The Diaspora Conference that was held in Jerusalem, March 6-8, 2017, discussed a series of issues and the central challenges related to managing relations between countries and their diasporas. Participants were drawn from 29 countries around the world; they presented their policies for contact with their diasporas, discussed how these policies are realized through a variety of initiatives, programs and partnerships, and explained the main challenges they face in developing these activities.

The starting point for the discussion was the understanding of the wide-ranging potential contribution of a diaspora to the wellbeing and flourishing of the mother country, whether this be from the economic perspective, for example encouraging investment in the mother country, or from the diplomatic perspective, for example the ability of the diaspora to influence public opinion and help improve the image of the mother country. It is on the basis of this realization that several countries have, in recent years, begun to develop active policies for managing and strengthening their connections with people who originate from that country but are dispersed elsewhere in the world. Thus, for example, parliamentary committees and government ministries have been established; seats in parliament represent members of the diaspora; there are activities by extra-parliamentary bodies; language and culture study opportunities have been developed and educators trained; programs nurture diaspora leadership; laws have been proposed and advanced that encourage resources in the diaspora to return to the mother country; diplomatic activity seeks to safeguard the rights of the diaspora as a minority in the countries where they live; there are various forms of community development in the diaspora country – for example, in the fields of education and health; channels of communication between the country and its diasporas have been created.

A central understanding that came out of the conference is that the challenges of preserving and strengthening the connection between a people's home country and the diasporas of that country scattered around the world are shared to a very high degree by the various countries that attended the conference. For example: the question of the right of citizens who live elsewhere to vote in the home country; the role of the diaspora in representing the home country to the country in which they live; the tension between activities to strengthen identification with the home country and even encourage the return to it on the one hand and support in the integration of émigrés in the countries in which they settle on the other. There is even possible conflict between the home country and the country or countries in which the diasporas settle. This similarity leads to the conclusion that solutions developed in one country can serve to address similar challenges that other countries face, so that the sharing of knowledge between countries can help considerably in advancing this issue. The dynamic that was created during the conference showed the enormous potential that exists to build wide channels of partnership between countries where their diasporas are concerned, and the existence of motivation to share information and develop joint initiatives.

The conference was led by The Jewish Agency under the auspices of the Israel parliament and Israel Foreign Ministry. The basis for the initiative is the many years of experience of The Jewish Agency in managing and developing contact between Israel and the Jewish diaspora. The conference presented a number of effective models that The Jewish Agency has developed in recent decades in order to address the tasks with which it is entrusted. Among these models are:

• Immersive Experiencesan educational tourism program that includes visits to Israel of various lengths, from one week to one year, for youth and young adults. The visits provide powerful content and experiences, including encounters with young Jews from other countries. Download Presentation
• Young Leadership that connects young activists from Israel and the Jewish diaspora over central challenges facing the Jewish people with the intention of creating a cadre of future community leadership throughout the Jewish world and in Israel that is based on an intimate knowledge of and deep commitment to the home country. Download Presentation
• Partnership2Gether connects diaspora Jewish communities with towns and regions in Israel through year-round programming that includes encounters between youth and different profession affinity groups, as well as mutual hosting. This platform encourages long-term contact, involvement in the diaspora community, and commitment to the specific region in Israel, the country as a whole, and the Jewish people. Download Presentation
• School Twinning Network brings together schools in Israel with Jewish schools in the diaspora in order to encourage long-distance and face-to-face contact and interaction between the pupils with the aim of creating a network of close connections that will continue for many years after the end of school.
• Small Business Loan Fund that harnesses diaspora community resources to provide loans to small businesses in Israel's socio-geographic periphery. This fund, based on philanthropy, allows small-scale entrepreneurs to advance their projects with loans on easy terms. Download Presentation
• Language and Culture for the Diaspora focuses on teaching Hebrew to the younger generation in the diaspora because of the close connection between the language and national identity. Download Presentation Download Presentation of Republic of Korea Delegation
• Emissaries from Israel to the Diaspora these shlichim are young Israelis who travel to diaspora communities for different lengths of service, with the aim of strengthening the connection of the community members to Israel and Israeli society through the provision of a wide variety of educational opportunities in both formal (day schools) and informal (places of worship and youth movements) frameworks.
• Philanthropic resource development this sophisticated platform works to raise philanthropic funds from diaspora communities and channel them to programs in the home country as an engine for economic growth and a means of addressing emergency challenges. Download Presentation

Understandably, the conference did not manage to touch on all the relevant issues, nor did it seek to do so. Rather, it sought merely to be a starting point for an ongoing dialogue between the participants. The Jewish Agency would be happy to continue the discussion about the various models presented during the conference and their adaptation to the needs and challenges of various countries, in order to develop effective policies that can impact on and strengthen the connection between home countries and their diasporas.

Alan Hoffmann

Alan Hoffmann has been the CEO and Director General of The Jewish Agency since 2010.

Alan made Aliyah from South Africa in 1967, and ever since he has dedicated his career to promoting Jewish community and Jewish education. He began his professional career in the field as the Director of the Young Judaea Year Course. After three years of doctoral study at the Harvard School of Education, he spent 13 years at the Melton Centre for Jewish Education at the Hebrew University, including six years as its Director.

Subsequently, Alan served as the Executive Director of the Council for Initiatives in Jewish Education (CIJE) in New York, and in 1997 he was named the head of the Mandel Center for Jewish Continuity at the Hebrew University.

Alan joined The Jewish Agency in the year 2000, as Director General of the Education Department. Under his leadership, the Education Department developed such groundbreaking initiatives as Masa Israel Journey and Makom: The Israel Education Lab.

As CEO and Director General of The Jewish Agency for Israel, Alan has led the strategic refocusing and reorganization of this historic institution. The Jewish Agency for Israel is dedicated to securing the Jewish future for generations.
 

Natan Sharansky

Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel

Natan Sharansky was born in Donetsk, Ukraine. He was a spokesman for the human rights movement, a Prisoner of Zion and leader in the struggle for the right of Soviet Jews to immigrate to Israel. Subsequent to his request to make Aliyah, Mr. Sharansky was arrested on trumped up charges of treason and espionage. He was convicted in a Soviet court and served nine years in the Gulag with many stretches in a punishing cell. Following massive public campaigns by the State of Israel, World Jewry and leaders of the free world, Mr. Sharansky was released in 1986, making aliya on the very day of his release.

In his first few years in Israel, Mr. Sharansky established the Zionist Forum to assist Soviet olim (immigrants to Israel) in their absorption in Israel. In the 1990's, he established the Yisrael B'Aliyah party in order to accelerate the integration of Russian Jews. He served in four successive Israeli governments, as Minister and Deputy Prime Minister.

In 2009, Natan Sharansky was appointed Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel. The primary mission of The Jewish Agency is guaranteeing the future of the Jewish People by strengthening the connection of every Jew to the State of Israel and to the Jewish people. Mr. Sharansky is the author of three books and is the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He remains a champion of the right of all people to live in freedom and believes that the advancement of freedom is critical to peace and security around the world.

 

MK Yuli Yoel Edelstein

Speaker of the Knesset

Yuli Yoel Edelstein was born in Czernowitz (western Ukraine) in 1958. In 1979, during his fourth year of studies at the Institute for Foreign Languages in Moscow, he applied to immigrate to Israel, an application that was rejected by the authorities.

As a Russian "refusenik," Mr. Edelstein was active in Zionist circles in Moscow where he also taught Hebrew. In 1984, he was arrested by the KGB on trumpedup charges of drug possession and sentenced to 3 years in a Soviet labor camp.

Following his release in 1987, he emigrated to Israel with his family, settling in Gush Etzion, first in Alon Shvut and later in Neve Daniel. After his emigration, Edelstein completed his education through the Mandel Jerusalem Fellows program at the prestigious Mandel Leadership Institute for educational and social leadership development and worked in a number of educational institutions.

Edelstein was one of the founders and leaders of Yisrael BaAliyah, a party of new immigrants that ran for the Knesset for the first time in 1996 and won an unprecedented 7 seats in the 14th Knesset.

When Yisrael BaAliyah joined Benjamin Netanyahu's government, MK Edelstein was appointed Minister of Immigrant Absorption, a position he held until 1999. This was a period of largescale immigration from the former Soviet Union to Israel. Edelstein established many hostels for new immigrants unable to afford proper housing. He promoted integration of the immigrants in every aspect of Israeli society, fought for increasing the funds allocated to that cause, carried out the KAMEA program for the integration of immigrant scientists and established many cultural centers for immigrant artists.

Between 1999 and 2003 he served as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, Chairman of the Yisrael BaAliyah parliamentary group and Deputy Minister for Immigrant Absorption in Ariel Sharon's government. In addition, he was a member of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee; Education and Culture Committee; and Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs at the Knesset.

Between 1999 and 2006, Edelstein chaired the Lobby for the Golan Heights and used his parliamentary efforts to successfully block the proposal to give the Golan Heights to Syria.

In 2003, in the 16th Knesset, MK Edelstein was again appointed Deputy Speakerof the Knesset on behalf of the Likud (which Yisrael BaAliyah had now joined), a position he held until the dissolution of the 16th Knesset in 2006. During that time, he participated in the founding of the Public Committee for the 40th Anniversary of the Soviet Jewish Struggle for Aliya and Freedom.

Edelstein was reelected to the 17th Knesset in March 2007 and served as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and a member of the Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs. He established a lobby for the regularization of the conversion to Judaism in Israel with the goal of significantly increasing the number of converts per year, establishing a single authority overseeing the process, and, together with of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and conversion institutions, formulating a consistent religious policy on the subject.

During the 18th Knesset, Edelstein served as Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs in the 32nd Government. He was responsible for maintaining the ties between Israel and the Diaspora, combating antisemitism, and carrying out public diplomacy projects to improve Israel’s image abroad.

In March 2013, Edelstein was elected by a large majority to serve as Speaker of the 19th Knesset. During he focused on parliamentary transparency and accessibility. He successfully spearheaded the Green Knesset initiative, which consisted of steps to increase energy efficiency and savings—including installing photovoltaic panels on the Knesset roof and—thereby making the Knesset the "greenest" parliament in the world.

In the December 2014 primary elections to determine the Likud electoral list, Edelstein placed second in the voting, earning the third place on the party's slate of Knesset candidates.

In March 2015, Edelstein was elected to his second term as Speaker, in the 20th Knesset, by a large majority and without opposition. In this role, he hosted a record number of foreign heads of state, including the President of India, the President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic, the President of Ukraine, and the President of the German Bundestag.

In December 2015, Edelstein paid his first visit to Germany, where he met with the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, and delivered a speech in Hebrew before the members of the Bundestag in Berlin. In 2016, he visited the UK Parliament and addressed its members. In addition, he worked to increase public confidence in the Knesset, continued the revolution in parliamentary transparency and accessibility, and headed the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Knesset Building in Givat Ram.

 

Vera H. Golovensky

Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the Executive, The Jewish Agency

Vera Golovensky has been an immigrant not just once but twice: first when she moved from Vienna to the United States under a displaced persons quota, and then when she moved to Israel in 1987, under the Law of Return.

She has been involved professionally in Diaspora and international affairs for the last 20 years, and currently serves in The Jewish Agency as Senior Advisor to Natan Sharansky, the Chairman of the Executive.

 

Michael La wrence

Founder and Chairman, Center for International Migration and Integration

Coming from one of the most geographically isolated Jewish communities, Michael has a great appreciation for The Jewish Agency for Israel’s work with Diaspora communities across the Jewish world. A qualified lawyer in his native New Zealand, as well as in Israel, Michael started his role as Chief Development officer and FRD Israel Office Director in May 2016. He overseas three regional fundraising teams in North America and directs the Israel team that includes staff working in the fields of Missions, Donor Account Management, FRD Strategy and Development and Grant Writing.

Following his immigration to Israel (Aliyah) in 2000, Michael cemented his career in the Jewish world by advocating for Israel and Jewish causes in a variety of forums. He has held leading positions with the Koby Mandell Foundation, NU Campaign – an innovative social start-up which promotes worthy causes through clothing – and the Jewish High School in Hong Kong. Directly prior to joining the Jewish Agency he led the Jerusalem portion of a joint USIsrael Financial Resource Development team at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) where he played a prominent role in cultivating strategic relationships with major family foundations and Jewish Federations and harnessing their philanthropic interests in helping vulnerable populations in Israel and around the world.

Michael is a gifted presenter and has over the years also addressed hundreds of audiences on Israeli Public Diplomacy and the Middle East, briefed official delegations, created curricula and teaching aids, and appeared at conferences and on media broadcasts worldwide.

Michael and his wife, Lisa, have six children. He is an avid tweep and rugby fan.

 

Arnon Mantver

Arnon Mantver is an experienced manager in developing and implementing programs dealing with immigration, integration, social services, education, and diaspora communities.

From 1989 to 1995 he served as the Director General of The Jewish Agency’s Department of Immigration and Absorption, managing operations during the massive waves of immigration from the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia – which involved thousands of employees and annual budgets of up to $750 million.

Mantver then dedicated his know-how to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), where he filled several positions over the next 16 years. As Director of JDC Israel, he managed the development and implementation of services in the fields of education, social services, integration, volunteerism, and philanthropy. He also served as the Director of Operations for Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa and other roles that involved developing and managing non-sectarian projects around the world in the areas of disaster relief, community-building, and social services.

Since 1997, Mantver has served as the Chairman of the Center for International Migration and Integration (CIMI), an NGO dealing with world migration in cooperation with the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Absorption, and Ministry of Welfare. CIMI holds observer status in the International Organization for Migration. It develops and manages projects in the areas of diaspora, integration, and returning migration, including a course for international professionals in the areas of immigration and integration.

Arnon is married, with three children, two step-children, and one grandchild.

 

Rina Zaslavsky

Director, Language and Identity, Unit for Russian-Speaking Jewry, The Jewish Agency for Israel

Rina Zaslavsky was born in Armenia. From the age of 14 she immersed herself in Hebrew, Jewish history, and Jewish tradition, eventually teaching, developing instructional materials, and preparing a course of intensive Hebrew for the Yeravan Pedagogical Institute’s Department for Intensive Teaching of Foreign Languages.

After moving to Israel, Zaslavsky became a student at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, jointly joining the department for the History of the Jewish People and the Asian Studies department with a focus on Japanese. She also completed the teacher-training course at the Department of Teaching Hebrew as a Foreign Language.

Since then Zaslavsky has taught Hebrew and Jewish identity in a variety of frameworks, including MILAH – the Jerusalem Education Institute, where she was Deputy Director.

Zaslavsky has served since 2002 as the Director for Language and Identity within The Jewish Agency’s Unit for Russian-Speaking Jewry.

 

Juan Taifeld

Regional Manager for Mexico and North Latin America, The Jewish Agency for Israel

Juan Taifeld has a BA in Political Sciences and Economy form the Tel Aviv University. He also has a Master Degree on Leadership and Management in Education (Magna Cum Laude) also form the Tel Aviv University. Finally he has another Master Degree in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

During eight years he worked as a Market Analyst for the Spanish Embassy in Israel. He started is educational work being an emissary for the Jewish Agency for Israel in Mexico working with several youth movements. In 2005 he managed an Israel NGO called Hanoar Hatzioni where he became the Deputy General Manager. From 2013 until now he is the Regional Manager for the Jewish Agency for Mexico and North Latin America, being in charge on fields of immigration, formal and non formal education and short and long term programs in Israel.

He lives in Biniamina with his wife and his three children.

 

Andrea S. Arbel

Director, Partnerships Unit, The Jewish Agency for Israel

As the Director of The Jewish Agency’s Partnerships Unit, Andrea Arbel oversees the Partnership2Gether platform, the Global School Twinning Network, the Loan Funds for Small Businesses in Israel, allocations to the religious streams in Israel, and a number of other Jewish Agency initiatives.

Before entering the world of Partnership, she served as Advisor to the Director General of The Jewish Agency’s Aliyah and Absorption Department.

After making Aliyah in 1986 from the United States, Arbel worked at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, a think-tank where she published numerous books and articles. Highlighted in Andrea's bibliography are: "Riding the Wave: The Jewish Agency's Role in the Mass Aliyah of Soviet and Ethiopian Jewry to Israel" and "The Blue Box Revisited: Keren Kayemeth Le'Israel-The Jewish National Fund.”

Arbel lives with her husband and three children in Kfar Uriyah, Israel.

 

Amir Sznaj derman

Director, Jewish Agency Loan Funds for Small Businesses in Israel

Amir Sznajderman is a true son of Jerusalem: he was born there, grew up there, studied there, and continues to live there with his wife and three children.

Sznajderman holds a BA in Economics and Political Science and an MBA in Finance and Marketing, both from the Hebrew University.

Before joining The Jewish Agency, he held various positions at Bank Hapoalim, including department manager and deputy branch manager.
He left the world of private banking for the benefit of the Jewish Agency, where he previously served as Director of Financial Affairs.

Currently, as Director of Economic Development and Loan Funds in Israel – part of The Jewish Agency’s Partnerships Unit – Sznajderman
helps entrepreneurs and business owner to open, develop, and expand their businesses.

 

Freda Baram

Director of Israel Experiences Unit, The Jewish Agency for Israel

Freda Baram began her career with The Jewish Agency as a shlichah (emissary), first as a Campus Israel Fellow and then as a Community Shaliach in North America. Upon her return to Israel, she worked as the North America Coordinator for the Shlichim Unit, then served for several years in the Israeli Civil Service.

In 2009 she joined Masa Israel Journey where she held a number of executive positions, including Director of Israel Operations. In that capacity, she led an organization’s process, developed Masa’s programs and cultivated new initiatives and partnerships with Masa providers. Her last position in Masa was Director of Development.

Freda holds an MA in Conflict Resolution from Tel Aviv University and a BA in Communications and Management Studies from the College of Management in Rishon Letzion.

Freda lives in Ness Tziona. She is married and a mother of three.

 

Yehuda Setton

Director of the Shlichim and Israel Fellows Unit, The Jewish Agency for Israel

Yehuda Setton is the Director of the Shlichim and Israel Fellows Unit of The Jewish Agency for Israel. The Shlichim and Israel Fellows Unit is in charge of all Shlichut processes prior, during and after the Shlichut. Today, there are approximately 1,700 short- and long-term Israeli emissaries spread out in more than 800 various organizations across the world.

In 2008, Yehuda left to Los Angeles as an Israeli emissary of The Jewish Agency, where he served as the central Shaliach for the Israeli Scouts youth movement. He later became the head of The Jewish Agency's delegation in the South West of the United States. Since his return to Israel, Yehuda was appointed the director of the Long Term Shlichut Unit, and later became the director of business development at the Shlichim and Israeli Fellows Unit.

Yehuda's relationship with the diaspora began approximately two years prior to his own Shlichut experience, when he was in charge of the Israeli Scouts delegation, and the "Friendship Caravan," projects that touch thousands of North American Jews in Jewish communities and summer camps across the Unites States.

Yehuda's activity and his involvement in the Israeli society started years ago, during his role as the coordinator of several branches within the Israeli Scouts, and as the educational director of the youth movement. During that role he was in charge of running and developing educational programs for thousands of Israeli youths. Yehuda even took part in establishing and writing the educational program of incorporating kids with special needs into the Israeli Scouts.

Today Yehuda is a board member at the Democratic School in Modi'in and is an active member in various community initiatives.

Yehuda holds a B.A. in management and Human Resources from the College of Management Academic Studies. He is married to Michal, and the father of Tavor and Maya.

Yehuda sees social activism as a way of life, and believes that Shlichut creates positive changes within Israeli society as an experience that produces a mutual effect for both the hosting community as well as for the Shaliach.

 

Sarah Mali

Director, Global Leadership Institute, The Jewish Agency for Israel

Sarah is the Director of The Institute for Youth Leadership (Machon Le'Madrichim) and the Global Leadership Institute at The Jewish Agency for Israel. Born in London, England, Sarah holds degrees from the London School of Economics and Political Science and Hebrew University. Sarah is also an alumna of the Melton Senior Educator’s Program at the Hebrew University and is more recently a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School Leadership Development Program.

Sarah has designed and led educational programs around the Jewish world including a five year placement at UJA Federation of Greater Toronto where she founded the Young Emissary Program and established a community-wide strategy for Israel Engagement.

Sarah is a member of the Birthright International Education Committee and of the Kennedy School’s Adaptive Leadership Alumni Network. Sarah is a board member of Chetz, a non-profit focused on developing peer learning opportunities in Israeli schools.

Sarah is married to Matanya and lives in Jerusalem with their four children and their dog.

 

Professor Eytan Gilboa

Expert on international communication, public diplomacy and US policy in the Middle East

Eytan Gilboa has served in many prominent academic positions is Israel and the US. He has been Professor of International Communication, founder and first Director of both the School of Communication and the Center for International Communication at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He is also a senior research associate at the BESA Center for Strategic Studies, Chair of the Israeli Communication Association and founding Chair and Academic Director of the Israel Public Diplomacy Forum. In 2005, he helped to establish the Center on Public Diplomacy (CPD) at USC, and initiated and founded the CPD Summer Institute. He is a world renowned expert on international communication, public diplomacy and US policy in the Middle East. He has published several books and numerous articles and book chapters, and has won several significant international awards.

Gilboa graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Hebrew University and received his MA and PhD degrees in Government from Harvard University. He taught at the Hebrew University and has been a visiting professor in several leading American and European universities including Harvard, UCLA, Georgetown, the American University in Washington DC, Tufts, USC, and the University of Hamburg.

Gilboa's most recent books include Media and Diplomacy in the Information Age (forthcoming), US-Israel Relations in a New Era: Issues and Challenges after 9/11(2009), and Media and Conflict: Framing Issues, Policy Making, Shaping Opinions (2002). His articles have been published in many leading scholarly periodicals in communication, international relations and political science including Communication Theory, Journal of Communication, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Political Communication, Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, Gazette, Political Communication and Persuasion, Public Opinion, International Communication, Political Science Quarterly, Review of International Studies, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Orbis, Journal of Peace Research, International Negotiation, Journal of Dispute Resolution, Marquette Law Review, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Public Diplomacy Magazine, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, and The Yale Review.

Gilboa contributes op-ed articles to newspapers and all-news websites, and serves as a commentator on television and radio networks. He has appeared on CNN International, BBC World, Fox News, ABC News Nightline, PBS’s Lehrer News Hour, Al-Jazeera, ITN (UK), ZDF (Germany), RAI (Italy), Russia Today (Russia), and CBC (Canada). He has contributed articles and interviews to many newspapers including New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Newsweek, Time, Christian Science Monitor, Politiken (Copenhagen), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zietung (Frankfurt), The Australian (Sydney), Globo (Rio de Janeiro), Yomiuri Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo).

Prof. Gilboa has served in many professional and public positions. He was an adviser to the Prime Minister office, the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs, the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs and Defense, and the Government Press Office. He also served as Academic Director of International Relations at the National Defense College, Chair of the Foreign Service Selection Committee; Member of the Committee on Higher Education of the City of Jerusalem; Chair of Accreditation Committees at the Council on Higher Education; Chair of the Selection Committee for the Israeli Prize in Communication; and Chair of the Political Science and International Relations Committee and the Communication Committee at the National Science Foundation.

Country	Representative	Title
Armenia	Artak Zakaryan	The chairperson of the foreign Relations committee of the National Assembly of the national assembly of the republic of Armenia. Head of the Armenia- Israel friendship group
Armenia	Mr. Grigor Arshakyan	Head of Department for Repatriation and Research in the Ministry of Diaspora
Austria	Ambassador Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger	Head Division of Foreign Ministry in charge of connection with Austrians abroad
Azerbaijan	Ramim Mammadov	Vice-Chairman of State Committee for Work with the Diaspora
Croatia	Ms. Croatiana Oreskovic	Senior Advisor on Diaspora Issues in Central Office for Croats Abroad
Croatia	Ms. Antonija Nina Skoro	Chief of Cabinet, Central Office for Croats Abroad
Croatia	Dr. Bozo Ljubic (and wife)	Chairman of the Parliamentarian Committee on Croats Outside of the Republic of Croatia (MP)
Cyprus	Photis Photiou	Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Issues and Overseas Cypriots
Cyprus	Nikos Tornaritis (DISY)	Member of Parliament Deputy Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Foreign and European Affairs
Cyprus	Georgios Georgiou (AKEL)	Member of Parliament Deputy Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Internal Affairs
Estonia	Ms. Keit Pentus-Rosimannus	MP, Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Georgia	Mr. Zviad Kvachantiradze	MP, Chair of the Committee for Diasporas and the Caucasus Affairs
Georgia	Mr. Shota Shalelashvili	MP, Member of the Committe for Diasporas and the Caucasus Affairs
Greece	Mr. Mihalis Kokkinos	Head of the Secretariat for Greeks Abroad
Greece	Ms. Maya Solonou	Director of the Diplomatic Cabinet of the Deputy Foreign Minister
Greece	Mr. Victor Maligoudis	Embassy Counsellor, Diplomatic Cabinet of the Deputy Minister
Greece	Mr. Nikolaos Kampouridis	Security Officer of the Deputy Minister
Greece	Mr. Terence Quick	Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Hungary	Ms. Klara Papp-Farkas	Head of Department, directorate for Foreign Relations, Hungarian National Assembly
Hungary	Mr. Arpad Janos Potapi	MP, state secretary
India	Dr. Vijay Chauthaiwale	Foreign Affairs Department & Overseas Friends of BJP
Ireland	Ambassador Alison Kelly	Irish Ambassador to Israel
Ireland	Ms. Anne Derwin	Director General of the Irish Abroad Unit of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Italy	Giovanni Maria De Vita	Head of the Office for Policies for Italian Communities Abroad - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Kazakhstan	Sautbek Abdrakhmanov	MP
Latvia	Andrejs Judins	MP, member of the committee for diaspora affairs and integration
Latvia	Atis Sjantis	Ambassador at Large for the Diaspora
Lithuania	Vytautas Pinkus	Director of the Department of Lithuanians Living Abroad in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Malta	Cecilia Attard-Pirotta	Ambassador of Malta in Israel
Moldova	Ana Mereacre	Principal consultant of the Bureau of Relations with the Diaspora
Myanmar	U Kyaw Zeya	Secretary General of the ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nepal	Shesh Gale	President of Non-Resident Nepali Association
Nepal	Jamuna Gale Gurung	Wife of Shesh Gale
Nepal	Rajesh Rana	Executive Director of Non-Resident Nepali Association
Philippines	Maria Regina Angela G. Galias	Interim Officer-in-Charge of Commission on Philippinos Overseas
Poland	Mr. Mateusz Stasiek	Director of Department for Cooperation with Polish Diaspora and Poles Abroad
Poland	Jan Dziedziczak	Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Polish Community Abroad, Consular Affairs, and Public Diplomacy
Portugal		MP
Portugal		MP
Romania	Liviu Dragnea	President of the Chamber of Deputies
Russia	Sergey Cheremin	Minister of the Moscow City Government, Head of the Moscow City foreign economic and international relations department
Russia	Oleg Malginov	Director of Department for Relations with the Compatriots Abroad
Singapore	Wong Kan Foo	Director, The Overseas Singaporeans Unit (OSU)
Singapore	Karen Leo	Deputy Director, Minitry of Community, Culture and Youth
Slovenia	Ambassador Barbara Susnik	Ambassador to Israel
South Korea	Chul Ki Ju	President of Overseas Koreans Foundation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
South Korea	Hon. Shim Jae Kwon	Member of 20th National Assembly, Charperson for Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee
Switzerland		representative from Swiss embassy in Israel
Switzerland	Peter Zimmerli	Delegate for Relations with the Swiss Abroad
Switzerland	Sarah Mastantuoni	Director, The Organization of Swiss Abroad

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