The diagram below presents the process methodology. In the right-hand section, at each stage, is the feed and feedback of each of the relevant fields of knowledge, while the left-hand section shows the active participation of stakeholders. Both experts and stakeholders are accompanied by a local and international professional scientific advisory committees and by a forum of stakeholders.
Figure: The planning process
The Israel Marine Plan Team
Integrating Team Members:
Prof. Shamay Assif, Asst. Prof. Michelle Portman, Prof. Yuval Cohen, Dr. Ellik Adler, Dr. Idan Porat, Dr. Yael Teff-Seker, Varda Spier and the Ethos team – Architecture Planning and Environment – Alon Perlman, Barak Katz, Tom Dror and Elad Shochat.
Research Assistants:
Emri Brickner, Achituv Cohen, Dan Ross, Rinat Rizkov, Ziv Tamir, Lior Gutterman
Professional Consultants:
Geology and geophysics | Dr. Ori Dor, Ecology Engineering Ltd. |
Bathymetry and morphology | Ronnie Sadeh, Yam-Yafo Ltd. |
Chemical oceanography | Dr. Efrat Medar |
Marine biology | Dr. Orit Barnea and Anat Tzemel |
Dr. Dan Chernov, Leon Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa | |
Physical oceanography | Prof. Eliezer Kit, Dr. Ori Krushinsky, the Israel Institute for Marine Engineering Research, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
Marine archaeology | Dr. Assaf Yasur-Landau, the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies and the Leon Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa |
Fishing and mariculture | Prof. Amos Tandler |
Energy | Dr. Amit Mor and Shimon Serousi, EcoEnergy Ltd. |
Marine transportation | Prof. Yehuda Hayut, the Samuel Neeman Institute, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
Marine engineering and | Avri Shefler and Advocate Orin Sheffler, Bipol |
marine infrastructure facilities | Energy Ltd. |
Law and Justice | Advocate Nadya Zimmerman, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa |
Security | Dr. Erez Sverdlov and Yaron Tzur, Matrix Ltd. |
Economics | Prof. Ezra Sadan and Ruth Lowenthal, Sadan-Lowenthal Ltd. |
Climate change | Prof. Alon Angert, Earth Science Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Professional Scientific Advisory Committee:
Major General (Res.) Ami Ayalon, Chairman of University of Haifa’s executive committee
Prof. Zvi Ben-Avraham, Director of the Leon Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Director of the Mediterranean Sea Research Center of Israel
Prof. Nir Becker, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Humanities at Tel-Hai College
Prof. Ilana Berman-Frank, environmental biologist, Bar-Ilan University
Prof. Barak Herut, CEO of IOLR
Dr. Gitai Yahel, Marine Sciences School, Ruppin Academic Center
Dr. Oded Katz, Geological Institute
Prof. Boaz Lazar, Earth Science Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Baruch Peretzman, Head of Cartography, Israel Mapping Center
Prof. Maxim Shoshany, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Dr. Nadav Shashar, Eilat Campus of Ben-Gurion Negev University
International Advisory Committee:
Arch. Charles N. Ehler, President, Ocean Visions Consulting, France
Ms. Stephanie Moura, Managing Partner, Sea Plan, USA
Dr. Jens Enemark, Secretary Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Germany
Prof. Kate Johnson, ICIT Orkney Campus of Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, UK
Dr. Vanessa Stelzenmüller, Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Germany
Dr. Jeff Ardron, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Germany
Dr. Priscilla Brooks, Vice-President and Director, Ocean Conservation, USA