Welcome to the Embassy of Israel in Abuja!

I hope the Website will serve you as an open door to the Embassy and to the State of Israel.

You will find here information on the Embassy's activities, departments and services, updates regarding current and past events of the Embassy, as well as news from Israel, information about almost every aspect of the State of Israel and other useful links of sites you might find of an interest.

I invite you to explore the special relations that Israel and Nigeria enjoy.

Please make yourself at home!

Moshe Ram

Ambassador

Between April 16th and April 21st 2009, the Embassy of the State of Israel launched a humanitarian project evolving children’s cardiac diseases.
The project had three different parts:

1. An international photo exhibition.
The photographs in the exhibition are mostly of children whose lives have been saved by “Save a Child’s Heart”(SACH), an Israeli-based foundation that has been saving children’s lives by working to improve the quality of cardiac care for children anywhere in the world.
The photographs of this exhibition tell the amazing story of the foundation, its doctors and patients.

The opening ceremony of the exhibition in Nigeria, took place at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel. Invitees from the Ministry of Health, the FCT, business sector and doctors from all around Nigeria attended.

2. Israeli doctors arrived in Nigeria.
Two Israeli medical experts arrived in Nigeria to take part in this important project.
Dr. Eliahu Wielunsky, Deputy Director of Schneider Children’s Medical Center and  Dr. Alex Levi, Head of Pediatric Cardiology Unit and Fetal Echocardiography Laboratory at Meir Hospital.
The two doctors were our special guests at the opening ceremony of the photographs exhibition. During that same week the doctors visited an orphanage near Abuja and preformed medical tests for the orphans free of charge. On the same day, staff of the Embassy of Israel arrived at the orphanage and handed out presents and candies on behalf of the Ambassador and the State of Israel.
Later that week, the doctors delivered professional lectures at the National Hospital for general doctors, pediatricians and cardiologists.   

3. A boy was sent to Israel for an heart surgery
A three year old boy with a hole in his heart was located by the Embassy of Israel, and in collaboration between the Embassy and SACH foundation was sent to Israel in order to be operated.
The child and mother were flown to Israel courtesy of Lufthansa German Airlines.
We are now waiting for the child and mother safe return home.

On October 26, newly elected Kadima Chair Tzipi Livni informed President Shimon Peres that she did not succeed in forming a coalition government. Peres decided to call for general elections to the Knesset, which have been set for February 10, 2009.

When a new government is to be constituted, the President of the State, after consulting with representatives of the parties elected to the Knesset, assigns the task of forming the government to a Knesset member. This Knesset member is usually the leader of the party with the largest Knesset representation or the head of the party that leads a coalition with more than 60 members.

At the conclusion of the consultations, delegates representing 65 incoming Knesset members recommended that the president will task MK Binyamin Netanyahu with forming the next government.
On February 20, President Shimon Peres invited Binyamin Netanyahu to his official Residence in Jerusalem in order to task him with forming the next government of the State of Israel.
On March 20 President Shimon Peres granted Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu  a 14-day extension in order to form his government.

The Government of Niger State and the Israeli Centre for International Cooperation (MASHAV), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have agreed to formalize their collaboration on agricultural training in the state.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), to formalise the collaboration at the Maizube Abu Turab International Training Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development (MAITC), was endorsed by the two parties in Minna, the state capital on Sunday.

Ambassador Haim Divon, Head of MASHAV, signed the agreement on behalf of his organization, while the Executive Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abdulkadir Kure signed for his government. The agreement is aimed at enhancing the cooperation in agricultural training in the state as well as installing an Israeli professional/academic manager for the training centre. The agreement is for three years, and could be extended thereafter.

The visiting Head of MASHAV was accompanied to MAITC by Mr. Zvi Herman, Director of Centre for International Agricultural Development Cooperation (CINADCO), in Israel, Mr. Noam Katz, Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, and the Mr. Yair Frommer, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Israel, Abuja.

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The Embassy of Israel in Abuja was awarded by the Nigerian Association Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) as the Most SME Friendly Foreign Mission in Nigeria. The award was granted to the Embassy during the NASME 2007 Annual Awards ceremony in Abuja, after coming top among other nominated Diplomatic Missions. Senior economic officer of the Embassy, Mrs. Florence Osuji, received the plagues and certificate on behalf of the Ambassador.

In the citation for the award, the Israeli Embassy was recognised for promoting knowledge-sharing in the fields of SME between Israel and Nigeria, stating that “there is a constant growth in the cooperation” in that respect. The Embassy was acknowledged for advancing capacity building with government institutes, public agencies, private companies and NGOs in Nigeria, through specially designed study tours, training programmes and On-the-Spot courses. “These relations have shown a tremendous benefit for both parties”, it concluded.

The embassy also received a special Certificate of Excellence in recognition of its “invaluable contribution to the growth and development of the SME Sector in Nigeria”.

In the past two years the Embassy of Israel has specially designed a series of courses on SME Development for Nigerian policy makers, senior staff of government ministries, SME support agencies and private entrepreneurs. These include training on Comprehensive and Integrative Public Support Systems for SMEs; the Promotion of Small and Medium High-Tech Enterprises and R&D Based Start-Ups; SMEs in the Era of Globalization; Comprehensive Training for Development; and the Role of SMEs in Developing Rural Areas.

Marketing of Fresh Agricultural Products Course, Soil and Water Conservation Course:

An Israeli agricultural expert, Mr. Ilan Perez has observed that Nigeria, with its huge agricultural and human resources, is capable of becoming a leading world marketer of Agricultural Products.

Mr. Perez who made the submission at the opening of MASHAV International Marketing and Farm Planning course in Minna, Niger State, said Nigeria also has the potentials to undergo a steady transformation in terms of techniques and marketing of agricultural products.

The two-week training programs were organized by the Embassy of Israel in Abuja, in conjunction with Maizube Abu-Turab International Training Centre, (MAITC), Niger State Government, with participants drawn from all over Nigeria.

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