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Activities
For its target audiences—the policy-making community, high school & university students and new immigrants—ICSEP carries out an array of activities in the areas of policy work, education, publications, public exposure and media relations.
Policy-Related Work
ICSEP has identified crucial areas in which reform is most urgently needed, such as land use, housing, small business regulation, de-monopolization, government structure and function, financial markets, the tax system, labor markets, education and health care. ICSEP studies these problems and holds seminars and conferences to discuss its findings. It then designs concrete plans for change.
ICSEP mobilizes decision makers, and public opinion shapers, in order to encourage coalitions in support of such reform.
Education
ICSEP has taught economics to over 2,000 Israeli high school students and holds seminars for university students based on Milton and Rose Friedman’s Free to Choose. In the 1990’s ICSEP provided economic education for thousands of immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
Internet & Publications
ICSEP has published many policy papers in Hebrew, covering topics such as Britain’s pioneering privatization experience, deregulation, how privatization can benefit the environment, and proceedings from its various conferences. We have over 20 titles in constant circulation.
Public Outreach
Public & Media Relations
ICSEP has enjoyed extensive media coverage of its activities. With ICSEP’s sponsorship and involvement, Israeli television has twice broadcast Milton Friedman’s 10-part series Free to Choose with Hebrew subtitles, a special 1-hour program on the difficulties of free markets in Israel, and a 45-minute film on immigrant entrepreneurship.
ICSEP’s director, Daniel Doron has been a member of the Government Central Planning Board (where he preached against central planning) and on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Economic Advisory Group. He has appeared several times on CNN and other channels, and has been quoted on the Israeli economy by BusinessWeek, The New York Times, and other international publications. He has also appeared on Israeli television, has been interviewed often on the radio and published extensively in the Hebrew press.
ICSEP’s board members regularly publish articles and appear in public forums and on radio and television. They participate in many public commissions, such as on tax reform, housing, and monopolies. This way the ideas ICSEP promotes get wide exposure.
