Yangon today has everything to gain and everything to lose.
Vision
Yangon Heritage Trust is an independent center of excellence working to promote and integrate Yangon’s unique urban heritage into a 21st century vision of Yangon as one of Asia’s most livable cities.
Mission
Yangon Heritage Trust advocates for heritage protection, develops clear and sustainable policy options, promotes the proper conservation of Yangon’s rich urban heritage within a cohesive planning process, engages with government, business and civil society, communicates its ideas to the widest possible audience, undertakes specific conservation projects and facilitates research and training.
By partnering with the government and residents to maintain a sustainable and thriving urban center, Yangon Heritage Trust focuses on allowing the city to fully modernize while also conserving the urban heritage which makes it unique. Good integration of conservation and development can transform Yangon into one of the region’s most beautiful and livable cities, a social and economic asset for the nation.
Conserving our heritage, Creating our future
Yangon Heritage Strategy
The Yangon Heritage Strategy presents a new vision for Yangon as a city that is unique, liveable and a social and economic asset for the nation. The YHS also contains suggested actions towards achieving that vision which are achievable in the life of the new national government. This plan represents the culmination of YHT’s experience, consultations, advocacy and expert opinion gathered over the last four years and is designed to be usable and actionable.