Feasibility of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) waste treatment facilities in Israel
This study was conducted as part of research funded by Mifal Hapais (the Israeli Lottery) and the Center for Local Authorities. The lack of compatibility between the waste management policy in Israel and the reality in the field raises the following question: What are the factors that hinder the establishment of end-treatment plants in Israel? […]
Issues in developing a metropolin plan for the north of Israel
The report is intended to provide tools for combining in regional planning considerations of economic development and employment in a more intensive way, based on new models for regional development and data which is relevant to the north of Israel. The data is partly based on previous study carried out in Neaman Institute for economic […]
How to bring Haredim to science and technology?
This report delineates the factors which may reinforce the integration of Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) individuals in science and technology occupations in Israel. In the background there is, first, a growing deficiency of scientific-technological manpower in Israel’s industry (especially high-tech industry), in R&D centers and in academic research institutes; on the other hand, there is obviously a […]
Survey to examine difficulties of nano technology transfer from the academy to industry
SNI won a closed tender to perform a study for the Chief Scientist and INNI, designed to examine the difficulties of Nano technology transfer from the academy to implementation in the Israeli industry and to propose possible ways to overcome them. The study was based on structured interviews with stakeholders, survey distribution among researchers of […]
Ultra-Orthodox (‘Haredi’) Jews in Israel’s Society: A 2014 Status Report.
The issue of the Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) community in Israel and its possible integration with the Israeli society at large has become lately one of the most talked-about in the Knesset committees, Government offices, academic circles, the military, public debates — where not? An interesting question in its own right is why the subject came up […]
Innovation 2012 An active industrial policy for leveraging science and technology and Israel’s unique culture of innovation
Survey and Database on Israel’s Scientific foreign Relations on a national and institutional level
Israel’s scientific and technological foreign relations are multiple and diverse. The list of Israeli bodies which have bilateral or multilateral agreements with foreign entities on scientific and technological topics includes universities, colleges, the National Academy of Sciences, government agencies, institutions and public authorities, research institutes and more. The Samuel Neaman Institute won a tender issued […]
Water uses in chosen industries – challenges for the water industry
This document is the final report for the project “Global Challenges for the Israeli’s water industry”. The report describes the methodology of the project, summarizes the findings of work in the various sectors and presents the main challenges in sectors surveyed. The report also presents the list of companies that have been mapped so far […]
Technologies for the production of transportation fuel substitutes from waste – Summary Report
This work was carried out within the framework of a 2011 Government decision regarding the operation of a national program to reduce global dependence on oil, and a 2013 Government decision regarding reduction of Israel’s dependence on oil for transportation. The study analyses the current available technologies for using waste as a source for alternative […]
Global challenges for the water industry in the Micro Electronics industry
This report reviews the water challenges in the Metal industry with emphasis on iron & steel making and metal finishing. It reviews the role of water in the production as well as water treatment needed in regarding to water use, saving .o the environment/ recyclingving water, he water treatment need water, reuse, recycle and regulated […]
