Hundreds of Israeli NGO’s provide critical services to the population such as food, health care, and nursing. These services are all the more essential during time of crises. They range in size from national organizations to local centers and everything in between.
Posts Tagged ‘civil resilience network’
NGOs cooperate emergency preparedness at JDC-ELKA seminar
Posted in Home Front, National Security, tagged civil resilience network, Culture of Preparedness, Home Front, National Resilience, resilience, Resilient Communities on November 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Civil Resilience Network at the Knesset
Posted in About Reut, Home Front, tagged civil resilience network, Culture of Preparedness, Home Front Command, Israek Knesset, turning point 4, Zeev Bielski on May 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Tuesday May 11, the Reut Institute participated in a discussion in the Knesset initiated by MK Zeev Bielski, chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Subcommittee for the Examination of Home-Front Readiness. The discussion focused on ways in which the non-profit and business sectors can contribute to the preparedness of the Israeli home front [...]
Crisis at Your Convenience
Posted in About Reut, Home Front, tagged civil resilience network, Culture of Preparedness, national crisis, reut institute on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently the citizens of Israel received a reminder that they and their families are not ready for a national crisis. Two weeks ago, the Israeli police conducted a security drill that caused heavy traffic jams and much frustration amongst drivers. The average Israeli driver understands the necessity of training emergency authorities: no one wants a [...]
First roundtables meeting of the Civil Resilience Network
Posted in Home Front, tagged civil resilience network, Home Front Command, reut institute, Zeev Bielski on April 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Approximately one hundred representatives from the business sector and civil society attended Beit NATAL at Tel Aviv on March 25 in order to participate in a roundtable meeting dealing with implementing a ‘Culture of Preparedness’ in the Civil Resilience Network. The participants included: representatives of business corporations such as Cellcom, Bank Leumi, Strauss, and Fishman [...]
Partnership 2000 – Major Catalyst in the Civil Resilience Network
Posted in Home Front, tagged civil resilience network, Home Front, local and national resilience, partnership 2000, reut institute on February 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Resilience Team participated last week in a forum of chairpersons and CEOs of the northern partnerships of ‘Partnerships 2000′ of the Jewish Agency. In the forum, held at the Western Galilee College in Acre, the team presented the concept of the ‘Civil Resilience Network.’ The concept calls to consolidate a resilience network, comprising tens [...]
Strengthening Connectivity in the Civil Resilience Network
Posted in Home Front, tagged catalysts, civil resilience network, hevruta, Hubs, reut insititute on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the context of local and national resilience, organizations such as the Ultra Orthodox Organization ‘Hevruta’ can function as a hub in the Civil Resilience Network. Hevruta’s declared goal is to create better coexistence between the secular and the ultra orthodox sectors in Israel. The organization’s activity is based on ‘One-on-One’ phone calls which aim [...]
Gidi Grinstein at “Security Strip” Radio Show
Posted in Home Front, National Security, tagged civil resilience network, Culture of Preparedness, Gidi Grinstein, natural disasters on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In an interview on Army Radio this week, President of the Reut Institute Gidi Grinstein explained that “In order to face national emergencies, such as a natural disaster, Israel must mobilize its society into a ‘Civil Resilience Network’
The US Government’s National Preparedness Month – a Model for Israel?
Posted in Home Front, tagged civil resilience network, Culture of Preparedness, katrina, national preparedness, ready.gov on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
September 2009 was the 6th annual National Preparedness Month in the US, which is sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and endorsed by President Obama, who “has made preparedness a top priority… to ensure a more resilient Nation.”
Culture of Preparedness in Israeli Society
Posted in Home Front, tagged civil resilience network, Home Front, National Resilience, resilience on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last month, an old man fell unconscious on a street in Tel Aviv. His life was saved thanks to the quick reaction by a security officer working nearby who performed resuscitation using his building’s electric resuscitation machine. Although this may be a singular incident, it can also be viewed as an example for best practice of [...]

