Annual Report 2022 | The 20th Anniversary of the OR Movement 4 Dear Partners and Friends, Our Friends and Partners, Vision. Innovation. Action. These are the three concepts that have been integral to the OR Movement since we founded this organization in 2002. Summarizing the year of 2022 is especially exciting because it marks the 20th year anniversary of the OR Movement. It's amazing how 20 years can feel like one long day that hasn't ended yet. We have done so much, and yet there is still so much more to do. We found ourselves with a new government at the beginning of 2022, and now at the beginning of 2023 we are experiencing a new government yet again. Through all the change, we have developed the ability to work with any government, proving our organization can work with all sectors and can face any challenge that comes our way. In 2022 we came back to a post-Corona life, and the violent "Guardian of the Walls" conflict in May left us with the reality of a fractured and divided society. Moreover, we are also faced with the beginning of an economic recession and government instability. Some may say we are dreamers.. but we are not the only ones… The OR Movement believes in a dream and fighting the good fight. We are soldering and healing the state of Israel. We have faced many challenges and worked tirelessly these last 20 years, and we will continue to work vigorously and humbly for the next 20 years to make sure the state of Israel is the best place to live. We are excited to present to you, our dear partners, a summary report for the year 2022. We feel a duty to express our progress and evaluation to you, because above all we appreciate you. Thank you for your help in the biggest mission since the establishment of the state. Creating the new centers of Israel in the Negev and the Galilee is a combination of vision, innovation, action, and your help. We have been working together for 20 years, and this is just the beginning. Together. Building the future of Israel. When I met the founders of the OR Movement, it was 2004. I’d just started my job as director general of the Prime Minister’s Office. The first place I toured was the south. I met a group of young people with a two-year-old organization. It was a stormy day in a stormy time for the State of Israel. We headed out to the Negev with stops at stations of pioneering significance, starting with the Patrol Route in OR Lachish, on to Bnei Shimon, Sansana, and finally to the remote fledgling communities. I heard and saw places and people, a complicated state of affairs, but also bright-eyed pioneers. I could not have imagined how much I would continue to be a part of the vision and pioneering of the OR Movement for many years to come, even serving as chairman of the movement. As director general of the Prime Minister’s Office, we led the Daroma and Tzafona programs, transportation infrastructure and turning Be’er Sheva into a cyberspace center, investing in Mikkud Ma’amatz in Akko and many other projects, in keeping with the OR Movement’s approach of long-term strategy and immediate execution. In recent years, the vision on which the organization has taken the lead has been one of the State of Israel in its next stage. I have been privileged, together with the wonderful team on the organization’s executive committee and general assembly, in discussion fora and field teams, along with hundreds of partners, to be a part of molding Israel’s character today and for generations to come. After 20 years, the OR Movement is proof of the impossible: that it is possible to dream and achieve, to build bridges and to work with every government in a way that is apolitical, professional, and businesslike. The models that we have developed over the years reached their peak with the Equitable Cities and Communihoods initiatives, and are set to affect the lives of millions of Israelis and to buttress society and the economy in the face of domestic and global challenges. I would like to take this opportunity to recognize and salute the OR Movement team, the pioneers, and our partners for their faith and for decisiveness of action that brings together strategy and practice in a single breath, that does for us all what is needed without asking whether it is possible. I invite everyone to take part. Roni Flamer, CEO and Co-founder of the OR Movement Ilan Cohen, Chairman, OR Movement
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