The Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) has partnered with ASEAN and the ASEAN Working Group on Social Forestry (AWG-SF) through the ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC). The twin objectives of the ASFCC programme are to (1) SF approaches developed and integrated into the climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies of ASEAN and the Member States; and (2) Socio-economic benefits derived from the inclusion of communities, women and vulnerable groups in SF and climate change adaptation and mitigation measures. The partnership also hopes to provide contribution to the Multisectoral Framework on Climate Change: Agriculture and Forestry towards Food Security and to the regional Plan of Action on Forestry Cooperation of ASEAN. NTFP-EP, RECOFTC, CIFOR, ICRAF, and SEARCA, alongside the AWG-SF Secretariat, were among the institutional partners that are closely working together under the programme.