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Static electricity
Ofira Ayalon, Idan Liebes
For the past decade, the electric and hybrid segment has been considered the ugly duckling of the automotive market.
According to the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, by 2025 the number of these vehicles in Israel is expected to reach around 190,000 and constitute about 23% of new private vehicle sales in Israel.
The challenge, as well as the problem: to reach this goal, approximately 150,000 private charging stations and 13,000 public charging stations will be needed.
Rivers Restoration Despite billions of investments no stream has been fully restored
A report published by the Samuel Neaman Institute deals with the activities of river rehabilitation management and indicates improvement in the treatment of streams over the years, but also inconsistencies and a long line of barriers
A comprehensive report on the assessment of rivers administration in Israel was recently published by the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research. The report, prepared by Prof. Ofira Ayalon, Dr. Tamar trop, Dr. Tzipi Eshet and Naama Shapira examines the achievements and challenges of rivers restoration administrations from their inception in 1993 to present times with respect to regulation, management, execution, economics and maintenance.
According to the report, there has been a positive change over the years in Israel when it comes to river management, with an emphasis on moving to River Basin Management, through river rehabilitation administrations that focused on runoff, drainage and erosion management, considering the environmental and drainage functions of the streams. Yet, split authorities, lack of budget, differences in priorities among the various entities, and a complex legal system – makes it difficult to plan and execute the restoration of rivers in Israel. Despite billions of NIS invested and some improvements are marked, there is not even a single river restored in Israel.
The People Ask: Are Those Our Elected Representatives?! A Former M.K., Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Wants to Heal the Ailing Knesset
Manuel Trajtenberg
Trajtenberg, formerly a Member of the Knesset on behalf of the Zionist Union political party, resigned from political life in 2017, in order to devote himself to studying economic and social issues. Clearly, the reforms he has proposed, as part of his 100 days project, carried out at the S. Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, are strongly influenced by his years in the Knesset (2015-2017). The subtitle he has chosen for the proposed reform of the Knesset – ‘to restore past glory’ – is perhaps inspired by the worldview slogan of the Shas political party, but Trajtenberg aspires to change the rules of the game in the Knesset, with his proposed reform, to modernize Israel’s parliament.
The three main defects in the operations of the Knesset that Trajtenberg addresses are: a lack of real debate in the plenary, acceptance of a small, minimal majority to pass laws without broad consensus, and the inflation in the number of private bills that plague the Knesset.
To what kind of electrical system will we wake up to in 10 years?
The new electricity arena in the world and in Israel will be very different in 5-10 years, and, therefore, it already requires today to prepare accordingly. Only a clear, consistent, and informed policy that will allow conceptual and operational flexibility, will provide electricity with adequate economic cost – taking into account proper social and environmental aspects.
Running on empty
Idan Liebes
The global automotive industry is making rapid strides towards the greatest change in its history: the abandonment of internal combustion engines used to propel vehicles since their invention in the late 19th century, and shifting towards driving vehicles using clean and efficient electric motors.
Idan Liebes, a senior researcher at the Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion, says that the Israeli market is not large enough in the car manufacturers’ considerations in their move to electric vehicles.
Gender Index: Only one in six CEOs is a woman
Gender gaps are slowly narrowing, according to Equity Gender Index, published by WIPS – Center for the Advancement of Women in the Public Arena at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.
The index is being published for the seventh time with the aim of being a tool for policy design and promotion, and presents a detailed picture of the state of inequalities in various spheres of life – work, education, poverty, political and economic power and more.
The new index will serve as the first comprehensive database of “SHE KNOWS” – A new knowledge center on gender and women in Israel, initiated by the Ministry of Science and Technology, in collaboration with Van Leer Institute, the Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion and the Public Knowledge Workshop.
Artificial Intelligence and Policy – Update at the beginning of 2020
In parallel with international developments in the field, in recent years research has also begun on the effects of artificial intelligence on different areas of life as well as policy-driven research. It is evident that research in Israel is relatively narrow and retarded in relation to Israeli transportation in the field of artificial intelligence, as is evident, for example, in the amount of companies and startups that deal with the subject. [6] Among the first of the policy studies is a study by the Knesset Research Center written in 2018 at the request of the then chairman of the Science and Technology Committee, MK Uri Maklev. The short document describes the field and seeks to point out areas where policy is needed (Goldschmidt, 2018).
Another study published in the field by the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Studies following an invitation from the National Research and Development Council (MAMOP) examines Israeli activity in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Robotics. Research and extensive activity in the country in these areas (Getz, et al., 2018).
The state will fund the state will fund the training of its artificial intelligence expertsTraining the artificial intelligence experts
Ella Barzani, Daphne Getz, Eran Leck, Sima Tziperfal, Avida Shoham, Roey Tzezana, Shlomo Rosenberg
New attempt to cope with the shortage of technology workers 5,800 employees Shortage of employees in the field of data science according to the Neaman Institute 1,800 Experts Shortage of employees in experts in the data sciences by the Innovation Authority
The ultra-Orthodox will only integrate into society if secular coercion ceases
The key to explaining the fluctuations in ultra-Orthodox society is the realization that for the ultra-Orthodox, the principle of carrot and stick works mainly on the side of the carrot. The operation of a stick – economic decrees, a threat of non-recruitment sanctions, coercive university studies – does the opposite.
The writer, Dr. Reuven Gal, is a senior research fellow at the Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion, a former chief psychologist in the IDF, Deputy Chief of the NSC and Head of the National Civic Service Administration.
Will countries find it difficult to fund health services due to the climate crisis
On Monday, December 2nd, 2019, the annual UN Climate Summit (COP25) opened in Madrid, to which major delegations from around the world flocked. The Paris Agreement and various layers of the environmental crisis and the need to produce economic and social solutions by states with global cooperation were discussed. Prof. Ayalon, as part of the Israeli Governmental delegation shared her insights from the COP.
