Informing
Policy
for Progress
December 2013

Realization of opportunities in natural gas

Gilead Fortuna

In a situation where the cost of conversion to gas is not financially possible for many companies in the economy, and when there is a source of supply risk, there is need to organize the construction of infrastructure in high urgency and to seek ways to expedite the realization of the potential at lower risk.

December 2013

Core infrastructure for the industry

Gilead Fortuna

A policy of designing industrial clusters, which provide core infrastructure for designated industrial sectors is implemented very successfully in recent years in many countries as inspired by the management guru Michael Porter. It works well for Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Sweden and other countries.? It’s time to plan smart infrastructure for the industry in Israel.

December 2013

New ultra Orthodox generation grows deep changes values began adopt new approaches

Reuven Gal

They enlist [to the military and Civic Service], they study [at academic institutions] and they want to work: More and more Ultra-Orthodox entering the job market, with increasing support from  the rabbis. And the State of Israel stands in the threshold of a “wave of immigration”, this time from within the country. Unfortunately, however, the secular employers, driven by prejudice and lack of knowledge, have trouble dealing with this reality.

Link to the full article in Ynet.

November 2013

The Other Side of the Start-Up Nation

Gilead Fortuna

Alongside the Blossom of the Start Up industry, we need to find the way to grow bigger companies that will enable to expand the innovation fruits to wider population for the benefit of the Israel economy. The article relates to the dilemmas and optional solutions.

November 2013

Getting Future Ready

Shlomo Maital

Israel may be a land of hi-tech milk and honey but when it comes to  public services it has yet to enter the 21st century.  Carmela Avner became the Government’s first CIO Chief Information Officer, and moved Israel ahead toward e-Government – but after nearly 18 months in office, she has resigned; others will need to carry on with her work. 

November 2013

Technion in China

Shlomo Maital

A Hong Kong entrepreneur joins

forces with an Israeli university to spur

innovations in mainland China

October 2013

Waste separation: Start with institutions and factories

Ofira Ayalon

The state relies on the good will of the citizens to separate the wet and dry waste. Why not force the big businesses, and even the army and prisons, to start the revolution?

October 2013

Garbage dreams

Ofira Ayalon

If one wants to deal with the problem of separating organic waste and motivate households to separate waste at the source, we need to let big businesses start the process

October 2013

Predicting the future

Shlomo Maital

Kira Radinsky, 27, was recently selected for MIT Technology Review’s list of leading global innovators under 35.

October 2013

How to turn a small enterprise into a great success

Giora Shalgi

You should draw conclusions from Israeli peer group who successfully deal with the difficult test of making small, traditional industrial enterprises, numbering less than – 50 employees, to large enterprises that sell in more than 100 million shekels a year.