Table 1 The national program to promote active healthy lifestyle, according to the World health organization’s analytical framework for intersectoral governance[7]

Intersectoral governance structures

Ministerial linkages

The National Program, from leadership, to planning, financing, implementation and evaluation is a joint effort of the Ministries of Health, Education and Culture & Sport. The National Program’s staff is comprised of representatives from each ministry

Cabinet committees and secretaries

The Government’s Economic and Social Affairs Cabinet adopted the National Program, incorporating the program’s policy guidelines, budget commitments and cross-ministerial coordination into the government’s social and economic agenda

Public health ministers

Israel does not have a Public Health Minister

Parliamentary Committees

Proposed legislation will be brought before committees and the subject of obesity has been in committees of child protection and in the health and welfare committee.

Interdepartmental committees and units

There is an especially high level of collaboration in the Health Ministry’s Public Health Services, between departments such as Health Promotion, Nutrition and Workplace Health

Mega-ministries and mergers

Israel has not combined ministries

Joint budgeting

Two main examples: In municipalities, the Ministries of Health and Culture & Sport operate from a shared budget to which both have contributed. The Ministries of Health and Education do so, as well, to promote health-promoting schools. In both of these areas, collaboration is particularly strong on all sides

Delegated financing

Delegated Funding defines the municipalities program. The National Program’s ministries help create local health promotion infrastructure and require specific process measures, but each municipality designs its own program and allocates funding as it sees fit. Several of the NGO programs involve delegated funding, as well.

Public engagement

The social marketing program is rooted in public engagement

Stakeholder engagement

Legislation like calorie-labeling at restaurants and banning advertisements of unhealthy foods during children’s television is conducted in collaboration with stakeholders like the restaurateurs’ union and television networks

Industry engagement

The salt program is dependent upon industry engagement, and is built off of a successful program from the UK