PRESENT Coalition

The Poverty Reduction Through Social Entrepreneurship Coalition or PRESENT Coalition is an alliance of social enterprise practitioners, advocates, NGOs and members of the academia who have joined together to advance social entrepreneurship as an approach to poverty eradication and economic development.

The PRESENT Coalition was formed in 2012 as an alliance of various social enterprise practitioners, advocates, NGOS and members of the academe who have joined together to advance social entrepreneurship as an approach to poverty and economic development.

Its bases of unity and action are to:

  • Push for the enactment and implementation of the PRESENT Bill;
  • Undertake a nationwide education campaign on SE as vehicles for poverty reduction;
  • Develop standards and benchmarks for self- regulation and development of sector.