Background of EMReF

EMReF is an accredited non-profit research organization dedicated to doing studies in the fields of livelihoods, governance, political economy, social  relations, politics and rule of law and justice with the purpose of providing information and evidence-based policy recommendations for different stakeholders such as international  organizations, civil society organizations, political parties, media, private sector, parliament and government agencies which are working on equitable and inclusive socioeconomic development and promoting democratic governance in Myanmar.

EMReF has been extending its role in promoting political awareness and participations of citizens and civil society organizations in policy making through providing reliable and trust worthy information on political partiesand elections, parliamentary performance, and development policy issues. As a current foundation step, EMReF has been developing an information mechanism which includes three main functions-collecting information, analyzing and distributions to the public through different methods such as website, social media and other electronic instant communication means such as text messages and applications. Meanwhile, EMReF has been using other conventional measures such as providing social research trainings to the youths, local CSOs, political parties and elected MPs in order to promote practices of collecting reliable evidences and using these evidences in developing and evaluating policies.

Vision and Missions

EMReF has visions and missions
EMReF seeks Myanmar as an

• Enlightened
• Informed
• Equal and
• Inclusive democratic Society

EMReF is going to seek the vision through:

• Promoting independent research culture in Myanmar
• Promoting evidence-based policy making and
• Promoting access to evidence-based data and information

Under this vision and mission,
EMReF is currently doing various researches particularly in the fields of

• Livelihoods,
• Gender,
• Political Economy and Governance
• States and Regional Parliaments,
• Rule of Law and Justice
• Social Impact Monitoring and Social Assessments

In addition to researches,
We give research trainings and research stipend programs.
EMReF produced biweekly news bulletins on the activities of sub-national parliaments.  

EMReF is an organization of high diversity in terms of ethnicity and gender. Various ethnic researchers_ Mon, Karen, Kachin, Naga, Lisu, Chin and Bamars.
EMReF, after all, is an organization working for the better future of Myanmar through research and advocacy.