Masterplan for Employment for Arab Society
The Masterplan for Quality Employment is a joint programme with the Israeli Democracy Institute. It focuses on education, welfare, employment, growth engines and commercial zones. It was extended and adjusted during 2020 to reflect COVID-19’s impact. Following meticulous analysis and design, it has been embedded as part of the five-year Government Resolution 550 plan, which allocated […]
Acceleration of the Palestinian Tech Ecosystem
Portland is on track to support 300 jobs in Palestinian small and medium enterprises IT outsourcing (ITO) firms, based…
Palestinian Agriculture Impact Fund
Portland is spearheading testing the feasibility of the first specialised agriculture impact fund in Palestine, in partnership…
Lotus Project for Orthodox Druze Women
Based in Isfiya, Portland supports Lotus, an NGO run by Druze women. The programme is creating the first generation…
Fursa
Fursa aims to provide a scalable solution for quality employment of talented young Arab-Israelis, who have graduated…
Pension Scheme
Under Construction
Developing a Regional Economic Growth Strategy for the Arab sector in Israel – Sakhnin Valley
Portland is leading the building of a regional economic cluster to address the gaps and imbalances between Arab and Jewish…
Tora v’Daat
This project sees the placement of orthodox Jewish men into hi-tech. The “Haredi” community suffers exclusion from the workforce, due mainly to differences in culture, leading to educational gaps. This situation drives a growing chasm to their integration into Israeli Society. As a result, the community is ranked in the lower economic echelons in Israel. It […]