Research institutes and policy institutes are engaged in practical research in the spheres of the economy, society, security, the environment, health and more. The target audience for the research products is policy makers on the national and local levels, the press and the general public. These institutes are defined as a component within the governmental ecosystem that functions as an anchor for the creation and exchange of knowledge with other ecosystem components. At times, the research and policy institutes constitute a learning space for politicians and government employees during periods when they are not serving the public, such as the “revolving door” model in Washington for legislators and regulators in research institutes.
Of these 113 organizations, 45 are based in Jerusalem (39.8%), with eight of these having no employees at all. Within the 37 remaining organizations, the number of workers is 905 (45.9% of the workers in all the organizations).
The next-largest employer in Jerusalem is the Israel Democracy Institute, with 97 employees, and it is the fourth-largest employer in this category in Israel.
The data was collected as part of the “Gov.City Project,” for the publication of “Indicators for Gov.City,” which will be published in the coming months.