9:00 - 11:30 AM

Registration & Arrival of Participants                                          UP Cebu Performing Arts Hall

11:30 - 12:30 PM

12:30 - 1:00 PM

Lunch

Assembly  

1:00 - 1:55 PM

Opening Program                                                                       UP Cebu Performing Arts Hall

Welcome Remarks

• University of the Philippines

• Dean Kristoffer Berse, NCPAG, UP Diliman 
• Chancellor Leo Malagar, University of the Philippines Cebu
• President Angelo Jimenez, University of the Philippines

• ISTR 

• Maria Faina Diola, ISTR Asia-Pacific Regional Conference 2025 Secretary-General, ISTR Board Member, UP NCPAG Professor
• Carolyn Cordery, ISTR President

• Fengshi Wu, ISTR Board Member, UNSW Australia

1:55 - 2:40 PM

Opening Plenary - Keynote                                                     UP Cebu Performing Arts Hall

• Leonor Magtolis Briones 

Professor Emeritus, National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines

Group Photo

2:40 - 2:50 PM

Break/Snacks 

2:50 - 4:20 PM

Parallel Session A 

4:20 - 4:30 PM

Break

4:30 - 6:00 PM

Parallel Session B 

6:00 - 6:30 PM

Assembly and transport to Cebu Capital Building

6:30 - 9:00 PM

Conference Dinner featuring a Philippine Cultural Show @ the Cebu Capital Building

• Welcome

• Honorable Gwendolyn F. Garcia, Governor of the Province of Cebu

• Cultural Show

• Cebu Performers

8:00 - 9:00 AM

Registration & Arrival of Participants                                         UP Cebu Performing Arts Hall

9:00 - 9:45 AM

Opening Plenary - Keynote                                                     UP Cebu Performing Arts Hall

• Introduction by Elaine Chan, ISTR Asia-Pacific Regional Conference Academic Committee Co-Chair

• Minako Sakai

Deputy Head of School, Associate Professor, Southeast Asian Social Inquiry, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia

Keynote Address: Fostering Social Enterprises in the Global South: Identifying Drivers and Socio-Political Contexts 

9:45 - 9:55 AM

Break

9:55 - 11:25 AM

Parallel Session C

11:25 - 11:35 AM

Break 

11:35 - 12:35 PM

Philippine Perspectives Plenary                                             UP Cebu Performing Arts Hall

1. Volunteerism in UP - Academe engagement

Aurelio Vilbar, Director, UP Cebu Ugnayan ng Pahinungod

2. CSO engagement

Sandino Soliman, Executive Director, CODE NGO

Norie Bermudez, First Vice President & Country Director of Agribusiness Philippines, Aboitiz Foods

3. LGU engagement with CSOs

Hon. Alfred Vargas, Councilor, 5th District, Quezon City Metro Manila

12:35 - 1:45 PM

Lunch

1:45 - 3:15 PM

Parallel Session D

3:15 - 3:25 PM

Break

3:25 - 4:55 PM

Affinity Group Meeting: Research for Practice, Sustainability, Decolonized Research (conversation with Minako Sakai), Research on Volunteering, Teaching and Learning

4:55 - 5:05 PM

Break

5:05 - 5:15 PM

5:15 - 7:30 PM

Assembly for the Cultural Tour - Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc (RAFI)

Cultural Tour

• Kabilin Center

• Overview of Cultural Development  

• Casa Gorordo Museum

7:30 - 8:30 PM

Dinner on Cultural Tour / Free Time 

8:00 - 9:00 AM

Registration & Arrival of Participants                                         UP Cebu Performing Arts Hall

9:00 - 10:30 AM

Parallel Session E

10:30 - 10:40 AM

Break

10:40 - 12:10 PM

Parallel Session F

12:10 - 1:10 PM

Lunch 

1:10 - 2:00 PM

Closing Program                                                                        UP Cebu Performing Arts Hall

Closing Remarks

• University of the Philippines

• Chancellor Edgardo Vistan II, UP Diliman
• Maria Faina Diola, ISTR Asia-Pacific Regional Conference 2025 Secretary-General, ISTR Board Member, UP NCPAG Professor

• ISTR

• Dipendra KC, ISTR Asia-Pacific Regional Conference Academic Committee Co-Chair

2:00 - 2:10 PM

Awarding of Certificates and Tokens to Speakers and Partners

2:10 - 2:30 PM

Distribution of Certificates to Participants

2:30 - 6:00 PM

Free Time / End of Conference

A - 1

Room 101

Moderator: Shiqi Peng, The University of Hong Kong

• Optimizing Fundraising Strategies for Japanese Nonprofits: A Study of Organizational Characteristics and Giving Revenue Ratios

• Ge Luo and Yu Ishida (abstract, full paper)

• From Project Hope to “Everyone’s Philanthropy”: The Co-evolution of Information Technology and the Nonprofit Sector in China

• Huiquan Zhou and Jiaqi Zhang (abstract, full paper)

• The Effects of Influencer on Generation Z's Intention Towards Waqf

• Ella Kurnia and Lisa Listiana (abstract, presentation)

A - 2

Room 102

Moderator: Cristina Balboa, Baruch College CUNY

• The Role of NGOs in Sustainability Managing Common Pool Resources and Empowering Communities in Sundarban Biosphere Reserve

• Amir Sohel and Farhat Naz (abstract)

• Exploring the sustainability interventions of international aid program: Western-based perspective

• Comfort Ninson, Emmanuel Oke and Kristina Jaskyte (abstract, full paper)

              A systematic review of the program strategies and their effectiveness in the nonprofit sector: Forecasting future.  

              trends in global aid.

                              Comfort Ninson (abstract, full paper)

A - 3

Room 104

Moderator: Ayu Siantoro, University of Sydney

• Vietnamese scholars writing about philanthropy in Vietnam in English vs. Vietnamese: Is there a difference?

• Dana Doan, Hoang Bao Chi Nguyen and Thi Lan Thanh Nguyen (abstract)

• A Scoping Review of the Aotearoa New Zealand Third Sector Literature

• John Godfrey (abstract, full paper)

• A Comparative Study of the Institutional Environment for Social Enterprises in Korea and Japan: An Analysis of Social Enterprise Policies and Newspaper Articles

• Seonhee Choi and Akira Yonezawa (abstract, full paper)

A - 4

Room 204

Moderator: Bok Jeong, Kean University

• Partner or Superior? Inter-organizational Relationships between Social Enterprises and Intermediaries

• Youxin Feng, Qiyu Huang, Haruka Minemura and Yuko Nishide (abstract)

• Exploring the perceptions and behaviors of customers in social enterprises: Does innovation matter?

• Meng-Han Ho and Pin-Hsuan Lin (abstract)

• A Comparative Analysis of Social Capital and Institutional Logic of Social Enterprises in Japan and South Korea

• Yasutaka Fukui (abstract, presentation)

A - 5

Room 205

Moderator: Ma. Faina Diola, University of the Philippines

Panel: Academe Meets Practice: Voluntary Sector Management Learnings and Local Experiences (abstracts)

• Academic perspective: Aligning the VSM as an academic field of study towards engagement with government and CSOs (Working title) 

• Ma. Faina Diola

• University-Based Volunteer Zumba Presentation Intervention for Women on Menopause: Experiences and Effects

• Francis Jose Lean Abayata, Jefferson Castro, Danica Deiparine, Reah Fabrica, Maiko Palang and Aurelio Vilbar

• Touching People, Shaping the Future: Sharing the Local Experiences of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI) in Enabling Resilient, Prosperous and Vibrant Communities (Working Title)

• Estee Marie Plunket

• Volunteer and Community Participation in the Community-Based Rehabilitation Program of the Parole and Probation Administration of the Philippines Department of Justice

• Melissa Marie Digo

B - 1

Room 101

Moderator: Margaret Dansu, Tohoku University

• Enabling Charity Accountability? The Role of Institutional Funders   

• Evangelina Varoutsa, Alpa DHanani, Carolyn Cordery and Penny Chaidali (abstract)

• Quantitative Text Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility Reports in Japan

• Norihiro Nihei (abstract)

• Concepts of Giving: Exploring Singaporean Perspectives on Volunteering and Donation

• Mya The Pwint, Thendral Uthaman, Sirui Ma, Mark Stanford and Leika Yvonne Mesa

 (abstract, presentation)

• Stealth Philanthropy: How Gender NGOs Navigate Institutional (In)visilibty in Chinese Fundraising Landscape

• Ling Han and Yifei Hong (abstract, full paper)

B - 2

Room 102

Moderator: Ezekiel Benedicto, University of the Philippines Los Baños

• Exploring Perceptions of Indian Not-for-profit organisations (NPOs) on Outcomes-based financing (OBF): Insights and Implications

• Priyanshi Chauhan, Geeta Tiwari and Ria Sinha (abstract, full paper)

• Applying Impact Management Norms to Evaluate Charitable Fundraising Platform

• Chien-wen Shen (abstract)

• What Affects the Performance of Online Platforms for Good: Experiences from Hong Kong

• Elaine Chan, Wai Fung Lam, Wan Chi Chow and Renee Law (abstract)

• Self-efficacy in technology adoption: new accounting software in the Yogyakarta Vicariate Episcopal Catholic Church, Indonesia

• Antonius Kuntara, Gabriel Listianto and Ignatius Putranto (abstract)

B - 3

Room 104

Moderator: Takahiro Nanri, Sasakawa Health Foundation

Roundtable: The Role of Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) Organizations in Contributing to Sustainable and Rights-based Development: Advocacies by Peoples Organizations of Persons Affected by Leprosy in Nepal, Bangladesh and Indonesia

• Takahiro Nanri, Taslima Akter, Muh Arfah, Ram Karan Das (abstract)

B - 4

Room 204

Moderator: Dipendra K.C., Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

Panel: Local Civil Societies in Global Comparison (abstract)

• Civil Society in Nepal: Historical Trajectories and Contemporary Challenges

• Dipendra K.C.

• Building sustainable communities in Thailand: CODI’s model of people-driven development

• Piyasuda Pangsapa

• Civil Society in Japan

• Akinobu Ogawa

• A New Take on the Historical Evolution of Local Civil Society Organizations

• Ruth Phillips, Cristina Balboa, Elizabeth Bloodgood, Anna Domaradzka, Emmanuel Kumi, Patricia Maria Emerenciano Mendonca and Christopher Pallas

• Asia Nonprofit Research Resource Mapping Project 

• Aya Okada

B - 5

Room 205

Moderator: Tejas Merh Desai, Avkaash

• Representation, ‘elitization’, reparation or replication in NGOs and their leadership; the impact on organizations and stakeholders.

• Linda van der Wijk (abstract)

• Strategizing for Financial Sustainability: Managing Multi-Funder Relationships Among Social Service Nonprofits in China

• Shiqi Peng (abstract)

• Grant Utilization and Financial Sustainability of CSOs Established After Natural Disasters: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake

• Tomoe Okubo, Ge Luo, Yu Ishida (abstract, full paper)

C - 1

Room 101

Moderator: Masayuki Deguchi, National Museum of Ethnology & Graduate University for Advanced Studies

• Understanding the characteristics of individual donors in the field of disaster relief in Japan – Through comparison with other fields

• Yining Wang (abstract)

• Youth Donations during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Through the Lens of “Vocabularies of Motive”

• Shengyuan Xu and Aya Okada (abstract, full paper)

• Mindful Investments: Mental Health Philanthropy in India

• Khyati Dharamshi and Ketaki Purohit (abstract, presentation)

C - 2

Room 102

Moderator: Meng-Han Ho, National Central University

• Identity construction of Japanese social entrepreneurs and full-time employees

• Naoki Iguchi (abstract, full paper)

• A room full of people, but who are they and what brought them there? A short study on the reasons to join third sector organization boards in India.

• Linda van der Wijk (abstract, full paper)

• Determinants of Voluntary Sector Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh: Insights from a Qualitative Study

• Zobayer Ahmed and Mohammad Ahsan Habib (abstract)

C - 3

Room 104

Moderator: Nur Azam Perai, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

• The Philippine Community Development Programs Framework as Benchmark for Practices of the UST-AMV College of Accountancy

• Ginavee Dapula (abstract, full paper)

• Project-based Learning for What? A case study of nonprofit education in Japan

• Yuko Nishide (abstract)

• Experiential Philanthropy in China: Qualitative Insights on Student Perceptions of Philanthropic Identity

• Lindsey McDougle (abstract, full paper)

C - 4

Room 204

Moderator: Erwin A. Alampay, University of the Philippines

• Contradictions between Food Loss and Food Banks: Estimating the Impact of Environmental Policies on Civil Society Organizations’ Food Supply in Japan

• Kazunari Togawa, Tsukimi Kanazawa and Kazuhiro Terashita (abstract, full paper)

• The loss of social solidarity: from third sector microfinance to corporatized microfinance

• Ruth Phillips, Geri Mason and Davy Deanna (abstract, full paper)

• Face needs magic：Conflict of Roles in the Social Participation of Online Peer Support in Japanese Non-Profit Organisations

• Eri Sato and Yumi Kito (abstract, full paper)

• The Cycle of Change: How Digital Transformation Reshapes Microfinance Structures and Practices

• Pande Putra, Antonius Sumarwan and Titus Odong Kusumajati (abstract, full paper)

C - 5

Room 205

Moderator: Fengshi Wu, University of New South Wales

Panel: Civil society, climate (in)action, and energy transition in the Asia Pacific

• Herlin Chien, Fengshi Wu, Alya Triska Sutrisno, Farhat Naz, Sumit Saurabh Srivastava and Minako Sakai (abstracts)

• Civil society in mining governance in Sumatra, Indonesia
• Sites of Contestations and Negotiations of/from India
• Responses of Religious Communities to Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Are Religious Communities Enablers?

D - 1

Room 101

Moderator: Dhino Geges, University of the Philippines Los Baños

• For Sustainable Development of Blood Donation Services in Japan: Whether a nonprofit or for-profit entity is suitable for sustainable operation?

• Mariko Kunimi (abstract)

• How do you promote donations to NPOs? Japanese case

• Takafumi Tanaka (abstract, full paper)

• Ensuring Sustainability and Administrative Resilience: Exploring New Governance Approaches for Local Community Colleges in the Philippines

• Sharon Millan (abstract)

• The Influence of Stakeholder-Organisation Fit, and Sustainability in the Third Sector

• Yu Ping Wong, Leika Mesa, Chek Liang Teo, Peihan Yu and Mark Stanford (abstract, presentation)

D - 2

Room 102

Moderator: Minako Sakai, UNSW Canberra

• The Role of Faith-Based NGOs in Bangladesh’s Development: Religious Conversion or Sustainable Change?

• Zobayer Ahmed, Ruhul Chowdhury, Fakhrul Islam (abstract)

• Religious Engagements in the Implementation of the Moral Recovery Program

• Ezekiel Benedicto (abstract)

• Integrating Islamic Endowment (Waqf) and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Framework for Social Innovation and Sustainable Impact

• Lisa Listiana, Tika Arundina (abstract, presentation)

D - 3

Room 104

Moderator: Chienwen (Mark) Shen, National Central University

• Asset Measurement for Museums as Corporate Foundations

• Masayuki Deguchi, Eliya Onoe (abstract, full paper)

• Corporate Charitable Giving in the Netherlands: Determinants of corporate charitable giving and socio-sponsorships

• Stephanie Koolen, Marlou Ramaekers (abstract)

• Corporate Social Responsibility collaborations with Local Government Units during the COVID-19 in the Philippines

• Risako Ishii, Erwin A. Alampay (abstract)

D - 4

Room 204

Moderator: Ruth Phillips, University of Sydney

• From Solidarity to Social Protection: Localized Collective Community Actions Calling the State to Account

• Holy Sijabat (abstract, presentation)

• Citizens’ Voices in Governance: The Civil Society – LGU Partnership in General Santos City

• Helemer Potestad and Joy Calva (abstract)

• Resilient Deliberative Policies as an Informal Compromise: Thailand from Tourism Hangover to Economic Sobriety in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic

• Noe John Joseph Sacramento and Piyapong Boossabong (abstract)

D - 5

Room 205

Moderator: Glenn Pajares, Visayas State University

Panel: Beyond Natural Resource Governance: An Interdisciplinary Framing of Extractivism in the Philippines (panel abstract, individual abstracts)

• Decarbonization as Justice: A Civil Society Organization’s Experiences on the Ground

• Yla Gloria Marie P. Paras

• “Your Loyalty Will Not Matter Anymore”: Political Dimensions of Mining in Cebu, Philippines

• Jake Atienza

• Contested Waters: Review of Literature on Water Contestations

• Ryan Dave Rayla

E - 1

Room 101

Moderator: Sharon Millan, Iloilo City Community College

• Government Regulation and Nonprofit Self-Regulation in South Korea: An Empirical Analysis of Perceptions and Practices

• Jinkyung Jung (abstract, presentation)

• The role of nonprofit from a perspective of coproduction - Longitudinal single case study based on GREENRIVER nonprofits in China

• Jiaqi Zhang and Huiquan Zhou (abstract, full paper)

• Women’s Movement NGOs and Child-Focused NGOs  in Indonesia: Collaborations to Address Sexual Violence Against Girls

• Ayu Siantoro (abstract, full paper)

E - 2

Room 102

Moderator:

• Applied Co-creation and Environmental Governance

• Geert van der Linden, Dante delos Angeles, Hector Crisostomo V, Imelda Perez, Daniel Emmanuel Gagalac, Gem Castillo and Marian delos Angeles (abstract, presentation)

• Navigating The Storm: COVID-19 Challenges And Adaptations Of Ho Chi Minh City's NPOs/NGOs In Vietnam

• Van Ma (abstract)

• Procurement for Good: A study of government procurement from the social sector in Asia

• Kithmina Hewage (abstract, presentation)

E - 3

Room 104

Moderator: Zobayer Ahmed, Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management (BIGM)

• Social Economy, Public Policy, and Sustainable Development in Asian Countries

• Bok Gyo Jeong, Misun Lee and Eric Bidet (abstract)

• The social and solidarity economy in France: What lessons for the Asia-Pacific region?

• Didier Chabanet (abstract)

E - 4

Room 204

Moderator: Yuko Nishide, Tohoku University

• Impact of External Factors on Local NPOs Activities: A Case Study of Tottori Prefecture

• Yoshinori Shimosakai (abstract, full paper)

• Understanding nonprofits from the ground up: Using Q methodology to center the experience of participants

• Dana Doan (abstract)

E - 5

Room 205

Moderator: Noe John Joseph Sacramento, University of the Philippines & Chiang Mai University

Panel: Policy Learning and Innovations in Complexities and Uncertainties: Actors, Networks, and Alternative Approaches (abstracts)

• Innovative approaches and tools for advancing climate literacy in the Philippines

• Ma. Laurice Jamero, Joy Reyes, Christella Gabiana, Bernardine de Belen, Lora Batino, Johanna Mae Indias and Faye Cruz

• Building resilience: policy strategies to strengthen Benguet Farmer Cooperatives in accessing post-disaster support

• Doreen Allasiw

• Coproduction Framework in the Philippines’ Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources (AANR) Sector: Unpacking the Stakeholder Engagement in pursuit of public innovations in Volatile Environment

• Dhino Geges

• Indigenous Peoples and the Rights of Nature: Exploring A New Paradigm for Environmental Justice in the Philippines

• Josiah David Quising (full paper)

F - 1

Room 101

Moderator: Fengshi Wu, University of New South Wales

• Dictatorship, Democracy, and Civil Society: The Impact of Political Regimes on Political Participation

• Kazunari Togawa and Kazuhiro Terashita (abstract, full paper)

• Historical roots of anti-military legislation protests: The Civil Alliance for Peace and Constitutionalism and the legacy of social movement organizations in Japan

• Keita Ando (abstract, presentation)  

F - 2

Room 102

Moderator: Kithmina Hewage, Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS)

• Wagamama Lab: Empowering local communities and fostering innovation

• Ayaka Nagai, Takahiro Yatsu, Hitomi Kurosu, Emi Makino and Masao Ishihara (abstract, presentation)

• Have Civic Forums Functioned as Deliberative Systems: Exploring Mechanisms to Deepen Grassroots Democracy

• Maria Faina Diola and Bryan Ezra Gonzales (abstract)

• Formation of Third Sector Cooperation through Breastfeeding Advocacy: The Case of Breastfeeding Ilonggas in Iloilo City

• Edelyn Gomez (abstract)

F - 3

Room 104

F - 4

Room 205

Moderator: Sheikh Qazzafi, UTM Kuala Lumpur

• Awareness of Youth Measures from the Perspective of Intergenerational Exchange Volunteers: From the REPRINTSⓇ Study

• Yoshinori Fujiwara, Tomoya Takahashi, Daichi Yamashiro, Hiroko Matsunaga, Tomoya Sagara, Koji Fujita and Hiroyuki Suzuki (abstract, presentation)

• Strategic Volunteer Management in Immigrant Support NPOs: Insights from the U.S. and Japan

• Cory Pringle and Yuko Nishide (abstract, full paper, presentation)

• Trajectories of Volunteering in the Context of the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis in Poland

• Anna Domaradzka, Magdalena Roszczynska-Kurasinska and Agnieszka Rychwalska (abstract)