Vision
LACCoS envisions a sustainable and prosperous society where communities are empowered to take the lead in natural resource conservation, guided by the values of accountability, equity, community solidarity, and inclusion.
Mission
LACCoS contributes to a prosperous society by strengthening livelihood capacity and encouraging environmental stewardship through partnership, coordination, and multi-sectoral development initiatives.
Goal
LACCoS fosters biodiversity concern and natural resource-based development by creating livelihood diversification opportunities for communities, making them self-reliant through the sustainable management of natural resources. The organization also strengthens institutional development, minimizes threats, builds community resilience, and creates an enabling policy environment through a participatory approach
Objectives
LACCoS's main objective is to promote natural resource-based social-economic development by establishing synergy among community groups, local line agencies, and external support. The organization also has the following objectives:
- To raise and advocate issue-based concerns at the local level for biodiversity and wetland conservation and solid waste management in the Langtang region.
- To support building community resilience and disaster risk reduction through preparedness, research, infrastructure development, and institutional development.
- To explore and build the capacity of the local community through livelihood-supporting training and programs.
- To ensure the provision of basic education, health, and sanitation facilities in remote and geographically challenging regions.
- To identify and manage available resources for promoting local culture and ecotourism.
Values
In order to achieve its mission and to make its programs even more productive, LACCoS follows certain values and guiding principles in all its interventions and dealings.
- Equity: LACCoS believes that all people are equal and should have equal opportunities to participate in and benefit from its programs.
- Non-discrimination: LACCoS does not discriminate against any person or group of people on the basis of their race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or any other personal characteristic.
- Participation and inclusion: LACCoS believes that it is important to involve all stakeholders in its work, and that everyone should have a voice in the decisions that affect them.
- Religious tolerance: LACCoS respects the religious beliefs of all people, and does not promote any particular religion.
- Transparency and accountability: LACCoS is committed to being transparent and accountable to its stakeholders, and it publishes regular reports on its activities.
These values and guiding principles are essential to LACCoS's work, and they help to ensurethat its programs are effective and sustainable.
Impact groups
LACCoS focuses on socio-economically disadvantaged and pro-poor groups of men, women, youth and children. Keeping in view the overall socio-cultural fabric of the society and the overall power imbalance and discrimination that exist at all levels; the focus, amongst these groups, is again on the most vulnerable and the marginalized ones.
