Focal Point 2025
Request for Proposals for Breakout Sessions
ABOUT THE RFP PROCESS
Welcome to the Focal Point 2025 request for proposals (RFP) process!
OLAM invites partners, members, and all Focal Point participants to submit proposals for topics they would want to present about at this year's conference. If selected, you'll have the opportunity to share knowledge, insights, and skills, and showcase your work, expertise and organization within the fields international development, humanitarian aid, and global service. Chosen proposals will be developed into 75-minute-long breakout sessions. If chosen, OLAM will match you with other relevant speakers with whom you will build the session.
For insight into what the review committee is seeking in successful topic proposals, along with some helpful submission tips, see
Focal Point 2025 - RFP Process Criteria and Tips
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The deadline for proposal submissions is April 21, 2025.
But you can submit your proposal as soon as it is ready! Please note all speakers in accepted sessions will need to be registered for the conference. We look forward to reviewing your topic proposal.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
If you are filling out this form on behalf of a colleague please input information about them in this section. You will be asked to input information about yourself later on in the form.
First and last name of the proposed speaker
Do you work for an OLAM partner organization?
Yes
No
Organization name
Please select...
A New Dawn in the Negev
Africa 3030
Afrikan
Afya Foundation
Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village
AgriFriend
AJEEC-NISPED
AJWS
Amar Majuli
Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
ARDC
Ben-Gurion University Africa Centre
Bimkom
BINA
Build Startup 100
CADENA
CoCuDi
CultivAid
Dream Doctors
Early Starters International
El Halev
Energiya Global Capital
Engineers Without Borders Israel
Eye from Zion
Fair Planet
FSJU
Gabriel Project Mumbai
Global Village Connect
GLOCAL
Gye Nyame Mobile Clinic
HalevAfrica
HelpUp
Heroes for Life
HIAS
HIAS+JCORE
IFIE
Innovation: Africa
International School of Agricultural Sciences
IsraAID
Israel Trauma Coalition
Israel-Asia Center
JADDE
JDC
JDC Entwine
Jewish Helping Hands
Jewish Response Uganda
Jewish World Watch
JIAS
Justifi
Kulanu
Manna Center Program For Food Safety and Security
MASHAV
Mensch
Mindset-PCS
NALA Foundation
NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief
Operation Ethiopia
Orthodox Union
Pears Program for Global Innovation
Repair the World
Save A Child's Heart
Shalom Corps
SHANITA
SID Israel
SmartAID
Stand Up: Jewish Commitment to a Better World
Tel Aviv University Emergency Management & Disaster Medicine Department
Tevel B'Tzedek
The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development
The Israeli School of Humanitarian Action
The Step Up
Tikvah Chadasha Uganda
Topaz International
United Hatzalah of Israel
Volcani International Partnerships
World Jewish Relief
World ORT
Role or title in organization
Are you an OLAM individual member?
Yes
No
If you are unsure, please email Yael Shapira at yael@olamtogether.org.
If you are a Jewish international development practitioner who is not yet an OLAM individual member, you are invited to register to become one. Membership will grant you a discounted Focal Point registration rate and many other benefits throughout the year. Read about membership and apply
here
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Name of your organization
(if not currently affiliated, write N/A)
Role or title in organization
(if not currently affiliated, write N/A)
Email address
City of residence
State
Country of residence
Is the person filling in this form the same as the proposed speaker above?
Yes
No
FORM SUBMITTER
First and last name of form submitter
Email address
Who is the best person to be in touch with to follow up about this proposal?
You
The speaker
Both you and the speaker
TOPIC PROPOSAL 1
You can submit up to three topics you would like to speak about, there will be space for you to add additional topics below.
Topic title 1
12 words remaining
Sector(s) discussed:
Academia
Agriculture and Food Security
Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods
Education and Youth Empowerment
Environment and Climate
Gender Equality
Global Service
Health
Human Rights
Humanitarian Aid
Jewish Identity
Private Sector Engagement
Refugees
Social Impact
Technology and Innovation
WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene)
Other
If other, please specify:
Topic description. Please describe the topic and any proposed activities. (What will you speak about? What will the participants do during the session?)
We encourage interactivity between speakers and participants and among participants. OLAM will work with chosen speakers to develop the topic into a session. (Max. 100 words)
100 words remaining
Please provide
a short description of your/ the proposed speaker's qualifications as a presenter on the topic.
Would you like to propose another topic?
Yes
No
TOPIC PROPOSAL 2
Topic title 2
12 words remaining
Sector(s) discussed:
Academia
Agriculture and Food Security
Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods
Education and Youth Empowerment
Environment and Climate
Gender Equality
Global Service
Health
Human Rights
Humanitarian Aid
Jewish Identity
Private Sector Engagement
Refugees
Social Impact
Technology and Innovation
WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene)
Other
If other, please specify:
Topic description. Please describe the topic and any proposed activities. (What will you speak about? What will the participants do during the session?)
We encourage interactivity between speakers and participants and among participants. OLAM will work with chosen speakers to develop the topic into a session. (Max. 100 words)
100 words remaining
Please provide
a short description of your/ the proposed speaker's qualifications as a presenter on the topic.
Would you like to propose another topic?
Yes
No
TOPIC PROPOSAL 3
Topic title 3
12 words remaining
Sector(s) discussed:
Academia
Agriculture and Food Security
Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods
Education and Youth Empowerment
Environment and Climate
Gender Equality
Global Service
Health
Human Rights
Humanitarian Aid
Jewish Identity
Private Sector Engagement
Refugees
Social Impact
Technology and Innovation
WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene)
Other
If other, please specify:
Topic description. Please describe the topic and any proposed activities. (What will you speak about? What will the participants do during the session?)
We encourage interactivity between speakers and participants and among participants. OLAM will work with chosen speakers to develop the topic into a session. (Max. 100 words)
100 words remaining
Please provide
a short description of your/ the proposed speaker's qualifications as a presenter on the topic.
DETAILS ABOUT PROPOSED SPEAKER
If you are filling out this form on behalf of a colleague please input information about them in this section.
Please tell us a bit about any experience you/ the speaker have presenting to an external group, ideally in English. Would you/ the speaker like some support in developing your presentation skills?
If you have a recording (i.e. Youtube video) of you/ the speaker presenting in English to help us know more about your abilities as a presenter please share the link.
Please share a short professional bio (150 words maximum)
150 words remaining
If you are chosen as a speaker this will be used in our promotional materials.
Please share a headshot
If you are chosen as a speaker this will be used in our promotional materials.
Is there anything else you would like the proposal review committee to know?
NEXT STEPS
The proposal review committee will carefully consider all proposals received by April 21, 2025. We will be in touch to let you know about the status of your application in May 2025 and will confirm if you have been accepted by May 5, 2025.