ALIPH Foundation

ALIPH’s Executive Director, Valéry Freland, has just wrapped up an engaging mission to .

During this productive visit, ALIPH took part in the 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐤𝐡𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧–𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 2026, which brought together museum and heritage professionals from France, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, and beyond to share ideas and spark new collaborations.

The mission also included meetings with the Ministry of Culture and Information, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs», .kz, the National Commission for UNESCO, the UNESCO Regional Office for Central Asia, the Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation, , .school, .art, , , , , private foundations, and many museum and heritage professionals.

We extend our sincere gratitude to the Kazakhstani authorities, , , and all our partners for their warm welcome and inspiring exchanges.

We look forward to building on this momentum and deepening these collaborations.

𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐇! 🤝

On May 5 in , the Republic of Armenia joined ALIPH. The accession agreement was signed on the occasion of the French President’s state visit by Armenia’s Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, 𝐙𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧, and ALIPH Executive Director, 𝐕𝐚𝐥é𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, in the presence of the President Emmanuel Macron and the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan / Նիկոլ Փաշինյան.

thus becomes the 10th member state of the Foundation, joining France, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, China, Luxembourg, and Morocco, which have been members since 2017, and Cyprus and Uzbekistan, which joined in 2023 and 2025 respectively. The ALIPH Foundation Board is chaired by 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚 𝐊𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢, representative of France.

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Le 5 mai dernier à , la République d’Arménie a adhéré à ALIPH. L’accord d’adhésion a été signé, à l’occasion de la visite d’Etat du Président de la République française, par la ministre de l’Éducation, des Sciences, de la Culture et des Sports d’Arménie, 𝐙𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧, et le directeur exécutif d’ALIPH, 𝐕𝐚𝐥é𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, en présence du Président Emmanuel Macron et du Premier ministre Nikol Pashinyan / Նիկոլ Փաշինյան.

L’ devient ainsi le 10e Etat membre de la fondation, rejoignant la France, les Émirats arabes unis, l’Arabie saoudite, le Koweït, la Chine, le Luxembourg et le Maroc, membres depuis 2017, et Chypre et l’Ouzbékistan, qui ont adhéré respectivement en 2023 et 2025. Le Conseil de fondation d’ALIPH est présidé par 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚 𝐊𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢, représentante de la France.

Élysée – Présidence de la République française | ՀՀ արտաքին գործերի նախարարություն / Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia | France Diplomatie |