ABOUT US  

Mountcon: Mountain Heritage and Development Partners is a local initiative taken by the educated and socially conscious youth of the Karakoram region. It is a for-profit organization that intends to apply its knowledge, skills, experience and profit on further research into projects and programmes of merit and of public utility to contribute to broader objectives of sustainable mountain development. Specific objective are to:

i) Document, promote and disseminate indigenous knowledge and experiences of mountain communities;

ii) Enhance the capacity of local civil society initiatives involved in change management in the Karakoram region;

iii) Provide opportunities for the local educated youth to lead the development processes by creatively engaging them in local development and in carrying out research-oriented field work;

iv) Provide a forum for the local development practitioners and social scientists in the region to debate key mountain development themes and create synthesis on burning issues, and 

v) Influence policy makers and policy making institutions through lobbying, advocacy and social activism to achieve objectives of participatory, integrated and sustainable development.