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The head of the Innovation Authority and the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Economy and Industry, Dr. Ami Appelbaum, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Minister of Economy and Industry, Eli Cohen, in the framework of the WEF meeting in Davos, to allow Israel to take part in the global economic forum. At the beginning of the week, the government approved a proposal to promote participation in the C4IR-Centers for the Fourth Industrial Revolution network established by the WEF Forum on the regulation of innovative technologies based on international cooperation. The WEF...

After endless discussions between the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Public Security, the government approved the export of medical cannabis from Israel. This is the approval of a draft resolution proposed by Minister of Finance Moshe Kahlon to export cannabis products to countries where use is permitted. The decision was approved only after the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Public Security reached an agreement, in which the police budget for enforcement of the field will increase in accordance with the expansion of cannabis production in Israel and after the completion...

The program for projects that promote energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be launched on Wednesday for the third time, with the cooperation of the Ministries of Economics and Industry, Energy, Environmental Protection and Finance. As part of the plan, an additional NIS 66 million will be allocated to entrepreneurs, industrialists and local authorities who will choose to optimize energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as part of Government Decision 542 ("Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Streamlining Energy Consumption"), At a rate of at least 17%...

Minister of Economy and Industry Eli Cohen and Minister of Economy and Digitalization of Austria, Dr. Margaret Schrambeck, signed today with Austrian President Dr. Alexander Van Der Bellen and Austrian Minister of Education Dr. Heinz Fasmann ), a Memorandum of Understanding to promote the creative economy, which is the first of its kind to develop an additional path of innovation for the growth of the Israeli economy

The High Court of Justice accepted the petitioner's claim, the Digital Rights Movement, and ordered the government to transfer most of the classified materials to opponents of the biometric database within a month and a half. The petition was submitted about a year ago and touches upon the very necessity of the biometric database. The petition alleges that in a pilot conducted, the state did not take sufficient steps to ascertain its necessity.

The government is scheduled to discuss today and decide on a reform in the technological education system. According to the proposal, the prerequisites for acceptance, the number of hours of training and the number of examinations in technological education under the responsibility of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs will be significantly reduced. The model submitted for Cabinet approval was not discussed at all with the Ministry of Education and the Council of Technicians and Practical Engineers. There was no consultation with representatives of the industry, which is supposed to...

The Ministry of Economy's flagship program for promoting women in business and industry is underway. Over the past year, the Ministry of Economy and Industry has worked to formulate a multi-dimensional program to promote women's entrepreneurship. As part of the program, the Ministry of Economy and Industry offers a series of benefits for women under four central bodies in the ministry. - The Investment Authority will grant preference to women-controlled businesses in the framework of grants under the Encouragement of Capital Investments Law, in the total amount of NIS 15 million per year....

The IMTM - International Mediterranean Tourism Market (IMTM) 2019 International Tourism Exhibition opened for the 25th time at booth 2 at the EXPO in Tel Aviv and continues throughout the day. This year, a record number of exhibitors, over 50 countries and 20 tourism ministers from around the world attended the exhibition. "The largest tourism exhibition in the Middle East being held for the 25th time in Israel is an excellent way to celebrate the peak year of incoming tourism to Israel," said Tourism Minister Yariv Levin. "This year, historic records were broken - more than 4.1 million...

Gross domestic product (GDP), at constant prices and after seasonal adjustment, rose by an annualized 2.2% in the second half of 2018, according to the first estimate released by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Sunday, following a 3.4% In the first half of the year and an increase of 4.3% in the second half of 2017. The decline in growth is explained by the stagnation in exports of goods and services, the decline in investments and the slowdown in expenditure on private consumption, and mainly in the purchase of vehicles

Minister of Economy and Industry Eli Cohen and British Trade Minister Liam Fox signed a trade and partnership agreement between Israel and Britain, which regulates the continuity of trade relations between the two countries prior to Britain's departure from the European Union. Minister Fuchs' arrival at the signing ceremony attests to the importance of business relations between the two countries and to London's satisfaction with the tightening of trade relations. The British Ambassador to Israel David Curry and the Head of the Foreign Trade Administration at the Ministry of Economy and...