ITWorks - Empowering People
ITWorks - Empowering People
ITWorks' mission it to impart technological knowledge and professionals skills to low-income adults living on Israel's social and geographic periphery. Its empowering frameworks combining soft and hard skills training reach targeted Arab and mixed communities throughout the country, providing new opportunities for quality employment in Israel's thriving hi-tech and communications sectors.
AREAS OF FOCUS
PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED
PROGRAM NAME | ISSUES/TAGS |
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ITWorks: Womens Empowerment Program (WEP)
Women’s Empowerment Program (WEP): Provides an empowering framework for unemployed women to receive technical training and professional tools for skilled, quality job placements in Israel’s technological industry. As with all ITWorks&rsqu ...
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Economic Development, Employment, Women, job placement and training |
ITWorks: Youth Empowerment Program (YEP)
Youth Empowerment Program (YEP): Works with at-risk youth, many of whom have dropped out of school. Without a high school diploma these youths can only work as unskilled laborers, and remain in communities plagued by high crime rates. YEP offers trai ...
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Economic Development, Employment, Women, job placement and training |
ITWorks: ExcelHT
ExcelHT: Serves students from the Druze and Circassian ethnic minorities, struggling to find employment in the hi-tech sector despite holding academic degrees. The program tackles the effects of negative stereotyping on their self-esteem and the lack ...
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Economic Development, Employment, Women, job placement and training |
ITWorks: Technology Accessibility Program (TAP)
Technology Accessibility Program (TAP): Helps integrate adults with intellectual and cognitive disabilities into the hi-tech workforce, addressing the lack of resources and stigma which confine them to positions far below their capability. The progra ...
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Economic Development, Employment, Women, job placement and training |
PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED

AREAS OF FOCUS
VIDEO: ITWorks Bridges Employment Gaps for Arab Citizens in Hi-Tech,
Last January, the Ministry of the Economy awarded ...
May 23, 2016 12:00am
VIDEO: ITWorks Bridges Employment Gaps for Arab Citizens in Hi-Tech,
Last January, the Ministry of the Economy awarded ...
How Do You Say Networking in Arabic? Initative Aims to Connect Arab Engineers in Israel,
To this end, Maantech Project, part of the Peres C ...
Econ. Ministry: $2.5 Million Arab Hi-Tech Program,
Ministry names companies to integrate Arab, Druze, ...
Jan 19, 2015 12:00am
Econ. Ministry: $2.5 Million Arab Hi-Tech Program,
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