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 Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty, UNTFSSE and the Global Coalition for Social Justice launch a joint policy brief on the social and solidarity economy
Advancing a human rights economy through the social and solidarity economy: Pathways to the eradication of poverty beyond growth This joint brief was prepared by the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE), the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, and the Global Coalition for Social Justice. The brief examines how the social and solidarity economy (SSE) can [...]
RIPESS in Cartagena de Indias – ECOOVIDA, Forum of Peoples and Social Movements and ICARRD+20
From 21 to 28 February 2026, Cartagena de Indias will be the epicenter of international debates on economies for life, agrarian justice, and peoples’ sovereignty. RIPESS will actively participate in three key spaces: ECOOVIDA 2026, the Forum of Peoples and Social Movements: United for Land, Water, Territories and Dignity, and the International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD+20). [...]
Job Offer from RIPESS: Cooperation and Secretariat Assistant
Location: Barcelona, SpainOrganisation: RIPESS IntercontinentalType: Contract for services (products) RIPESS Intercontinental, the Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE), is seeking a person to fill the position of Cooperation and Secretariat Assistant. About RIPESS RIPESS is a global network of continental networks (Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania) committed to [...]
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.
