In his recent and remarkable book, Political-Security Statecraft for Israel, Prof. Yehezkel Dror mentions the Singaporean RAHS – Risk Assessment of Horizon Scanning. RAHS’ aims and structure are actually quite similar to Reut.
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RAHS – the Future is Here
Posted in Effective Governance, Methodology & Theory, National Security, tagged Effective Governance, Methodology & Theory, National Security on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Megido and Regional Development
Posted in Effective Governance, ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged ISRAEL 15 Vision, Leapfrogging, Megido on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Wednesday, the Socio-Economic Team traveled to Megido whose Regional Council is promoting a Biospheric Vision, a novel model of regional governance. Together with our experience from the Beit Shemesh project, led by Praxis, the team moved one step closer towards a better understanding of how regional development is linked to Israel’s challenge of socio-economic [...]
Adjusting Organizational Structure of Intelligence Units
Posted in Effective Governance, tagged Effective Governance, ISRAEL 15 Vision, organizational structure, Strategy on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In an article in Ha’aretz, Amos Harel calls for fundamental changes in the structure of Israel’s intelligence community, arguing that the increase in threats requiring simultaneous action by all intelligence branches (such as the Iranian nuclear plan and terrorism) make these changes critical.
Recent Elections Epitomize Israel’s Crisis of Governance
Posted in Effective Governance, tagged Effective Governance, Israeli Elections on February 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The recent elections in Israel are an obvious new low point in its prolonged crisis of governance and leadership. This crisis is rooted in an electoral system, which generates constant instability, a fragmented government and Knesset and weak capacity to govern effectively. Its reform should be a top priority of the next government.
Government Plans for 2009
Posted in Effective Governance, tagged Effective goverment, ISRAEL 15 Vision on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Twenty Three Governmental Ministries recently presented their working plans for 2009.
Israel Elections 2009: Strengthening Israel’s System of Governance
Posted in Effective Governance, tagged Effective Governance, Israeli Elections on February 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Improving the Government’s ability to govern is the most important challenge facing Israel. We need to prolong average tenures of Knesset, Governments and Ministers, as well as to increase cohesion. This can be achieved by ‘direct nomination’ of the head of the largest party to Prime Minister.
Israel’s System of Governance: The Root of the Problem
Posted in Effective Governance, tagged Effective Governance on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two recent articles in Ma’ariv by Gil Melamed and Ido Efrati on Israel’s transportation system and system of governance deal with the problems of long term planning in the country.
A ‘Culture of Preparedness’ for Israel’s Local Governments
Posted in Effective Governance, National Security, tagged Civil Defence, civilian front, Effective Governance, Home Front, National Security on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Israel’s recent municipal elections failed to raise awareness of the ‘home front’ issue and instead reflect the mindset that it should be handled by the government and security establishment. However, in order to enhance the population’s resilience during emergencies, Israeli communities should develop a new ‘Culture of Preparedness’ at the local level.
Policy Units: an Instrument for Navigation
Posted in Effective Governance, tagged Effective Governance, Policy Units on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In response to the Prime Minister’s Office initiative to establish policy units in government ministries, the Reut Institute’s Effective Governance team published a document discussing the conceptual framework for their implementation. The proposal integrates the unique Israeli context with the findings of a comparative study of different policy units in a number of leading countries.
‘Central Brain’ and Leapfrogging
Posted in Effective Governance, ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged Central Brain on October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A World Bank paper cited by the Growth Report lends some credence to the Reut Institute’s claim that a leapfrog (from poor to middle-income) requires a central brain.
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