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Fundamental Principles of the Civil Service in Israel: Between Constitutional Anchoring and Practical Implementation

09:00–09:30 | Registration

09:30–9:40 | Opening Remarks:

  • Adv. Anat Thon Ashkenazy, Director, Center for Democratic Values and Institutions, Israel Democracy Institute

09:40-10:45 | Session One – Establishing and Anchoring the Fundamental Principles for the Civil Service

Chair: Adv. Edna Harel-Fisher, Research Fellow and Head of the Public Ethics and Anti-Corruption Program, Israel Democracy Institute

The Fundamental Principles of the Civil Service and Their Constitutional Expression in OECD Countries:
Dr. Natan Milikowsky, Researcher, Public Ethics and Anti-Corruption Program, Israel Democracy Institute

Opening discussants:

  • Dr. Nadiv Mordechay, Rubinstein Center for Constitutional Challenges, Reichman University
  • Adv. Michael (Mike) Blass, former Deputy Attorney General
  • Dr. Bell Yosef, Senior Research Associate, Tachlith Policy Institute; Faculty of Law, Ono Academic College
  • Dr. Avi Zamir, Judge (retired), District Court

10:45-11:00 | Coffee break

11:00–12:45 | Continuation of Session One

Recorded:

  • Prof. Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago Law School in conversation with adv. Edna Harel-Fisher and Dr. Natan Milikowsky

Opening discussants:

  • Prof. Yoav Dotan, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Prof. Tamar Hostovsky Brandes, Faculty of Law, Ono Academic College

Discussion

12:45–13:00 | Break

13:00–14:20 | Session Two – The Fundamental Principles of Israel’s Civil Service in the Eye of the Storm

Chair: Dr. Natan Milikowsky

Research presentations:

  • Dr. Saar Alon Barkat, School of Political Science, University of Haifa
  • Adv. Rita Golstein-Galperin, Head of the Civil Service Reform Program, Israel Democracy Institute

Discussants:

  • Omri Dagan, Director of the Israeli National School for Leadership, Governance and Management, Civil Service Commission
  • Deyaa Assadi, CEO, Jaljulia Local Council; former Deputy Wages Commissioner, Ministry of Finance
  • Talia Gorodess, Deputy Director of Research and Development, Manor Center
  • Tomer Lotan, Visiting Senior Fellow, Israel Democracy Institute; former Director-General, Ministry of Internal Security
  • Prof. Nissim Cohen, School of Political Science, University of Haifa

Discussion

14:20-14:30 | Closing remarks

  • Prof. Suzie Navot, Vice President, Research, Israel Democracy Institute

 

Tags:
Public Corruption Program, 
Civil Service and Governance Reform Program,
Center for Democratic Values and Institutions, 
Center for Governance and the Economy