Promotion of SSE at different levels
As a global network covering all continents, RIPESS is uniquely placed to undertake advocacy at different levels from local communities to international institutions, to ensure the promotion of SSE for sustainable, inclusive and transformative development from local to global levels.
Together with our members and international partners, we are working to raise the voice of SSE in international arenas, and to enhance cooperation between States and SSE networks and actors to support the construction of ecosystems that promote SSE development as the alternative development model, driven by the needs of peoples and communities, and the protection of our planet.
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RIPESS LAC participates in the Ibero-American Meeting on Social and Solidarity Economy in Bolivia
From September 8 to 12, Bolivia hosts the Ibero-American Meeting on Social and Solidarity Economy, a strategic space for regional dialogue, proposal building, and the strengthening of public policies around SSE. This event, organized by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy of the Government of Spain, brings together representatives from [...]
Press Release: The strength of the people breaks through governments’ inertia on Palestine
We, as the RIPESS network promoting Social Solidarity Economy worldwide, warmly support the new “Freedom Flotilla,” which set sail this week toward besieged Gaza. This mission stands in continuity with the courageous voyages that began in 2008, when two Greek fishing boats—the Free Gaza and the Liberty—successfully broke the naval blockade for the first time in 41 years. On board [...]
Support for the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) framework law in Benin
The African Network for the Social and Solidarity Economy (RAESS) welcomes this process underway. Already, six African countries have adopted such legislation: Cabo Verde (2016), Cameroon (2019), Djibouti (2019), Tunisia and Senegal (2020) and Côte d'Ivoire (2025). Specific public policies and strategies exist in Mali (2014), Côte d'Ivoire (2025), and South Africa (2021). In some countries, such as Morocco, a [...]
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Advocacy work in international arenas—
We are leading the construction of SSE support ecosystems in different international arenas jointly with the continental and thematic member networks. This includes:
RIPESS has been participating in the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on SSE as an observer since its creation in 2013. We work side by side with UN Agencies and other international SSE networks to strengthen the SSE agenda in discussions and policy building at the global level.
Le RIPESS a été étroitement associé à l’initiative depuis le début de ce processus en 2019, et co-modère le groupe de travail sur la gouvernance avec le secrétariat d’État français à l’ESS.
RIPESS is a member of GSEF and vice versa, and we working together to promote intense cooperation between social economy organizations and local governments. RIPESS has been actively present in all GSEF forums, has participated in the organising committees from the first one in Seoul to the most recent one in 2021 in México.
As an observer member in the Economic and Social Council, we have been advocating in the different sessions of the HLPF (through the NGO constituency) urging for the need to include SSE in international strategies for the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals. We are also working to ensure the inclusion of SSE in Voluntary National Reviews (VNR) presented by the Member States.
RIPESS, like many other civil society and local government organisations committed to political action and social change through the promotion, defence and enforcement of the Right to the City at all levels, is part of the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C). It aims to inspire a better future for all human settlements; it is an open, flexible and diverse network with a special focus on people and communities affected by exclusion and marginalisation. We are united by the values of cooperation, collaboration, horizontality, transparency, accountability, equity, participation, empowerment and solidarity.
