About Us
APCSIP is committed to promoting and advancing social investment amongst all sectors in Australia and throughout the Asia Pacific Region.
Established in 2001 as an educational unit focusing on philanthropy, the Centre launched one of the first post-graduate courses specialising in grant making and philanthropic giving.
APCSIP has now grown into a research centre dedicated to promoting capability in harnessing the dynamics of social investment to positively impact upon regional well-being.
APCSIP envisions:
an Australia and Asia-Pacific Region that understands the value and dynamics of social investment and is capable of devising and managing innovative approaches for sustaining these contributions.
In pursuit of this, APCSIP encourages learning from and collaboration between various sectors – government, business and community - and contributes to the development of the field of social economics through investigating and advancing social investment from a value-exchange perspective.
In operating within the Faculty of Business and Enterprise (Swinburne University of Technology), APCSIP also embraces the guiding themes of innovation and entrepreneurship, applying these to all activities.
APCSIP will realise its vision through focusing its efforts on four specific goals:
- RESEARCH - Developing the field of social-economics through researching social investment / finance from a value-exchange perspective.
- REACH - Developing and maintaining networks of national and international connections spanning all sectors to ensure access to a range of expertise and identification of opportunities.
- EDUCATION - Championing understanding and foster capacity in Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region for developing and adopting innovative and sustainable approaches to social investment / finance.
- SUSTAINABILITY - Developing infrastructure and income streams to create and nourish a base of expertise and ensure resourcing to achieve APCSIP’s purpose.
