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SCF Newsletter | July 2021

SCF Announces Partners for Regional Events in 2021

SEI’s Strategic Collaborative Fund programme has selected organizations who will host regional environmental policy forums in 2021 on five key themes: air pollution, agrobiodiversity, climate change adaptation and disaster risk management, freshwater ecosystems, and gender and migration:

Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Center, Inc.

Sustainable and Inclusive Solutions for Air Quality and Climate Change: A Virtual Regional Learning Event for Southeast Asia (Theme: Air pollution)

Mekong Institute (MI)

Mainstreaming Agrobiodiversity for Sustainable Food System in the ASEAN (Theme: Agrobiodiversity)

Institute for Circular Economy Development (ICED), Vietnam National University

Towards a Climate Resilience Society For All: Harnessing The Transformative Power Of Inclusive Social Media And Digital Platforms For Climate Adaptation And Resilience Building In Southeast Asia (Theme: Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management)

Asian Institute of Technology

Towards Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services In National Policies For Sustainable Management Of Freshwater Ecosystems In South And Southeast Asia (Theme: Freshwater Ecosystems)

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

Engendering Climate-Induced Migration Perspectives From Asia (Theme: Gender)

Read the full announcement here.

For more information on these upcoming events, please check out the SCF events page.

Highlights 2020

The global pandemic forced SCF and our partners to rethink our strategies for collaboration. In 2020, despite COVID-19, we delivered our goals by maximizing virtual platforms to extend it outreach to transboundary partners in Asia-Pacific and beyond.

We would like to share with you some highlights of 2020 through the different components that make up this programme. We thank our partners and supporters, especially the Government of Sweden (Sida) for bringing us closer to our goal of fostering collaboration for sustainable development.

Read the Highlights 2020 report.

Latest Updates from SCF Partners

BLOG: Green Group To Metro Manila Residents: Embrace Eco-Waste Management To Minimize Flood Woes (EcoWaste Coalition)
BLOG: Can India Afford a Green Recovery? (AVPN)
WEBINAR: UNDFF – Philippine Action Plan for Family Farming (Asian Farmers' Assiociation)
REPORT: 2021 Voices of Youth (CYI)

Partnerships for the Goals

Photo: Ashley Winkler / Unsplash

Food Stories: scalable solutions for food security (Independent Dialogue by SEI Asia at the UN Food Systems Summit)

Our production and consumption patterns have created a massive problem for the environment due to food homogeneity, unsustainable agriculture practices, exploitation of natural resources, and so forth. This session aims to reveal and share the real story behind the food that we consume. How can we narrate a better story to create a better and more sustainable future?

Learn more about the UN Food Systems Summit.

SEI Online Learning

SEI’s open online courses provide learning for career professionals, students and other learners for in-depth knowledge that will advance their work and studies, and help build career expertise. See our course offerings below.

External Opportunities and Links

Call for Proposals: Case Studies on the Intersectional Impacts of Air Pollution on the World of Work of Vulnerable Groups including Women and Youth in Southeast Asia (SEI)
Public Awareness on Climate Change (Minor Foundation for Major Challenges)
Conservation Action Fund (Fondation Segré)

About Us
SEI’s Strategic Collaborative Fund Phase 2 (SCF2), with support from the Swedish government (SIDA), emphasizes collaborative partnerships that integrate gender and social equality and human rights-based approaches.

We periodically send out a newsletter to give updates on our latest activities and events on environmental sustainability in Asia and beyond. Learn more about the Strategic Collaborative Fund...

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