Foundation for a Sustainable Society, Inc

• Non-government organization (NGO) that

provides development and financing assistance

to social enterprises of the marginalized sectors

• Focuses on assisting enterprises that adopts triple

bottom line (3BL) principles: people, profit, planet

• Partners with other local resource institutions and

development-oriented organizations

50% Payment

Cancelled

50% Counterpart

Fund

Three-years completion

Endowment

Facility

Product of a debt-for-development swap

Philippines Debt

to the Swiss

Government

Development requires debt relief

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3BL SOCIAL ENTERPRISES AND 3BL COMMUNITIES Profitable enterprises | Local economic value-adding

Managed & owned by the poor | Inclusive & dynamic communities

Environmentally-sound practices | Sustainable local ecosystems

Economic

goods &

services

Eco-

system

Social

Sector

Food & derivatives Health Public utilities

Small farmers

Fishers

IPs

Women

Rural workers

Forests & protected

areas

Production areas

Water resources

Air and soil

Coastal resources

Support services/

Ancillaries:

• Microfinance services

• Green/Organic farming

technology

• Small EnterpriseTechnologies

• Cooperative Dev’t Services

DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL SERVICES

Triple bottom line enterprises of CSOs:

o Cooperatives (primary or secondary), NGOs, MFIs, Thrift, rural or cooperative banks, registered People’s organizations (POs), Single proprietorships

Financial products:

o Grants (start-up, capacity building, advocacy)

o Loans (term, credit line, PO financing, etc)

o Development deposits

o Equities

o Guarantees

o Fund syndication

o Special project (Agro Investment Fund) for agri-business incubation - Soft loan facility

Are we a nation of petty traders?

• Sari-sari stores

• Charcoal (uling/firewood)

• Fresh fruits/vegetables

• Kakanin/delicacies

• Copra

• Alimango

• Dried fish

• Firecrackers

• Soap/detergents

• Karaoke Kiosks

• Cigarettes, e-load

• Vinegar

• House/cooking wares

• Brooms

Fund Syndication & In-kind Support Project Title Expanding the Habitat and

Scaling Up the Social

Enterprise

Location Roxas and San Vicente,

Palawan

Name of

proponent Palawan Center for

Alternative Rural Technologies

(PCART)

Collaborating

Organizations FPE, PEF, FSSI, Municipal

Governments of Roxas and

San Vicente, Barangay

Councils, DTI – Palawan,

People’s Org’n. and

Cooperatives, Haribon, ELAC,

Business Groups

Project

Duration May 2013 – April 2015

Form of

Financial

Assistance &

Amount

Grant = P 7.2 Million

Subsidized Loan = P6.8 M

Loan = P18 M

Counterpart (PCART)=

P18.3M

Phase 1 was discontinued since local

government (Mayor) wanted to reverse its

anti-mining position

Succeeding mayor affirmed its anti-mining

position and the phase 1 was successfully

completed. Phase 2 of the project is now

expanding to a new municipality.

Building inclusive economies via SE: Converging with the poor & ecosystem

• Coconut & Rice & Sus Agriculture • Microfinance & Cooperative Bldg • Organic products production • Forest protection & governance

From 60-70% P.I.

to CCT graduation

to

livelihood to pre-

SE start-ups: • Organic rice & corn • Canned fish • Coconut products • Rubber • Coop micro-

enterprises ----------------------------------- Dumingag ● Suminot Sindangan ● Mahayag Siayan ● Midsalip

Zamboanga Alliance of 6 “BAKAS” Extreme poverty to ground-up livelihood to pre-SE pathway

Attracting foreign ODA: EU Project 2009-2012

International Donor and NGOs

Funders &

Partners

Amount of

Counterpart

Contribution

Components

EU 467,176.70

PMO

Bio-fencing

FSSI €30,317 Enterprise

FPE €35,370 Forest

Protection &

biodiversity

PTFCF €27,940 Forest

protection &

governance

PEF €6,984 Enterprise &

energy

TOTAL

€567,788.16

Government

Isabela Province Ordinances,

resolutions,

staff time,

enforcement,

land for

nurseries

LGU Tumauini

LGU Ilagan

LGU San Mariano

Local Protected Area Board

MF-ASKI

Malaya Devt Coop 1,289 farmers (657 women,

632 men) Organic Rice & Corn Dairy production Organic Sillage

DA-NDA DAR LGU(s)

Kapatagan MPC Organic fertilizer

From ARBs to livelihood to diversified

SE to LED consortium

Advocacy: Non-monetary & in-kind support

Public Sector – Advocacies lead to favorable policy issuances from government

agencies: Allowing the use of geotextiles made

from coconut coir by enterprises of the poor

for public works (erosion & slope control).

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