MASHAV is Israel's official international development cooperation program that was launched in late 1957 with the aim of sharing with the rest of the developing world the know-how and technologies which provided the basis for Israel's own rapid development. MASHAV, the Hebrew acronym for Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation, was established as a division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. What started as a modest program focused on grassroots-level human capacity building at a time when Israel itself was still very much a developing country, has blossomed into an extensive program of cooperation throughout the developing world with the aim of ensuring social, economic and environmental sustainable development.
Since its establishment, MASHAV has trained close to 270,000 course participants from approximately 132 countries in Israel and abroad and has developed dozens of demonstration projects worldwide.
Human capacity building remains the main priority of MASHAV. Professional courses are offered annually in Israel in conjunction with professional and academic institutes.
Below is a list of MASHAV Short Courses for 2015.
Please note that you are required to send your application to reach the MASHAV Office at the Embassy at least 5 working days before the deadline indicated in the course brochure.
Download MASHAV Application Form when you want to register for a course selected below:
1) Innovative Entrepreneurship -From an Idea to Starting a Business (5-29 January, 2015)
2) Meeting Agricultural Challenges in A Changing World: Biotechnology and Bioinformatics(January 5 – March 5)
3) Curriculum Development (19 January-12 February)
4) The Integration between Research, Extension and Applied Agriculture (26 January-10 February)
5) Psycho-Social Care and Support for Children and Adolescents Infected and/or Affected by HIV/AIDS (2-26 February)
6) Combating Violence against Women and Children (2-26 February)
7) Postharvest Physiology, Pathology and Handling of Fresh Commodities (9 February-5 March)
8) Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Education System (2-26 March)
9) Water Management: Decision Making, Environmental Aspects and Risk Assessment (9 March-2 April)
10) Economic Empowerment of Women (20 April-7 May)
11) Nutrition in a Changing Global Environment (20 April-19 May)
12) Developing and Organizing a Trauma System and MCS Organization (26 April-8 May)
13) Agro-Ecological Approaches for Sustainable Agriculture (27 April-12 May)
14) Climate Change and Agriculture (3-14 May)
15) Policies, Strategies and Support Systems for Rural Revitalization (4-28 May)
16) Educational Methodologies Youth at Risk – Preventing Students Dropouts (4 May-4 June)
17) Renewable Energy as a Catalyst for Regional Development (5-20 May)
18) Agribusiness – A Tool for the Empowerment of Rural Women - in Cooperation with UNDP (For participants from AFRICA only) 18 May-11 June
19) Education for Science and Technology and ICT in Education (25 May-18 June)
20) Clean Technologies – Environmental Technology, Innovation and Management Systems as Means for Regional and Local Economic Development (16 June-10 July)
21) Addressing the Urbanization Challenge (21 July-19 August)
For more information about the MASHAV courses contact mashav@yaounde.mfa.gov.il or call 222 21 12 19