Israel’s Galilee Region John E. Golub, Ph. D. Regional Coordinator Council for Higher Education State of Israel Economic Snapshot ISRAEL Benchmark Median age 28.6 ~40 (EU) Tertiary education 46.0% 27% (OECD) Per Capita GDP (PPP) $31,767 31,500 (OECD) Export as % of GDP 40% 13.1% (US) R&D as % per capita GDP 4.5% 1.6% (OECD) 1 President Shimon Peres “The only historic mistake I regret is that we didn’t dream big enough.” -Safed, July 6, 2009 Regional Variation: Economic/Labor Snapshot Center Galilee • High-tech • Farming • Financial • Services Economy • Manufacturing • Plastics, metals • Services • High-tech Disposable income 100 60 Academic 1/14 1/31 professionals Source: Central Bureau of Statistics and Tzafona 2 Regional Variation: Socio-economic clusters Low High Socio-economic clusters 1―3 4―5 6―7 8―10 Tel Aviv + Center―Jews 6 13 43 38 Galilee―Jews 0 62 35 3 Tel Aviv + Center―Arabs 42 50 6 2 Galilee―Arabs 82 16 2 0 Source: Tzafona The Galilee is not riding the same economic train as Israel’s center. 3 Golan Haifa Galilee Tel Aviv Jerusalem 424 km 114 km Negev Project Region Kiryat Shmona (22) Majdal Shams >200,000 (9) 30,000 – 50,000 Nahariya (52) Golan 20,000 – 30,000 Safed (29) Haifa Acre (46) Sub-District Carmiel (45) Katzrin Sakhnin (25) (7) Galilee Haifa (265) Tibereas Haifa (40) District Nazareth (66+43) Sea of Galilee Hadera Jordan River Sub-District Afula (40) 4 Vineyards in the Upper Galilee Capernaum Mt. Tabor 5 Beth Shean (Scythopolis) Nimrod Castle. 6 Tel Yodfat, site of Roman siege. Valley of Tears battle site. 7 “And they came to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind man to Jesus and implored Him to touch him.” --Mark 8:22-26 Bethsaida archeological dig. Galilee Competitiveness Essential Target Galilee Ingredient1 (Ideal) (Actual) Strategy Identify regional strengths Drive internal migration Governance Strong regional voice with No regional government. local ownership of issues. ~50 local councils. Innovation Strong innovation engine Technion. Significant but + regional engagement. ad-hoc engagement. A thriving community in a Spin-out activity from Entrepreneurship supportive environment. Technion. Incubators. 1. Drabenstott, Higher Education Management and Policy, vol. 20, pg. 32 (2008). 8 Inclusiveness in regional development Positive Factors • National commitment to development • Powerful innovation engines – Technion, U. Haifa – ORT-Braude, Tel Hai, MIGAL • Success stories – ISCAR, technology parks, incubators • Attractive living conditions • Supportive national framework 9 Opportunity Higher education management can be a catalyst. Steering Committee Selected Members • National Stakeholders – Mr. Silvan Shalom, Deputy Prime Minister Minister for the Development of the Negev and Galilee – Prof. Avishai Braverman, Minister for Minority Affairs – Mr. Steven Stav, Director General, Council for Higher Education • Regional and Local Stakeholders – Mr. Stef Wertheimer, ISCAR – Prof. Dan Levanon, Chairman of the Board, planned Galilee Medical School – Mr. Moshe Davidovich, General Manager, Galilee Development Authority – Dr. Bishara Bisharat, Director, Nazareth Hospital – Mr. Tamim Yasin, Chairman, Nazareth Technology Incubator • HEI’s – Technion – University of Haifa – Various colleges 10 Israel’s Galilee Region Thank you. תודה. شكرا. 11.