Welcome and Introduction by:
H.E. Ron Dermer
Ambassador to the United States
State of Israel
Dr. J. Peter Pham
Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives;
Director, Africa Center
Atlantic Council
Remarks by:
Ambassador Gil Haskel
Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Head of MASHAV – Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation
State of Israel
Mr. Ramsey Day
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa
US Agency for International Development
Panel I – Enduring US-Israeli Development Cooperation
Mr. Wale Gataneh Beze
Deputy Project Coordinator and Senior Horticulturalist
Smallholder Horticulture Project, Joint Technical Cooperation Program (USAID/MASHAV/Ethiopia Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources)
Ambassador Gil Haskel
Deputy Director General
Head of MASHAV – Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
State of Israel
Dr. J. Peter Pham
Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives;
Director, Africa Center
Atlantic Council
Panel II – MASHAV: Marking 60 Years of International Aid and Cooperation
Ambassador Gil Haskel
Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Head of MASHAV – Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation
State of Israel
H.E. Ron Dermer
Ambassador to the United States
State of Israel
Dr. J. Peter Pham
Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives;
Director, Africa Center
Atlantic Council
Remarks by:
Ambassador Gil Haskel
Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Head of MASHAV – Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation
State of Israel
Mr. Ramsey Day
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa
US Agency for International Development
Panel I – Enduring US-Israeli Development Cooperation
Mr. Wale Gataneh Beze
Deputy Project Coordinator and Senior Horticulturalist
Smallholder Horticulture Project, Joint Technical Cooperation Program (USAID/MASHAV/Ethiopia Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources)
Ambassador Gil Haskel
Deputy Director General
Head of MASHAV – Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
State of Israel
Dr. J. Peter Pham
Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives;
Director, Africa Center
Atlantic Council
Panel II – MASHAV: Marking 60 Years of International Aid and Cooperation
Ambassador Gil Haskel
Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Head of MASHAV – Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation
State of Israel
Ms. Shuli Kurzon van Gelder
Director, Planning, Evaluation, and Partnerships
MASHAV – Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
State of Israel
Mr. Daniel S. Mariaschin
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President
B'nai B'rith International
A reception will follow the discussion.
MASHAV – Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation has long been one of the United States’ leading partners in development cooperation. MASHAV’s commitment to multi-level collaboration with international partners, coupled with its integrated and sustained approach to humanitarian capacity building, has yielded tangible results in addressing the challenges of food security, water scarcity, and more in priority countries across Africa. In 2018, the Africa Center celebrates the 60th anniversary of MASHAV, the advancement of US-Israeli development cooperation in Africa and beyond, and future development collaboration between these two nations.
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