Mission
The mission of Sustainable Caucasus is to promote cooperation, coordination and advocacy in support of sustainable development of the Caucasus ecoregion and beyond.
Values
To achieve our mission, we articulate and promote:
Common objectives and understanding of regional/global challenges;
The diverse ethnic and cultural environment of the region;
Involvement of the people of the region in decision-making about sustainable development in the Caucasus.
In everything we do, we act with:
Openness, transparency, teamwork and fairness to enable and promote collaboration, partnership and networking;
Professionalism and competence to ensure that our advocacy and advice to decision-makers is knowledge-based and ethical;
Independence, impartiality and neutrality to avoid the appearance of partisanship or political bias
Inclusive processes of decision-making
Respect and support for diversity
Vision
Decision-makers in the Caucasus ecoregion:
Balance socio-economic growth and safeguarding of natural ecosystems;
Consider Research for Development interlinked with Higher Education as crucial drivers for sustainable and balanced regional development;
Make knowledge-based decisions and utilise sustainable practices at national and regional levels;
Societies in the region are resilient to unavoidable climate change and environmental changes.
The ecoregion is an essential contributor to global sustainable mountain development processes.