The goal of our Community Involvement program includes partnership, learning, and the cross-fertilization of needs in the field, as well as in the academy (such as the introduction of new research and the creation of databases) both locally and regionally. The emphasis is on actualizing opportunities for joint ventures with Arab nations and Mediterranean countries.

Principle activities:

Involvement with the local (Israeli) professional community:

• Formation of a joint academic-professional forum for mutual learning and exchange of ideas

• Establishing work groups for managerial policy-making, presentations and standards-setting

• Providing professional services, such as the use of practical. information bases and a placement center for university graduates

• Running workshops and training seminars 

Taking the initiative in contacting, persuading, and planning academic cooperation, learning, and development with Arab and Mediterranean states by:

• offering courses and appropriate channels of instruction

• initiating joint academic and professional conferences dealing with  issues of common concern to the region

• forming contacts with professional state agencies and educational contacts in industry