Green is the new education. Haifa intends to be a city that constantly promotes a healthy lifestyle for its residents, based on principles of sustainable planning and development. The Haifa City Administration believes that citizens' involvement in the proper and sustainable management of the city is one of the fundamental and crucial principles of a city developing in the 21st century.

January. World Jewish Congress launched the 2019 the #WeRemember campaign, the world’s largest Holocaust remembrance event. Participants were asked to create a We Remember Sign, take a photo of themselves with it and upload it to social media, using the hashtag #WeRemember.

In 2018, the #WeRemember campaign reached 650 million people in 155 countries. 

Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center is a Laboratory of Gender Equality Development

Often enough, the most wondrous things are hiding in plain sight. Such is the case with the Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center (MCTC), facing a busy street just off a main avenue; one may pass it dozens of times without stopping to ponder what the nature of this welcoming building is.

A new challenge nurtures young innovators who aspire to put ideas into practice.

Haifa Teen Tech is a hackathon competition aimed to expose young technological entrepreneurs, aged 15-18, to the advantages of the state of Israel and the city of Haifa as an international scientific and technological center.

Better and richer future for the kids is what Haifa's Early Education Department is after; professionals from around the world come to marvel and replicate the methods. The great opera singer Luciano Pavarotti once said, "I believe that if children are not introduced to music at an early age, something fundamental is being taken from them". The same is true, though, about science, art, sports and many other fields, as seeds not sown at an early age will not sprout and blossom later on in life.

May. Representatives from more than 30 universities in China participated in an academic fair held at the University of Haifa. The purpose of the fair was to expose Israeli students to the world of Chinese academia. Among other things, the fair offered a variety of student exchange programs, scholarships, Chinese language courses, and educational opportunities.