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—
ASEC Conference 2019 – Transformative economy: Revitalising Rural economy through SSE, November 11th – 14th, Yogyakarta (Indonesia)
Annual conference of ASEC - RIPESS Asia to discuss the role of transformative economy in the revitalisation of rural economy through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The first day will be focused on measuring contribution of grassroot initiatives to SDGs. The second day will discuss on the way forward of grassroots initiatives to transformative economy Agenda Day #1 : field [...]
ASEAN Sustainability Forum (ASF), September 14th 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Next September 14th, our member ASEC / RIPESS Asia will host the panel discussion “Utilizing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to foster a community-based approach for enterprises at the local level” during the ASEAN Sustainability Forum (ASF) 2019 in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). The session will intend to explore how the #SDGs can be utilized to connect these enterprises together in sharing [...]
ACSC/APF 2019 in Thailand to push for people-centered ASEAN
This year 2019, Thailand chairs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Thai CSOs will be hosting the Asean Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People’s Forum (ACSC/APF) on 13-15 September at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. For the first time, ASEC/RIPESS Asia is member of the Regional Steering Committee (RSC) and will put Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) as a major thematic topic of [...]
