Who we are
RIPESS LAC is a continental network that brings together various community-based, associative, co-operative and mutual organisations as well as citizens’ movements that work towards the implementation of solidarity economy in Latin America. We contribute the production and sharing of resources and knowledge that creates the basis of an alternative movement to the current capitalist system.
Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Brazil
- GRESP (Grupo Red de Economía Solidaria del Perú)
- MESSE (Movimiento de Economía Social Solidaria del Ecuador)
- RET (Red de Economías Territoriales Wallmapu de Chile)
- MNESC (Mesa Nacional de Economía Solidaria de Colombia)
- REDESOL (Red de Organizaciones de Economía Solidaria de República Dominicana)
- Foro Brasileño de Economía Solidaria (FBES)
- Movimiento de Economía Solidaria y Comercio Justo de Bolivia (MESyCEJB)
- Red de Economía Social Solidaria (RedESS) de Costa Rica
- Red Peruana de Comercio Justo y Consumo Ético (RPCJyCE)
- Centro de Investigación Económica Mundial (CIEM) de Cuba
- Coordinadora de Economía Solidaria y Comercio Justo (CESCJ) de Uruguay
- Red Mexicana de Comercio Comunitario (REMECC)
- Confederación AGROSOLIDARIA de Colombia
- PECOSOL de Guatemala
- Instituto de Economía Social y Cooperativismo (INDESCO) Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
- Red Nacional de Investigadores y Educadores en Cooperativismo y Economía Solidaria (REDCOOP) de México
- Red Nicaragüense de Comercio Comunitario (RENICC)
- Red ECOSOL México
- Red Cubana de Economía Social y Solidaria y Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (ESORSE)
- Comunidad Nacional de Circuitos Económicos Solidarios (CONACES)
- Red Nacional de Investigadores y Educadores en Cooperativismo y Economía Solidaria (REDCOOP) de México
- Instituto de Cooperativismo de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
- Red de Economía Social Solidaria del municipio de Mecapaca RESS-Mecapaca
- Foro de Economías Transformadoras y Alternativas de Colombia FSMET
News from Latin Amercia and the Caribbean—
Call for sign-ons – Declaration of the Social Solidarity Economy Movement in Defense of Democracy in Brazil
We present the following declaration of support and solidarity with the Brazilian society and solidarity economy, which live crucial moments in defense of democracy and transformations achieved by the social movement in recent years. We ask organizations of the social solidarity economy on all continents to support this Declaration and to disseminate information about the alarming situation in Brazil with [...]
RIPESS at the Preparatory Meeting of Habitat III in Mexico, March 9-11 – “Localizing finance for inclusive change”
At the recent HABITAT III preparatory thematic meeting in Mexico City (9-11 March 2016) on “Localizing finance for inclusive change”, Judith Hitchman (Urgenci) represented RIPESS in a roundtable discussion with Yasy Morales of the Rencontres Mont Blanc, Milder Villegas of INAISE and Enrique Ortiz of HIC (Habitat International Coalition). Judith Hitchman spoke of the need for a joined-up SSE approach to the [...]
