During a ceremony held on Sunday, September 27, 2020, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the ECO Cultural Institute and Roudaki Foundation.
According to ECO Cultural Institute, present at the event were Sarvar Bakhti, President of the ECO Cultural Institute, Seyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini, Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, and Mehdi Afzali, CEO of the Roudaki Foundation. Within the framework of this MoU, the two sides will collaborate in organizing concerts of the greatest pieces of music of the ECO countries, producing outstanding works of art, organizing joint traditional events such as Nowruz, holding art training courses, facilitating the presence of art groups and artists from ECO member countries in Iran and vice versa, cooperating in conducting artistic research projects, designing and organizing art exhibitions in different fields, and assisting in organizing national and international festivals in different sections including Roudaki Festival.