Projects
Digital Engagement, resident interface and connection to city residents
1. "Knowledge Café"- Dr. Edna Pasher 2014-5.
Municipal clients: Holon, Harish and Haifa.In the past 20 years the firm joined several cities in Israel, shaping up strategic roadmap ensuring satisfaction of the young residents and young families as well as attractiveness to young population from outer regions.The project basically was creating groups of people to brainstorm together and in that creating an "incubator" for innovative ideas that can contribute to the city. Every session began with an explanation about "Creative thinking vs Innovative thinking", the differences, the reasons that make one idea come to life and the second to die.
2. "Holon – the City of Children” – Dr. Edna Pasher, 1995-today.
Client: Municipality of HolonOver the past two decades, the city of Holon has undergone what can only be described as a revolution. It has succeeded in changing its image, positioning itself as a thriving, lively and well-kept city that offers its residents a good quality of life, with an abundance of leisure and cultural activities for everyone, with a special focus on families, kids and teens.
Holon is now branded as Israel’s “Children’s City,” a focus of attraction and interest and a place to which there is always a reason to return. The change has brought with it a continuing growth in residents’ satisfaction, and the city has attracted new residents, many of them families with young children, who realize that this is a good place to raise kids.
Dr. Edna Pasher has led the re-branding initiative in Holon for the past 20 years.
http://www.holon.muni.il/English/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.holon.muni.il/English/Children/Documents/holon%20the%20children's%20city.pdf http://www.pasher.co.il/articles/Citizen_participation.pdf
3. Research on the linkage between resident, quality of life and technology in Smart City, Dr. Tzvi Weinstein, 2015.
Dr. Tzvi Weinstein conducted extensive research is 6 major European cities: Dublin, Glasgow, Luke, Oslo, Brussels, Zagreb, and Gdansk. The related book is expected to be published In January 2016 including a chapter on Tel-Aviv – the digital city.
4. "City Salt", Melach Design Studio, Michal Derhie Wieman, 2014-5.
Municipal clients: Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa. (The Three biggest cities in Israel)At Melach, “salt” in Hebrew, we emphasize the unique identity that exists in every city, in the same way that salt in cooking highlights flavors and improves them. We create a unique urban experience with the aid of custom-made design tools. Research and design solutions for positive residential experience with the urban environment (including people with limitation) http://www.melachcity.com/en/
Transportation, Traffic Control and Mobility
1. Structuring of business model and marketing for Road 6, (Israel largest cross country road), Edna Pasher, 2003
Client: Derech Eretz Highways Management Corporation.
Highway 6 also known as the Trans-Israel Highway is a major electronic toll highway in Israel. Highway 6 is the first Israeli Build-Operate-Transfer road constructed, carried out mainly by the private sector in return for a license to collect tolls on the highway for a given number of years. It is also one of the largest infrastructure projects undertaken in Israel. Dr. Edna Pasher prepared the marketing strategy of the private consortium (2 Israeli and one Canadian companies) which owned this project. The strategy was based on positive ROI without the need of national "safety net". It also included "green environment" considerations and natural habitat conservation.
This unique project was documented in a book. http://www.kvish6.co.il/ArticleLangs.aspx?Id=1&LangTypeId=1
2. Development of Private and Public Electric Transportation Systems, Mr. Haim Rousso, 2014-2015
3. Development of an electric bus for Singapore, Mr. Haim Rousso, 2014-2015
Client: Singapore
4. Strategic plan for parking technology in Tel Aviv, Mr.Guy Pross and Mr. Uri Kushnir.
Client: Municipality of Tel-Aviv
5. Development of “511” - Information system for transportation routes, Mr. Eran Reuveni
Client: Municipality of Haifa.
“511” is an information system used for transportation route management for combining all information allowing smart control and management of routes. This system was developed for the Municipality of Haifa and proved very successful in helping reduce traffic and improve efficiency of hazard management.
6. USmart, Mr. Eran Reuveni, 2015 in final development stages
Client: Municipality of Haifa
USmart is a system designed together with Mr. Reuveni for management of transportation for crowds during large scale events. The project included developing a suit of novel smart mobility services (iServices) based on mobile technology. The systems core capability is combining all available data sources in order to support city residents, visitors and municipality emergency services (Police, Fire Department…) in reaching their destinations in the most efficient and suitable way using public and private transportation.
The USmart project involves traveler behavior research conducted by prof. Shiftan, technion & prof. Amaliya P. from the Aegean university, Greece.
http://www.usmart.eu/index.php/en/http://www.itsworldportal.com/134543/catalog-main-page
7. Transportation operations room establishment for a highly crowded event, Mr. Eran Reuven
Client: The Israel Police for ‘Meron Celebration’
Technology and communications infrastructure
1. Researcher- "IoT Europe"- Mr. Yossi Dan and Mr. Erez Mizrachi, 2015.
The "Internet of Things" Research is funded by the 2020H Fund of the European Union.
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/what-horizon-2020
2. Research - "Relationships between city residences, quality of life and Technology"- Dr. Tzvi Wienstien 2015.
Will be published in a book by "Springer" by the end of the year.
3. Development of "Smart Nursing" wearable gear- Haim Russo, 2014-5.
Education
1. "FBTA urban education program (Malal)"- Dr. Edna Pasher, 2014-5.
Client: Municipality of Haifa.
The program "From birth to adulthood" (FBTA), a working model underlying assumption that the coordination and continuity between the frame surrounding the child throughout the day, will help educators to recognize the child and his needs and give him the most suitable educational needs. The program encourages the community to work together through action groups that are built to handle needs brought up by the educators, parents and students living in the "same space". Dr. Edna Pasher led the development of the program and tools involved in developing this holistic approach as a PPP that gave boost to the city educational system.
2. Education strategy forming, process management and implementation, Mr. Hagai Dafna, 2011-today.
Clients: Education department in the municipalities of 3 major cities: Haifa, Ramat-Gan and AfulaThe different projects included consulting services for both local schools and the education departments of the municipalities. The projects covered planning an educational vision, creating a roadmap an accompanying the organizations implementation.
3. “Education Communities”, Dr. Edna Pasher, 2013
Client: The municipality of Haifa.
Re-establishment of the educational system in the city of Haifa as a PPP.
Public Safety and Emergency Services Readiness
1. Execution of the "Israel safe city conference"- Mr. Yossi Dan and Mr. Erez Mizrachi, 2015
2. Disaster plan preparation- Mr. Hagai Dafna, 2015.
Clients: Various cities in IsraelBuilding an emergency operational concept, organizational structure (assemblies) and settings functions, writing procedures, teaching and training of officials.
3. Disaster preparation for schools- Mr. Hagai Dafna, 2015.
Emergency crews training in all educational institutions.Hundreds of trainees.
Water and Sanitation infrastructure
1. Organizational consulting to water corporations- Dr. Meir Menahem and Mr. Hagin Dafna, 2012-today.
Municipal clients: Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Shfaram and more.Corporate strategy, organizational structure, emergency assessments and advice to managers.
Energy efficiency
1. "Smart Net", Mr. Haim Russo, 2013.
Client: Israel Electricity Companya project for improving a smart grid and electricity use.
Done by Mr. Russo as part of his activity in Elbit.
Sustainability and green Planning
1. Sharon Mark
Journalist in "Ecology and Environment" journal.
Consultant to 8 different authorities- Translating the ministry of environments policy in to practical plans for cities, raising funds and resources, activities with entrepreneurs, companies and the third sector recycling, environmental education projects in dozens of educational institutions for children and youth, community environmental education.
http://www.magazine.isees.org.il/HomePageEng.aspx
2. Smart City Lab establishment in the city of Ashdod, Mr. Yossi Dan and Mr. Erez Mizrachi
Client: Ashdod Municipality
Strategy and General Consulting Projects
1. Writing of the “Intellectual Capital of the State of Israel Report, Dr. Edna Pasher, 1998, 2015
Client: The Israel Chief Scientist Ministry
This is an extensive research and report done by Dr. Edna Pasher twice. Once under private funding and due to the great the success the second report was funded by Chief Scientist Ministry. The report maps out many aspects of Israel’s intellectual capital and helps explain the reasons for its success. Link to the report from 2015 - link
2. Consultancy to Tel Aviv municipality in Smart City strategic Roadmap, Mr.Guy Pross and Mr. Uri Kushnir.
Client: Municipality of Tel-Aviv
3. Smart City strategy and plans in the newly established city of Harish, Mr. Yossi Dan and Mr. Erez Mizrachi
Client: Municipality of Harish
4. Smart City consultancy for Nice, France, Mr. Yossi Dan and Mr. Erez Mizrachi
Client: Nice, France
5. Smart City consultancy to the city of Lisbon, Portugal, Mr. Luis Gomez
Client: Lisbon, Portugal
6. Smart City consultancy for Saint Quentin, Mr. Yossi Dan and Mr. Erez Mizrachi
Client: Saint Quentin, France
7. Planning and leading of the Smart City Event in Tel Aviv 2014, Mr. Guy Pross and Mr. Uri Kushnir
Client: Municipality of Tel-Aviv
8. Planning and escorting of a Smart City Project in S. Korea, Mr. Guy Pross and Mr. Uri Kushnir.
Additional clients we served
Our group has also served both private and public sector organization. Some of our renowned clients include: The EU Commission, The Bank of Israel, Bank Leumi, Danya Cebus (Construction), The Technion (Israel’s leading technological engineering university), The Hebrew University, Tel-Aviv University, AMDOCS, TEVA (Israel’s largest pharmaceutical company), Rafael, IAI, IMI, Maccabi Health Services, The Israel Defence Force and many others.
