To achieve our goals, we seek strategic partnerships with others who share our values. We are an independent organisation, that is, we determine our own priorities and policies.

We are based in the Federal Republic of Germany, yet we are an international actor in both ideal and practical terms.

Our namesake, the writer and Nobel Prize laureate Heinrich Böll, personifies the values we stand for: defence of freedom, civic courage, tolerance, open debate, and the valuation of art and culture as independent spheres of thought and action.

1. We Are a Green Think Tank

We promote democratic reforms and social innovation.

We work on ecological policies and sustainable development on a global level.

We provide space for the presentation of and debate on art and culture. 

We transfer knowledge and skills from experts to political actors. 

We provide a forum for open debate and promote dialogue between politics, business, academia, and society. 

We support talented students active on socio-political issues both in Germany and abroad.

We document the history of the Green movement in order to promote research and provide political inspiration.

2. We Are an International Policy Network

We are part of the global Green network and promote the development of the Green political movement on all continents.  

We focus especially on the broadening and deepening of the European Green movement.

We work actively for the development of a political European  public.