PM Netanyahu Meets with Cisco Executive Chairman John T. Chambers
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cisco Executive Chairman John T.
Chambers, today (Sunday, 26 June 2016), signed a declarative memorandum of
understandings between the Government of Israel and Cisco regarding
cooperation in order to advance digitization in Israel. The memorandum of
understandings constitutes a framework for possible research and development
with the Government of Israel.

Also attending the meeting were Prime Minister's Office Director General Eli
Groner, Minister Gila Gamliel, Cisco Global innovation Officer Guy Diedrich,
Cisco Israel Director Oren Sagui, Prime Minister's Office Deputy Director
General Yossi Katribas, Communications Ministry Director General Shlomo
Filber, Government Information and Computer Technology Authority Director
Yair Frank and Digital Israel Bureau Head Yair Schindel.

Possible areas for cooperation between the Government of Israel and Cisco:

* Digital education – Creating smart schools in distant communities
including technological infrastructure, teacher training and content
development.

* Digital health – Focus on telehealth, genetic research wearable
technologies and big data solutions.

* Human capital – Focus on programs for digital leaders and assimilating
digital experience and expertise in local authorities and in the government.

* Digital inclusion – Reducing digital gaps and increasing digital
accessibility and the supply of training inputs to weaker populations.

* Smart cities – Advancing smart cities mainly in Israel's geographic and
social peripheries.

* Innovation centers – Support for initiatives and innovation in various
fields such as GovTech, smart cities, EdTech and digital health via
innovation centers, accelerators and greenhouses in Israel.

* Research – Support for various research initiatives that are evaluating
the effects of the digital revolution.

* Digital Israel Index – Support for evaluation and measurement tools in the
context of the Digital Israel Index.

* Government initiative to maximize rights – The sides are considering the
possibility of sharing information and global experience in the field of
innovative digital government services including eGov initiatives that are
being implemented by various governments around the world.

* Cloud solutions – The Government Information and Computer Technology
Authority is seeking to benefit from Cisco's experience and learn from it
vis-à-vis the implementation of cloud solutions for the government by
sharing knowledges and best practices from around the world.

* Government plan to accelerate innovation – The sides will consider the
possibility of cooperating with the Government Information and Computer
Technology Authority in order to create a government plan to accelerate
innovation that would encompass Israeli startups in order to harness
technologies to improve government services to the public.