MASHAV

MASHAV – Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation at Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for the design, coordination and implementation of the State of Israel’s development cooperation programs and humanitarian assistance efforts. By placing people at the heart of development, we focus our development activities on human capacity building and on the ‘training of trainers’ approach, sharing with other countries Israel’s own development experience and expertise as well as innovative technologies and tested methodologies. In alignment with the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, and as a member of the family of nations, the State of Israel through MASHAV, shares the global responsibility of striving to overcome development challenges and contributing to the fight against poverty, while leaving no one behind.

MASHAV's training program is comprised of technical assistance and human capacity building based on a demand-driven approach and in accordance with the needs and requests of partner countries. MASHAV’s professional activities take place both in Israel and in partner countries.

In Israel: MASHAV conducts its extensive capacity building program in Israel through professional affiliated leading institutes, and through its core specialized training and consultancy centers:

• Professional training programs

• International conferences

• Thematic delegations

Each year, between 50 to 70 Nigerian candidates are trained on full scholarship (participants need to pay for their own flight to Israel) in Israel in various fields.

MASHAV's training programs do not attempt to impose any specific model of development, but rather encourage trainees to find their own solutions and adapt them to their respective cultural and social values, promote sustainable development, social equity, economic potential and natural resources, as well as to their regional priorities.
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