1. May 2007 Board Meetings in Israel Innovation and Development Danny Pins Director, Immigrant Integration Division JDC-Israel

2. May 2007 Board Meetings in Israel I. JDC Israel’s role Development of services to improve the welfare of vulnerable populations Development of new and innovative programs and approaches to improve existing services

3. May 2007 Board Meetings in Israel II. Different Kinds of Innovation Innovation in creating a totally new service Innovation in the definition of the need Innovation in the manner in which the services is provided Innovation in the target audience Innovation in the importing of services from abroad and their adaptation to local needs

4. May 2007 Board Meetings in Israel III. Primary Strategy JDC pioneers development and implementation of innovative programs Government commits to adopting successful programs and their dissemination throughout the system Innovation embedded within agreement with government –Placing limitation in depth of innovation –Integration of service within short period of time Often JDC receives credit not for invention but for development

5. May 2007 Board Meetings in Israel IV. Mechanics of fostering innovation Organizational culture – free flow of information between divisions Maintaining heterogeneous professional learning Flexibility to re-allocate resources R&D units within divisions Creating greenhouse frameworks for innovation from the outside Innovation criteria in selection of projects

6. May 2007 Board Meetings in Israel V. Strive Case Study Learning the model Purchasing the license for Israel Rewriting the Manual US Strive mentoring Israeli version Strive