RAESS organises a workshop on post-Covid resilience.
A positive person is one who fell down, got up, moved, healed his wounds, smiled at life and said: I am still here.
It was this optimism that excited the participants […]
RIPESS calls for local governments to establish SSE as the development model in GSEF 2021
RIPESS and its continental SSE network members, in cooperation with the most relevant SSE organisations and International organisations, were actively involved and fully mobilised for the Global Social Economy Forum […]
Webinar: “Strengthening Youth Perspectives in SSE – Perspectives Jeun’ESS”
The African Network for Social and Solidarity Economy (RAESS) was established in October 2010 in Morocco with national networks and movements from 13 African countries.
The headquarters of RAESS was transferred […]
RIPESS 2021-2023 strategic orientations: Strengthening SSE solutions and Advocating for a more transformative impact
SSE grassroots networks and their members across all continents are playing a key role in overcoming the Covid19 challenges and showing their resilience and capacity to innovate. The challenge we […]
“Women are the source of all development” Interview with Jeanne d’Arc Ballo
Jeanne d’Arc Ballo is a Malian entrepreneur who lives in Bamako. She is the operational coordinator of the network projects “Women of the World: a network for the social, political […]
“Women’s cooperatives are a privileged place of expression and empowerment” Interview with Sabine Martel
Interview with Sabine Martel, gender equality consultant for SSE associations and companies in PACA region (France), member of Osez le Féminisme 84 and expert on women’s cooperatives.
Hello Sabine, how was your […]
SSE as the most efficient solution to the Covid-19 crisis
The COVID-19 Pandemic is a reality for all countries of the world in all its aspects. Africa, our continent, with more than 1.3 billion people, has been affected far later […]
Strenghtening of SSE networks for realisation of SDGs in a post-Covid19 context
RIPESS and the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation (ACCD) organised a webinar on the 17th November that brought together participants from more than 30 countries to share about the role […]
The role of SSE actors in the post-Covid19 economic and social reconstruction: advocacy for an inclusive public policy
Like all other continents, Africa is experiencing the full impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which continues to cause decimate families, destabilise our health systems and weaken our respective economies.
In reality, […]
Promotion of SSE for a sustainable post-COVID19 recovery
RIPESS and the Catalan Cooperation Agency (ACCD) initiate a collaboration for the promotion of the ESS as a key strategy in sustainable development in a post-Covid19 context.
The project, funded […]
Participation of RIPESS’ members at the WSF of Transformative Economies
RIPESS Intercontinental and its members from different continents will be at the World Social Forum of Transformative Economies (WSFTE), organizing different continental and intercontinental virtual activities. The meetings are held […]
Africa is mobilizing around SSE
In recent weeks, the African Network of the Solidarity Social Economy (RAESS) – RIPESS Africa’s members have organized several activities and conferences to promote and discuss the Solidarity Social Economy […]
The collaboration between the city of Bamako and RENAPESS: an example for Africa on the co-construction of SSE Public Policies
Cities and the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) have a decisive role to play in promoting local economic development. This is particularly important in African countries, as noted during the “Second […]
Mali starts to draft a law on the organization of SSE
Mali is starting a process of co-construction of public policy between the Government and the various SSE actors to create a law on the organisation of SSE. Madani Coumare, from […]
Mali’s youth discuss SSE opportunities
About fifty Malian youth organisations met to learn about and discuss the opportunities, experiences and practices of SSE in Mali. […]
The voice of youth of Africa at the SSE conference in Kibera (Kenya)
Written by Elise Pierrette Memong Meno, RIPESS Board Member on behalf of RAESS
The International Congress on Cooperation and Global Citizenship organized under the initiative of the Campaign for a Global […]
Youth and SSE at the 5th SSE African Meeting – July 2018
The theme for the bi-annual forum of the African network for Social and Solidarity Economy was “Social and Solidarity economy, a pathway for inclusive economic development and lasting peace”. It […]
RENAPESS Mali at GSEF2018: Pilot project on SSE and Migration
A pilot project in Bamako plans to train 3000 young people on Social and Solidarity Economy to reduce the rural exodus and migration.
RENAPESS, the national SSE support network in Mali […]
