MASHAV ( Hebrew המרכז לשיתוף פעולה בינלאומי ) is the Israeli Agency for International Development Cooperation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. MASHAV is responsible for the development, coordination and implementation of Israeli development programs and the development of international cooperation in developing countries. MASHAV believes that his greatest possible contribution to developing countries can be made in areas where Israel has the relevant knowledge gained from its own development experience as a young country facing similar challenges. [1] [2] MASHAV's development programs are conducted through workshops and training in agriculture, education, and medicine and are co-financed by international organizations such as the Organization of American States , the Inter-American Development Bank , the United Nations Development Program , UNESCO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations .
The program is currently led by Ambassador Gil Haskell. [3]
Prerequisites for creating a service
Mashav was created after the Bandung Conference of 1955, [4] from which Israel was expelled at the request of Arab countries that threatened to boycott the conference if Israel were invited. [5] It was created at the initiative of Golda Meir in 1958 after her visit to Africa. [6] Meir stated that this was an expression of solidarity with the victims of oppression, discrimination and slavery, but the project also set other goals, such as avoiding the “Arab loop” by overcoming boycotts initiated by Arab countries. [7] In the 1960s, MASHAV was also very active in supporting agricultural development projects in South America. [eight]
Since its inception at the end of 1957, Mashav has sought to share the know-how and technologies that formed the basis for the rapid development of Israel with the rest of the developing world. MASHAV began its activities as a modest program aimed at developing human potential at the lowest level at a time when Israel itself was still a very developing country. Since then, it has evolved into an extensive program of cooperation with all countries of the developing world to promote sustainable development and social justice.
MASHAV developed gradually and organically in response to repeated requests from countries that had freed themselves from the yoke of colonialism and were looking for practical and political means to get rid of poverty, hunger and disease, which were the legacy of that era. [9]
Since its inception, more than 270,000 professionals from more than 132 countries have participated in MASHAV's training programs. MASHAV promotes the central role of human resource development and building institutional capacity in the development process - an approach that has reached global consensus and implements this principle by offering training courses in Israel and in host countries, as well as short and long-term professional consultations.
By 2010, Mashav had prepared a quarter of a million students, mostly African, from developing countries in education, health, science and agriculture. [10] Collaborating with over 140 countries. [11] The experience and technology acquired in areas such as deserts affected by water shortages have been adopted in many projects. [eight]
Notes
- ↑ Schulman, Bruce. Making the American Century: Essays on the Political Culture of Twentieth Century America . - Oxford University Press , 2014. - P. 129. - "" ... We shared with Africans not only the challenges posed by the need for rapid development ... "”.
- ↑ http://www.mashav.mfa.gov.il/MFA/mashav/AboutMASHAV/Pages/Guiding_Principles.aspx
- ↑ The Head of MASHAV
- ↑ Edith Bruder, Tudor Parfitt , African Zion: Studies in Black Judaism, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012 p. 113 n. 93.
- ↑ Anti-israel Resolution Adopted at Bandung; Red China Supports Arabs
- ↑ Edith Bruder, Tudor Parfitt , African Zion: Studies in Black Judaism, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012 p. 113 n. 93.
- ↑ Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman , 'The Sincerest Form of Flattery: the Peace Corps, the Helsinki Accords, and the Internationalization of Social Values,' in Bruce J. Schulman (ed.), Making the American Century: Essays on the Political Culture of Twentieth Century America, Oxford University Press, 2014 pp. 124-140 p. 130.
- ↑ 1 2 Hugo Harvey Parada, Las relaciones entre Chile e Israel, 1973-1990: la conexción oculta, RIL Editores, 2011 p.138
- ↑ Aynor, Hanan S. Thirty Years of Israel's International Technical Assistance & Cooperation. - Jerusalem: Haigud, Society for Transfer of Technology, 1990.
- ↑ Eytan Gilboa, Nachman Shai, 'Rebuilding Public Diplomacy: The Case of Israel', in Ali Fisher, Scott Lucas (eds.), Trials of Engagement: The Future of US Public Diplomacy, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010 pp. 33-53 . p.39
- ↑ Fred Skolnik, '' The State of Israel (1948-2000), 'in Michael Avi-Yonah (ed.), Https://books.google.it/books?id=AhasMr2F3i8C&pg=PA340 A History of Israel and the Holy Land, A&C Black, 2003 p. 340.
Links
- mashav.mfa.gov.il - the official site of MASHAV