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.
News from Asia—
The Ambitious Journey of ASEC to Spread SSE in Asia
On November 21-23, 2016, over thirty participants from Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines gathered at the University of the Philippines-College of Social Welfare and Development to discuss the plans to promote SSE in Asia. Participants shared their diverse insights on the situation in their country or field of activities and recognized at least three common needs for action. 1) One is increasing the [...]
Follow Up of The Implementation of The SDG In The Asia Pacific Region
The Regional Knowledge Exchange took place from 24-25 October 2016, in Bangkok, Thailand, as part of a week-long Regional SDG Forum hosted by UNDP, taking place from 21-27 October. During the Knowledge Exchange, participants considered: integrating the 2030 Agenda into planning and budgeting; supporting integrated approaches and identifying accelerator interventions; monitoring, reporting and evaluation; partnerships; financing options for the 2030 Agenda; [...]
From Asia to be extended worldwide: creating the sdg-sse.org platform to follow the Sustainable Development Goals implementation through the SSE
sdg-sse.org is a crowd-sourced platform connecting individuals and organizations that are interested in generating concrete links between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE). Initiated from Malaysia, the initiative wants to extend to the world. It is currently in two languages, English and Spanish because of its founders. If you are interested, go to the [...]