GEF grantee Merhav, the Movement for Israeli Urbanism, is currently leading a visionary, inclusive process on Israeli Urbanism 2050. Merhav has gathered stakeholders from across the policy community to devise, and help implement a master plan for Israeli cities towards the year 2050. Participating are representatives of the government ministries of Housing and Construction, Transportation, and Environmental Protection; professors of several university departments of planning and architecture; the mayor of Ashdod and the city planner and engineer (the city will serve as a pilot site); private-sector consultants and business people; and civil society actors (and GEF grantees) the Israel Green Building Council, the Heschel Center, and the Society for the Protection of Nature.