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2013 – Establishment of the Forum

2013 – Establishment of the Forum

The Social Excellence Forum is established by attorney Avi Omer, with the view of providing young leaders with the tools and inspiration to become the leaders of tomorrow.

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2013 – The Elected Program

2013 – The Elected Program

The Social Excellence Forum initiates a unique biannual leadership program for 300 hand-picked young leaders, with the purpose of providing them with tools and inspiration to become future leaders and take social responsibility. The Elected Program gets top government elected officials, academics, professionals, activists, artists and opinion leaders to become mentors of the young future leaders. The program gets support from the Israeli Ministry of Education and creates unprecedented activities.

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2014 – Convention on Leadership and Responsibility

2014 – Convention on Leadership and Responsibility

The Elected Program holds the convention on "Leadership, Leaving One's Mark and Responsibility" in Haifa University with Members of Knesset, representative of Education and Social entrepreneurship from Google Israel, top businesspersons and social activists.

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2015 – Blind Following of Leaders

2015 – Blind Following of Leaders

The Elected students hold a convention on the subject of leadership and blind followers, which includes watching the film "The Wave" and talking live to its author, in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

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2015 – Human Dignity and the Generation of Screens

2015 – Human Dignity and the Generation of Screens

The students of the Elected Program produce a convention on the subject of Shaming on the internet, under the heading of "Human Dignity and the Generation of Screens" in Tel-Aviv Museum. Attending: Minister of Justice, former Supreme Court judge Dvora Berliner, Professor Assa Kasher, Prof. Micha Popper and other esteemed guest speakers.

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2016 – Israel-Germany Mock Trial

2016 – Israel-Germany Mock Trial

The Elected Program creates and holds its first International Mock Trial in front of 450 representatives of the young leadership in Israel. Israeli and German high school students team up and argue for and against a case on the balance between the Right to Life and the Freedom of Speech.

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2016 – Youth Leadership in Israel

2016 – Youth Leadership in Israel

The students of the Elected Program hold a convention on the subject of Young Leaders in Israel with Members of Knesset, the Mayor of Haifa City, the President of Haifa University and others.

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2017 – 2019 – The International Mock Trial on Human Rights

2017 – 2019 – The International Mock Trial on Human Rights

The Forum for Social Excellence embarks on its most ambitious project yet - a trial on the subject of racism, human dignity and science, where a case of a real historical figure is meticulously researched, analyzed and presented by 70 young litigators. The trial, sponsored by the Israeli Ministry of Education, takes places in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv University and Ashkelon College in front of 3,000 students.

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2020-2022 – The International Mock Trial on Human Rights

2020-2022 – The International Mock Trial on Human Rights

After a successful Mock Trial in Israel, which spawned an educational video shown to thousands of students, a book and a documentary, the Forum for Social Excellence embarks on the next step: holding the trial with student representatives from a dozen countries around the world, in collaboration with the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Program. The project, in the midst of a world wide pandemic, is run online.