Our 2020 in Review

This year has not been easy for everyone – us, at the Strategic Collaborative Fund (SCF) especially, since most of our activities require a lot of face time. In January, we had planned on supporting several inter-regional and regional events, but the global pandemic forced us and our partners to rethink our strategies for collaboration.

Is online collaboration the same as holding it in person? Definitely not. But, we found that we can still have meaningful interactions even through our screens, in the comforts of our own pandemic bubbles.

As we wrap up 2020, we would like to share with you some highlights of how our year went, as well as tell you about our plans for the future. 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.

We wish you all a wonderful holidays and we'll see you all again next year!

- The SCF team

Strengthening inter-regional cooperation

Inclusive Food Value Chains in Sustainable Production and Consumption

The ENVforum aims to contribute to the formulation of sound decisions across all sectors that are mindful of their environmental, social and economic impacts and of the future generations. In doing so, we foster inter-regional cooperation between Asia and Europe on sustainable development and its environmental dimensions.

There is a need to shift from the dominant food systems model that relies heavily on chemical input, monoculture, and large industrial systems. Policies that help secure tenure for small-scale farmers and indigenous peoples; and multi stakeholders and multi-rights holder platform are crucial for the shift to a more sustainable and equitable food value chain.

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Promoting regional dialogue

The Climate Finance Track at the AVPN 2020 Virtual Conference

SEI Asia partnered with the Asian Ventures Philanthropy to deep dive into innovative financial instruments that can help facilitate the transition towards a low-carbon economy and enable effective adaptation. Read more...

Sustaining Family Farming in Asia Through Inclusive, Farmer-Driven Approaches

The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), the International Land Coalition (ILC), and the People’s Campaign for Agrarian Reform Network (AR Now!) organized the Sustaining Family Farming in Asia Through Inclusive, Farmer-Driven Approaches. Read more...

Women, Water, Climate: Tackling the Challenges

The webinar series tackled how climate change and water security continue to be the most acute and critical development issues in South and Southeast Asia. W atch the webinar recordings...

IPEN-SEA Virtual Conference 2020: Citizen Science in Southeast and East Asia

IPEN-SEA’s virtual conference is a 4-part online series for regional stakeholders to discuss and advance citizen science approaches towards environmental justice, citizens’ empowerment, gender equity, and health promotion in addressing urban pollution from toxic chemicals. Watch the webinar recordings...

Women Environmental Human Rights Defenders Retreat

Women environmental human rights defenders are at the frontline of efforts to achieving sustainability and a transition towards methods and policies capable of achieving socio-environmental justice. Grassroots women environmental human rights defenders from all over Asia gathered to share stories and learnings. Read the photo essay...

Publications

Read all the perspectives our researchers and partners have written in 2020.

Upcoming Events

Join us in our events and workshops in 2021.

Mainstreaming human rights and gender

Through a collaboration with Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) and Stockholm Environment Institute Asia gender cluster, evidence-based human rights and gender equality approaches are integrated into the programme implementation through capacity building such as direct coaching and providing open online courses.

This ensures that human rights and gender equality become central to regional environmental and climate change policy with the intent of achieving SDG integration. Sign up for the online courses...