South East Asia Fisheries Development Centre    SEAFDEC, marine/climate 13 - 19 South East Asia Fisheries Development Centre      SEAFDEC, marint/klimat 13 - 19 South East Asian Fisheries Development Center - SEAFDEC                SEAFDEC, regionalt center för fiskeriutveckling i Sydostasien.       Svenskt stöd, utbildning och regionala fiskeriktlinjer ska medverka   till att medlemsländerna skall omsätta FAO:s uppförandekod för        ansvarfullt fiske. The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is an      intergovernmental organization to promote sustainable fisheries       development in the region. Member Countries are ASEAN members Brunei  Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar,   the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. SEAFDEC undertakes  research on appropriate fishery technologies etc. In Southeast Asia, marine fishery resources are abundant. However, with fishery technology development coupled with human population growth and the demand for fish and fish- based products, fish landings have substantially increased which leads to growing pressure on marine resources and eventually results in over fishing. Moreover, the impact of climate change contribute to the instability of stuck abundance as well as deviations of fish migration routes. 
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center – SEAFDEC, established in 1967, is an autonomous inter-governmental body comprising 11 member countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam aiming to promote sustainable development and management o fisheries and aquaculture in order to alleviate poverty and enhance food security and the livelihood of people in Southeast Asian Region. 
Sweden has provided support to SEAFDEC since 2009. During the first phase of cooperation (2009- 2012), support was provided to “Activities related to climate change and adaptation in Southeast Asia with special focus on the Andaman Sea” and during the second phase (2013-2019) to “Fisheries and Habitat Management, Climate Change and Social well-being in Southeast Asia”, commonly known as the “SEAFDEC-Sweden Collaborative Programme”.
The Programme has been implemented as an integrated part of SEAFDEC regular activities and has been managed out of the SEAFDEC Secretariat in Bangkok supported by the five technical SEAFDEC departments, linking up with authorities, institutions and organisations in the ASEAN member countries (AMS) as needed for special activities. 
The "SEAFDEC - Sweden Collaborative Programme" has aimed at contributing to sustainable use of aquatic resources and reduced vulnerability to climate change by fishing communities in the ASEAN region. The project has developed three output objectives which link outputs and to measurable indicators. 
Output objective 1: Capacity built  for integration of  habitat and fisheries management and adaptation to climate change. 
Output objective 2: Capacity built and systems improved for the management or fishing capacity (monitoring, record and control) 
Output objective 3: Capacity built and policy development improved for the drafting and the implementation of regional and sub- regional agreements. 
The Project adopted partnerships and cooperation at the regional, sub-regional, national and community levels. The geographical outreach of the programme was the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea, while the Project also  worked in partnership with the Mekong River Commission (MRC) in the Mekong River Basin and with the USAID-Oceans and CTI-CFF in the Sulu-Sulawesi Seas.
The focus of the operations has been on capacity building and integration of habitat and fisheries management and climate change adaptation, for example, ASEAN - wide implementation of the regional plan of action for Neritic Tuna and the assessment stocks and spawning of Indo- Pacific mackerel in the Gulf of Thailand. Second , the project aimed to build capacity, improve systems and develop networks for monitoring, control and surveillance. Third, the project was committed to improving the policy development processes for regional and sub- regional agreement drafting and implementation.  
Collaboration and networking with partners such as ASEAN, FAO Headquarters in Rome and FAO Regional Office in Bangkok, Mekong River Commission, RPOA-IUU Secretariat, ILO, UNEP, CTI-CFF, USAID-Oceans, IUCN/MFF, SEI, SwAM, JTF, and NGOs were key to advance the initiatives undertaken through the programme.