Since it was formed, in 1993, to play a leading role in the restoration of the Abbey and the preservation of Valbonne's heritage, the association has set as its aims:

• to organize, develop, manage and add to the Valbonne Heritage Museum situated in the ancient dormitory of the lay brothers at the Abbey,
• to spread knowledge of the Chalaisian Abbey in its simplicity and purity, and of the village of Valbonne, with its checkerboard pattern of building unchanged since its inception,
• to promote high quality cultural events in the unique setting of the Abbey,
• to publish a series of special studies (the Servan vine, fountains, oratories...),
• to constitute archives and a library of books specialised in the history of the area.