North Sumatera Heritage Profile

Background
North Sumatera Heritage was founded by NGO’s activists, historian, and antropologist on 10 November 1998 in Medan, North Sumatera. One of the reasons in forming the institution is based on the reality in the developement of cultural heritage in this country. There is unjustice condition caused by the policy of goverment in development process in any sector. In reality,. cultural and natural heritage sector didn’t get serious attention by government. So, it is important to struggle and put the cultural and natural heritage as the main focus on development concern.
Based on the reality above, a group of man who concern in cultural and natural heritage initiated to build the institution that will focus on save the cultural and natural heritage in North Sumatra. On November 10, 1999, the North Sumatera Heritage was established in Medan by some activists and academists in North Sumatera University.
The main issue that will be run is saving the natural and culutral heritage. It means the purpose of the institution is not only focus on cultural but also the natural heritage.
There are several program that will be carried out by NSH. They consist of : Advocacy, Community Organizing, Inventory, Networking, Research. The programs integrated each others including gender perspective in each program. The most important that will be reached through this program is: how to raise public awareness through advocacy and revitalisation of the cultural and natural heritage programs.

Vision
To reach the struggling and advocacy right of the community on their cultural and natural heritage

Mission
Struggling and advocacy the right of community on their cultural and natural heritage

Goal

1. To develop and strengthening the values, tradition and cultural symbols that still exist in the community;
2. To Advocacy the subculture that marginalized by modernization and Social change;
   To revitalization the tradition of community and local culture;
3. Inventory the intangible and tangible of natural and cultural heritage in the community.

Activity

• Identify and inventarize the problems of natural and cultural heritage in North Sumatra.
• Research about the implication of development in the natural and cultural heritage in north sumatra;
• Discussion, workshop, training, dialog with other institutions that concern in heritage problems;
• Advocate and revitalize the existence of natural and cultural heritage in North Sumatra;
• Campaign to save about the natural and cultural heritage in North Sumatra;
• Run the mapping activity in social and cultural context of the community;
• Restoration and Conservation the natural and cultural heritage.

Contact Person : Edy Suhartono
Office : Jalan Yos Sudarso Komplek PLN, Lorong 13 No 4 a Medan
Sumatera Utara.
Indonesia
E-mail : antroedy@telkom.net,edy.suhartono@gmail.com
Phone/Fax. : 62 61 6616896