This is done by offering consultations for advocacy organizations, Cabinet members and legislators; by organizing coalitions for social change; by testifying at public forums and giving media interviews; and by an extensive popular education program that brings progressive social ideas to a wide variety of audiences, from cleaning workers to senior executives.
Adva has an extensive gender democracy program, under which, among others, approximately 30 Economic Literacy courses were conducted in the years 2008-2011 for female paid and elected officials in local governments throughout Israel, as well as for women active in non-profit organizations.
[2] The report presents data in the areas of economic growth, investments, wages, primary and higher education, health care and retirement income.
The size, income and expenditures of Israel's middle class—first pointed out in an Adva Center report and updated annually—also became the subject of many media items and a concern in the corridors of power.
Taking their cue from these reports, business sections of print and internet papers have begun to write about the high management fees of retirement savings plans.
Additionally, investment committees without any employee representation place most of the monies in the highly volatile capital market, with no guaranteed minimum annual return.
The publication provides data on the relationship between the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and Israel's economic growth, its budget, its social development, its vision, its international standing, its army, societal divisions, and its future as a Jewish state.
The minister has since instructed the director of his Research Department to submit a plan for collecting data by gender for the purpose of promoting women's employment.
[7] In recognition of the work of the Adva Center, its academic director, Shlomo Swirski, was awarded the Naftaly Prize[clarification needed] in Economics and Social Science for 2005 by the municipality of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa.