Karabakh Foundation

exchanges between Azerbaijan and the United States;

* generate concrete and reliable information for media coverage related to the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan;

* solidify networks and platforms for East-West cultural exchange and Azerbaijani representation in major festivals and celebrations of the arts;

* stimulate increased travel to and from Azerbaijan;

* contribute to improved cultural diversity in U.S. school curricula and systems;

* build a body of English-translation Turkic-language scholarly works and disseminate these publications in book form and on the Web; and

* facilitate networking, including online social networking, among young Azerbaijani professionals with roots from the Karabakh region, as a means of reinforcing and sharing heritage.