 In recent decades, countries across Asia have achieved significant milestones in combating poverty and pioneering groundbreaking advancements in technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. But despite these remarkable achievements, Asia continues to grapple with formidable challenges on its journey towards sustainable development. The region faces mounting issues of inequality and a host of environmental challenges like climate disasters, water insecurity, extreme heat, land, air, and water pollution. Overall progress in Asia remains slow to meet the sustainable development goals. To enhance the current 2030 agenda efforts in Asia and the Pacific, SEI Asia, with support from the Swedish government launched the Strategic Collaborative Fund or SCF program in 2018. SCF aims to foster regional cooperation and policy dialogue through capacity building, knowledge sharing and increased collaboration. Since 2018, the program has created long-term partnerships within and beyond Asia. SEI Asia, through SCF, is a long-standing partner of the Asia-Europe Environment Forum, an inter-regional platform for knowledge sharing and capacity building for policymakers, businesses, and civil society. The program is also actively involved in the China-Azien Environment Cooperation Forum to bridge and facilitate discussions on environmental cooperation and policies for sustainable development between China and ASEAN countries. SCF also provides grants to support strategic regional events that highlight crucial environmental issues connected to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. SCF's success is hinged on two critical principles, human rights and gender equality. In a collaboration with SEI Asia and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, SCF is building our partner's capacity and knowledge through online courses and direct coaching. For the past five years, the program has made significant strides in supporting the acceleration of the SDGs in the region. With our collective efforts and expertise from SEI, our partners, and the communities we work with, we aim to ignite just and inclusive sustainable development policies that will propel the Asian region to new heights.