Music Center the Netherlands is the resource and promotion center for the professional music world. Its mission is to propagate and enhance the position of Dutch musical life, both nationally and internationally. MCN plays a coordinating and stimulating role within the national and international music arena by supporting, communicating, and most importantly, by initiating activities. Home to many different partners active in the music sector, MCN forms a unifying factor in the chain of demand and supply. Moreover, it also serves as the nerve center and a memory bank in the music sector. From its unique vantage point, where necessary MCN directs activities related to its primary responsibilities of promotion (national and international) and information, including education and reflection. To provide current information and to preserve the history of Dutch music, MCN will use, maintain and expand its contemporary, jazz, and pop archives, which were developed by its predecessors. The evaluation and cataloguing of the collection is based on a balanced archival and documentation policy. Given the size and complexity of the music field, MCN also envisions a key role for itself as a neutral umbrella organization with an overview of the music sector, dedicated to fine-tuning and coordination.