Mission Statement to ensure the safeguarding, respect and protection of the moral and professional interests of it?s members and the worldwide community of music managers; to watch over and contribute to the respecting of the economic and legal interests of music managers and their clients, both in the international arena and, via the membership, in national legislation; to be supportive of the formation of national and/or regional MMFs, especially in the developing world; to help managers in different nations and/or regions exchange information and knowledge such that the professionalism and expertise of the community of music managers is enhanced and reinforced; to engage in solidarity action financed in various ways to enable certain members, or future members, to have access to modern music management techniques and skills under the most favourable conditions and thus to foster such members? collaboration with all the members of the IMMF; to work for the advancement of, and recognition of, the importance of copyright and the value of intellectual property not only in economic terms but also as the protector of culture and of those who create it. to foster the awareness of the importance of the rights of artists as the creators of copyright, and therefore of culture, of the essential role which managers play in protecting the rights and role of their clients in this regard, and by extension the essential role of especially featured artists as the generators of musical culture throughout the world.