The aims and objectives:

The Australian Institute for Macedonian Studies (AIMS) was established in August 1986 with the aim to promote the Macedonian Hellenic culture, tradition and heritage. Its objectives include the following: to conduct research, to produce publications, to organize conferences and seminars, to encourage a constant inflow of academics from all over the world to visit Australia and deliver lectures (Constitution).

Its objectives also include to organize, encourage and promote historical, cultural and linguistic research activities having Hellenic Macedonia as their subject matter; to organize scholarships for scholarly research and studies for Macedonian Greeks or other Greeks or Australians who are loyal to the aims of the Australian Institute of Macedonian Studies.

The aims of the Institute also include: to maintain the cultural integrity of all Greeks and Australian Macedonians of Hellenic origin residing in Australia and its Territories; to improve the understanding among cultural groups on the basis of respect, recognition of identity and mutual coexistence; to liaise with international Institutes and to exchange ideas, views and knowledge; to organize concerts and folkloric festivals, art exhibitions and any other activities relevant to the above mentioned aims.

 

Constitution – Link to AIMS Constitution PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)