Project Report
| Nov 21, 2023
LSEED Center's new milestones in partnerships and awards
By Norby R. Salonga | Founding Director, LSEED Center
As part of its effort to contribute to further developing the social enterprise ecosystem in the country, De La Salle University’s Lasallian Social Enterprise for Economic Development (LSEED) Center has initiated partnerships with several institutions. Its partnership with the Ateneo Center for Social Entrepreneurship (ACSEnt) will explore joint efforts in the promotion of social entrepreneurship and sustainability among higher education institutions, mobilization of internal and external stakeholders, and sharing of good practices. Its engagement with the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship otherwise known as Go Negosyo will facilitate mentoring and coaching sessions for start ups and social enterprises. On the other hand, the active membership of LSEED Center as a founding member of the National Association of Social Enterprise Educators and Administrators with its founding director as chairperson currently facilitates capacity building activities among members schools and institutions nationwide, directly contributing to a roadmap on social enterprise development.
Other programs of LSEED Center in areas of student formation & SE development, curricular & co-curricular integration, research, internship & volunteerism, and advocacy & internationalization directly contribute to the localization of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. It is worth noting that in July 2023, De La Salle University through LSEED Center was named as 1st runner for the Sustainable Development Goals Initiative of the Year for Asia Pacific by the Accreditation for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities Triple E Awards. The award recognizes an initiative that significantly differs from standard practice and has created exceptional results for achieving the UN SDGs. LSEED Center Founding Director Dr. Norby Salonga was also named the Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year in Asia Pacific. The award ceremony was held in Barcelona, Spain. ACEEU is an international and the only body specializing in acknowledging and fostering entrepreneurial and engaged potential of universities on institutional and divisional levels.
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Jul 31, 2023
Social Enterprise Dev't for Student Organizations
By Norby R. Salonga, PhD | Founding Director, LSEED Center
The Lasallian Social Enterprise for Economic Development (LSEED) Center in partnership with the social action and student affairs units of both DLSU Manila and Laguna campuses has formally implemented its pilot batch of the Social Enterprise Development for Student Organizations (SEDSO). SEDSO Program is a social enterprise program for student organizations. It provides a combined mentorship and social enterprise development experience for Lasallian student leaders by allowing them to create social enterprise projects with select community partners.
Last May 17 and 24, 2023, a social enterprise boot camp was held at LSEED Center’s Office with around 34 participants representing 5 teams of social enterprises. The boot camp provided a learning space for participants to understand the role of community organizing in social enterprise development and its application to community development. It also helped them to familiarize themselves with key strategies in managing social enterprises' operation in the fields of marketing, value chain, finance, and resource mobilization. A series of close coaching and mentoring sessions were also provided in order to help shape their problem statement and social enterprise ideas.
The evaluation results revealed that the majority of the participants found the topics very useful in building their social enterprises and that the level and quality of participation and interaction through the workshops helped improve their teamwork. A participant pointed out a new found understanding of social entrepreneurship which was described as “Meaningful when the end is kept in mind and the people we work with are remembered”. Likewise, the participants appreciated the knowledge and expertise of the resource persons about the training topics. At the end of the activity, the SE Boot Camp was graded excellent with a 4.61/5 total score by the participants.
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Apr 2, 2023
LSEED celebrates its 7th anniversary
By Norby R. Salonga | Founding Director, LSEED Center
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Anniversary Milestones
The Lasallian Social Enterprise for Economic Development (LSEED) Center has successfully celebrated its 7th anniversary last March 2023. The month-long celebration was held with a series of events and activities highlighting the stories of impact of Lasallian social entrepreneurship with LSEED Center.
The new partnership with the British Council Philippines was publicly announced through a signing of a Memorandum of Understanding last March 1, 2023. Both parties have agreed to explore cooperation in areas of capacity building of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) localization. This was followed by the launch of the anniversary webisode through LSEED Talks as well as the release of the new subpage and the primer of the Center. Last March 24, 2023, LSEED Center was also formalized as a member of the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia and was elected as a member of its board of trustees and regional council. A social enterprise marketplace was also launched at the Bloemen Hall of De La Salle University, showcasing Lasallian social enterprises. To cap off the celebration, LSEED's anniversary dinner and partners' gathering was held last March 28, 2023.
The Center has also formally announced the creation of a social enterprise marketplace (microsite) via Lazada. The said platform will showcase Lasallian social enterprises with its products and services. The effort aims to expand the market base of SE as part of the LSEED's commitment to support the growth of the SE sector in the country.
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