Social enterprises soon to rise in the ARMM

COTABATO CITY--August  30-Following a 2015 study on the state of social enterprise in the Philippines, the British Council has decided to implement CSO-SEED, a program strengthening civil society participation in social enterprise education and development.

For the next three years, the target areas for the project will be communities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The poverty incidence in the region has prompted the British Council to strengthen social enterprises that respond to the pressing needs of a community while alleviating poverty in the process.

The program hopes to establish an enabling environment for social enterprises, assist them in tackling issues around decent work, job creation, and enterprise development, and to provide a seed fund as capital and help enterprises grow and scale their impact in the community.

The British Council's implementing partners are Balay Mindanaw, Foundation for a Sustainable Society, Inc. (FSSI), and the Philippine Social Enterprise Network (PhilSEN). The program is funded by the European Union and will be carried out in coordination with the regional government, represented by the Department of Trade and Industry. (BUREAU OF PUBLIC INFORMATION-MINDANAO EXPOSE’)