What is Social Solidarity Economy?
Today, perhaps as never before, more people are becoming aware that capitalism has turned our lives and our planet into a commodity. A system that is environmentally unsustainable and socially unjust, and that it is not able to guarantee the happiness and dignified life conditions of all persons in any place on the planet.
Social Solidarity Economy includes a wide range of practices that span economic, social, environmental, political, communitarian or holistic dimensions.
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In memory of Mamadou Seydou Diallo, a leading figure of the African SSE
Dear colleagues at RENAPESS, Dear friends and family of Mr Mamadou Seydou Diallo, On behalf of RIPESS Intercontinental, we would like to express our deep sadness at the news of the passing of Mr Mamadou Seydou Diallo, Technical Secretary of RAESS (Réseau Africain de l'ëconomie Sociale et Solidaire) and a figure committed to strengthening the Social and Solidarity Economy in [...]
Declaration of the Ibero-American Network for the Promotion of the Social and Solidarity Economy
The institutions, governments, member organizations and observers of the Red Iberoamericana de Fomento a la Economía Social y Solidaria (Ibero-American Network for the Promotion of the Social and Solidarity Economy) (RIFESS), meeting at the session convened by the Executive Coordination on 26 January 2026, agree to issue this Declaration with the aim of reaffirming the strategic role of the Social [...]
Building alternatives and fighting fascism: voices from the U.S. Social Solidarity Economy in Barcelona
Next Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at 6 p.m. at Ateneu L’Harmonia (Sant Andreu, Barcelona), the event “Building alternatives and fighting fascism. A report from the USA” will take place—an international dialogue space to reflect on current challenges in the United States and the responses being built by social movements and organizations, such as the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE). The [...]
What is RIPESS?
RIPESS is a global network of continental networks committed to the promotion of Social Solidarity Economy. The member networks themselves (Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania) bring together national and sectorial networks, thus ensuring strong territorial anchoring.
The combined local and global scope gives RIPESS legitimacy to promote SSE, foster intercontinental cooperation, and advocate at different levels. RIPESS members believe in the importance of the globalisation of solidarity, and the ability to build and strengthen an economy that places people and planet at the centre of its activities.
