The idea of foundation of the Baku International Centre for Interfaith and Inter-Civilizational Cooperation (BCIC) was put and approved by the participants of the Conference "2017 - the Year of Islamic Solidarity: Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue", held in Baku on December 21, 2017 within the framework of the year of Islamic Solidarity, declared by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan by His Excellency Mr. Ilham Aliyev.
