Road Map – A National Program to Promote the Integration of the Ultra-Orthodox Population in the Israeli Economy
The “Road Map” is an off-shoot of the “Israel 2028 : Vision and Strategy for Economy and Society in a Global World” report. Its goal is to outline solutions for one of the major problems concerning the Israeli economy that is identified in the report: the low rate of participation of the Ultra-Orthodox community in […]
The Israeli innovation system: An overview of national policy and cultural aspects
The goal of this overview, which was prepared by the Samuel Neaman Institute, is to examine the national policies and cultural aspects that support and lead Israeli innovation. Material for this document were gathered from various reports, documents, and articles written on the subject, so as to present a comprehensive and general picture of the […]
Israel 2028 – Vision and Strategy for Economy and Society in a Global World
This project was initiated and supported by the US Israel Commission of Science and Technology (USISTC). It was managed by a public committee, and carried out over 2 years by some 60 researchers and a significant portion of it was done at the Samuel Neaman Institute. The report was submitted to the Prime Minister who […]
A National Plan for the Chemical Industry in Israel
The National Plan for the Chemical Industry in Israel is a large project that the Samuel Neaman Institute has been leading since 2004. The project analyzes past and present chemistry and pharmaceutical branches produced in Israel, present alternatives and demonstrates new industry branches in this field. This project compares this industry with other global markets […]
Comments on National Governance
This paper focuses on the various issues that interfere with the course of public life. The dispute over the future of the “territories” engulfs into it nearly all other issues relating to our public experience, including questions of religion and state, as well as our attitude towards the Arab minority. The IDF has been transformed, […]
The Necessity of Strategic Thinking: A Constitutive Vision for Israel and its Implications
This paper positions long-term aims for the State, which will facilitate a fitting balance between social cohesion and involvement in the national endeavor, on one hand, and dissension and multiplicity of opinions, on the other. Gavizon therefore deviates from the more widespread efforts to blur basic goals in order to attain accord regarding short-term policies. […]
Instruments for Open Space Preservation: What Can Israel learn from other countries?
Conservation of open space is a difficult goal to achieve in a densely inhabited country such as Israel. Despite the efforts of Israel’s statutory planning bodies and the availability “on paper” of a plethora of planning and legal tools, development pressures often win out. More innovative tools, or a repackaging of tools, are therefore necessary. […]
Measurement of performance parameters in the Israeli Industtry
Encouraging industrial investments is of special interest to Israel. For investments to be successful in the long run they require a sound return to the investors. In deciding on new investment the predicted economic return rate generated by the investment is often used as a measurement for its attractiveness. However there is a lack of […]
The Program for Neighborhood Renewal – The Great Experiment and its Conclusions
The Program for Neighborhood Renewal – The Great Experiment and its Conclusions. The Program for Neighborhood Renewal, the leading social project of the eighties, was an extraordinary, and the largest of its kind in the Western world. A project that not only hoped to bring changes to neighborhoods, but also to the workings of government ministries, the […]
