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He established the Reut Institute in January 2004 with a limited number of founders whose support was essential for the young organization.

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• While decision makers in the Government of Israel (in government offices, national organizations and other governmental bodies) are charged with considering both short and long-term issues, they do not always have the tools that allow them to weigh up the long term consequences of their decisions.
  
  
• This is the service that the Reut Institute provides, in real time and pro bono. We provide decision makers with a systemic analysis of the long term consequences of the decisions facing them. Our products allow them to formulate a richer understanding on issues they are dealing with. This service is matched to their needs and available at their convenience.

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• We integrate long term systemic thinking in the decision making process in Israel.
  
  
• We commit ourselves to very short reaction times, which are essential for designing and implementing policies in real time. We work as a policy SWAT team with an operating system based on a unique application developed by PRAXIS.
  
  
• Our expertise lies in the area between disciplines, through creating new knowledge areas and a basis for quick decision making under uncertain conditions.
  
  
• We are apolitical on all levels of the organization.

The ISRAEL 15 Vision calls for advancing Israel into the 15 leading countries in terms of Quality of Life within fifteen years. This vision requires a socio-economic leapfrog that closes the gap in Quality of Life between Israel and developed countries. This vision is the organizing idea of the Reut Institute in the context of Israel's socio-economic development.

The ISRAEL 15 Vision was adopted by 'Israel 2028: Vision and Socio-Economic Strategy in a Globalized World' (See Israel 2028) in the following form: "Israel will be one of ten to fifteen leading countries in the world in terms of income per capita."

The ISRAEL 15 Vision was seeded by a project of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation that took place between 1997 and 1999. Representatives from many sectors of Israeli society were invited to outline scenarios for the future of the State of Israel in the year 2020. Within this framework, Ms. Raya Strauss Ben-Dror, one of Israel's leading industrialists, Mr. David Brodet, former Director General of the Ministry of Finance, and Gidi Grinstein joined together to develop a scenario dealing with the ISRAEL 15 Vision.

Since the initial project, each of these three individuals has continued to promote this vision. Ms. Strauss Ben Dror made the ISRAEL 15 Vision a source of inspiration in her philanthropic giving. Mr. Brodet led the 'Israel 2028' team (click here). Gidi Grinstein devoted his studies at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government to the question of how to implement the ISRAEL 15 Vision. Following his return, he established the Reut Institute in 2004 where the ISRAEL 15 Vision has been an integral part of the institute's vision and work. (Click here for Gidi's Blog).

Countries can be grouped on the basis of their level of development and quality of life. There are 7 to 9 members in the leading group of nations including the Scandinavian countries, Luxembourg, Canada and Australia. The second group is composed of 8 to 10 countries including Ireland, Germany, Japan, France, the Netherlands and Belgium. Finally, the members of the third cluster are Greece, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic and South Korea. According to some favorable estimations, Israel is situated in the lower part of this cluster.

Therefore, reaching the top 20 within the next 15 years is not ambitious enough. At the same time, 'ISRAEL 10' seems unachievable at this stage.

There is no significance to the exact ranking. The improvement will be equally meaningful whether Israel is the 16^th or the 14^th. A socio-economic leapfrog from Israel's current position to the top 15 will have a strong impact on the life of all of its citizens.

Moreover, due to the gap between Israel's excellent human capital and its ineffective public sector and low Quality of Life, Israel will find it difficult to compete for investments and human capital without a socio-economic leapfrog.

The Reut Institute's role is to catalyze the fulfillment of the ISRAEL 15 Vision. Therefore, the Reut Institute has committed to: (1) matching up people and organizations that are committed to fulfilling the ISRAEL 15 Vision, (2) enriching the resources of this community, (3) branding the ISRAEL 15 Vision, (4) researching the Israeli socio-economic leapfrog, (5) generating a sense of urgency to motivate essential structural changes to fulfill the ISRAEL 15 Vision, and (6) building the capacities and organizations essential for leapfrogging.

Socio-economic leapfrogging requires a combination of government initiated and grassroots processes. Yet, because the existing discourse is focused mainly on the required government initiatives, the Reut Institute is concentrating on the bottom-up civic oriented organizations.