Who we are
The Asian Solidarity Economy Council is the Asian hub for enhancing the responsibilities of stakeholders in co-creating a compassionate, solidarity economy. It brings together 18 national and continental networks in 21 countries of Asia.
Phillipines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Hongkong SAR – China, Japan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka.
• Dew Crafts/ Bangladesh
• ASSEFA/ India
• Parinaama/ India
• NAFAN/ Nepal
• Fair Trade/ Nepal
• HOMENet/ Thailand
• HOMENet/ Philippines
• HOMENet/ Cambodia
• ASKA/ Philippines
• PAKISAMA/ Philippines
• Pacific Asia Resource Center/ Japan
• Hong Kong Baptist University/ Hong Kong
• University of Phillpines/ Philippines
• Yayasan Bina Swadaya/ Indonesia
• OA Organic Farm/ Malaysia
• APPGM-SDG/ Malaysia
• LEADS/ Sri Lanka
• Sarvodaya/ Sri Lanka
News from Asia—
ASSEFA celebrates the lives of 4 inspirational people in India with a series of lectures and workshops
ASSEFA, member of the Asian Solidarity Economy Council (ASEC) and thus RIPESS, is a Gandhian Organization working in Tamil Nadu that started with the blessings of Acharya Vinoba Bhave (Ghandi’s spiritual successor) in 1968 as the second phase of Bhoodan Movement, the ‘Bloodless Revolution’, a voluntary land reform movement started by Bhave in post-Independent India. ASSEFA has been working for [...]
ASEC is actively participating together with RIPESS Intercontinental in the ILO workshop on ‘SSE as a solution to advance the SDGs in Asia’.
ASEC - Asian Social Solidarity Economy, the Asian SSE Council participated in most of the activities of this workshop held in Bangkok on 18-19 June. Organised by the International Labour Organisation with the support of the ILO Cooperatives Unit, these two days aimed at reflecting, promoting, sharing and collectively building local roots to face the challenges in the region. SSE [...]
Declaration from Asia Pacific Towards Nyeleni 2025
Published in: FoodSovereignity.org: From 9 to 12 June in Sri Lanka, 60 representatives from 12 countries and from more than 20 global and regional social movements and civil society organisations, across Asia and the Pacific - including RIPESS. More information about this meeting here: RIPESS at the Regional Asia Pacific Nyeleni Consultation Meeting – RIPESS- came together to reflect on the progress made [...]
