ISRAEL 
HIGH-TECH & INVESTMENT REPORT

from the December 2005 issue


Gates, Sharon launch National Plan to provide computer skills for 250,000 youths

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates met with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on a recent visit to Israel. The two announced the launch of a national plan to provide computer skills for 250,000 poor Israeli youths in a bid to "lessen the digital gap."

"I see great importance in the fact that Microsoft, a leader in its field, invests in Israel," Sharon told Gates. "Israel is a powerful country with regards to technology and computers, something which is pinned in the Jewish history of this small nation," Sharon said.

Gates signed a cooperation agreement between Microsoft and the Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Science and Technology. Under the agreement, funds provided by the giant software provider will be allocated to start-up companies, who will receive assistance in developing new ideas, manufacturing new products and eventually launching them on the international markets.



Reprinted from the Israel High-Tech & Investment Report December 2005

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