Event Reports

The Pen as a Writer's Weapon

KAS-Panel Discussion at the 3rd International Writers Festival in Jerusalem

"When a man's world fills with darkness, he reads a book and sees another world," wrote the Israeli Nobel laureate Shai Agnon. The books we read, talk about our lives, our feelings and our experiences. But does a writer only have a role to sweeten our time with stories? Or do writers have another responsibility, holding up a mirror to society to try to influence social and political events?

„This is not a lost case“

Auch im April diesen Jahres fanden israelische und palästinensische Vertreter aus Privatwirtschaft, Akademie, öffentlicher Verwaltung und verschiedener Nichtregierungsorganisationen zum monatlichen Treffen des Strategic Thinking and Analysis Team (STAT) zusammen, das die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Israel gemeinsam mit dem Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) veranstaltet.

Energy Efficiency in Israel and the Palestinian Territories

As part of the event series "Sustainability, Climate and Energy", the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung invited Israeli and Palestinian representatives from the business sector, academia, government and politics to a workshop. The event took place on 22 April 2012 and after an intense working session, recommendations for more energy efficiency in Israel and the Palestinian Territories were developed.

Having a Closer Look at Israeli-EU Relations

A Study Trip to Brussels with Young Israeli Diplomats

What about Europe's role in international politics? What lessons can the European Union draw from the financial and economic crisis? And what is the current state of Israeli-European relations? Those questions were discussed during a five-day study tour to Brussels for a number of young Israeli diplomats from various ministries, the city of Tel Aviv-Jaffo, as well as members from the Polish and the Dutch Embassy, respectively, in late March.

One Year after the "Arab Spring"

European-Arab Youth Congress at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

What do young Europeans think about the Arab countries one year after the "Arab Spring" began? And what perceptions do young people from Arab countries have of Europe and Germany as potential role models? Young people from all over Europe and Arab countries met for two days at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Berlin to discuss what can be learned from other people's point of views on the situation.

A united faith-based message for environmental sustainability

The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung co-organized the Interfaith Climate and Energy Conference held on Monday, March 19th, 2012, at the Konrad Adenauer Conference Center, in Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem. The conference included plenary sessions with prominent religious leaders in the Holy Land, video addresses from world religious leaders, including the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and interactive break-out workshops among the participants.

A Call for "Green" Cities

The Role of Modern Architecture and Urban Planning in the Wake of Climate Change

More and more the principle of sustainability seems to become incorporated in different policy fields, which is not only a local or national, but global development. As a matter of fact, consciousness for environmental issues on topics related to climate change and the use of energy is on the rise.

Negev Bedouin society in a changing reality

A conference organized by KAS Israel and the Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation at the Tel Aviv University

Promoting Renewable Energy – Promoting Cooperation

Israeli-Palestinian Delegation to the U.S. - Toward Shared Energy Solutions. Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Dealing with topics related to climate change and renewable energy has become a top priority within the framework of German development cooperation. Accordingly, the Washington Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) hosted a study trip of Israeli and Palestinian energy experts to the United States from March 5-9, 2012.

Energy Security and Energy Strategies in Europe and Israel

On March 18th 2012, Ben-Gurion University’s Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research hosted a symposium on the subject Energy Security for Europe and Israel, organized by the Israel office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. The purpose of the symposium was to bring together European and Israeli energy specialists in order to compare their respective insights into ideas for reducing dependence on the world’s ever-dwindling supplies of oil.