Bergen International Festival 2015 English catalogue | Page 88

088 BE RGE N INTE RN AT I ON AL FE STIVAL 2015 T HE FEST I VAL T HAN KS T H E F E ST IVA L T H A N KS The Festival thanks The Grieg Foundation supports numerous charitable projects worldwide, with emphasis on projects that involve children and youth, medical research and the environment. The Grieg Foundation makes an active commitment to ensure necessary support and progress, and contribute in ways that make a difference. Grieg Foundation is one of the main sponsors behind SOS Children’s Villages. Within art and culture their main focus is on Western Norway, and the foundation has been an important supporter of cultural life in Bergen for many years, including the construction of Oseana Art and Culture Cent