Fr. Patrick Z. Falguera, SJ currently works as a consultant for the Ateneo School of Government while finishing his doctorate in Leadership Studies also at the Ateneo de Manila University. Having been ordained a Jesuit priest in 2004, he was first assigned as parish priest of San Jose Manggagawa Parish in Marikina. He then completed […]

Teodora Dizon is a psychologist from the Ateneo de Manila University, with background and training in both Clinical and Applied Social Psychology. She is a founding partner, psychologist and training officer for Better Steps Psychology. She also serves the Ignatian grassroots advocacy under UGAT Foundation, Inc., where she has been working as a speaker, project director […]

Atty. Arnel Casanova is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and is a Lead Faculty member of the Social Entrepreneurship Course at the Ateneo de Manila University’s School of Government. He holds a law degree from the University of the Philippines and Master’s degree in Public Administration […]

Atty. Florisa Almodiel is pursuing a Masters in Law at the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands. She was one of the first lawyers of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) trained in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) by the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Hawaii. Flor pioneered the application of ADR to environmental […]

SEDPI is a private organization composed of young and dynamic social entrepreneurs, with a niche in providing services for the microfinance industry and microenterprises. Its’ services include training, technical and mentoring assistance, market research, strategic planning, project appraisal, and impact assessment. SEDPI’s management personnel run the Microfinance Capacity-Building Program of the Ateneo de Manila University. […]

SEDPI is the premiere capacity building institution providing training, research and consulting services in the areas of microfinance, social entrepreneurship and financial literacy in the Philippines. It is composed of young and dynamic social intrapreneurs from prestigious universities. SEDPI runs the Microfinance Capacity Building Program in partnership with the Ateneo de Manila University. It also […]

SEDPI is a private organization composed of young and dynamic social entrepreneurs, with a niche in providing services for the microfinance industry and microenterprises. Its services include training, technical and mentoring assistance, market research, strategic planning, project appraisal, and impact assessment. SEDPI’s management personnel run the Microfinance Capacity-Building Program of the Ateneo de Manila University. […]

The course addresses the issues of strategic and operational planning that are vital to the successful development of social enterprises. The right to left planning approach will be used as the framework for the strategic planning process. A vision questing workshop is the highlight of the course enabling social entrepreneurs to set ambitious but realistic […]

The starting point for many social enterprises has been their mission and commitment to providing access to the poor and helping them improve their social and economic conditions. Due to the magnitude of social enterprise models, there are a number of emerging ways on how to measure social performance and impact. The course will present […]

Social entrepreneurship involves the promotion and building of enterprises or organizations that create wealth, with the intention of benefiting not just a person, family or clan but a defined constituency, sector or community usually involving the public at large or the marginalized sectors of society. The course aims to inspire participants to establish or participate […]