CIOFF® promotes, safeguards and diffuses traditional culture and folklore in 101 countries. Is an international cultural non-governmental Organization (NGO) in official partnership with UNESCO. Since 1970, CIOFF® assures the coordination of about 300 CIOFF Festivals in more than 50 countries reaching some fifty thousand artists. For CIOFF Festival Organizers, this worldwide network represents opportunities of formal and informal contacts for exchange of ideas, for learning from other festivals’ experiences and for international cooperation.