Azerbaijani Culture Friends Foundation

Azerbaijani Culture Friends Foundation (ACFF) - is a charity foundation of Azerbaijan. The foundation is non-governmental.

History
Azerbaijani Culture Friends Foundation was founded in 1995. Mehriban Aliyeva, goodwill ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO, and Member of Parliament, is the chairperson of the foundation.

The object of the foundation
The foundation's object is to popularize and publicize the national culture, make the culture introduce in the foreign countries,  integration of  Azerbaijani people into the world culture, to make new international relations. The work of the Foundation is led in 3 directions: cultural events, charity actions, and publication.

Activity
Organizing jubilee nights for famous art figures of Azerbaijan, publish several magazine and CDs for art of Azerbaijan.
Foundation orgianizes concerts, theater performances, presentations. Among the famous events that foundation held is “Great Silk Road” International Classical Music Festival and Days of Korean Culture held together with SEBA (Seoul-Baku) Azerbaijan-Korean Cultural Exchange Association. 
The main objective of the foundation is to popularize Azerbaijan Mugham on the world-scale. “Baku Mugham Center” was founded as a step in this direction. The music album “Karabakh khanendeleri”, “Baku Fall” international festival IX East-West International Film Festival in Baku, “Advertisement Greedy  Night” are also held within the framework of the foundation's activity plan.

References

External links
 http://en.trend.az/news/politics/2223926.html
 http://azerbaijans.com/content_662_en.html
 http://en.president.az/president/first_lady

Category:Foundations based in Azerbaijan