Seminar on Outlooks for Long Term Strategic Planning

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Policy Center (EPC) of the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies (JIIS) would like to invite you to join a seminar for invited experts on the preparation and use of Outlooks for long term strategic planning.

The seminar with focus on such topics as:

-Coping with uncertainty in long term strategic planning

-Incremental versus radical transformation

-Developing policy coherence to enhance integration and overcome ‘silos’

-The roles of global and national outlooks

-Identifying the costs of inaction

-Creating an ongoing process

-Gaining commitment of governments, business leaders and civil society

The seminar will be led by experts from the OECD and from Israel, including:

Ms Kumi Kitamori, OECD Environment Directorate

Mr Ton Manders, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

Ms Galit Cohen, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Israel

Ms Valerie Brachya, Director, Environmental Policy Center, Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies

Professor Shlomo Hasson, Hebrew University, Sustainability outlook 2030 team

Professor Eran Feitelson, Hebrew University, Sustainability outlook 2030 team

The seminar will be held in English.

Relevant background materials for the seminar can be found at the following websites:

www.kayamut2030.org

www.oecd.org/environment/outlookto2050