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MASHAV Carmel International Training Center (MCTC)
The Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center (MCTC) is one of the three MASHAV's training centers, MASHAV Israel's Agency for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel). MCTC was founded in 1961 by two visionary women: Former Prime Minister Golda Meir, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Mina Ben-Zvi, MCTC’s founding director, through MASHAV, to assist in the training of women engaged in community work in the newly emerging states in Africa and Asia.

Overview
MCTC focuses on three areas of studies Sustainable Community Development, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Early Childhood Education, all with gender as a cross-cutting issue. The trainings are conducted in five different languages English, Spanish, Russian, French and Arabic. Since the establishment of MCTC, some 30,000 participants from over 150 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Oceania, and the Caribbean have attended over 650 capacity building programs and workshops, and 30 International Conferences for Women Leaders, conducted in Israel. In addition, through on the spot courses and long-term projects, MCTC reaching out to thousands of professionals and hundreds of organizations around the world. The courses are conducted by Israeli expert teams, at the request of government agencies or non-governmental organizations in the trainees' countries of origin. Furthermore, MCTC has continued collaboration with Palestinian, Jordanian, and other regional NGOs and civil society organizations providing training activities and seminars on women leadership, economic empowerment, and managing of health care services

Philosophy
The Center's underlying tenet stresses the importance of bottom-up development and the recognition of women’s contribution to their countries’ development. MCTC methodology incorporates a strong hands-on approach, including simulation exercises, group projects, professional exchange, study visits, and lectures from experts.

In keeping with the UN’s commitment to attaining the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), MASHAV/MCTC continues to be directed and driven by these aims. Poverty eradication and the advancement of the socio-economic status of women remain at the forefront of its agenda.

International Conference for Women Leaders
The International Conference for Women Leaders is a biennial conference held by MASHAV through the Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center (MCTC), in Haifa and Jerusalem, Israel. The conferences have been taking place for the past 56 years. To date, 30 such conferences have been held in cooperation with various international organizations such as UN Women, UNDP, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and UNESCO.

International Seminar for Supreme Court Justices and Judges
The International Seminar for Supreme Court Justices and Judges is a biennial conference held by MASHAV through the Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center (MCTC), in Haifa and Jerusalem, Israel. To date, 4 such conferences have been held in cooperation with various international organizations such as Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ,International Labour Organization, the  National Anti-Trafficking Unit, Ministry of Justice (Israel), The Center for Judicial Education and Training and the Embassy of the United States, Jerusalem.

The Cooperation between YABT and MASHAV/MCTC
Over the past 19 years, through the cooperation between Young Americas Business Trust (YABT) and MASHAV, thousands of young people of the Americas have been trained through mobile courses in Latin America, the Caribbean and Israel. The cooperation between these associations has contributed to strengthening the capacities of young people in order to help them improve their communities. YABT and MASHAV work in cooperation for the promotion and development of policies and programs to position entrepreneurship as the driver of sustainable economic growth. In this sense, they have joined forces to support the countries of the Americas, through which more than 22,500 young people have been trained in 29 Member States, and more than 7,000 participants received classroom training. As a result, thousands of new businesses and new job opportunities were created by and for young people.

MASHAV/MCTC Project in Ukraine
A cooperation agreement, signed in February 2015 between Israel and Canada, set the framework for the joint Horticulture Business Development Project (UHBDP). The goal of the project is to strengthen the capacity of small and medium entrepreneurs in the areas of horticulture growing, storage and marketing of agricultural products as well as at introducing new agricultural technologies. The project is expected to reach over 30,000 women and men operating in the horticulture value chain as small and medium farmers, agri-businesses and small and medium enterprises in Ukraine’s Southern Oblasts of Zaporizhya, Mikolayev, Odessa, and Kherson.