Events

Conference: Green Growth and Green Employment: World Trends and the Case of Israel, Tel Aviv, March 19, 2012.

MK Gilad Erdan, Minister of Environmental Protection and Attorney Alona Sheffer, Director General of the Ministry of Environmental Protection were amongst the guests attending the Conference. Keynote Speaker was Dr. Paul Swaim, senior economist, OECD, Paris.

Meeting of Steering Committee of Zichron Yaakov Initiative: Influence of the Trachtenberg Recommendations on Households with children and a comparative Analysis of the quality of the government's work in the field of Social and Economic Policy, Herzliya, November 17, 2011.

An expert discussion was held at the meeting, involving representatives from the Social Protest Movement.

IEPN (Israeli-European Policy Network) International Conference: The UN Recognition of a Palestinian State and the New Middle East - Challenges for EU Foreign Policy, Ramat Aviv, November 2, 2011.

The International Conference was organised jointly by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), the Israeli European Policy Network (IEPN) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Zichron Yaakov Steering Committee: The OECD Recommendations concerning Israel and their implementation, July 7, 2011, Tel Aviv.

Panel Discussion with: Dr. Daniel Gottlieb, Research and Programming Department, National Insurance Institute and Senior Lecturer of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Prof. Efraim Zdaka, School of Economics, Tel Aviv University, Dr. David Klein, former President of Bank of Israel.

Book Presentation of English Publication: All of the Above: Identity Paradoxes of Young People in Israel - The 3rd Youth Study of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: Changes in National, Societal and Personal Attitudes, June 21, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin.

Amongst the guests participating at the Event are: Yoram Ben Ze'ev, Israel's Ambassador in Germany, Reinhold Robbe, President of the German-Israeli Society, Dr. Ralf Hexel, Director of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Israel, Dr. Roby Nathanson, Head of MACRO Center for Political Economics.

Book Presentation: All of the Above: Identity Paradoxes of Young People in Israel - The 3rd Youth Study of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: Changes in National, Societal and Personal Attitudes, May 4, 2011, Beit Sokolov, Tel Aviv.

Participants in the Panel were: MK Michael Eitan, Shaanan Street – Lead Singer of "Hadag Nachash", Dr. Mina Zemach – Dachaf Institute, Ibtisam Mara'ana – Arab Israeli Filmmaker, Boris Seidman – Author, Iris Margulis – Editor "The Marker".

Moderator: Orly Vilnai, Journalist Channel 10, "Ha'aretz".

Publication of third Youth Study by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Macro Center for Political Economics: All of the Above: Identity Paradoxes of Young People in Israel - The 3rd Youth Study of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: Changes in National, Societal and Personal Attitudes.

After its publication, the third Youth Study arose much public attention and created an intense public debate. It was also widely covered in local and international Media.

Media Coverage of the new Publication, Articles in Israeli, Foreign and Russian Media and TV Items.

IEPN - Israeli-European Policy Network Conference: Turkish-Israel Relations: the role of the EU and the Impact on the Mediterranean, Barcelona, April 11-12, 2011.

High-level politicians, academics and researchers from Europe and Israel participated at the IEPN - Israeli-European Policy Network Meeting. During the meeting, the Israeli, the Turkish and the European Perspectives were presented and discussed.

Program of the Meeting.

A full list of Conferences and Publications of IEPN - Israeli-European Policy Network can be viewed at: http://www.iepn.org.

Macro Center for Political Economics participated in Workshop organized by Supportive Community – Women's Business Development Center, Academic College Tel Aviv Yaffo, April 4, 2011.

Ziv Rubin represented Macro Center for Political Economics at the Workshop on the subject of Pension Provision for Women organized by Supportive Community – Women's Business Development Center.

During the Workshop Ziv Rubin and Hagar Tzameret-Kertcher presented their article edited in the framework of the Zichron Yaakov Initiative: "The Influence of Child Care on the Women's Pension Savings".

OECD, the Government's Policy and Social Gaps: Workshop on the Subject: Social Policy for Israel, February 18, 2011, Berl Katznelson Foundation.

MK Itzhak Herzog, Colette Avital and Nadia Chilu (former MK's) and young newcomers on the political scene: Michal Biran and Esti Kirmeier participated at the Workshop. Dr. Roby Nathanson presented a Presentation on the subject of the Government's Policy and social Gaps.

Steering Committee Meeting in framework of Vocational Training Project, February 17, 2011, Herzliya. Subject of the Meeting: Summary of the Project 2010, Plans for the year 2011.

During the meeting, Dr. Roby Nathanson and Ro'ee Levy presented the Final Report regarding Vocational Training for young people in Israel for the year 2010 and the Plans of the Project for year 2011. Focus for the year 2011 is the subject: Long Life Learning. After the presentation a Discussion about Political Recommendations for Decision Makers and methods of dissemination of last year's results took place.

Discussion of Vocational Training Steering Committee, November 30, 2010, Herzliya: Analysis and Forecast of Changes in the Israeli Labour Market - Possible Models and Applications in Israel.

During the Meeting, Dr. Roby Nathanson and Ro'ee Levy gave a Presentation on the topic: "Analysis and Forecast of Changes in the Israeli Labour Market - Possible Models and Applications in Israel". Following the presentation was a discussion concerning practical recommendations for decision-makers.

Roundtable Discussion of Zichron Yaacov Initiative Steering Committee, November 17, 2010, at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Herzliya.

A new economic analysis was presented by Ro'ee Levi and Hagar Tzameret-Kertcher, MACRO Institute for Political Economics.Topic of the study was: “Creation of green jobs by using dry waste based on input – output analysis”. The study looked at the effect of changes in waste treatment on employment. The study was analysed in an in-depth article in the Jerusalem Post, November 18: "For every 1000 tons recycled, 5 jobs may be created"