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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>SEI was established in 1989 as an initiative of the <a href="/facts/Government_of_Sweden/EtKJXtbL">Government of Sweden</a>. </p> <h2 id="activities">Activities</h2> <h3>Programs</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ecological_Sanitation_Research_Programme/sEXp6jvm">Ecological Sanitation Research Programme</a></li> <li><a href="https://leap.sei.org">LEAP: Low Emissions Analysis Platform</a></li> <li>Regional Air Pollution In Developing Countries (RAPDIC)</li> <li><a href="https://www.sei.org/projects-and-tools/projects/resources-energy-analysis-programme-reap/">Resources and Energy Analysis Programme (REAP)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/SIANI/U82sMYIH">SIANI</a> Swedish International Agriculture Network Initiative (siani.se)</li> <li><a href="/facts/SUMERNET/3guSdLL5">Sustainable Mekong Research Network Programme (SUMERNET)</a></li> <li><a href="https://trase.earth">TRASE Transparent supply chains for sustainable economies</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.weadapt.org/">weADAPT</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/WEAP/jPWdx9GA">WEAP: Water Evaluation And Planning System</a></li></ul> <h3>Partnerships</h3> <ul><li>SEI was one of the organizations who founded the <a href="/facts/Sustainable_Sanitation_Alliance/48t6Sav4">Sustainable Sanitation Alliance</a> in 2007 together with the <a href="/facts/Deutsche_Gesellschaft_f%25C3%25BCr_Internationale_Zusammenarbeit/2dJjgm14">German Development Organization</a> (GIZ)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="organizational-structure">Organizational structure</h2> <h3>Executive Directors</h3> <ul><li>1989–1990 Gordon T. Goodman</li> <li>1991–1995 Michael J. Chadwick</li> <li>1996–1999 Nicholas C. Sonntag</li> <li>2000 <a href="/facts/Bert_Bolin/JCj3Agpr">Bert Bolin</a> (interim Executive Director)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li>2000 Lars Nilsson (interim Executive Director)</li> <li>2000–2004 <a href="/facts/Roger_Kasperson/CMVR3wY2">Roger Kasperson</a></li> <li>2004–2012 <a href="/facts/Johan_Rockstr%25C3%25B6m/ezAQo6CM">Johan Rockström</a></li> <li>2012–2018 Johan L. Kuylenstierna</li> <li>2018–present Måns Nilsson (Executive Director)</li></ul> <h3>Centres</h3> <p>SEI operates in seven countries: <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a>, <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> (<a href="/facts/Stockholm_Environment_Institute_US_Center/QISErPE1">Stockholm Environment Institute US Center</a>, <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonia</a>, <a href="/facts/Thailand/GCUnN4JK">Thailand</a>, <a href="/facts/Kenya/Y9Ko9pQu">Kenya</a>, and <a href="/facts/Colombia/nl7r8Q2u">Colombia</a>. </p> <h2 id="funding-sources">Funding sources</h2> <p>The <a href="/facts/Swedish_International_Development_Cooperation_Agency/9xv0SAtj">Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency</a> (Sida) is SEI's main donor. SEI also receives funding from development agencies, governments, <a href="/facts/Non-governmental_organization/qxQSsxsI">NGOs</a>, universities, businesses, and financial institutions.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>For example, the <a href="/facts/Bill_and_Melinda_Gates_Foundation/IW7prjCH">Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation</a> also provides funds to SEI in the area of <a href="/facts/Maternal_health/yxkP1tnH">maternal health</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> and in <a href="/facts/Sustainable_sanitation/gtfWBj2N">sustainable sanitation</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> At the SEI Science Forum in 2015, <a href="/facts/Melinda_Gates/eWwKwt83">Melinda Gates</a> took part to discuss <a href="/facts/Sustainability/9oYH9mAs">sustainability</a> and <a href="/facts/Gender/LfjRHcJy">gender</a> together with SEI staff to help shape SEI's future research.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.sei.org/">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Annual Report 2022" (PDF). SEI. Stockholm Environment Institute. Retrieved 30 May 2023. <a href="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sei-annualreport2022-1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sei-annualreport2022-1.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Stockholm Environment Institute | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations". uia.org. Union of International Associations. Retrieved 7 September 2021. <a href="https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100002470" target="_blank">https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100002470</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Annual Report 2022" (PDF). SEI. Stockholm Environment Institute. Retrieved 30 May 2023. <a href="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sei-annualreport2022-1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sei-annualreport2022-1.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Annual Report 2022" (PDF). SEI. Stockholm Environment Institute. Retrieved 30 May 2023. <a href="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sei-annualreport2022-1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sei-annualreport2022-1.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"1st SuSanA meeting, Eschborn, January 2007, Germany". Sustainable Sanitation Alliance. Retrieved 9 December 2016. <a href="http://www.susana.org/en/about/faq/40-susana-meetings/2007/11-jan-2007-eschborn-no-1" target="_blank">http://www.susana.org/en/about/faq/40-susana-meetings/2007/11-jan-2007-eschborn-no-1</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>http://miljoaktuellt.idg.se/2.1845/1.277951/johan-rockstrom-ar-arets-svensk [dead link] <a href="http://miljoaktuellt.idg.se/2.1845/1.277951/johan-rockstrom-ar-arets-svensk" target="_blank">http://miljoaktuellt.idg.se/2.1845/1.277951/johan-rockstrom-ar-arets-svensk</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Annual Report". Stockholm Environment Institute. Retrieved 9 December 2016. <a href="https://www.sei.org/annual-report" target="_blank">https://www.sei.org/annual-report</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Annual Report". Stockholm Environment Institute. Retrieved 9 December 2016. <a href="https://www.sei.org/annual-report" target="_blank">https://www.sei.org/annual-report</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Elisabeth von Muench, Dorothee Spuhler, Trevor Surridge, Nelson Ekane, Kim Andersson, Emine Goekce Fidan, Arno Rosemarin (2013) Sustainable Sanitation Alliance members take a closer look at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s sanitation grants, Sustainable Sanitation Practice Journal, Issue 17, p. 4-10 <a href="http://www.susana.org/_resources/documents/default/2-2042-ssp-17okt20134-10-about-the-gates-sanitation-grants-on-forum.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.susana.org/_resources/documents/default/2-2042-ssp-17okt20134-10-about-the-gates-sanitation-grants-on-forum.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Sustainable Sanitation Alliance: Grant of $2.7 million to supercharge sustainable sanitation knowledge platform". Sanitation Updates. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016. <a href="https://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2016/11/04/sustainable-sanitation-alliance-grant-of-2-7-million-to-supercharge-sustainable-sanitation-knowledge-platform/" target="_blank">https://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2016/11/04/sustainable-sanitation-alliance-grant-of-2-7-million-to-supercharge-sustainable-sanitation-knowledge-platform/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Annual Report". Stockholm Environment Institute. Retrieved 9 December 2016. <a href="https://www.sei.org/annual-report" target="_blank">https://www.sei.org/annual-report</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Youtube video: Melinda Gates 'Gender aspects of global development'". Stockholm Environment Institute. 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2016. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTMjvF7hC2U" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTMjvF7hC2U</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>