Dr. Vered Porzycki

The objective of the review was to develop a systematic understanding of the challenges and risks related to fairness and equality of opportunity in the use of AI models in publicly funded services and to present a set of practical solutions enabling government ministries and public organizations to plan, develop, and implement AI systems in ways that reduce bias and lower the risk to fairness.

The objective of the review was to examine the characteristics of place-based programs, identify desired outcomes, and review implementation challenges – while highlighting best practices that contribute to successful results.

The objective of the research was to create a knowledge and information infrastructure that will assist policymakers in regulating the inspection of early childhood education and care services.

The purpose of this review is to identify best practices in the efforts of social security organizations around the world to address fraud. The review also synthesizes trend data on fraud rates and the characteristics of fraud perpetrators and findings about the effects of social security fraud.

The research objectives are:  To examine the reception procedure at the hotels, and the care of the evacuees by the hotels since the outbreak of the war on October 7, 2023, and to assess the response provided relative to the standards set in the agreement between the state and the hotels. To examine activities in areas not defined in the agreement with the state, and to map out difficulties and challenges. To provide the Ministry of Tourism with a base of information that will facilitate the development of procedures for appropriate action in similar evacuations of civilian populations in the future.

The objective of the study is to examine the policy of providing social services in select countries worldwide: the state’s role in promoting social services, the main players providing the services, the mechanisms used by the state to provide social services, and its policy of regulating them.

The objectives of this review included: (1) Examine which evidence-based preventive care programs are currently active in different countries around the world for target populations, as defined by the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs: young families, people with disability, older people, and children and youth at-risk, including children in residential care; (2) Identify best practices in providing preventive care services; and (3) Examine how these programs are measured and evaluated.