The Association for Progressive Education in
Honor of Meir Yaari
The Association is an NGO and NPO that develops and implements educational programs in Israel and abroad. These include: Conflict Resolution programs, Environmental programs, Youth Exchanges, and Cultural programs for Immigrants to Israel. The Association cooperates with similar organizations in the PNA, Jordan, Germany, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Great Britain, Canada, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the USA.
Goals
1. Intercultural tolerance and dialogue
2. Democratic attitudes, civil rights and equality
3. The elimination of poverty
4. The advancement of social justice
5.
The absorption of new immigrants into Israeli society
All
of this work is implemented through a series of programs which include:
à Conducting seminars, conferences, symposia and research
à Conducting training activities and providing relevant information and skills
à Providing advanced training for community activists and young leaders
à Developing and maintaining working relations with organizations, institutions and private individuals for the promotion and advancement of the foundation’s goals
à Publishing periodicals, magazines and brochures
Target Population
On the Israeli level, the Association works actively throughout the entire Israeli population in the hope of bridging gaps between the different communities. We work with Jews and Arabs and within the Jewish communities of Ashkenazic and Sefardic origin.
On the regional and international levels, The 1993 Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles and the Oslo Agreements enabled us to develop an array of new joint projects in cooperation with Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel - though first and foremost with Palestinian institutions and organizations in the territories.
Regional and International Joint Activities
à Palestinian-Israeli Cooperation Program (PICA)
à Palestinian-Israeli Cooperative for Peace and the Environment
à Seminar for Palestinian Women
à Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian Youth Program
à Teachers Teaching Peace
à The Youth Institute Project
à The Living Weave
à The Malawi Project
The organizers of Expo 2000 have designated both the Youth Institute and Teachers Teaching Peace projects as model projects of international cooperation.
Sponsoring
Organizations
Israel
· The Ministries of: Foreign Affairs, Absorption, Education, Environment
· The Embassy of the United States (P.I.C.P.), Tel Aviv
· The Canadian Embassy, Canadian Funds for Dialogue, Tel Aviv
· The Australian Embassy, Tel Aviv
· The British Embassy, Tel Aviv
· PNA Center for Education, Culture and Science
· The Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Eco-Peace, Middle East
· Eco-Peace Middle East, Environmental Information, NGO Forum
· The Jewish Agency
· The Charles Bronfman Foundation (Karev Foundation)
· The New Israel Fund
· Chavatzelet, Ha’Kibbutz Ha’artze
The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Germany
Olof Palme Foundation Sweden
Foundation Jean Jaures France
Solidaridad International Foundation Spain
The European Commission
The McKnight Foundation USA
The United States Institute for Peace
The Dialogue Fund Canada
FAFO - People to People Norway
Organizational Status
Legal Status: NGO, NPO
Registration Date: July 22, 1993
Registration Number: 58.019.210.2
NPO Confirmation: August 6, 1993
Valid: January 1, 1997-March 31, 1999