Asia Centre for Sustainable Development

Regional co-operation amongst Asian Countries can generate synergy and additional benefits to each country for optimal use of resources. Asia needs connectivity, common infrastructures and co-operative mechanisms to achieve Sustainable Development Goals related to energy, climate change, agriculture, urban development, food security and disaster management. IRADe carried out extensive policy research and implementation for enabling socio-economic growth and to chart pathways for sustainable development in the South Asian region. Since 2012, IRADe in partnership with USAID, has successfully demonstrated implementation of South Asia Regional Initiative (SARI) for Energy Integration to push energy trade in the South Asian region. IRADe has been very successful in leveraging the collaboration with several regional forums like SAARC, BIMSTEC, SAFIR, ACCCRN, ASEAN in Asia on sustainable development issues.