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    13 November

    | 2014 | 15:00

    Seminar on the topic of Institutional Innovation for Environmental Management

    • Free
    • Public
    • Radak 20, Jerusalem
    • Free
    • Public
    • Radak 20, Jerusalem
    Seminar on the topic of Institutional Innovation for Environmental Management

    The Jerusalem Institute recently hosted a seminar on the topic of : “Institutional Innovation for Environmental Management” that focused on creativity demonstrated by official institutions in dealing with the difficulties of managing the environment.

    Thursday, 13 November 2014 (20 Heshvan),
    3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
    Teddy Kollek Auditorium, Jerusalem Institute, 20 Radak Street, Jerusalem
      
    Agenda:

    15:00-15:20 Opening Remarks:
    Meir Krauss
    , Director General, Jerusalem Institute 
    Valerie Brachya, Lecturer and Researcher in Environment and Sustainability: The public administration agenda for planning and the environment

    15:20-16:45 Presentation of research projects:

    Adv. Iris Hahn, City Planner: Enforcement of illegal building in open spaces – the current situation and policy recommendations 
     
    Dr. Benny Furst, Head of the Environmental Planning Department at the Ministry for Environmental Protection: Between opportunity and practice– drivers for environmental innovation in the planning and building system in Israel 

    Dr. Orr Karassin, Researcher at the Institute for Policy, the Open University: Liability for environmental and ecological damage– comparing the actual situation with the desirable one

    16:45-17:00 Break

    17:00-18:00 Panel Response and Discussion Chaired by Professor Eran Feitelson, Head of the Advanced School for Environmental Studies, Hebrew University. 

    • Galit Cohen, Deputy Director General of the Ministry for Environmental Protection
    • Adv. Benjamin Hyman, City Planner
    • Adv. Ruth Rotenberg, Former Legal Advisor of the Ministry for Environmental Protection 
    • Dr. Miriam Haran, Former Director General of the Ministry for Environmental Protection
    Please RSVP your participation:
    Tel: 02-5630175, ext. 11, 13
     
     
    The event will be held in Hebrew.
    Arrival: Buses 19,17,32,22 arrive at Azza/ Radak street corner. Parking is available near the Jerusalem Theater on Chopin Street.