The Composers Association of Serbia was founded in 1945. It has continuously worked as one of the most renowned and most important institutions in Serbia ever since it was founded by the Serbian Ministry of Culture. Members of the Association are composers (contemporary and popular music) and music writers. The principal activities of the Association are promotion of pieces by Serbian composers both at home and abroad, taking care of composers and their material and social status, stimulating musicians to participate in contemporary music performance, publishing scores and audio editions as well as musicological studies dedicated to the music of Serbian composers. In 1994 the Association established the Mokranjac Prize for an outstanding composition performed for the first time during the previous year. Since 1992 it organizes the International Review of Composers. The Composers Association of Serbia is member of ISCM, ECPNM and ECF.