a blog for MASHAV

As I said before, Mashav is the Israel's Aid Agency. what do we want and why we are here? First of all, we would like to share with MASHAV's staff, MASHAv's affiliates and partners, and the staff of the other departments at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, our ideas and analysis about the current trends in the field of international development. We would like also to enhance the understanding of the development issues and policies, while contributing to the public diplomacy efforts and sharing news and updates on development, foreign aid and other related issues.

Welcome to MASHAV's blog!

MASHAV Development News is a blog moderated by the external relations desk of the Israel's National Agency for International Development Cooperation in Jerusalem, Israel. MASHAV is a division within the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since its conception in 1958, MASHAV has trained about 250,000 people from 140 countries, in Israel and in developing countries. MASHAV provides training in a variety of areas, including agriculture, public health and medical programs, community development, integrated rural regional development and other areas. MASHAV cooperates with several international organizations and other countries' national aid agencies. The purpose of MASHAV Development News is to encourage debate and constructive exchange of ideas on subjects related to international development, as well as to publish articles, forums and analysis of latest news on development and foreign aid.