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"TOLERANCE 2003" FESTIVAL
The Fourth International Children Festival
December 2003


During the week of Chanukah (December) 2003, the ICU (International Cultural Union) (R.A.), held its Fourth International Children's Festival "Tolerance 2003". The festival will deal with values such as tolerance and coexistence. It were taken place in Haifa in the International Convention Center with participants from thirteen countries including: Austria, Finland, Japan, Latvia, USA, New Zealand, Romania, Ukraine, Holland, Australia and Israel.
The Israeli participants will be students from Jewish, Christian, Moslem and Druze schools.

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The festival's events were advertised in national and local papers, on billboards, on radio and television, in the Internet and on artistic posters.

PARTNERS:

The festival were taken place in cooperation with various public and international institutions:
UNICEF/Israel Committee of UNICEF, the Ministry of Education and Culture, Haifa Municipality, the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem, the Austrian Cultural Forum Tel Aviv, The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Israel, the International Baha'i Community, Company, the Haifa/Boston Foundation, the Haifa Tourist Board, the Haifa International Convention Center, the Travelnet (Internet) Company.

The International Convention Center in Haifa, Israel
Japanese children preparing artwork for "The 4th International Children's Tolerance Festival"
Canadian children from Montreal voting for "Tolerance"
Artisitic composition to the "Tolerance" theme from latvian students living in Riga

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