CENTER FOR
HIGHLAND NATURAL RESOURCEGOVERNANCE RESEARCH
CEGORN
Center For Highland Natural Resource Governance
Founded in January 2015, CEGORN is a science and technology organization under the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA). The center operates under the Science and Technology Activity Registration License No. A-1253 issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology on January 30, 2015.
As an independent non-profit organization, CEGORN has the following main goals:


Preservation and development
the local culture
Research and consulting to support sustainable management of natural resources
Raise public awareness of the law
All of these measures are intended to advance the sustainable growth of rural and mountainous regions, with a special focus on women, the economically disadvantaged, and ethnic minorities.


Vision
Create a space in which ethnic minorities, women and people living in rural and mountainous areas, upstream and buffers can promote their culture and are able to access land and natural resources through research, policy analysis, program empowerment and applying local knowledge.

Mission
By creating a safe, supportive environment for ethnic minorities and disadvantaged people living in rural and mountainous regions, we can help to promote their cultural values and traditional laws through research, analysis, advocacy policy, empowering the community.
Organizational structure
