Strategic Collaborative Fund Phase 2, 2018-2023 - Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Strategic Fund, 2018-2023 Strategic Collaborative Fund Phase 2, 2018-2023 Stockholm Environment Institute, Asia Center, (SEI Asien) har ansökt om 48,14 miljoner kronor för finansiering av programmet "Strategic Collaborative Fund Phase 2 (SCF2)" som täcker Asien (med fokus på ASEAN-länderna)under perioden 2018-2022.

Programmet syftar till att stödja och påverka strategiska konferenser och workshops för att bygga regionala aktörers kapacitet, stödja lärande och utbyte inom viktiga miljö- och klimat frågor och för ökat regionalt samarbete. Fokus ligger på gränsöverskridande frågor och att främja utveckling av åtgärder och policies för att adressera problemen. Jämställdhet och mänskliga rättigheter kommer genomgående att integreras, liksom de Globala utvecklingsmålen till år 2030, SDG. Huvudintressenter är representanter från regeringar, privatsektor, civilsamhälle och akademin samt samarbete med andra regionala och internationella nätverk i Asien, Kina och Europa.

Programmet är uppdelad i fyra komponenter. Komponent 1 stöder två interregionala samarbetsplattformar (ASEF "Asia Europe Environment Forum" och CAEC "China-ASEAN Environment Center"), som är centrala för dialogen mellan Sydostasien och andra regioner (Kina-ASEAN och Asien-Europa). 
Komponent 2 syftar till att stärka det regionala samarbetet genom att skapa
regionala plattformar och evenemang (sex regionala evenemang plus en privat sektor händelse årligen).
Dessa kommer att genomföras genom ett öppet årligt ansökningsförfarande. 
Komponent 3 handlar om lärande och kapacitetsutveckling för regionala partnerorganisationer att integrera  mänskliga rättigheters och jämställdhetsperspektiv i sina aktiviteter. 
Komponent 4 säkerställer en effektiv hantering av programmet. 

Den totala budgeten är 48,14 miljoner kronor, fördelat över fem år. The Stockholm Environment Institute Asia Center (SEI Asia) has applied to Embassy for funding of 48.14 million SEK to carry out the "Strategic Collaborative Fund Phase 2 (SCF2)" covering Asia and the Pacific, particularly Southeast Asia within the regional grouping of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN), during the period 2018-2022. 

The intervention aims to support strategic events, builds capacity of regional actors and enables learning for increased collaboration in Asia-Pacific on key environmental issues, including environmental transboundary issues, and to promote policy development. The focus of intervention lies on relevant opportunities for knowledge exchange includes many stakeholders and representative from governments, private sectors, civil society and academia, and collaboration with other regional and international networks between Asia, China and Europe. 

In order to reach the overall goal of intervention outcome and bridging outcome are identified. The programme outcome aims to "Enhanced regional collaboration on environment, climate change adaptation and natural resource management through sound technical and policy support and the integration of gender equality and human rights based approaches towards achieving relevant SDGs"; and bridging outcome aims to "Increased capacity of regional collaboration conveners to mainstream gender equality and a human rights based approach at programme and organizational levels".

The intervention is divided into four components, which are: 
Component 1 supports inter-regional cooperation platforms, which are central to the dialogue between Southeast Asia and other regions (China-ASEAN and Asia-Europe). 
Component 2 supports regional cooperation within Asia-Pacific based on completion basis. This component consists of coaching, financial resources as well as technical expertise to lead regional collaboration efforts towards an initiation of autonomous collaborative policy development. 
Component 3 is learning and capacity development to support regional partners in implementing a human rights based approach and gender mainstreaming in their collaborative activities. 
Component 4 ensures that SEI Asia will effectively and efficiently manage the intervention, engage with the right boundary partners, provided the appropriate level of expertise where it is needed.

Of this total budget, 48.14 MSEK, the total grants of SEK 20,400,000 (42% of total budget) will be forwards to partners under Component 1 (3,200,000 SEK in total for each forum/partner - China-ASEAN and ENVforum) and Component 2 (14,000,000 SEK in total) for different events based on completion basis. The total for direct cost is 5,550,000 SEK (12% of total budget) and the total for SEI Staff fees is 22,190,000 SEK (46% of total budget). The intention of the Strategic Collaborative Fund Phase 2 (SCF2) programme is to enhance the regional cooperation on environment, climate change, and natural resources management in Asia. These meetings and forums aim to facilitate increased awareness of sustainable development issues which will lead to better informed decision-making at several levels for policy development, taking environment and sustainable development, gender and human rights, more into account. To achieve the goal, SCF2 will deliver under four componets, namely:
Component 1: Inter-regional cooperation platforms
Component 2: Regional Collaboration 
Component 3: Capacity Building and support
Component 4: Programme Management