On February 22, an Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) Side Event titled, “Enabling Social Enterprises towards Innovative Solutions to Eradicate Poverty and Reinforce the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia Pacific” was organized aiming to learn social enterprise (SE) policies in Thailand and the Philippines.
The hybrid event’s resource speakers and moderator were:
Dr. Marie Lisa Dacanay (Moderator) – President, Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia/Convener, Catalyst 2030 SouthEast Asia Chapter/Focal Point, Social & Community Enterprise Constituency, APRCEM
Ms. Ayaka Matsuno (Opening Remarks) – Director, Gender Investment and Innovation Program, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Hon. Jose Manuel Alba (Keynote Speaker) – House of Representatives, Republic of the Philippines/Champion, Poverty Reduction through Social Entrepreneurship (PRESENT) Bill
Mrs. Napa Setthakorn (Speaker) – Director, Office of Social Enterprise Promotion (OSEP), Thailand
Undersecretary Ma. Cristina Roque (Speaker) – MSME Development Group, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Philippines
Ms. Tarlapraporn Punyorin (Reactor) – General Manager, SE Thailand
Mr. Arjun Bhattarai (Reactor) – National Coordinator, Nepal Development Initiative -NEDI
Ms. Buyoung Cho (Reactor) – Country Director, CAMP International
Mr. Jonathan Wong (Closing Remarks) – Chief of Innovation, Enterprise and Investment, United Nations ESCAP
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This hybrid event was organized by the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA), Catalyst 2030, and the Asia Pacific Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism – Social and Community Enterprise Constituency in partnership with the Office of Social Enterprise Promotion (OSEP) Thailand, DTI Philippines, Poverty Reduction Through Social Entrepreneurship Coalition, Social Enterprise Thailand, and 笹川平和財団 The Sasakawa Peace Foundation.
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