• International Business development

• 1. Initiate cooperation between Israeli and worldwide enterprises.
  2. facilitating collaboration in R&D activities.
  3. Advice and assist manufacturers in formulating and implementing marketing strategies, business development tactics, performing market research and creating business relations with suitable partners.
  4. Establish relations with commercial and economic attaché, government institutions – coordinate access to international projects, tenders, and funding programs.
  5. Produce and host international business delegations and seminars, organize B2B meetings and lead network sessions.
  6. Promote industry-academia cooperation by defining the needs of the industrial sectors and developing knowledge-sharing tools.
  7. Compose speeches and prepare presentations for association’s executives; lecture at international business conferences and receptions.
  8. National Contact Point (NCP) for the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) – Build business partnerships and technological collaborations.

• Policy manger

• 1. Represent the Israeli industry in bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements (FTA) and forums focusing on international trade and trade-related aspects.
  2. Monitor trade barriers in export markets and violations of fair trade principles.
  3. Assist Israeli exporters and importers to address ad-hoc situations.
  4. National contact point (NCP) to The World Economic Forum (WEF) and its Bench-marking Network.
  5. Represent the Israeli industry and private sector as a member of several OECD/BIAC committees, in addition to facilitating the engagement of Israel representatives in over 40 policy groups.
  6. Perform PR for the Israeli industry including writing reviews on international political economy aspects, major economies and markets, arrange and lead professional seminars.
  7. Coordinator for the Anti-Corruption Forum in Israel.
  8. Work with the Anti BDS forum to assist impacted Israeli companies.

About Manufacturers Association of Israel (MAI)

The MAI is the largest organization in the Israeli economy representing the industrial sector. The MAI’s objective is to work for the advancement of the Israeli economy, and industry in particular, as a driving force in the local economy.

Among its activities, the Manufacturers Association of Israel: encourages the opening of new factories in Israel and the expansion of existing ones, helps local and foreign investment in industry, grants and long-term loans for factories, promotes professional-technological education in Israel, connects factories to natural gas and improving energy efficiency, reduces regulation and bureaucracy, and shapes Israel’s foreign trade policy.