Water for nature and rivers restoration – Summary and recommendations of the 3rd Water Forum
At the third meeting of the Water Forum, held on January 2013, initiated in collaboration with the Energy and Water Minister, Dr. Uzi Landau, the issue of “Water for Nature and the Restoration of Streams” was discussed. A full day was devoted to the meeting, with the participation of the best experts in dealing with […]
Mapping of National Research Infrastructures in Israel: updated mapping of Israel research infrastructures and international research infrastructures, which are used by Israeli researchers
The following is a summary of additional research conducted by the Samuel Neaman Institute following research conducted in 2010 “Mapping of Research Infrastructures in Israel” The purpose of the latter was to compile a database which would constitute the basis for a road map setting out the establishment of National Research Infrastructures in Israel. […]
Evaluation of the contribution and achievements of the KAMEA Program scientists in enhancing the scientific research and the industry in Israel
This study was conducted in cooperation between the Samuel Neaman Institute and the Ministry for Immigrant Absorption. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the contributions, achievements and costs of the program for absorption of immigrant scientists in research and higher learning institutions in Israel (KAMEA), from its initiation in 1998 until the end […]
Waste separation: Start with institutions and factories
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?
MACHA’R IS ALREADY HERE
In November 2012 , the Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC ) of the Council for Higher Education published a Call to all Israeli academic institutions encouraging the creation of specialized Haredi academic frameworks within existing institutions . This Call was the result of a process that began several years before and had gained momentum, after […]
Orthodox Employment – Information Booklet Second Edition
This information booklet was written on the basis of knowledge and experience accumulated at the Samuel Neaman Institute during the running of the “Ultra-Orthodox Integration Project”. The booklet is designed for managers and owners of companies and organizations, and human resource managers in these organizations – especially secular ones. It should provide them with the […]
Success Stories
This book features 78 success stories that depict Ultra-Orthodox individuals, men and women, in Israel, who have successfully integrated into the world of academic education , employment and the military. The stories were compiled by researchers in the Ultra-Orthodox Integration Project at the Samuel Neaman Institute, using contacts and sources of information at their disposal […]
Changes in productivity amongst Jewish women
The following short report attempts to examine some of the data relating to the total fertility trends amongst Jewish Orthodox women , as they were presented in the research of several scholars . Moreover, the document contains a preliminary analysis of the reasons for these trends . The tests mentioned in the paper point to […]
Energy Forum 29: Smart Cities
Most of the world’s population today lives in cities. In order to continuously serve and improve the increasing population’s life quality, there is a growing need to develop smart cities. A smart city strives to optimally and sustainably utilize available resources, while maintaining adequate balance between social, environmental and economic costs. There are many benefits […]
How to turn a small enterprise into a great success
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.