ABOUT MASHAV

MASHAV- Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation at Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs was founded in 1957, is responsible for the design, coordination and implementation of the State of Israel's development cooperation program and Humanitarian assistance efforts.

MASHAV assist fellow nations overcome development challenges by sharing knowhow and technologies, which provided the basis of Israel’s own development.

MASHAV’s activities focus primarily on areas in which Israel has a competitive advantage, including agriculture and rural development; water resources management; entrepreneurship and innovation; community development; medicine and public health, empowerment of women and education. Professional programs are based on a “train the trainers” approach to institutional and human capacity building, and are conducted both in Israel and abroad. Project development is supported by short and long-term experts from Israel.