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JDA The Jerusalem Development Authority
Jerusalem Development Authority (JDA) is
a statutory corporation and operates as
an NPO under the JerusalemDevelopment
Authority Law 1988. JDA develops, encourages,
plans, coordinates and provides information relat-
ed to entrepreneurship and economic enterprises
in the city, and promotes projects that shape the
city’s economy and impacts future planning of
Metropolitan Jerusalem. JDA strives to balance
the public and private sectors and create optimal
conditions for private sector development through
efficient land exploitation, developing preserva-
tion, future planning, and respecting the city’s
past and heritage. In the last 20 years, JDA has
promoted hundreds of ventures contributing to
Jerusalem’s quality of life, improving the city’s
economy and making Jerusalem an international
center of innovation, excellence and source of
pride to residents. JDA invests major resources in
strengthening human capital and upgrading and
developing the city’s physical and technological
infrastructures.
City Planning: Themain tool for bringing economic
development. JDA leads planning for the Jerusalem
Municipality, ILA, and others in industrial, housing
and unique projects with urban impact.
Employment: Developing industry infrastructures
and increasing job offers that are vital for Jerusa-
lem’s growth and strength. JDA upgrades existing
industrial areas and develops new ones and em-
ployment sectors where Jerusalem has a relative
advantage.
Business Incentives & Grants: JDA encourages
entrepreneurs, companies and technological
factories to move, set up and expand their busi-
nesses and enjoy a range of benefits and grants.
Jerusalem is the only central Israeli city with Devel-
opment Area A status, enjoying unique tax tracks
and benefits. The government and JDA also award
benefits as part of a designated government pro-
gram for Jerusalem.
Bio Jerusalem: Set up to promote a cluster of
biomed companies as an economic growth en-
gine. Operates to locate biomed development op-
portunities, form unique benefits, and stabilize
Jerusalemas a biomed city and create cooperation
mechanisms between elements of the cluster in
industry, hospitals and academia. Jerusalemoffers
a package of advantages: proximity to research
institutes and the scientific community, leading
technology and biotech companies, quality hu-
man capital, a national and international infor-
mation transfer framework, and unique economic
incentives.
Tourism: JDA strives to develop tourism as a cen-
tral growth engine for Jerusalem and to maximize
the economic potential of the sector and create
new jobs. The plan includes developing tourist
infrastructure and tourism marketing “products”
in the city. As part of these activities, JDA grants
incentives to local and global conferences.
Old City: Jerusalem’s Old City is a global tourism
heritage site and tourism magnet for the world’s
religions. JDAworks to renovate, preserve, develop
and maintain the Old City and its surroundings,
including renovating sites andmonuments, public
areas, developing and improving access to the Old
City and building promenades and viewpoints. JDA
promotes a statutory plans for preservation and
developing private and public spaces. JDA also
operates to develop tourism products in the Old
City. The government, the Ministry of Jerusalem
and Heritage, and the municipality have a multi-
year investment plan totaling hundreds of millions
of shekels.
Jerusalem Park: JDA develops metropolitan parks
based on preserving the natural areas surround-
ing the city and creating leisure activities in the
lap of nature. These parks significantly influence
quality of life. Park Jerusalem covers 3,750 acres
and includes Haarazim Valley, Moza Valley, and
the Tzofim Valley and Refaim Valley. The park’s
cycle track is part of a 42 kilometer track circling
the city.
Culture & Leisure Infrastructures: JDA leads proj-
ects to develop new culture and leisure complexes
such as the Old railwayStation, RailwayTrackPark,
Hansen NewMedia Center, Design Center and Cin-
ema and more.
Academic City: Jerusalem has quality high edu-
cation institutes and JDA promotes a venture to:
increase the student population from 40,000
to 60,000, expand the link between industry
and academia, increase numbers of graduates
settling in the city and creating an innovative study
experience.
The Cinema & TV Ventures: This venture was de-
signed to encourage movies and TV series pro-
ductions sets to take place in Jerusalem. Other
than encouraging creativity, it was also intended
to create added-value and economic leverage for
Jerusalem productions. This venture has brought
about change, and today about 20%of all themov-
ies in Israel are filmed in Jerusalem and feature
the city as a subject. Between 2008-2016, the
venture invested in producing over 70 local and
international television and movie productions,
placing Jerusalem on screens everywhere, as well
as in the production of 15 TV series and dozens
of other cinema and TV productions. This venture
also managed to establish an animation industry
in Jerusalem, which hires a large staff in top of the
line animation studios. With the ventures assis-
tance, the studioswere able to produce 8 local and
international animation productions, to date. The
venture also worked to create a local film industry,
developing TV and cinema infrastractures in the
city, hiring local crew members, encouraging the
establishment of local post houses and providing
them with jobs by offering support in their final
projects. The Venture also engaged in significant
work as an Urban Foundation enabling the col-
laboration and enhancement of the JerusalemFilm
Festival, developing a local eco-system, offering
support to dozens of film students productions
throughout the city.
Jnext:A joint project of the JerusalemDevelopment
Authority, the Ministry of Jerusalem and Heritage
and theMunicipality of Jerusalem, which aim is to
strengthen and empower the technological eco-
system in Jerusalem. Jnext’s mission is building
an ecosystem for entrepreneurs in Jerusalem and
support technology innovation development by
engaging all the active organizations in the en-
trepreneurial space in one, city-wide coordinated
program.
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THE JERUSALEM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
2 Safra Square St., Jerusalem
Tel: 972-2-6295482
Fax:972-2-6250875
Esta b l i s h e d
1988
L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Developing and Promoting Projects, which
Shape the Economy of Jerusalem
Eyal Haimovsky
CEO *
Udi Ben Dror
Deputy General Director
Finance & Business
Development
* See Top Executives Profiles - Page 582