Community Supported Agriculture and Climate Change
How does the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) contribute to the fight against global warming? Judith Hitchman, President of Urgenci, explains the role of Community Supported Agriculture and its benefits in […]
SSE grassroots initiatives are key to ensure the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The contribution of Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) – from the local to the global – is key to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is the […]
Pact for Impact launches the creation of a Global Alliance for the Social and Inclusive Economy
The international Conference “Pact for Impact” placed the Social and Inclusive Economy at the heart of the international agenda. RIPESS contributed actively to the organisation of the event thus raising the […]
International Labour Organization (ILO) documents on Socioeco.org
In the framework of the 100th anniversary of ILO, we have decided to show which ILO documents related to SSE are referenced on socioeco.org.
We can divide them in 6 main […]
The ILO commits to promoting the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) and cooperatives in its Declaration “The Future of Work”
On June 21th, the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted the “ILO Centenary Declaration of the Future of Work 2019” during its 108th International Labour Conference. This declaration will mark […]
“The WSFTE 2020 aims to create an open space of dialogue and construction between those who practice another economy”
Interview with Jason Nardi, RIPESS Intercontinental Coordinator, about the World Social Forum on Transformative Economies (WSFTE) that starts this week in Barcelona. […]
2d European Meeting of Independant Medias and SSE
During the 1st meeting at the UniverSSE Congress in June 2017 in Athens, RIPESS Europe requested the second European meeting “Independent, Alternative and Cooperative Media and SSE” in […]
Five-part webinar series on solidarity and cooperative economics
The Asian American Solidarity Economies Project presents a five-part webinar series in 2018 on solidarity and cooperative economics targeted to the assets and needs of Asian American immigrant and […]
From Salvador to Barcelona 2019 : another economy is paving the way
At the World Social Forum in Salvador de Bahia, the global thematic forum on transforming economies (Barcelona – April 2019) was presented.
From the 12th to the 17th of March the thirteenth […]
RIPESS at the WSF2018: Promoting the Convergence of Social and Solidarity Economy Movements
The World Social Forum 2018, will be held from March 13 to 17, 2018, in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, where several members of RIPESS LAC will be attending, as […]
RIPESS involvement in the 4th LED World Forum: contribution of the SSE to Local Development and SDGs
The 4th Global Meeting on Local Economic Development (LED) was held in Praia, Cabo Verde, from 17 to 20 October 2017.
The theme of this year’s meeting is:
Local Economic Development […]
RIPESS, an active member of the new Advisory Group of the UN SSE Taskforce
We are pleased to announce that the UN Interagency Taskforce on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) agreed on August 31th to formally recognize an Advisory Group (AG) of SSE […]
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 […]
5Th National Meeting On Social And Solidarity Economy In Chile, May 2017
The 5th National Meeting on Social and Solidarity Economy was held in Santiago de Chile on May 11-12 with the aim of promoting, coordinating and giving visibility to economic initiatives […]
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 […]
RIPESS, An Associate Partner For The 4Th World Forum of Local Economic Development (LED), Cape Verde, October 2017
The 4th World Forum of Local Economic Develaopment (LED) will be held at Praia, Cabo Verde, from October 17 to 20, 2017. After previous meetings in Seville, Spain (2011), […]
New Report Documents Emerging Solidarity Economy Movement In Massachusetts
A solidarity economy movement is emerging from lower-income communities of color in Massachusetts. This movement aspires to transform capitalism—as we know it—into a world rooted in values of democracy, justice, […]
Campaign for a global curriculum of Social Solidarity economy – Latin America
In Latin and Central America there is a tradition of collective and community-based economies that come from ancient cultures, which RIPESS-LAC and its member organizations have recovered and promoted among […]
