Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr.

Dr. Benjamin R. Quinones Jr. is a Board Member and Director of Organization Development of Livegreen International Inc., a social enterprise engaged in developing an integrated value chain of organic farm produce in the Philippines. He founded the Asian Solidarity Economy Council (ASEC ), the continental network in Asia of the Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS). RIPESS is accredited by UN-ECOSOC, UN Non-Governmental Liaison Services (UNGLS), and UNCTAD, a member of the UN Task Force on Social Solidarity Economy, and a partner organization of the ILO SSE Academy and the ILO South-South & Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) Academy. He established the Coalition of Socially Responsible SMEs in Asia that pioneered the development of community-based and social enterprises while serving as Programme Coordinator of the inter-governmental organization Asian and Pacific Development Centre (APDC) in Kuala Lumpur (1996-2003) affiliated with UN-ESCAP. He developed and pilot tested in India, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines & Thailand the Self-Help Group Linkage Banking program while serving as Secretary General of the Asia Pacific Rural & Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA) in Bangkok, Thailand (1985-1993), a regional body established by UN-FAO. He holds a PhD in Organization Development from SAIDI School of OD, and Master of Science in Agricultural Economics from the University of the Philippines in Los Baños.

One publication

• A non-patriarchal economy is possible : looking at solidarity economy from different cultural facets

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., Alfonso Cotera Fretel, Pierre W. Johnson, Emily Kawano, Tara Delille, Marcos Arruda, April 2009

  ALOE

7 case studies

• PROJECT AGRI-CHAIN: Modernizing Philippine Agriculture

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., November 2019

  ASEC

• Collective Enterprise as a Workplace: A Philippine case

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., November 2019

  ASEC

• Public policies for the Social and Solidarity Economy: Towards a favourable environment. The case of the Philippines.

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., 2015

  BIT/ILO

  Español

• Interview of Josephine Gruta and Rolando Londonio - Golden Harvest Christian Ministry International, The Philippines.

  In a very degraded economic framework, the Bayanihan economy or solidarity economy in Philipinnes puts at the center the questions of formation, the importance of God, to be delivered attitude of begging and to learn how to save and also undertaking in a different spirit.

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., February 2004

  Español - français

• Interview with the Pasay City Cooperative Office, Philippines

  The Pasay City Cooperative Office promotes the creation and strengthening of cooperatives (housing problems and identification of economic projects for the populations of the shantytowns). Organization, coordination and networking of 10 people’s organizations in 10 villages.Importance of wisdom and spirituality.

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., February 2004

  Español - français

• Interview of LJOR Fellowship, the Philippines

  LJOR Fellowship coordinates 7 popular organizations in 7 villages. Activities include formation of values, community organizing, capital build-up, enterprise development, and spiritual renewal. It works following the principles of the « Bayanihan » economy or solidarity economy in the Philipines.

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., February 2004

  Español - français

• Interview with Annie Garcia - Golden Harvest Christian Ministry International

  The « Bayanihan » economy or Solidarity economy in The Philipinnes, importance of the spiritual element and to permit at poor communities to reach a form of success. There is also a work on the productive chain making it possible the popular organizations to exchange between them. These projects allow a substantial improvement of the quality of life of the implied people.

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., February 2004

  Español - français

8 Analyses/working papers/articles

• ASEC PROMOTES SOCIAL SOLIDARITY ECONOMY IN ASEAN FORUM

  Report

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., July 2019

  ASEC

• ASEC MOVES FOR PRIVATE COMPANY-SOCIAL ENTEPRISE PARTNERSHIPS AT THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE LEADERS FORUM (SELF) 2019

  report

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., July 2019

  ASEC

• Fostering an Asean community through solidarity-based community enterprises

  Denison Jayasooria, Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., Saifuddin Abdullah, May 2015

• Social and Solidarity Economy in Asia: A South-South and triangular cooperation perspective

  International Labour Office – Geneva: ILO, 2015;

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr. Research coordinated and edited by Anita Amorim, Jürgen Schwettmann and Nuno Tavares-Martins, 2015

  BIT/ILO

• Are Mental Models Shaping SSE Reality? Conceptualizing, Measuring and Evaluating SSE Performance

  Think pieces for the UNRISD conference “Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy”. 6-8 May 2013

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., May 2013

  UNRISD

• Sowing the seeds of Solidarity Economy: Asian experiences

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., 2012

• FACETS OF SOLIDARITY ECONOMY

  Presented at the Tokyo Seminar on Human Responsibility and Solidarity Economy September 28, 2008 Waseda University, Tokyo

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., September 2008

• An Overview of Social Capital: Towards an Understanding of the Normative Principles of Solidarity of Finance

  The search for a development approach centered on people’s freedom and people’s participation, this paper argues, can be aided by a study of social capital. Such a study can help explain how people can be mobilized to participate in producing a collective good through voluntary joint action and cooperation with other sectors of society. In other words, a study of social capital formation is essential in shaping a freedom-centered, participatory development perspective.

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., February 2006

5 public contributions

• [ASEC SSE Academy] SSE Dimensions 1 & 2 Socially Responsible Governance & Edifying Ethical Values

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., May 2020

  ASEC

• [ASEC SSE Academy] Introduction to ASEC and to Social Solidarity Economy (SSE)

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., May 2020

  ASEC

• Collective Enterprise as a Workplace: 
 A Philippine case

  ASEC People Forum 2018, Singapore : TRANSFORMATIVE ECONOMIC MOVEMENTS AT THE ASEAN GRASROOTS: HOPE & INCLUSION

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., November 2018

  ASEC

• Public-Civil Society Organization Partnership in Developing Capital Markets for SMEs and Social Enterprises in Asia & the Pacific

  Speech delivered at the Asia Pacific Outreach Meeting on Sustainable Development Financing. Jakarta, Indonesia. June 10-11, 2014

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., June 2014

  ASEC

• Social Performance Indicators: an Overview

  Presentation on the Social Performance Indicators (SPI) made at the seminar: « Beyond growth worship: evaluation and indicators of real wealth » organized by Workgroup on Solidarity Socio-Economy (WSSE) Indicators workshop and AlterUqam, Quebec at the 2005 World Social Forum.

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., January 2005