Israeli eye camp in Georgia, June 2010

Nice pictures from the last eye surgery camp who recently (June 2010) took place in Georgia. A delegation of Israeli ophtalmologists sent by Israel's Agency for International Cooperation Development- MASHAV- in cooperation with the Israeli organization "Eyes from Zion"- gave a new hope for dozens of Georgian citizens suffering from eyes deseases.

Ministres israéliens et allemands à Jérusalem pour réparer le monde

Yesterday, MASHAV and the German INWENT debated on aid effectiveness in a framework of 1-day seminar in Shefayim, CINADCO-MASHAV's agricultural training Center.
I already found an article, for our french-speaking friends, on the JSS blog.

Le vice-ministre des Affaires étrangères Danny Ayalon a rencontré aujourd’hui Dirk Niebel, ministre fédéral allemand de la Coopération économique et du développement, qui est en visite en Israël à la tête d’une importante délégation.
Cette visite fait suite à la signature de l’accord pour l’aide aux pays en développement par Ayalon et le ministre Niebel et Janvier dernier. Israël attache une grande importance à la coopération avec l’Allemagne sur les questions de l’aide, qui ont augmenté énormément ces derniers mois. Cette coopération représente une composante unique et importante dans le développement des bonnes relations entre les deux pays.

http://jssnews.com/2010/06/22/ministres-israeliens-et-allemands-a-jerusalem-pour-reparer-le-monde/

previous to previous...DevCom seminar, Haifa, 31/5 - 1/6/2010

Doing a lot with little
I have just received this great post published by Julia Chandler from the British Aid Agency (DFID) on the Haifa seminar last week. Julia was one of the speakers at the conference. She gave a very interesting presentation on the British case study.
Thank you!
http://juliac2.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/doing-a-lot-with-little/

By the way, you are invited to watch these videos about the conference and what means doing a lot with little...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqgq2-ZFSqo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I54R0vz32nk

Further to our previous post...

Vey good material I just found on the website of Web2forDev! exactly fits the issues we will deal with next week.
"Talking with the audience: Development organisations and social media": http://web2fordev.net/component/content/article/1-latest-news/111-talking-with-the-audience

Haifa workshop 31/5 - 1/6

Next week Mashav is hosting a two-day workshop on "Maximizing Outcomes with Minimum Resources for Development Communication". The workshop will be held in Haifa, Mount Carmel Training Center (the very first branch of MASHAV, this years turning 50!). Jointly organized by MASHAV and DevCom, OECD Development Centre, the seminair will deal with communication issues regarding development and the role of the new media in dispatching development messages.

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/16/45155914.pdf

Accession : Estonia, Israel and Slovenia invited to join OECD

10/05/2010 – OECD countries agreed today to invite Estonia, Israel and Slovenia to become members of the Organisation, paving the way for the Organisation’s membership to grow to 34 countries.
“Estonia, Israel and Slovenia, along with Chile that has just deposited its instrument to become a full member, will contribute to a more plural and open OECD that is playing an increasingly important role in the global economic architecture,” OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said.

By the way, MASHAV is organizing a seminar on development 2.0 for OECD-DEVCOM participants in Haifa at the end of the months.

http://www.oecd.org/document/57/0,3343,en_2649_201185_45159737_1_1_1_1,00.html

Cooperation agreement between Israel (MASHAV) and the Organization of American States (OAS)

Israel and the Organization of American States signed a memorandum of understanding consolidating decades of development cooperation.
The agreement signed Monday at OAS headquarters in Washington pledges to advance existing collaboration on education, environment, economic and social development, poverty, gender equity, disaster prevention and relief, agriculture and crisis management. from JTA two days ago.

http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/05/18/2394852/israel-signs-development-mou-with-oas

A potential to break cycles of hunger? by David Lewis

Nice article from Reuters published a few days ago about the TIPA project in Senegal. This is all about a drip irrigation system, made up of water tanks and rows of black pipes! An Israeli innovation that some predict could end the area's aid dependency.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLDE63R1NF._CH_.2420

AKUT- Turkey- Israel cooperation - emergency unit visits Israel 25-30/4/2010

AKUT- Turkey- Israel cooperation - emergency unit visits Israel 25-30/4/2010.

AKUT, the "Search and Rescue Association" in Turkey visited Israel last week for a 5 days trip and training, on the invitation of the Israeli Rescue Team "Arava".

Eight Things You Never Knew About Feeding The Hungry

Nice article from the UN world food program: Eight Things You Never Knew About Feeding The Hungry: Nearer than you think, Yaks on track, Perfect altitude, Build what you need, Almost perfect, Maximum impact, Twenty-four hours, Fast food.

Hope and heartbreak in Haiti

An article from Ynet April 23, about how the Israeli delegation helps kids in orphanages rebuild their lives.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3878294,00.html

Israeli technology and practices for developing countries' farmers

Israeli experts in the field of agriculture gave a seminar on sustainable development of cattle breading within the framework of the joint project UNDP - Mashav - Ministry of Agriculture and Water Management of Uzbekistan. In the end of May leading experts from Israel Ran Solomon, Daniel Werner and Efraim Zuckerman trained a group of Uzbek farmers from Kui-Chirchik district of Tashkent region. The subject of the seminar was cattle rationing, nutrition and forage reserve and its influence on milk productivity. The participants were introduced to modern technologies and innovations in the field of agro chemistry and agronomy. Israeli experts together with representatives of UNDP and the Israeli Embassy in Uzbekistan, visited farms in the Tashkent region and studied fodder growing and implementation of the knowledge attained in training courses in Israel and Uzbekistan in the work of the farmers. During the seminars the experts stressed the importance of a diverse nutritive diet, including barley, triticale, pea and oats to increase productivity of cows. They advised on the proper pressing of silo and bin in order to preserve the correct micro flora. According to the plan of the Joint project on sustainable development of livestock, Israeli experts on design of modern dairy farming and herd books will come to Uzbekistan in order to conduct seminars in June 2009.

The following article was published on 25th of May on the “New Europe” website.
http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94744.php

Julia Bucknall's blog- World Bank- desalination plant in Israel

Further to our previous post (March 15) on the visit of the Word Bank delegation in Israel, essentially focused on water issues and climate change, look at these two very interesting blog posts and videos by Julia Bucknall, World Bank expert, reporting the visit.
http://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/blogs/julia-bucknall

FOR THE VIDEO:

http://vimeo.com/10613787

MASHAV at AIPAC- great speeches and clip

great speeches and clip (immediately after the speeches) on Israeli humanitarian activities abroad. http://www.aipac.org/PC2010/webPlayer/mon_israel10.asp. There is also an interview with Haim Divon, Head of MASHAV, and Mazal renford, Director of the Carmel Training Center.

Israeli Delegation Participates in the Fifth World Urban Forum

The World Urban Forum (WUF) is considered the world's premier conference on cities. The Forum was established by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing problems facing the world today: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies.

In March 2010, UN-HABITAT and the Government of Brazil hosted the WUF fifth session in Rio de Janeiro. During the conference, the Israeli delegation organized two special activities: A Side Event on "Municipal Platforms for Local Strategic Development” focussing upon the structuring of local organizational platforms for strategic development; and a Training Event on "How to leverage local assets for strategic local development – Establishing a Municipal Strategic Planning Unit (MSPU)”, which focussed on how to create local mechanisms for implementation of plans and strategies through an MSPU.

Both activities were presented by Israeli and Kenyan facilitators, representing MASHAV – Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation; Kisumu’s Municipal Council, Kenya; the Weitz Center for Development Studies, Israel; and strategic planning and development consultants.

http://mashav.mfa.gov.il/mfm/web/main/missionhome.asp?MissionID=16210&