The conference will be conducted in Hebrew with simultaneous translation to English

Please confirm your participation to: 02 6541225 or to jerusalem@sikkuy.org.il

09:00 - 09:30 Registration and refreshments

09:30 - 10:00 Greetingsco-executive directors, Sikkuy

• Ron Gerlitz and Ali Haider, Adv. -

• Professor Muhammad Amara and Professor Gabi Salomon -

10:00 - 10:15 What is the likelihood that civil society organizations in Israel can succeed informer co-executive director of Sikkuy, reviewing his 10 years with Sikkuy

achieving equality between the Jewish and Arab citizens?

• Shalom (Shuli) Dichter -

10:15 - 10:30 Presentation of the "barriers matrix", an innovative model developed by Sikkuy

10:30 - 11:45 Plenary Session I - Social Welfare Policy

A comparison of government policy for institutional care for children at risk for Jews and Arabs

• Moderator: Merav David

policy on frameworks for institutional care for Arab children at risk in additional fields

• Emil Sama'an

12:15 - 13:30 Plenary Session II - Language and Communication Accessibility

Making government services accessible to Arab citizens - policy and practice

• Moderator: Professor Muhammad Amara -

- The Legal Assistance Department

• Shirin Batshon-Khoury, Adv. -

from the field

• Tziona Koenig-Yair, Adv. -

interface between fair representation and language and communication accessibility

• Dr. Meital Pinto -

Carmel Academic Center - an international comparative perspective

Audience comments and questions

13:30 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 16:00 Workshops with government, civil society and professional participants:

• Solving the housing shortage for Arab citizens - possible solutions and government policy

• Moderator: Emily Silverman -

Technology, Haifa

• Fair representation in government/private sector contracts - an engine for progress or a barrier to

economic efficiency?

• Moderator: Yaser Awad -

for mapping the barriers to equality.

• Ron Gerlitz - Sikkuy