The European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals (EFWMF) is a network of festivals sharing the vision that the world is a patchwork of a multitude of local traditions and music, each different in expression and content yet equal in value. The EFWMF was founded in 1991 and legally structured as a non-profit organisation in 1993.
The primary concerns of the EFWMF are artistic and artistically related issues. Membership is invited for all festival organizers with a worldwide, or at least a clear trans-national approach, that presents music in the area of world, ethnic, traditional, folk and roots music.
EFWMF initiated the worldwide music expo WOMEX. In 1998 the EFWMF began developing the concept for a new event - STRICTLY MUNDIAL - as a meeting and networking point for the live aspects of world music. Strictly Mundial premiered in Zaragoza, Spain in November 2000. A second edition was held in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil in December 2001 and a third edition in Marseilles, France in February 2003.