SHATIL- Israel’s Leading Empowerment and Training Centre for Social Change Organizations

National Network
Israel
Address

Yad Harutzim St. 9, POB 53395, Jerusalem 91533, Israel
Jerusalem
Israel

Telephone
972-732-445100
Telephone (other)
972-732-445102
Fax
972-02-6735149
E-Mail
naomis@shatil.nif.org.il
E-Mail (2)
rachel@shatil.nif.org.il
Website
http://www.shatil.org.il
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1982
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Gender
  4. Human rights
  5. International/Cultural relations
  6. Media
  7. Youth and education
General Information
SHATIL is currently Israel’s leading capacity-building centre for civil society organizations. SHATIL employs a multicultural staff of over 100 members in branches in Jerusalem, Haifa, Be’er Sheva, Ramle, Baka el-Gharbiya, and Rosh Pina. SHATIL’S 2009 operating budget is 5,056,000 Euro, and as a non-profit organization its sources of funding include foundations, government institutions, and private donors: Cordaid, the Gandyr Foundation, the Hadassah Foundation, the Moriah Fund, the Swiss Embassy in Israel, the US Embassy in Israel, the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the Heinrich Boell Stiftung, the Dorothea Gould Foundation, the Sigrid Rausing Trust, and many more. SHATIL provides over 1,400 social change organizations with workshops, training sessions, seminars, and consulting in organizational development, media relations, coalition building, financial management, cultural sensitivity, and volunteer management each year. SHATIL also operates its own independent programs, and its collaborative work with partners varies by project.
Mission and Objectives

In recent years, Israeli society has undergone a transformation that shifted much responsibility for social, economic, health, and educational issues from the government to the civil society sector. However, many NGOs lacked the tools and resources to leverage their impact in the public arena. SHATIL aims to provide them with the tools to accomplish their initiatives, promote community organizing and cultural cross-communication, strengthen constituencies on the economic and geographic periphery, facilitate coalition-building, and institutionalize long-term social change to benefit all Israelis. With 6 national offices, SHATIL is uniquely positioned as a central hub of services, information, and support empowering Israel's civil society.

Main Projects / Activities

 CAPACITY-BUILDING SERVICES: SHATIL provides capacity-building services to over 1,400 civil society organizations annually.
 CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT CENTRE: a think-and-do tank of the best conflict management practices shaping a culture pursuing regional peace.
 MIXED JEWISH-PALESTINIAN-ARAB CITIES: forms NGO and community partnerships to change planning and building policies and use cross-cultural communication to bridge gaps between Palestinian-Arabs and Jews in mixed cities.
 YOUTH LEADERSHIP: provide Israel’s youth with tools and skills to advance the rights and representation of the young adult population, also targeting Bedouin youth to shape the next generation of Bedouin leaders.
 ECONOMIC POLICY ADVISORS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: providing Israel’s leading economic students with training in civil society practices, incorporating greater awareness of the social justice into economic policies.
 ADVANCING SOCIO-ECONOMIC EQUALITY FOR WOMEN: capacity-building, consultation, and advocacy programs for civil society agents working for women’s economic equality.

Contact (1) Full Name
Naomi Schacter
Head of the organisation
Rachel Liel
Contact (2) Full Name
Rachel Liel