Heinrich Böll Foundation

Tipping point

From a group of spiders to a pack of starfish

September 24, 2010 -

Instead of relying on huge capital investments, the Croatian government might focus on increasing the proximity of energy sources to its end users. A greater use of decentralized energy sources, such as efficiency technologies and renewable energy would have various positive effects.

Mak Dukan more»

Just Blame it on Bologna

- March 29, 2010 -

While Bologna reforms might not have been the cause of underfunding in higher education or of the disregard for wider social implications of massification in higher education, it has done very little in alleviating these problems. A brief look at the process has shown it to be driven primarily by the concerns which revolve around competitiveness on the global market, which is why most progress is reported in the area of structural and administrative reform. The real substantive reforms, which should lead to improved quality and academic mobility, have not been tackled in many countries

Danijela Dolenec more»

Icesave but you pay: the (im)potence of people power

- March 15, 2010 - 'At this point readers familiar with Croatia’s accession journey to the EU will remember that a recent bilateral territorial dispute with Slovenia blocked its negotiation process with the EU. Another country that is using the EU card in bilateral disputes is Greece, which is blocking the accession of FYR Macedonia. While in academic literature the EU is usually portrayed as Janus-faced, with an intergovernmental and a supra-governmental side, when it comes to crucial interests of member states, it repeatedly fails the test of unity.' Danijela Dolenec more»