The Project on Alternative Practices in Southeast Asia aims to initially document these alternative practices by grassroots peoples and communities and link these across the region to form the building blocks of a people’s alternative regional integration. This will be conducted in partnership with the Department of Community Development of the UP College of Social Work and Community Development, the Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA), Focus on the Global South, the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)–Philippines, and the People’s Empowerment Foundation (PEF)–Thailand.

As part of this project, AltDev was able to conduct field visit and documentation activities in Bangkok, Thailand, and Jakarta, Indonesia. The Program, together with its partners, was able to organize a Regional Conference on Alternatives in Southeast Asia on November 27–29, 2018. Moreover, some of the ideas from this project were presented in different avenues such as the Asia-Europe People’s Forum by Ms. Ananeza P. Aban, and the 2018 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People’s Forum in Singapore by Ms. Raquel Castillo.