Research and Development . . Ministry of Science . The Ministry steers the policy on basic research in Israel. The National Committee for IT Infrastructures has set up demonstration projects in the Information Super-Highway and is now leading the Internet II project in Israel. . Internet 2 in Israel .
Some major projects deal with multimedia and broadband technologies. .
Israeli Directorate for the EU Fifth Framework Program . . Israeli Directorate for the 5FP - Site for Europe . The Israeli Directorate for the Fifth Framework Programme of the European Union has been jointly established, as a non-profit organisation, by the Ministries of Science, Industry and Trade, Finances and Foreign Affairs and the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education. IST is a major component of the 5FP. . Finances and Trade . .