diff --git a/openpype/lib/__init__.py b/openpype/lib/__init__.py
index 6e63b3d9a6..9fcc536a3a 100644
--- a/openpype/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/openpype/lib/__init__.py
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ from .python_module_tools import (
 
 from .avalon_context import (
     CURRENT_DOC_SCHEMAS,
+    PROJECT_NAME_ALLOWED_SYMBOLS,
+    PROJECT_NAME_REGEX,
+    create_project,
     is_latest,
     any_outdated,
     get_asset,
@@ -164,6 +167,9 @@ __all__ = [
     "classes_from_module",
 
     "CURRENT_DOC_SCHEMAS",
+    "PROJECT_NAME_ALLOWED_SYMBOLS",
+    "PROJECT_NAME_REGEX",
+    "create_project",
     "is_latest",
     "any_outdated",
     "get_asset",
diff --git a/openpype/lib/avalon_context.py b/openpype/lib/avalon_context.py
index 2d608e8279..f4a58c74fd 100644
--- a/openpype/lib/avalon_context.py
+++ b/openpype/lib/avalon_context.py
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ CURRENT_DOC_SCHEMAS = {
     "asset": "openpype:asset-3.0",
     "config": "openpype:config-2.0"
 }
+PROJECT_NAME_ALLOWED_SYMBOLS = "a-zA-Z0-9_"
+PROJECT_NAME_REGEX = re.compile(
+    "^[{}]+$".format(PROJECT_NAME_ALLOWED_SYMBOLS)
+)
 
 
 def with_avalon(func):