Tenders Are Invited For Promote Work Plans For The Development And Promotion Of Mixed Cities

Tenders are invited for Promote Work Plans for the Development and Promotion of Mixed Cities for 2025. 1. Further to Government Decision 109 regarding "Changing the name of the Ministry for Peripheral Development, the Negev and the Galilee to the "Ministry of the Negev, the Galilee and National Resilience; Transferring areas of operation; Transferring powers from minister to minister and amending government decisions," the Ministry of the Negev, the Galilee and National Resilience (hereinafter: " the Ministry ") requests to promote a work plan for the promotion and development of mixed cities as a means of reducing gaps and providing complementary solutions for the development of mixed cities. 2. Over the years, the ministry has supported many activities in cities involved in work programs that have a positive impact on the fabric of relations between residents, while strengthening them and emphasizing the areas of education, welfare, culture and the economy as part of the government and ministrys policy to bring about economic development, improve community life and reduce the gaps between the Jewish and Arab populations in the involved cities. 3. Support will be provided for work programs that encourage the strengthening of serving populations (hereinafter referred to as the " target population ") or the preservation and empowerment of existing serving populations while strengthening community and social capital, community empowerment, a positive impact on urban culture and civic engagement, economic strengthening and increasing the citys income, strengthening community and security resilience, improving the education system and values in the community, and improving the image and appeal of the city. 4. The objectives of the call : · Encouraging the strengthening of human and social capital in mixed cities: Promoting the absorption, retention and empowerment of serving populations as part of a strategy for social and community development in mixed cities. · Strengthening community, security, and economic resilience in mixed cities: Support for action plans that promote stability, a sense of belonging, civic engagement, and community responsibility, while increasing the citys attractiveness to existing and new residents. · Improving the image and attractiveness of the cities involved: Encouraging initiatives that lead to improving the perception of the city by strengthening values, urban culture, and shared life. 5. Main threshold conditions: The applicant for support must meet all of the following conditions as a condition for their application to be considered. Failure to meet any of the threshold conditions will result in the application being rejected outright: · A city at a socioeconomic level of 5-1 according to the latest CBS data as of the date of publication of the call for proposals. · The authority is a mixed city as defined in Government Decision 109, that is, a city with a majority Jewish population and a significant minority Arab population, which amounts to over 20% of the citys residents or over 20,000 residents. According to CBS data. · Prevention of duplication of support : A city that is not supported through one of the following: a government budget for one of the areas mentioned in this call for proposals within the framework of a program operated or supported by another government ministry or statutory corporation or in valid government decisions, with the exception of a call for proposals to promote work programs that have a positive impact on the fabric of relations between Arabs and Jews in the cities of the periphery, the Negev and the Galilee for 2021 and a call for proposals to promote work programs that have a positive impact on the fabric of relations between Arabs and Jews in the mixed cities for 2022. · A city that is supported on the issues of this call for proposals within the framework of another valid government decision is not permitted to submit an application to this call for proposals. 6. The remaining threshold conditions, criteria for receiving support, and associated conditions are detailed in the full and binding call documents. 7. On November 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM, the office will hold a webinar to present the terms of the call for proposals and answer questions. 8. The deadline for submitting clarification questions to the call for proposals is November 18, 2025. Clarification questions will be sent via email only to: [email protected] , under the title: "Call for Proposals No. 12/2025 for the Promotion of Work Plans for the Development and Promotion of Mixed Cities for 2025". Responses to clarification questions will be published on the Ministrys website in a centralized manner after the deadline for submitting clarification questions. 9. The deadline for submitting applications for support within the framework of the call for proposals is December 1, 2025. [Disclaimer: The above text is machine translated. For accurate information kindly refer the original document.] Tender Link : https://www.gov.il/he/collectors/publications?limit=10&officeId=1f628453-da79-4549-8c12-1073a718c9b0&skip=0