390. The reinforcement of the links between the Ministry of Culture and non-governmental organizations, including bodies such as the Fernando Ortiz Centre, the Antonio Núñez Nature and Man Foundation, the Ludwig Foundation, the Alejo Carpentier Foundation, the Caguayo Foundation and the New Latin American Cinema Foundation, together with associations such as the Martin Luther King Memorial Centre, the Cuban Association of Friends of the Book, the Cuban Artistic Handicrafts Association, the Yoruba Cultural Association, the Association of Percussionists, the Cuban Librarians Association, the Association of Cineclubs, etc., whose promotional activities have a variety of impacts on social and cultural development, have also contributed to the holding of local, national and international events which have a positive influence on creative artists, performers, researchers and organisers of cultural activities and on society at large.