#Seoul: Partnered with SAEGIL to Advance Asia–Europe Green Transition Collaboration

APAC Focus, Institute for Greater China Studies (IGCS), is pleased to join the Seoul-led SAEGIL consortium as an affiliated member. This partnership will strengthen Asia–Europe collaboration on green-transition governance and create opportunities to pursue joint research and funding applications with European Union and South Korean government programmes.

SAEGIL is a Seoul-led Asia–Europe consortium for transdisciplinary sustainability research. Its name stands for Science, Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Innovation and Law—and also means “new road” in Korean, reflecting its aim to develop innovative pathways connecting research, policy and practice.

Bringing together researchers across East Asia and Europe, SAEGIL focuses on green-transition governance, with an initial emphasis on sustainable-finance taxonomies. Through four interdisciplinary clusters covering science, spatial sustainability, innovation and governance, the consortium produces policy-relevant research, stakeholder dialogue, public outreach and collaborative funding proposals.

Through this collaboration, APAC Focus IGCS will contribute a Hong Kong perspective to SAEGIL’s work, with particular attention to the city’s role and experience as a borderland　with the Chinese Mainland. We will support research, dialogue and stakeholder engagement on green transition, sustainable-finance taxonomies and cross-boundary governance, while bringing together perspectives from Hong Kong’s public, private and civil-society sectors.

APAC Focus IGCS will also help translate research into practical local action through policy dialogue, media engagement, Hong Kong-focused publications, and public education and capacity-building programmes. Working with schools, universities, professional bodies, NGOs, community organisations and cultural institutions, we aim to promote green skills, sustainable finance literacy, youth participation and intergenerational dialogue.

Together, APAC Focus IGCS and SAEGIL will seek to generate locally grounded, policy-relevant insights that advance Hong Kong’s green-transition agenda and strengthen its connections with regional and international partners. This collaboration will also create opportunities for the South Korean, European and Hong Kong partners to pursue joint funding from relevant programmes in South Korea, the European Union and Hong Kong, supporting collaborative research, policy engagement and public-outreach initiatives.