The UP Institute for Small-Scale Industries (ISSI) recently received the 2025 Presidential Recognition for Outstanding Development Partners from the Department of Trade and Industry. This honor, awarded under the Upscaling Knowledge and Skills category, recognizes programs and services that best serve the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and that actively promote MSME development. ISSI […]

More than 120 social entrepreneurs, representatives from cooperatives and non-government organizations, academics and researchers, and representatives from both the government and private sector participated in the National Social Entrepreneurship Conference (NSEC) 2025. With the theme Scaling Challenge: Advances of Social Enterprise in Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development, the event explored how social enterprises can accelerate […]