The MICHAEL Culture Association is a not-for-profit organisation that was founded in July 2007. The association is established under Belgian law (AISBL - Association Internationale Sans But Lucratif).

• Statute(pdf format) [EN] - [FR]

The Association fulfills the following not-for-profit objectives, defined in its statutes:

• Providing services to access digitised cultural resources
• Enhancement of quality and progress in digitisation of the on-line services and resources relative to cultural and scientific knowledge

In that perspective, the Association is carrying out activities such as:

• Management and development of the MICHAEL European portal
• Maintenance of the MICHAEL quality and interoperability framework
• Support of the growth of the inventory of digitised cultural heritage in Europe
• Promotion of the access to cultural heritage for the public in a cross-domain perspective
• Participation in European and international projects in the field of digitisation of cultural heritage, such as the construction of the European Digital Library
• Dissemination and exchanges of information, training in the related subjects