EEPSEA Partnership 2018-2023
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The organization the Economy and Environment Partnership for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA Partnership) has applied to Sida for funding of 19 million SEK to implement the "Environmental Economics Partnership for Greener, Cleaner and Inclusive Development in Southeast Asia in Southeast Asia" during the period 2018-2022. Long-term sustainable development and lasting ...
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The organization the Economy and Environment Partnership for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA Partnership) has applied to Sida for funding of 19 million SEK to implement the "Environmental Economics Partnership for Greener, Cleaner and Inclusive Development in Southeast Asia in Southeast Asia" during the period 2018-2022. Long-term sustainable development and lasting poverty alleviation requires that economic, social and environmental aspects are actively integrated into development. Environmental economics research, method development and capacity building are important components of this work, which can make a significant contribution to the development of plans, policies and legislation - locally, nationally, regionally and globally. The proposed support for EEPSEA and its environmental economics research program support a greener, cleaner and inclusive development, contributing to several of the Global Sustainable Development Goals under Agenda 2030 through support for research, capacity building and policy influence. The contribution aims at environmental economic capacity building with a well-designed approach to educating not only researchers but also decision makers and policy actors such as natural resource managers, local authorities, lawyers and journalists in environmental economics, thus making better use of research results. The program will contribute to enhanced high-quality research and relevance to poverty alleviation and sustainable development through research grants aimed at both countries with less capacity such as Myanmar, Lao PDR and Cambodia and more general open calls in the region. The initiative plans to work with cross-border environmental issues such as the use of water in the Mekong River, marine ecosystems, biodiversity corridors and regional toxic haze. The proposed program will also include a gender equality and rights perspective in research issues. These perspectives will also be integrated into the capacity building aimed at young researchers, decision makers and other policy actors. Other important aspects of the program are to facilitate cooperation between researchers in the region by providing a platform for the exchange of research results, knowledge and experiences of high relevance to regional development, and through this regional platform to increase the ability to conduct politically sensitive research and thereby strengthen the academic freedom. EEPSEA contributes through its work to finding solutions with a gender equality and rights perspective on complex environmental challenges.
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The establishment of the Environmental Economics Institute for the Lower Mekong Subregion (EEI-LMS) at Khon Kaen University (Thailand) is a result of the EEPSEA contribution. By the end of the contribution, EEI-LMS has 223 members from Thailand (125), Lao PDR (16), Myanmar (49) and Cambodia (33). Swedish support facilitated the further development of the Environmental Economics Group - Philippines (EEG-Ph). During 2023 the EEG-Ph revised is vision statement to reflect the strategic shift of its focus from individual research to capacity building amongst academic, government and private sector stakeholders. EEPSEA's small research grants programme elicited 86 applications resulting in 22 funded projects (8 women, 14 men) in Lao PDR (4), Cambodia (7) and Myanmar (11) during the lifetime of the agreement, with 20 projects completed. EEPSEA awarded seven transdisciplinary research proposal development grants during the lifetime of the contribution. Grants covered areas including indigenous knowledge, water and agriculture, coral reef sustainability, water-related disaster, biodiversity, marine fisheries, and aquaculture. EEPSEA's seed grant initiative was intended to create opportunities for transdisciplinary projects, including environmental economics, that would contribute solutions to complex environmental challenges. The results of this programme component were limited. EEPSEA contributed to the development of Vietnam's new Environmental Protection Law and the National Action Plan on Circular Economy. These policy impacts were possible due to the trust that policymakers placed in EEPSEA as a credible and reliable organization. During September 2023 EEPSEA held a 2-day training workshop on "Measurement and Implementation of Circular Economy in Southeast Asia" at the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Organized for 33 researchers (19 women, 14 men) from Southeast Asian nations, the workshop deepened their understanding of circular economy principles and enhance their skills in quantifying and implementing circular economy strategies effectively. A participant from Thailand's Circular Economy Task Force reflected afterwards that "this workshop enhanced my expertise in quantifying the circular transition. The knowledge will be invaluable as we fine-tune Thailand's national circular economy action plan." A participant from Vietnam's Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment explained that "the methodologies and measurement frameworks covered will allow us to develop a more robust, scientifically-grounded circular economy strategy with clear targets and monitoring mechanisms for Vietnam." Most participants were also presenters at the 2023 International Conference on Economics, Law and Government, which focused on accelerating inclusive green transitions in Developing Countries hosted by the University of Economics directly after the EEPSEA workshop. A senior environmental economist from Jönköping University, Sweden contributed to the training as a resource person.
As a regional platform for environmental economics and transdisciplinary research, EEPSEA Partnership will contribute to addressing and finding solutions to complex environmental challenges, while being especially sensitive to the needs of the poor in order to support a development that is greener, cleaner and inclusive.
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