{"id":11357,"date":"2018-08-22T20:55:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T20:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/?p=11357"},"modified":"2018-08-22T20:55:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T20:55:18","slug":"innovation-support-israels-experience-for-ukraine-ws5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/en\/innovation-support-israels-experience-for-ukraine-ws5\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation support: Israel\u2019s experience for Ukraine (WS5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/WS5_Main.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11368\" src=\"http:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/WS5_Main-1024x498.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/WS5_Main-1024x498.png 1024w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/WS5_Main-500x243.png 500w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/WS5_Main.png 1529w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What are the main components of an innovative state? How can Ukraine use the experience of Israel in the field of innovation? This and many other things were discussed during the Workshop No. 5 \u201cIsrael\u2019s Nurturing Innovation\u201d on the conference \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/en\/category\/uje-initiatives\/symposia\/israels-experience-of-nation-building-lessons-for-ukraine\/\">Israel\u2019s Experience of Nation-Building: Lessons for Ukraine<\/a>\u201d, that was held by the New Europe Center and Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter on June 12.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Ron-Prosser_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11364 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Ron-Prosser_2-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Ron Prosor, Head of the Abba Eban Institute of International Diplomacy, Representative of Israel to the United Nations (2011-2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0861a6;\">The armed forces are one of the driving forces behind the development of Israel\u2019s technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe army is in essence a liability, but we managed to bring it also into asset. Why? You have at your disposal at the age of 18 the best and the brightest minds.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe put the relevant people to challenge the existing paradigms in the field that in essence creates innovations. For example, the army is a place where we have to put in a lot of resources, a lot of manpower. At the end of the day this is spin-offs to our technology. So, if we need to give answers to missiles from Iran, this is the need for our space program. If we need something else, this is the need for another program.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0861a6;\">When introducing innovation, do not be afraid of failures.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cJewish society in essence supports failure. If you fail, try again.\u00a0 So if I have to say something to Ukraine: open it up, allow questions in every field. By working together and asking relevant questions you reach amazing results.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0861a6;\">Israel created a new society from people who came from different countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe differences in culture, do you put them together, do you put them in different parts in order for them to be integrated in the society? The thing here is Israel\u2019s melting pot which you would see on the cultural zone, amazing things coming out of music, dance. It comes from debate between different cultures. That creates a new culture which is very diverse.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0861a6;\">Ukraine, like Israel, must clearly understand its strengths and weaknesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cBut why I\u2019m using it as an example \u2013 it explains some traits of the Israel\u2019s culture. Sports needs discipline, hard work, but we are not good at this. So we have to find the ways what added value Ukraine can get from Israel. We are creative, innovative, but we are not good at structures. So we have to learn a lot from others on this and in your case, you have to find out your minuses and pluses and understand that minuses are a real problem of culture.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Dan-Meridor_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11358 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Dan-Meridor_2-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Dan Meridor, President, Israel Council on Foreign Relations, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (2009-2013)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0861a6;\">Innovation of the state depends on the critical thinking of society.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cI visited South Korea (Seoul) some years ago for participating in a conference on global nuclear security.\u00a0 During one of our dinners, I was asked why we are so smart.\u00a0 I said we are not that smart, we found the way, it\u2019s the Talmud, the way you study. Talmud is the book of Jewish religion and Jewish law. The key idea is nothing is given as if it\u2019s only God\u2019s word, the discussion is here, to learn to discuss, to learn from the outset.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI read that the Jews are only 0.2 % of the world\u2019s population, but they are 20 % of Nobel laureates. It\u2019s something in the culture of casting doubt, asking the questions, finding different solutions, not to accept the given norm is embedded in our heritage. That\u2019s why we have so much innovative spirit, entrepreneurship.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0861a6;\">Three main components of Israel in the development of an innovative state:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cIsraelis took the responsibility. We cut the budget deficit, we have no deficits for last 30 years. It was a major thing.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe second thing, we allowed liberalization in the foreign currency market, in the labor market.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe third thing is about the 9 million people that joined us in the late 80s \u2013beginning of the 90s, who were products of the Soviet education. They came with a lot of knowledge. So many people came with talents and creating demand and supply.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0861a6;\">The success of the state in the modern world depends on human potential, not natural resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe richness or being poor was measured by ways how much oil, how much energy you have and so on. We were quite worried that Arabs around us got a lot of oil. I think today much more depends on what you have in your brains. It\u2019s not because of us, the world is going in the direction of developing technologies.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0861a6;\">Israel gave freedom of action to immigrants, instead of integrating them centrally into society.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWhat concerns two waves of immigration, one huge wave from the former Soviet Union and a smaller one of people who come from Ethiopia. It\u2019s a very different issue. The younger ones took it easier, but some people didn\u2019t know the basic things. The decision was that we wouldn\u2019t tell anybody what to do, where to live, we would give them money.\u00a0 People have never been in a free society, but we decided not to tell them what to do.\u00a0 In the end, unemployment was very high. But in fact, people quickly learned how to swim and it\u2019s a huge success story.\u201d<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Roman-Zinchenko.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11362 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Roman-Zinchenko-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Roman Zinchenko, Co-Founder, GREENCUBATOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0861a6;\">Resource constraints can be a driving force in innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cHere in Ukraine we are praising ourselves for being the leader in agriculture. Well, do we have something to learn? Certainly. One of my favorite caves of resourcefulness in the Israeli history comes from another key book. It\u2019s a story about drilling over half a km deep to get to water, people\u00a0got the water which was warm and salty, you can barely grow something using salty water. They were first desperate, then resourceful that\u2019s why they start fish farming in the desert.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0861a6;\">An existential threat can also be a driving force for innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cGolda Meir said: when people are saying they gonna kill you, believe them. During the times of existential threat, the creation of innovations in Israel was amazing.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0861a6;\">Resources are not the most important thing for innovative economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWe should replace our culture of \u201cZrada\u201d (betrayal) by the culture of positive disagreement and fighting for the positive solutions and that can drive a lot of innovations both in the government, in the communities and in business, because we need new\u00a0industries, new meanings and new models.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Mykola-Movchan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11360 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Mykola-Movchan-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Mykola Movchan, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sport of Ukraine on European Integration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0861a6;\">Ukraine attaches great importance to cooperation with international organizations and other countries in the issues of youth.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cFor example, with UNISEF we have an innovative project \u2013 U-report, with UNDP we have a project \u2013 My career, when young people can register and can make a test\u00a0about their future prospects, what profession\u00a0they are suitable for. Another example \u2013 Bank of youth initiatives, where people in cooperation with the Leadership Academy can elaborate their initiatives, implement them and spread the information about this.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe have also introduced a project- Ukrainian youth delegate to the UN in the framework of the program \u201cYouth will change Ukraine.\u201d The idea is dreaming about great things, working, studying, learning. Every year we organize competitions among Ukrainian youth and the most talented ones are selected for two weeks\u2212one-month fellowship in the permanent mission of Ukraine in the UN. They work as diplomats, they have speeches there.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z8QeurtDRZU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the main components of an innovative state? How can Ukraine use the experience of Israel in the field of innovation? 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