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Washington, D.C.
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Israel’s International Development Program
Israel National Photo Collection
Member of Kibbutz Urim, located
in the Negev Desert, waters a
young tree in 1947
Israel National Photo Collection
Israel hosts international conference
on agricultural development, 1963
The Center for International Cooperation the basis for international relations between
(Hebrew acronym: MASHAV) has been active people...[and] must be based on the solidarity of
throughout the developing world since the late all human beings derived from fraternity and
1950s, assisting to alleviate problems of hunger, mutual assistance in every sphere of life -
disease, and poverty by means of technical economic, social and scientific..."
training and technology transfer. MASHAV's
programs encourage trainees to find their own In 1958, Foreign Minister Golda Meir first visited
solutions to problems and adapt them to their Africa. Deeply moved by the challenges faced by
respective cultural and social values, economic the newly-independent African nations, she was
potential, natural resources and regional priori- convinced that Israel should play a significant
ties. role in assisting them to improve health, educa-
tion, nutrition, resources and the status of
The development of scientific research and women. Her personal commitment to interna-
technology in Israel is an integral part of the story tional cooperation led to the setting up of
of the Jewish people's return to its homeland. MASHAV, a center for international cooperation
After achieving independence in 1948, scientific within Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
research and technological development were
key factors in shaping Israel into a modern state,
as new and innovative capabilities were tested
and implemented to meet the challenges of a
growing country with scarce natural resources.
Expressing the country's desire to share knowl-
edge gained from its own development experi-
ence, David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minis-
ter, advocated that "the principles of mutual CINADCO
assistance and equality should also constitute International Human Resourse
Training in Israel
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 MASHAV began its activities on a small scale. In the
first year of operation (1958), 137 trainees, mostly
from a few countries in Asia and Africa, participated
in its training courses in Israel. Five years later
(1963), the number of participants reached 1,262,
mainly in the fields of agriculture, cooperation and
labor studies, and medicine and public health, with
MASHAV
the majority coming from Africa and the rest from
A MASHAV training Asia, the Mediterranean Basin and Latin America.
workshop on Psychological That same year, MASHAV experts were sent for the
and Physical Rehabilitation first time to host countries to conduct "on-the-
in the Community spot" training courses: 21 courses were held in 19
countries with 393 participants. To date, MASHAV
has trained over 200,000 course participants from
approximately 140 countries in Israel and
abroad.
MASHAV's programs are intended to reach diverse
populations with a wide spectrum of educational
MASHAV backgrounds and work experiences, as well as to
MASHAV course on enable participants (including teachers, farmers,
agriculture in engineers, community workers, regional planners,
South America physicians and nutritionists) to transmit new skills
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to others. While levels of education and experience
vary, MASHAV strives to tailor its courses to address
the development priorities of each student
As the world’s population reaches ten billion, the
challenges to modern technology will include
combating hunger, thirst, poverty, gender bias and
ecological problems. MASHAV’s programs will
continue to strive to reduce human suffering and
intensify environmental protection, while remain-
ing committed to global efforts towards sustain-
able living for all.
Ceremony
held by the
Israeli
Embassy in
Ethiopia for
AIDS orphans
Embassy of Israel, Addis Ababa

CINADCO
. Agricultural Development and Cooperation
MASHAV
Participants in CINADCO’s
International Course in
Beekeeping for Honey,
By-Products and Pollination
For more information,
please visit:
• MASHAV
http://mashav.mfa.gov.il
• CINADCO
www.cinadco.moag.gov.il
The Center for International Agricultural Devel-
opment Cooperation (CINADCO), of the Ministry
of Agriculture and Rural Development, is
MASHAV's main professional and operational
institution in Israel for international agricultural
development cooperation.
CINADCO’s programs focus on combining sound
professional experience with practical field level
orientation. Moreover, the prime development
concept has been a practical bottom-up
approach, focusing on professional, technologi-
cal and practical know-how cooperation with the
developing world.
CINADCO's activities take place in Asia, Africa, the
Middle East and Latin America and in a number
of training centers in Israel. CINADCO's courses
are conducted in English, Spanish, French,
Russian, Arabic and other local languages.
CINADCO offers professional services in those
subjects where Israel’s own experience reflects
identified technological strengths in agricultural
and environmental subjects. These services
range from crop and livestock-production
technologies, irrigation and water saving meth-
ods and systems, farm management, forestry and
agro-ecology to Research and Development
(R&D), agricultural extension, supporting systems,
agribusiness consulting services, development of
arid and semi-arid regions and other related
topics.
Through its integrated professional and practical
development approach, CINADCO shares its
professional and operational capabilities with
grassroots agricultural populations and institu-
tional organizations to assist and enhance the
global agenda for agricultural sustainable devel-
opment and overall economic growth.
CINADCO
participants
examining eel
production vats
during a course
on Intensive
Aquaculture
Farming
MASHAV