be in Washington, DC this week where he will be a guest at the roundtable discussion Eternal Minorities? on May 5th, 2010, co-hosted by the Heinrich Böll Foundation. more»

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Agnieszka Malczak

- April 27, 2010 - Agnieszka Malczak is one of the youngest members of the German Bundestag and a spokesperson in the committee on disarmament policy of the parliamentary group Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. During her stay in Washington DC from April 28th to May 6th, she will meet with representatives of the White House, the State Department and members of Congress. more»

Michaele Schreyer

- Dr Michaele Schreyer, former Member of the European Commission and now Member of the Supervisory Board of the Heinrich Boell Stiftung will visit Washington DC from March 21st to March 26th. She will address current climate policy trends in Europe at the University of Maryland and Georgetown University. more»

Barbara Lochbihler

- Mrs. Lochbihler, Member of the European Parliament and Chairwoman of the Parliament’s Delegation to Iran will be in town this week for consultations on Iran with the Administration, Congress and Think Tanks. more»