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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UN resolution on Social Solidarity Economy turns one year old
The United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) held a webinar today to highlight progress and discuss challenges at the international level. Key government representatives from Spain, Chile and the newly elected Senegalese governments were present, as well as from international and UN institutions (The African Union, the European Commission, ILO, UNDP and the OECD). Civil [...]
RIPESS TAKES PART IN UNTFSSE’S WEBINAR ON THE PROGRESS MADE ONE YEAR AFTER THE UN DECLARATION ON THE SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY
This webinar celebrates the first anniversary of the UN General Assembly ratified Resolution A/RES/77/281 "Promoting the social and solidarity economy for sustainable development". The process was ably led by the French, Senegalese and Spanish governments at the UN under Yolanda Diaz, Minister of Labour and Social Economy and Second Vice-President of the Spanish Government. Next 18th April at 13:30 (CEST), [...]
Catalonia already has a draft SSE law, an important step towards the Solidarity Economy becoming more hegemonic.
Original publication on xes.cat, website of the Xarxa d'Economia Solidària de Catalunya (XES), regional network that is part of REAS, the Spanish Network of Alternative and Solidarity Economies, which in turn is part of RIPESS Europe. The Government of the Generalitat de Catalunya has given green light to the Social and Solidarity Economy Bill, an approval that now opens 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.
