Duties and Missions

Missions, programs, and different activities of the foundation , as approved in the statute are as follow:

Missions

• Laying the ground for artistic and literary productions
• Clarifying and dispensing theoreti­cal bases of art and relating it to the religious and national art
• Developing artistic sites through re­constructing artistic halls and centers; and absorbing actual and legal entities (Private and no private) to advance artistic and literary activities
• Recognizing and employing national and international art and literature elites
• Absorbing communal participation in art and literature activities; and es­tablishing relevant institutes and or­ganizations
• Training skilled individuals in spe­cialized services, technical support and artistic equipment through art workshops
• Improving the quantities and quali­tative ability in production and distri­bution of artistic and literary works
• Providing suitable and appropriate places for art lovers to experiment

Duties

• Cooperation and interaction with domestic and international institutes for exchanging art works and organ­izing programs
• Counseling and cooperating with domestic cultural and artistic centers Inauguration artistic and literary conferences and festivals
• Participation in domestic and international conferences and fests
• Organizing the national archive of music and theatre and required data bases
• Conducting research to attain new methods of artistic production
• Mount methods of music and theatre production and performance to meet the specialized needs of art society
• Providing specialized counsel in constructing artistic sites
• Designing and planning artistic projects for children
• Analyzing plans and programs in the field of art Promoting the zest for forming new art circles
• Cooperating with organizations in charge of research and executing art projects
• Establishing centers for teaching theoretical and applied art
• Compiling, translating, and distributing written artistic material
• Producing and distributing art-themed audio video and multimedia resources
• Holding conferences, exhibitions, honoring ceremonies, cultural and artistic occasional ceremonies
• Establishing commercial companies and centers in order to meet the financial needs of the foundation
• Inviting and investigating para Roudaki cultural foundation besides
• planning short-, middle-, and long term programs, regulates what is going to be done in Azadi complex and Vahdat hall.

Organizational structure:

• Board of trustees
• Board of directors
• Managing director
• Legal inspector

Board of trustees consists of minister of Islamic culture and guidance, art deputy minister of Islamic culture  and guidance, and two art and culture veterans who are elected by the cul­ture minister for a 2-year period.

Board of trustees is responsible for designating the strategies, policies, and procedures; supervising current activities; ratifying financial, transactional, administrative, and employment bylaws; regulating annual budget; ratifying financial statements appointing and deposing members of the board of directors; and appropriating the salaries of board of trustees, managing director, and legal inspector.

Board of directors consists of three members as proposed by board of trustee’s chair and approved by the board for two years.

Board of directors is responsible for safeguarding the interests of foundation,

Surveying the organizational struc­ture, charts, bylaws, transactions, employment programs; proposing and approving contracts within the envisaged budget; opening accounts in banks and financial institutes; and approving financial facilities and collaborations as proposed by the managing director, and presenting financial statements to board of trustees.

Managing director of the foundation is elected from among or outside the members of the board of directors and is appointed for two years by the chair of the board of trustees.

Liabilities and obligations of the managing director:

• Implementing ratifications of the board of directors
• Proposing the annual budget to the board of directors
• Preparing and delivering annual financial reports
• Proposing employment programs Attracting public and civil institu­tion partnership
• Buying, selling, renting, and ex­ploiting assets of the foundation and administering other transactions
• Inviting board of directors and holding meetings with them
• Appointing and deposing deputies, directors, and employees based on the rules of the board of trustees
• Delivering annual performance report to the board of directors
• Pursuing and defending legal cases