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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.
News from Asia—
ASEC Contributes To the 8Th SSE Academy in Seoul, June, 2017
The 8th SSE Academy coorganized by International Labor Organization and the Global Social Economy Forum Secretariat will be held in Seoul on 26-30 June 2017. This ILO Academy is the first edition of such taking place in Asia, and expectations are very high. Seoul under the leadership of Mayor Park Won Soon has become one of the most progressive major [...]
Launch Of Webinar Series: Learning SSE From The Continents, Japan 2017
Starting from June 2017, Pacific Asia Resource Center (PARC) which is a member of ASEC/RIPESS-Asiabased in Japan, will host a webinar series “Learning SSE from the Continents“. What is it that comes across between movements in EU, Africa, Latin America, North America, Asia and Japan? In spite of the divers socio-economic situations that these places face, there is yet a [...]
An example of a national multi stakeholders approach for implementing the SDGS, including SSE – Case of Malaysia
Dr Denison Jayasooria, from Malaysia, member of ASEC / RIPESS Asia is the co-chair of the Malaysia CSO-SDG Alliance, being an informal grouping of CSOs in development, human rights, environment and think tanks – including Social & Solidarity Economy organizations. This group has come together since Oct 2015 to focus joint effort on SDGs. This alliance among other is undertaking a mapping [...]