Football Coexistence Camp From August 7th – 10th, Givat Haviva will be running a football camp for coexistence. For four days, forty children (20 Jewish and 20 Arab) from nearby villages will spend their mornings taking part in football training sessions on the inviting soft green turf of the Barkai Football School. After the strenuous training sessions the young sportsmen will return to the Givat Haviva campus for various coexistence activities, including art workshops, dialogue groups and Jewish and Arab cultural nights. Report of Camp Coexistence Sailing Together A new project initiated by Givat Haviva and the Jewish Maritime League (JML), 'Sailing Together' brings together 10 Israeli teenagers (5 Jews and 5 Arabs) to promote positive inter-cultural relations through the sport of sailing. The teenagers undergo three months of training in Israel, and then set out for 12 days in Cape Town, sailing dinghies and keel boats, sightseeing and visiting community based projects.

Children March for Peace Givat Haviva is proud to announce our latest endeavor - the Children's March for Peace. This march will take place in September with the cooperation of many schools and other peace organizations throughout Israel, with the intention of creating an event for approximately 5,000 students. The children – ranging in age from 6-18 years of age – will be taking part in the march as a way to let their parents know that they are interested in a future of peace and dialogue with the other side. The main aim of the march is to interest the greater public in the relationship between Jewish Israelis and Palestinian Israelis.

A joint project of the Jewish-Arab Center for Peace and the Arab Mayors Council,
a model network of Communal Leadership for a minority group, enabling continued creation of a growing human infrastructure of community leadership in the Arab sector, which will use the tools and knowledge provided in the courses to upgrade the services provided to their constituents. Through their experiences in the course, the participants are also able to strengthen the foundations of democracy, tolerance and the desire for coexistence within their communities. The participants return to their communities and act as agents of change.
The institute offers a variety of programs and professional courses for employees of Arab Local Councils, the educational system and NGO's.
Community Administration in the Modern Era:
Advanced course for senior employees of Arab Local Councils.
The course trains its participants in professionalism and efficiency in their work vis-à-vis the community and the government.
Professional Training of Public Relations Officials
Provides professional upgrading to holders of Public Relations positions within the Arab community.
The course is comprised of 138 hours of academic training, practical experience, and personal and group processes.
A platform of exchange is created between Jewish and Arab communities through field visits to Jewish municipalities and organizations.
Human Resources and Financial Growth
A capacity building course improving the professional organizational and management skills of Arab municipal employees, which will in turn "stretch the shekel." In addition ways are taught to increase funds through fundraising (governmental and private) and by showing innovative methods for increasing municipality funds, such as recruiting new factories to be opened within the municipality, which will bring in higher municipal taxes.
Educational Leadership
The Empowering Educational Leaders in a Minority Group course works towards empowering community leaders who work in the field of education, through students and parents, to reach an open democratic partnership culture in the Arab community and to help the community recognize the disadvantage of centralistic behavior, to recognize the needs of the system and to issue goals for the community of youth and pupils. Tools and strategies gained through the course will help to make the educational system more empowering, capacity building, democratic and successful.
Arab Women Leaders and Counselors
Women leaders and potential leaders in Arab communities are offered an opportunity to go through a process of empowerment and learning, to develop their skills in leadership, negotiation, cooperation and management. By providing a capacity-building program for Women Leaders and Counselors, the project is not only raising skills and abilities of self help, but also creating a network of professionals which will continue to operate upon completion of the course.

The institute is the research branch of Givat Haviva. Members of the institute, based in universities across Israel, conduct multi-disciplinary research on both the Arab and Jewish communities. Research results are presented in local and international conferences and study days.

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The Center’s Branch in Sakhnin offers enrichment opportunities for teachers in the north of Israel on such topics as: education, society, Arab-Jewish relations, languages instruction, history, environmental studies. The Northern Branch also offers courses on teaching the Arabic language.