Itay Tsachar is a project manager and community mediator and negotiator. He specialises in coordinating and managing conflict zone projects, while mediating and creating conditions for negotiation between leading agents on both sides of the conflict. Itay is involved with various complex projects in East Jerusalem. For the last two years he has worked with the Jerusalem Municipality and the Jerusalem Development Authority, finding solutions to promote the situation of East Jerusalem quarters, in aspects of infrastructures, city planning and different areas of everyday life. In addition, Itay is also involved in writing, designing and developing educational materials for several educational organisations in Israel. Itay has a BA degree in Islam and Mediterranean studies from the Hebrew University. He is a graduate of project management courses by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and is currently studying for an MBA degree.