Ministry of Economy and Industry | Directorate General of Labor

Academia:

The Institute of Immigration and Social Integration at the Ruppin Academic Center – an Israeli academic institute that focuses on the phenomenon of immigration and its influences via amultidisciplinary and practicable approach. The institute's goal is to advance research and study in the field of immigration and social integration by conducting academic and applied studies, training and professionalization of service providers, initiation and development of interventions in the field, and distribution of information accumulated among policy makers, service providers, and the general public in Israel. TRAFFLAB – is a global interdisciplinary research group active in the Law Faculty at Tel Aviv University as part of the EU's ERC grant. The group researches the field of human trafficking in Israel and worldwide with the aimof understanding the root causes of the phenomenon and to develop effective responses to contend with it. The group is led by Prof. Hila Shamir.

TheWorkers' Rights Clinic at Tel Aviv University – led by Adv. Idit Zimmerman.

The Clinic for the Rights of Holocaust Survivors and the Elderly at Tel Aviv University – led by Adv. Liad Strulov.

Embassies:

The Unit promotes connections with several embassies with the aim of advancing and enforcing the implementation of bilateral agreements, and to transfer information to foreign workers from the embassy's country of origin.

Joint Activities:

Several noteworthy collaborations were entered into during the year:

Facebook Live – the Unit conducted a "live" Facebook broadcast together with the Moldovan Embassy.

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