Heydar Aliyev Foundation
{{Short description|Private foundation in Azerbaijan}}
{{Infobox organization
|name=Heydər Əliyev Fondu
|logo=Logo of Heydar Aliyev Foundation.jpg
|logo_size=230px
|type=Private foundation
|founded_date=2004
|founder=Ilham Aliyev
Mehriban Aliyeva
|location=Baku, Azerbaijan
|origins=
|key_people=Mehriban Aliyeva (President)
Leyla Aliyeva (Vice-President)
|area_served=Global
|focus=Arts, charity, education, and science
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|homepage=[http://www.heydar-aliyev-foundation.org www.heydar-aliyev-foundation.org]
}}
File:Stamps of Azerbaijan, 2012-1033.jpg
The Heydar Aliyev Foundation ({{langx|az|Heydər Əliyev Fondu}}) is a private foundation headed by Azerbaijan's First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva. The foundation is named after Azerbaijan's former president, Heydar Aliyev – the father of the incumbent president Ilham Aliyev.{{cite web|last=Abbasov|first=Shahin|title=Azerbaijan: Foundation Finances Renovations at Versailles, Strasbourg|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insightb/articles/eav082709a.shtml|access-date=28 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207041914/http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insightb/articles/eav082709a.shtml|archive-date=7 December 2017|url-status=dead}} The foundation has been criticized for not being transparent about its finances,{{Cite web |last=Bojin |first=Roxana Jipa, Victor Ilie, and Daniel |title=Building on a Shaky Foundation - Corruptistan |url=https://www.occrp.org/en/corruptistan/azerbaijan/2015/12/04/building-on-a-shaky-foundation.en.html |website=OCCRP |language=en}} and for being a vehicle of corruption.{{Cite web |title=Why Azerbaijan’s Dynasty-Building Is a Bad Sign for Europe |url=https://freedomhouse.org/article/why-azerbaijans-dynasty-building-bad-sign-europe |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Freedom House |language=en}}
History
Heydar Aliyev died in 2003, and the foundation was created in 2004 by Ilham Aliyev.
Structure of the foundation
The Heydar Aliyev Foundation is a non-governmental and non-commercial organization.{{Cite web|url=http://heydar-aliyev-foundation.org/en/content/index/50/|title=Structure of the Foundation}}
Representative office cooperates with different countries in an international scale. Foundation's offices are operated abroad such as, United States, Russia, Romania and Turkey.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebusinessyear.com/azerbaijan-2014/foundation-for-success/inside-perspective|title=Foundation for Success|website=The Business Year|access-date=2018-03-14|archive-date=2018-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314104907/https://www.thebusinessyear.com/azerbaijan-2014/foundation-for-success/inside-perspective|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|date=2007-09-25|title=Representative Office of Azerbaijani Heydar Aliyev Foundation Opens in Bucharest|language=en-EN|work=Trend.Az|url=https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/1021567.html|access-date=2018-03-14}}{{Cite news|title=Azerbaijan Research Centre supported by Heydar Aliyev Foundation opens in Romania|language=en|url=https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Azerbaijan_Research_Centre_supported_by_Heydar_Aliyev_Foundation_opens_in_Romania-85230|access-date=2018-03-14}}{{Cite news|title=Head of Heydar Aliyev Foundation's Russia Office fulfills Russian girl's dream|language=en|url=https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Head_of_Heydar_Aliyev_Foundations_Russia_Office_fulfills_Russian_girls_dream-601487|access-date=2018-03-14}}
= Activities =
According to a 2009 EurasiaNet article, "The HAF builds more schools than Azerbaijan's Ministry of Education, more hospitals than the Ministry of Health, and conducts more cultural events than the Ministry of Culture." It funded the Baku Museum of Modern Art, intended as a focus for an "eco-cultural zone" that will also include a white-sand beach, a Frank Gehry skyscraper, and a walkway that projects out over the Caspian Sea.{{cite web|last=Abbasov|first=Shahin|title=Azerbaijan: Ex-Guggenheim Director Betting on Bilbao-Style Project for Baku|url= http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav020310.shtml |publisher= Eurasia Net |access-date=28 June 2011}} The foundation has sponsored several projects in France, helping to finance renovations at the Louvre Museum and the Palace of Versailles. The foundation gave €40,000 to help renovate stained-glass windows in France's Strasbourg Cathedral. In 2011, the foundation donated €50,000 for the reconstruction of the Berlin City Palace.
Other international projects have included rebuilding a school in Pakistan that had been destroyed by an earthquake{{cite web|last=Alakbarov|first=Anar|title=Executive Director of Heydar Aliyev Foundation: The Foundation relies on the people's support and becomes stronger from this confidence|url=http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=101945|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325184213/http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=101945|archive-date=25 March 2012|access-date=3 July 2011|publisher=APA}} and organizing events in 2011 in Moscow and St. Petersburg to showcase Azerbaijani art and music.{{cite web|title=Leyla Aliyeva: The Heydar Aliyev Foundation will be holding similar events all around the world to expose people to Azerbaijani culture |url=http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=147627 |publisher=APA |access-date=4 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325184257/http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=147627 |archive-date=25 March 2012 }}
The foundation takes part in the organization and holding of musical festivals like the "Gabala International Music Festival", the "World of Mugham Festival", the "Uzeyir Hajibeyov International Music Festival", and the "Mstislav Rostropovich Baku International Festival". In May 2021, the foundation brought back the "Kharibulbul International Folklore Festival" in Shusha, 30 years since it last took place (1991). The festival continued to be celebrated in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Post |first=Sponsored |date=2022-05-13 |title=Ilham Aliyev, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva attended opening of 5th "Kharibulbul" International Folklore Festival |url=https://www.eureporter.co/world/azerbaijan-world/2022/05/13/ilham-aliyev-first-lady-mehriban-aliyeva-attended-opening-of-5th-kharibulbul-international-folklore-festival/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=EU Reporter |language=en-GB}}
The foundation funded the restoration of the catacombs in the Vatican based on the agreement signed on June 22, 2012, by the president of the foundation, Mehriban Aliyeva, and the minister of culture of the Vatican, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravazi.{{Cite web|url=http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/02/23/heydar_aliyev_foundation_funds_restoration_of_catacombs_/1210689|title=News from the Vatican – News about the Church – Vatican News|website=en.radiovaticana.va|language=en|access-date=2018-03-20}}{{Cite web|url=http://heydar-aliyev-foundation.org/en/content/view/104/496/The-Heydar-Aliyev-Foundation-and-Vatican-signed-a-bilateral-agreement-on-restoration-of-Roman-catacombs|title=The Heydar Aliyev Foundation and Vatican signed a bilateral agreement on restoration of Roman catacombs|website=heydar-aliyev-foundation.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-20}}
Between 2004 and 2014, the foundation published numerous booklets and books talking about Azerbaijan's history, culture, art, cuisine and nature.{{Cite web|url=http://www.heydar-aliyev-foundation.org/en/content/blog/77/|title=Heydar Aliyev Foundation – Publications|website=heydar-aliyev-foundation.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-20|archive-date=2020-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407002741/https://heydar-aliyev-foundation.org/en/content/blog/77/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.iberlibro.com/buscar-libro/autor/heydar-aliyev-foundation/|title=heydar aliyev foundation – Iberlibro|website=iberlibro.com|language=es|access-date=2018-03-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/HEYDAR-ALIYEV-FOUNDATION?cm_sp=brcr-_-bdp-_-author|title=Heydar Aliyev Foundation – AbeBooks|website=abebooks.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-20}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Heydar Aliyev Foundation}}
- [http://heydar-aliyev-foundation.org/en Official website of Heydar Aliyev Foundation (English version)]
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Category:Organizations based in Baku
Category:Foundations based in Azerbaijan
Category:Organizations established in 2004