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ISRAEL-INDONESIA FUTURES
FELLOWS NEWSLETTER - WEEK 4
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Dan Catarivas
Dan Catarivas is the Senior Advisor on International Relations at the Manufacturers Association of Israel and President of the Federation of Bi-national Chambers of Commerce in Israel.
Prior to his current roles, he served for twenty-five years with the Israeli Government. His last position was Deputy Director General for International Affairs at the Ministry of Finance. In 1994, prior to his position in the Ministry of Finance, Dan established the Middle East Department within the Foreign Trade Administration at the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor. He served as Chairman of the Trade Committee of the Multilateral Economic Negotiations (REDWG) that was part of the peace negotiations.
Dan served as the first Economic Consul of Israel to Beijing, China, and between 1982-1984 served as a representative of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor in the Israeli Liaison Office in Beirut, Lebanon.
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James Castle
James Castle is the founder of CastleAsia, established in Jakarta in 1993 in association with PT Jasa Cita. CastleAsia manages the Indonesia Country Program (ICP). With over 100 of Indonesia's largest corporations and institutions as its member base, the ICP provides a series of written reports and meeting opportunities designed to keep corporate leaders fully informed on the most important economic, political and regulatory issues facing business.
In over 40 years of work in Southeast Asia, James has advised in the establishment of numerous foreign direct investment projects. James also consulted on numerous projects for governments and international agencies including the World Bank, IFC, ADB, USAID and the Indonesian government. He was an Honorary Professorial Fellow at Monash University 2013-15 and was an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in 2008 and 2011. He has served several terms as President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia and was the founding Chairman of the International Business Chamber in Indonesia.
He currently serves as a member of the Board of the Australia-Indonesia Centre, and was appointed by the Minister of Finance as the only non-Indonesian member of the Indonesian National Team to Review Tax Law Changes in 2005.
James was one of two foreigners appointed to Indonesia's Tripartite Forum on Industrial Relations in 2001 and has convened numerous conferences and seminars on economic reform, sectoral opportunities and public policy issues. He appears frequently on CNBC, CNN and BBC as a commentator on Indonesian business and politics.
James has lived in Indonesia since 1977 and is fluent in Bahasa Indonesia.
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Emanuel Shahaf
Emanuel Shahaf is the Vice-Chair of the Israel-Indonesia Chamber of Commerce.
He began his career serving as a staff officer in the Israel Air Force. From there, he moved to the Office of the Prime Minister in Tel Aviv, where he served in various positions both in Israel and in Southeast Asia until his retirement in 2003.
He then worked to develop Israeli business relations with Indonesia and became politically active in the Israel Labor Party, competing for a place on Labor’s Knesset list in 2012. Emanuel regularly contributes op-ed pieces to The Times of Israel.
He serves as CEO of Technology Asia Consulting Ltd. and is a member of the Board of the Israel-Asia Chamber of Commerce.
In 2019, he published his biography, Identity: The Quest for Israel’s Future.
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Noa Partuk
Noa Partuk is the Economic Consul and Head of the Israel Economic and Trade Office in Singapore, on behalf of the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry. Based at the Israeli Embassy in Singapore, the Trade and Economic office goals are to strengthen the economic ties between Israel and Singapore and promote trade and investment between Israel and Singapore and Indonesia.
Before arriving in Singapore, Noa managed the Ministry of Economy and Industry’s operations in India, Africa and the Middle East. Prior to that, she led the Ministry of Economy and Industry’s funds and collaborations with The World Bank and IFC, as well as coordinated the ‘TechEmerge’ initiative, a winner of The World Bank President's 2018 Innovation Award.
She also promoted a strategy for private sector engagement and implementation of ESG and represented the Ministry in the Prime Minister’s Office Committee for establishment of the Israeli governmental sustainable development strategy.
Prior to that, Noa served in New York and in Cape Town as a Foreign Affairs and Leadership Development Director for the Jewish Agency.
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Samuel Bobertz
Sam Bobertz is Managing Director of StarMaker in Hong Kong. StarMaker employs the latest psychological research on personality, and has pioneered theater-based training and coaching in Asia since 1999. They specialize in organizational and individual transformation. Through developing heightened self and social awareness, leaders on all levels optimize their own natural talents, bringing out the star quality in their teams.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Sam moved to the United States to attend the University of Arizona, attaining degrees in both Psychology and East Asian Studies. After graduating, he moved to China and has lived and worked there since 2011.
Sam’s unique combination of cognitive psychology and theater-based training has drawn increasing attention from both academia and the corporate sector. He has worked in collaboration with the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii, provided training for Shanghai JiaoTong University and University of Amherst as well as speaking as a guest panelist alongside other specialists at Hong Kong University.
As a third-culture millennial, Sam understands the aspirations of an increasingly significant segment of the workforce and helps modern professionals examine their own individual responsibilities in creating workplace environments better suited for the 21st century.
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SESSION #4 ROUND-UP & KEY TAKE-AWAYS | |
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JANUARY 28, 2024
ISRAELI HISTORY
Led by Samuel Green
In this session, Samuel walked us through Israel's history from ancient times to modern day, explained how Israel came to be a state after the British Mandate, and the division between Israeli and Palestinian territories by the UN.
Below are some of Samuel's key points:
- Jews and Arabs were living in Palestine for hundred of years.
- In the 19th century, Jews in the Diaspora were considered Jews and only then, nationals in their countries of residence.
- Throughout history, the Jewish people were persecuted, and a need arose for them to seek a home of their own, and that is when Theodore Herzl convened the first Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland and tried to find a solution to the Jewish crisis.
- Zionism = Self determination for the Jewish people in the land of Israel.
- An event which affected the Zionist movement and entire Jewish people is the Holocaust, resulting in the murder of 6 million Jews.
- In 1947, the UN passed Resolution 181 calling for the partition of Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The resolution was rejected by the local Arab population and Arab states. When Israel declared its independence on 14 May, 1948, five Arab armies invaded Israel in what became known as the War of Independence.
- Since its establishment, Israel's borders have constantly been disputed, leading to wars between Israel and Arab nations.
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Since 1967 [until October 7, 2023], Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza have been entering Israel to work and there are heavily intertwined economic ties.
View Israeli History Presentation
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INDONESIAN HISTORY & CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Led by Prasetya Dwicahya
In his session, Pras presented Indonesia's history from ancient times to present day, covering the arrival of different religions to Indonesia, colonialization by the Dutch, Portuguese and Japanese to the establishment of the modern Republic Indonesia after WWII in 1945.
Key dates in Indonesia's recent history include:
- 1945-1966: President Soekarno era
- 1965-66: Communist purge - Communist sympathizers hunted and killed. Indonesia still hasn't found a way to reconcile with this past.
- 1968-1998: President Suharto era
- 1998: Reformasi - Demand from students and civil society organizations for Suharto to step down, during which time there were racial riots, attacks against Chinese Indonesians (houses burned, women raped). One of darkest hours of modern Indonesia.
- Since 1998: Transition to a more democratic country (still in process). The February 14 2024 elections are a test of this democracy.
Cultural Diversity take-aways:
- 600 languages spoken across Indonesia, but have a common language - Bahasa Indonesia.
- Belief in one country, one language, unity.
- Emancipated learning platform - helping teachers have own lesson plans and therefore teach more effectively. The government is trying digitize lesson planning, learning materials, and enables teachers to share innovations with other fellow teachers.
- The Indonesian Heritage Agency is a holding company for all museums and cultural heritage sites. Pras is working with them to help mobilize resources, improve cultural understanding, invest in their sites, and build business processes, allowing for smoother operations and better visitor experiences.
View Indonesian History and Cultural Diversity Presentation
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PROJECT PLANNING WORKSHOP
Led by Aharon Horwitz
In Aharon's workshop, he first spoke about the definition of 'company' and 'project management' and advised the fellows to always look for the original meaning, the root of the word in order to better understand the meaning.
These are the main points:
- The definition of project management is to get things done. People who are involved in a project need to feel a sense of motion, connection, direction and purpose.
- The first tool one should have to manage a project successfully is logic models – in many ways it sets the framework for projects: It ensures that your inputs (resources and assets) are valuable and whatever you create (outputs) will create outcomes and eventually create impacts.
- when you create a logic model, the inputs are the expenses and resources. Inputs and activities cost money and the revenue comes from the outputs and outcomes.
- The next tool: Environmental Scanning. Before starting a project, gather as much information as possible on the conditions and surroundings with the 4 Cs: competitors, comparatives, complements and collaboratives.
Aharon then gave the fellows a task in breakout groups to think of an outcome they would like to achieve.
View Project Management: Tools and Techniques Presentation
More details on competitors, comparatives, complements and collaboratives can be found in your Worksheets in your team folders.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ITEMS | |
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TEAMS
Congratulations on forming your teams! Here are your team names!
TL = Team Leader
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MAZMUR
Poltak Hotradero
Yaniv Gelnik
David Batubara
Lital Eshel - TL
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AVIA
Vely Sia Zhang
Arigay Bergher
Ayelet Cohen
Isaac Munandar - TL
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SAGA
Shirly Kalush
Aldrin Tando
Ananda Siregar
Guy Shrayer - TL
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BUMI-TZEDEK
Ophelie Namiech
Kenzo Baskoro
Wini Rizkiningayu
Michal Seror - TL
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ABRAHAM
Shalhevet Hetli
Mohamad Utama
Munawir Aziz
Aharon Ariel Lavi - TL
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TEAM OFFICE HOURS
Now that you have met as teams, chosen your team names and elected your team leaders, please schedule meetings in our Office Hours Excel.
Teams will be able to reserve 30 minutes of Office Hours time per week with Joyce and/or Rebecca, to ask clarifying questions regarding your team project, connect with relevant contacts, and make sure that you're on the right track.
Please make sure only the team leader books the team consultation so everyone in the team will be on the same page.
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TEAM FOLDERS / SUPPORT MATERIALS
We have created a folder for each team in Google Drive. Each folder contains:
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A Workflow Chart to help you track your team progress and tasks, and to help the Israel-Asia Center team stay on the same page regarding your progress. The worksheets also contain dates for submitting key deliverables.
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Folders also contain Worksheets to help you ideate and develop your project plan.
We encourage you to save your team meeting notes/progress in your team folders, so prorgam staff can stay up to date on where you're at.
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TEAM PROJECTS
Spend the first week getting to know your fellow team members.
Then, begin discussing what problem you would like to solve before discussing different potential ways to solve it. Advice on the approach to this process can be found in the Worksheets and Workflow Chart in your Team Folder.
We will be speaking with each team about the team projects in the Office Hours sessions. However, below are some basic criteria regarding the team projects:
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Projects should be practical, tangible projects that strengthen Israel-Indonesia relations in one of the following areas: Business, Tech, Policy, Media, Culture or Education.
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Projects should be realistically implementable and implemented within the timeframe of the program. These may take the format of an entire project or the first step of a larger initiative that can be scaled up later.
- Examples of projects could include, but are not limited to:
- Events (seminars, roundtables, conferences, focus group discussions)
- Published research, articles, position or policy papers
- Websites, online platforms, videos or social media initiatives
- Business/tech ventures/initiatives
- Educational or cultural initiatives
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Teams will present their projects at the final event on May 5.
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Videos of the Week: Indonesian & Israeli Unicorns | |
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Indonesian phrase of the week
The use of "Pak/Bu" and "Mas/Mba"
In addressing other people, Indonesians tend to use "Pak/Bu" or "Mas/Mbak". This is usually used towards someone who has seniority and a way to show respect towards the person. Pak and Mas is for males, and Bu (short for 'Ibu') and Mbak is for females. Pak/Bu is the more formal term, like Sir/Madam, and is often used for elders. Meanwhile, Mas/Mbak is more casual term for contemporaries.
Read more here.
How to greet people in Indonesia.
Hebrew word of the week
Rosh Gadol ראש גדול
[Noun & Adj. Pronounced: Rosh Gah-doll]
Literally, "big head". In everyday Hebrew, this doesn't mean having a big ego. Rather, it means being resourceful, taking initiative and demonstrating leadership with a Can-Do approach.
"Rosh Gadol is an attitude, a mind-set. It is something you are." says Chutzpah author Inbal Arieli. "Being rosh gadol means to think about more and to do more than what you were told to think or do. It's about seeing the bigger picture and striving to bring it to fruition."
The term originated in the Israeli military where, surprisingly, Israeli soldiers are encouraged to think big, question and not just follow orders. Those who are rosh gadol are role models. Entrepreneurs, by definition, are rosh gadol.
The opposite of rosh gadol is rosh kattan (literally: small head) - colloquially used to describe a person who does only what is required of him and nothing more.
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Below is a contact list of all key staff and fellows on the program.
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JVP Media Quarter
24 Derech Hevron
Jerusalem, 93542 Israel
www.israelasiacenter.org
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