IMPACT-SE Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education

National Network
Israel
Address

IMPACT-SE Research Institute
POBox 39095
Givat Ram Hebrew University
Jerusalem 91390
Jerusalem
Israel

Telephone
025332497
Telephone (other)
972-2-6794636
Fax
972-25332497
E-Mail
info@impact-se.org
E-Mail (2)
s.elkayam@impact-se.org
Mobile Phone
052-6794636
Mobile Phone (other)
0545543554
Website
http://www.impact-se.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1998
Fields of Activity
  1. Research
  2. Youth and education
General Information
IMPACT-SE monitors tolerance in school education by studying textbooks and analyzing them by international standards. The institute is registered nonprofit and non-political research institute dedicated to the culture of tolerance by encouraging acceptance of the “other” and rejection of violent conflict resolution. IMPACT-SE’s developed a research methodology, which focuses solely on the texts and images and examines them without relying on interpretations, paraphrasing or trying to illustrate preconceived notions. Thus its reports are uniquely unbiased. IMPACT-SE works in research groups and is governed by a Board, a CEO and an International Advisory Board. The staff consists of 12 employees. The budgetary resources available in the year 2010 were $178,000 by donors such as the Goldman Foundation. The modalities of action are concrete research projects on curricula of various nations and publishing reports on the organization website.
Mission and Objectives

IMPACT-SE Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education is an independent, interdisciplinary, apolitical research institute that has developed a set of unique measurement tools compliant with international standards.
The institute, founded by Dr. Yohanan Manor in 1998, is headed by a board of directors from Israel, a CEO and an international board of world-renowned experts and scientists. The institute employs twelve researchers who work in groups in collaboration with experts in the field.
IMPACT-SE, headquartered at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem’s Givat Ram campus, publishes several reports a year, as well as reviews on the state of education and curricula in various countries and sectors.

Main Projects / Activities

Our main research projects for 2011 are completing and updating: to complete our research on the Palestinian Authority New Curriculum, and on the Israel's Jewish sector school textbooks as well as on Turkey schoolbooks. And to update our previous reports on Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran curricula.
Our project in communication for 2011 is to convey IMPACT-SE's findings to the Media and to policy makers: on PA and Iran to US and EU policy makers, on Egypt and Saudi Arabia to US policy makers.

Contact (1) Full Name
Shelley Elkayam – (Education Counsellor)
Head of the organisation
Yochanan Manor – (Founder)