National Environmental Priorities of Israel – Water Issues in Israel – summer 2008
The paper unfolds general information on the water balance of Israel in the last decade. The information is general, yet gives a broad perspective of elements that affect and are effected by activities of management, development and administration of the water sector . The issues covered will affect decision making, development activities, daily management and […]
System Analysis of Technology Transfer Policies and Models in Higher Education
The current chapter presents a critical evaluation of the modes of knowledge and technology transfer from academia, based on the evaluation of data which spans over the last three decades and a case study of technology transfer in the fields of artificial intelligence, data science, and smart robotics. A need emerges for reevaluating and revisiting […]
The Economic Consequences of the Use and Control of Land Resources by the Defense Sector in Israel
This article presents and analyzes the economic implications of the use land resources for national defense on both the civilian and defense sectors in Israel and discusses means to increase the efficiency of this use. It introduces a theoretical framework for the analysis of the role of land in a two-period civilian-military model subject to […]
Allocating Security Expenditures under Knightian Uncertainty: an Info-Gap Approach
In this paper we demonstrate a methodology aimed at coping with resource allocation under Knightian (non-probabilistic) uncertainty by focusing on the example of competing security measures. The results of this application to security resource allocation also allow us to postulate a possible positivist explanation for the way governments are allocating these expenditures today. We explore […]
Liquidity Constraints on the Attainment of Tertiary Education in Israel
This study examines the effect of a family’s economic background on the chances of a twelfth grade high school student to obtain a first (bachelor) degree. The study analyses the marks obtained in the matriculation certificate by twelfth grade students in 1992-97, together with their parents’ demographic and social data taken from the 1995 census, […]
Tertiary Education in Israel A New Paradigm for Policy Making
The study examines the various aspects of the existing policy on higher education and proposes a paradigm shift in order to promote academic research improve standards of instruction as well as accessibility to higher education, . The recommendations include fostering a policy of credit transfer between different types of post-secondary institutes and different programs while […]
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. […]
National Environmental Priorities of Israel, Position Paper IV, Vol. 1: Environmental education
Effective environmental education is required at all levels, from kindergartens through universities. Environmental education will assist in developing environmental awareness in our youth, while environmental education in the universities will enrich our professionals, who will, therefore, consider environmental problems to be within their professional activities. The Ministry of the Education, as well as the Ministry […]
National Environmental Priorities of Israel, Position Paper IV, Vol. 2: The Energy Market in Israel
The second volume of the 2004 position paper is dedicated to the energy market in Israel and the importance of establishing a sustainable energy market. Energy production and consumption creates environmental problems such as air pollution, resources depletion, as well as soil and water contamination. Chapter 1 of this volume was written by Prof. (Em.) […]
