Trajtenberg Committee
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The Trajtenberg Committee (Hebrew: ועדת טרכטנברג) is a commission appointed by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
on August 8, 2011 in order to examine and propose solutions to Israel's socioeconomic problems. The committee was established following the 2011 Israeli housing protests. The committee is headed by professor Manuel Trajtenberg
, who is the chairman of the Higher Education Planning and Budget Committee.
The committee is to operate for a month, during which it will hold discussions with representatives of the protesters, with civil society organizations, and with various sectors of the public. Afterwards, in mid-September, the committee will make its recommendations to the government's socio-economic cabinet, headed by Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz
and composed of 15 ministers. After that, the government will discuss the committee's conclusions.
and Limor Livnat
, were appointed as observers in the committee.
Commission members as of August 16, 2011, include:
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is the current Prime Minister of Israel. He serves also as the Chairman of the Likud Party, as a Knesset member, as the Health Minister of Israel, as the Pensioner Affairs Minister of Israel and as the Economic Strategy Minister of Israel.Netanyahu is the first and, to...
on August 8, 2011 in order to examine and propose solutions to Israel's socioeconomic problems. The committee was established following the 2011 Israeli housing protests. The committee is headed by professor Manuel Trajtenberg
Manuel Trajtenberg
Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg is an Israeli economist, chair of the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education in Israel...
, who is the chairman of the Higher Education Planning and Budget Committee.
The Commission
On August 8, 2011 Prime Minister Netanyahu appointed a special committee headed by Professor Trajtenberg.The committee is to operate for a month, during which it will hold discussions with representatives of the protesters, with civil society organizations, and with various sectors of the public. Afterwards, in mid-September, the committee will make its recommendations to the government's socio-economic cabinet, headed by Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz
Yuval Steinitz
Yuval Steinitz , is an Israeli academic and politician who has been a Knesset member for Likud since 1999. He is now the Finance Minister of Israel.-Biography:...
and composed of 15 ministers. After that, the government will discuss the committee's conclusions.
Members
The committee includes 14 permanent members, 9 of whom are government or public officials and five of whom are from the academia and the private sector. Two ministers, Michael EitanMichael Eitan
Michael Eitan is an Israeli politician, Minister of Improvement of Government Services and member of the Knesset for Likud. He served as Minister of Science & Technology between July 1997 and July 1998. Alongside Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Eitan is the joint longest-serving MK, and as such was...
and Limor Livnat
Limor Livnat
is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud, and as the country's Minister of Culture & Sport.-Biography:Born in Haifa, Livnat is the only member of Knesset not to have a secondary education...
, were appointed as observers in the committee.
Commission members as of August 16, 2011, include:
- Prof. Manuel TrajtenbergManuel TrajtenbergProf. Manuel Trajtenberg is an Israeli economist, chair of the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education in Israel...
– chairman of the Higher Education Planning and Budget Committee. - Eyal Gabai — director-general of the Prime Minister's Office.
- Eugene Kandel — the head of the National Economic Council of the Prime Minister's Office.
- Gal Hershkovitz — budget chief at the Finance Ministry.
- Dr. Avi Simhon — the finance minister's senior economic adviser.
- Michal Abadi-Boiangiu — the Finance Ministry's accountant general.
- Shahar Cohen — social entrepreneur and NOVA (Management and Academia for the Community) academic director
- Esther Dominisini – National Insurance Institute Director General
- Dr. Karnit Flug – Bank of Israel deputy governor.
- Dr. Shlomi Frizet – Antitrust Authority chief economist
- Dr. Yoram Gabbay – Chairman of Capital Market Activists and Deputy Chairman of the Hebrew University Maurice Falk Institute for Economic Research in Israel.
- Prof. Pnina Klein – Israel Prize Laureate of the Bar-Ilan UniversityBar-Ilan UniversityBar-Ilan University is a university in Ramat Gan of the Tel Aviv District, Israel.Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is now Israel's second-largest academic institution. It has nearly 26,800 students and 1,350 faculty members...
School of Education. - Tali Regev – an economist from the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel.
- Rafi Melnick – Vice President of the Interdisciplinary CenterInterdisciplinary CenterThe Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya is a private Israeli college located in Herzliya, Israel.The languages of instruction in the Interdisciplinary Center are Hebrew and English.-History:...
in Herzliya.
Goals
The committee was ordered to investigate:- Proposals to change priorities in order to lighten the load of Israeli citizens.
- Implementation of a new taxation system.
- Providing access to social services.
- Increasing competition in the Israeli economy.
- Actual measures need to be taken to reduce housing prices.
External links
- Trajtenberg to the protesters in Tel-Aviv: No chance gov't will bury my report - The protests are too powerful (in Hebrew), GlobesGlobesGlobes is a Hebrew language daily evening financial newspaper, published in Israel. According to TGI 2009 media survey Globes' market share rose 15% over the year to 4.4%. Its main competitors in printed media are TheMarker of Haaretz group and Calcalist published by Yedioth Ahronoth Group...
, August 14, 2011 - Netanyahu names members of "socioeconomic change team", GlobesGlobesGlobes is a Hebrew language daily evening financial newspaper, published in Israel. According to TGI 2009 media survey Globes' market share rose 15% over the year to 4.4%. Its main competitors in printed media are TheMarker of Haaretz group and Calcalist published by Yedioth Ahronoth Group...
, August 8, 2011 - Press Release: The recommendations of the Trajtenberg Committee were submitted today to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance, MOFMOFMOF can mean:*The Museum of Flight*Managed Object Format, a textual representation of the Distributed Management Task Force Common Information Model...
, September 27, 2011