Innovation and entrepreneurship
The Kibbutz Industries Association:
A proactive meeting point
Between innovation and entrepreneurship
The association sees the issue of innovation as a central component of broad economic development and provides a variety of frameworks and opportunities for expanding knowledge and positioning enterprises at the cutting edge of technology:
- Encouraging and making technological, organizational, cultural and industrial innovation accessible in factories.
- Assisting and encouraging innovation in the kibbutz industry and in kibbutzim through the nursery project, seed accelerator, and the Land of Angels Deep Tech Investors Club.
- Initiating and leading unique hackathons for innovative solutions to business and technological challenges in the industry.
- Promoting and supporting enterprises in submitting plans and applications for development grants at the Innovation Authority (including international R&D grants) and investments at the Investment Authority (recognized enterprise, advanced productivity and production).
- Special emphasis on digital and cyber transformation and sustainability.
- Connection to the services of the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Resource Efficiency (reduction of depreciation, efficiency in energy and water consumption) and to state franchisees with an emphasis on a circular economy in industrial symbiosis.
- Identifying and connecting to technological and mature business opportunities for investments and partnerships with kibbutzim and factories.
- Initiating, assisting and supporting the establishment of innovation centers in an industrial-agricultural-academic ecosystem model in the periphery.
- “Agritech Israel” – Promoting Israeli agriculture and the agricultural industry and integrating them into state programs, exhibitions, conferences and visitor centers.
KIA sees innovation as a core element for diverse economic development.
We provide multiple programs and additional opportunities to acquire further insight and knowledge as well as position the factories at the forefront of technology.
The Kibbutz Industry Association is leading a groundbreaking course to train innovation leaders and professional innovation managers in factories
Manager, innovation leader, want to deepen your knowledge in the field? Join us .
Innovation is a profession and it needs to be learned!!!
For details and registration click here
For further details , please contact the association.
Rafi Nevo, Director of the Technological Division – R&D, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Agriculture
Rafin@kia.co.il
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