Who we are
RIPESS Europe – Solidarity Economy Europe, was born from the synergy produced by the meetings of the Globalisation of Solidarity organised by the intercontinental network RIPESS Intercontinental, the first of which took place in Lima in 1997. The 4th International Forum of “Globalisation of Solidarity”, Lux’09, which took place in Schifflange in April 2009, led to the launching of a dynamic by establishing trust and shared-knowledge between networks of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) at continental and intercontinental levels. During this meeting, Eric Lavillunière (INEES) and Christine Gent (WFTO) initiated the structuring of a European RIPESS platform.
In Barcelona, in 2011, RIPESS Europe was born. It included representatives of networks from Belgium, Catalonia, France, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania and Germany.
- Ireland
- Portugal
- France
- Switzerland
- Belgium
- Romania
- Greece
- Czech Republic
- Poland
- Germany
- Croatia
- Lithuania
- Bulgaria
- Luxembourg
- United Kingdom
- Hungary
- Austria
- Macedonia
- Spain
- Italy
- Russia
- AAE Cooperative from Ireland
- ANIMAR, REDPES, APDES, CRESACOR from Portugal
- MES FRANCE / MES OCCITANIE / UFISC / APES / CNLRQ / ESSPLICITE / SOCIOECO
/ RIUESS / RTES from France - APRES GE / APRÈS VAUD / MONNAIE LEMAN from Switzerland
- SAW B from Belgium
- CRIES from Romania
- DOCK from Greece
- EKUMENIK ACADEMY / FAIRBIO COOP from Czech Republic
- FAIRTRADE POLAND from Poland
- CSX NETWORK / FORUM SOLIDARISCHE OKONOMIE / TECHNET BERLIN / NETZ from Germany
- ZMAG from Croatia
- GREEN LIBERTY from Latvia
- IDEAS FACTORY from Bulgaria
- TRANSITION MINETT from Luxemburg
- SOLIDARITY ECONOMY NETWORK from UK
- PROFILANTROP ASSOCIATION / KIFESZ / FAKETE / SOLIDARITY ECONOMY CENTER from Hungary
- VSOK from Austria
- OUR GOOD EARTH from Macedonia
- XES / REAS from Spain
- RIES / SOLIDARIUS from Italy
- TRAVA from Russia
- URGENCI / DUNIA – International networks
News from Europe—
Towards the Nyéléni global food sovereignty forum in 2025 in India
Colour drawing on amate bark-paper by the artist Abraham Mauricio Salazar. Reproduced for informational purposes from the book El ciclo mágico de los días, by Abraham Mauricio Salazar and Antonio Saldívar. CONAFE, Mexico, 1979
Catalonia already has a draft SSE law, an important step towards the Solidarity Economy becoming more hegemonic.
Original publication on xes.cat, website of the Xarxa d'Economia Solidària de Catalunya (XES), regional network that is part of REAS, the Spanish Network of Alternative and Solidarity Economies, which in turn is part of RIPESS Europe. The Government of the Generalitat de Catalunya has given green light to the Social and Solidarity Economy Bill, an approval that now opens the [...]
Ripess Europe deepens its roots in the continent after the general assembly
Country representatives [France (APES, MESS Occitanie, UFISC, Université Paris 8, MES France), Portugal (REDPES), Luxembourg (INEES), Poland (FAIRTRADE POLSKA), Germany (CSX), Italy (RIES Italia), Switzerland (Après Genève; Après Vaud), Norway (Nedenfra / From below CO/Tøyen Unlimited), Czech Republic (EKUMENIC ACADEMY), Croatia (ZMAG), Hungary (KIFESZ / FAKETE) and Greece (DOCK)]; together with representatives from GSEF, Social Economy Europe, SSE International Forum [...]
