Sustainable and affordable rural access is a necessary precondition for expanding social and economic opportunities for rural people, thereby enhancing pro-poor growth and poverty alleviation efforts. 

SEACAP is a poverty-targeted transport initiative within the global Transport Knowledge Partnership (gTKP) framework.  It is aimed at improving the sustainable access of poor people in rural communities to health, education, employment and trade opportunities, with projects currently in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos PDR.

SEACAP provides funding for applied research to solve rural access problems, disseminating information about the research outcomes to stakeholders, and supporting the mainstreaming of the solutions.

The programme identifies and supports the uptake of low cost, proven solutions for rural access.  Focused on the needs of the poor, it aims to maximise the use of local resources, including labor, materials, enterprise and most importantly ingenuity.

SEACAP is primarily funded by United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) and enjoys close links with governments, World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), the European Union (EU), and the United Nations Agencies (UN).  SEACAP is able to add substantial value to the large rural access investment programmes through its unique combination of applied research and technical support in critical areas affecting programme outcomes.  SEACAP welcomes the opportunity to cooperate with new development partners. 

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