National Council for Civilian Research and Development

The Council is run pursuant to the National Council for Research and Development Law and serves as the Ministry’s strategic planning arm.  The Council’s role is to examine Israel’s existing research and development systems and map their needs and their points of strength and weakness.  The Council recommends national policy to the Government on subjects related to research and development, it produces reports and conducts surveys on the status of science and research in Israel as a tool to achieve national goals.  The Council produces an annual report with recommendations for national policy and budgets in this field. 
The Council is comprised of 15 professionals from fields related to academia, industry and government policy – for the list of council members.   The council is made up of 10 subcommittees – for the list of sub-committees.