the council of higher education and the galilee development authority could create a forum to enhance regional collaboration and demandled education provision in the region other important participants in this forum would be the ministry of minority affairs and the arab affairs desk with the prime minister s office in addition the region would benefit from sustained community development programmes that help build capacity in communities in responding to change and social economic and environmental challenges see box the regional competitiveness approach argues that regional capacity can be nurtured and developed by identifying their competitive advantages