Seven organizations were selected to host regional environmental policy forums on this year’s seven key themes: climate change adaptation, climate finance, disaster risk reduction, urban, gender, water and agriculture.
More than 150 potential partners responded to SEI Asia’s recent call for proposals for hosting environmental events in the region.
Through SEI Asia’s Strategic Collaborative Fund Phase 2 (SCF2) programme, with support from the Swedish government (SIDA), seven organizations were selected to host regional environmental policy forums on this year’s seven key themes: climate change adaptation, climate finance, disaster risk reduction, urban, gender, water and agriculture.
The grantees will receive SEK 450 000 (approximately US$45 000) to fund one or more events in their entirety or provide supplemental funding to already confirmed co-funded event(s).
The events will help advance solutions on environmental sustainability, gender equality, human rights and poverty.
The following regional events will be conducted (virtually or in-person) starting June 2020 until early 2021:
Climate Finance: awarded to Asian Ventures Philanthropy for the climate finance track at the AVPN 2020 Virtual Conference
Climate Change Adaptation: awarded to The University of Auckland for the transcultural dialogue between NNGS groups dealing with climate change across Southeast Asia and the Pacific event
Disaster Risk Reduction: awarded to Children and Youth International (CYI) for the Asia Pacific Researchers, Practitioners & Policy-makers in Dialogue with Children & Youth event
Water: awarded to Women for Water Partnership for the Empowering Community Women in Asia: Addressing Climate-Related Water Security Challenges event
Gender: awarded to Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme Asia for the Grounding and Empowering: Nourishing the Grassroots for Transformative Change, An Asia Women Environmental Defenders Retreat event
Urban: awarded to EcoWaste Coalition Philippines for the Prevent and Reduce Urban Pollution from Toxic Chemicals: Citizen Science in Southeast and East Asia event
Agriculture: awarded to Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) for the Making Family Farming Sustainable and Viable in Asia: Strengthening Farmer-Led Multi Actor Partnership Platforms for Family Farming event
For more information on these upcoming events, please check out the SCF events page.
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