HANACS Objects:

The Himalayan and Nepal Arts and Culture Society constitutional Objects, as approved by the Board of Directors in February 2022, are:

A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE UK AND BROADER WESTERN EUROPEAN ENGLISH SPEAKING NATIONS PEOPLES AND INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO IRELAND, IN ALL ASPECTS OF NEPALI AND HIMALAYAN (INCLUDING HIMALAYAN REGIONS OF NORTHERN INDIA, AND BHUTAN) ARTS AND CULTURE WITH A VIEW TO SHARING AND PRESERVING THESE ARTS AND CULTURES (BOTH TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY) AND THROUGH THEM DEEPENING INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIPS AND IN THE DOMAINS OF AND

B) THROUGH THE ARTS AND CULTURES SHARING OF THE HIMALAYAN AND NEPALI PEOPLES AND THOSE OF THE UK, IRELAND AND OTHER WEST EUROPEAN ENGLISH-SPEAKING NATONS, ENABLE NEW OR SUPPORT EXISTING ACTIVITIES AND COLLABORATIONS THAT ENHANCE UK, BRITISH ISLES, WESTERN EUROPEAN ACCESS TO THE ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGES OF THE HIMALAYAN AND NEPAL REGION OF SOUTH ASIA, INCLUDING WITH ARTISTS AND ARTS CENTRES, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND EXPERTS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS ACROSS THE PAN-HIMALAYAN REGION WITH COUNTERPARTS IN THE UK, IRELAND AND WESTERN EUROPE.

C) TO RESEARCH CONCERNING AND EDUCATE ON THE STORY AND PHENOMENON OF HUMAN MIGRATION INTERRELATIONSHIP WITH THE SHARING, EVOLUTION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE, PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE PAN-HIMALAYAN REGION, AND WITH REFERENCE TO PARALLEL PHENOMENA IN THE BRITISH ISLES AND WEST, INCLUDING BETWEEN THESE TWO ASIAN AND EUROPEAN REGIONS.

D) TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THROUGH PARTICULARLY THE MEDIUMS OF TRANSCULTURAL LEARNING & THE ARTS, AND THROUGH OTHER UK NEPALI COMMUNITY INTERACTION, SUCH AS ON POLICIES AND SERVICE PROVISION DELIVERY, WITH UK GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES PROVIDERS SUCH AS LOCAL AUTHORITIES, WHERE AWARENESS OF CULTURAL FACTORS AND THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE ARTS, SUPPORT TO ALL OF THE LATTER AND THE UK NEPALI COMMUNITY (A LARGELY FIRST GENERATION SETTLEMENT IN THE UK ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITY) ON INTEGRATION, EQUALITY AND INCLUSION, THROUGH ADVISORY SERVICES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RESEARCH, REPORTS CREATION AND UTILISATION, AND IN THE DOMAIN OF CONSULTATIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS SUPPORTIVE OF UK NEPALI COMMUNITY’S INTEGRATION, INCLUSION AND EQUALITY.