The Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival (PAPJAZZ), a non-profit event, features an unprecedented cultural assembly to a local and international audience and is one of the best example of successful partnerships between the international community via embassies of Belgium, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Mexico, Panama, Spain, Switzerland and the United States of America, the public sector through Haitian Ministry of Culture, Tourism, civil society institutions as well as the private sector such as Heineken, Rhum Barbancourt, Sogebank, Wingaz, Digicel, Radio Metropole, Air Caraibes, and Sunrise.

The Haiti Jazz Foundation manages a steering organization committee (Embassies, ministries, private sector representatives) in order to administrate the logistics for the bands, scheduling and booking of concerts and venues, as well a marketing and communications for the event.

They have participated at the PAPJAZZ : Branford Marsalis, Norman Brown, Kenny Garrett, Sandra N’kake, Tony Chasseur & Ronald Tulle, Didier Lockwood, Mino Cinelu, Danilo Perez, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Etienne M’Bappé, Beethova Obas, Emeline Michel, Leila Pinheiro, Michael Brun, Etienne Charles, Meddy Gerville, Oliver Jones, Omar Sosa, Tabou Combo, Chano Domiguez, Jean Caze, Richard Payne, The Yellow Jackets, Ranee Lee, Bwa Kore, The Soul Rebels, Lionel Loueke, Mikaben, Mario Canonge, Pauline Jean, Richard Bona, Laurent De Wilde, Yilian Canizares, Kelly Lee Evans, Terence Blanchard, Cecile Mc Lorin Salvant, Joss Stone …