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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From Chiloé to the United Nations: Defending Territories Against the Power of Salmon Farms
Marcela Ramos of the Chiloé Island Women’s Assembly for Water, a member of the Network of Territorial Economies and RIPESS LAC,calls for a binding treaty to protect human rights, waters, and the economies that sustain life. “We need a strong, legally binding treaty.” With this demand, our colleague Marcela Ramos brought a voice rooted in Chiloé to the negotiations on [...]
RIPESS at the Resist & Build Summit in Denver
From October 15 to 18, organizers, activists, movement leaders, and community builders from across the United States and beyond will gather in Denver, Colorado, for the Resist & Build Summit, a space dedicated to strengthening connections between resistance movements and initiatives that are building alternatives to the current economic and political system. Through strategy sessions, workshops, plenaries, and open spaces, [...]
RIPESS calls for turning recognition into implementation at Discussion of UN SG Report on the SSE and Ministerial Dialogue of the SSE Group of Friends
https://youtu.be/fF2PVRSysb0 As part of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week in New York, Sandra Moreno, Executive Secretary of RIPESS Intercontinental, participated in the Discussion on the 2026 United Nations Secretary-General’s Report on the implementation of General Assembly Resolution 79/213 on the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), followed by the Ministerial Dialogue of the Friends of the SSE Group. 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.
