What works in Israel
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Israel
Israel's evidence base shows innovation and accessibility initiatives across government, civic, and municipal scales. The Yozma Program demonstrates large-scale venture-capital catalysis, with government co-investment of $100M growing Israeli VC/private-equity assets from $30M (1992) to $10B by 2001, while Tel Aviv Tech ranks the city's startup ecosystem #4 globally with $250B in value. On accessibility and civic engagement, Access Israel has completed 300+ disability-led mystery-shopper audits since 1999, and DigiTel has reached 60%+ of Tel Aviv's eligible population (~200,000 residents) with personalized municipal services. The practices document innovation policy and city-scale service delivery but do not comprehensively characterize Israel's broader social, economic, or policy landscape.
Drawn from: Access Israel — Disability-Led Mystery-Shopper Accessibility Audits · DigiTel — Tel Aviv's Personalised Civic Data Platform for Residents · Yozma Program — Israel's Government-Seeded Venture Capital Catalyst · Tel Aviv Tech — City-Led Startup Ecosystem Development and Global Talent Attraction · CityZone – Tel Aviv Urban-Tech Living Lab · Voiceitt — Speech Recognition for Atypical Speech, Tested With 66 Users Over Three Months or More in the Nuvoic Project · Voiceitt — AI Speech Recognition for Atypical and Dysarthric Speech · OrCam MyEye: AI Wearable Reading Device for Blind and Low-Vision Users — A Cautionary Case
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +23 pts 50 here · 27 average
Evaluation evidence +22 pts 71 here · 49 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +18 pts 56 here · 38 average
Scalability beyond pilot +15 pts 77 here · 62 average
Innovation +15 pts 77 here · 62 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value +12 pts 69 here · 57 average
Sustainability / continuity +12 pts 89 here · 78 average
Documented learning +11 pts 86 here · 74 average
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +11 pts 17 here · 6 average
Governance, capability & sustainability +10 pts 74 here · 64 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +10 pts 58 here · 48 average
Weaknesses
Transparency, fairness & accountability -14 pts 40 here · 54 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 47 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -14 pts 33 here · 48 average
Inclusiveness / equity -22 pts 21 here · 43 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Achievement / evidence -37 pts 50 here · 87 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -39 pts 50 here · 89 average
Effectiveness -41 pts 25 here · 66 average
Impact on gender equality -44 pts 25 here · 70 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Israel. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Access Israel — Disability-Led Mystery-Shopper Accessibility Audits · 92
DigiTel — Tel Aviv's Personalised Civic Data Platform for Residents · 81
Yozma Program — Israel's Government-Seeded Venture Capital Catalyst · 81
Tel Aviv Tech — City-Led Startup Ecosystem Development and Global Talent Attraction · 81
CityZone – Tel Aviv Urban-Tech Living Lab · 76
Voiceitt — AI Speech Recognition for Atypical and Dysarthric Speech · 76
OrCam MyEye: AI Wearable Reading Device for Blind and Low-Vision Users — A Cautionary Case · 76
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Israel concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Bogotá's Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more