RIPESS takes part in the launch of the Group of Friends on the Social and Solidarity Economy in Geneva
A key meeting for the SSE in the multilateral arena
Forum on financing mechanisms, national and international experiences, and instruments for the Popular, Social and Solidarity Economy
Place: Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué, Colombia
Date: May 22, 2026
Time: […]
Video: Mauricio Rodríguez’s Intervention at the International Forum “Economies for Life”
Video in Spanish with subtitles in English.
From 2 to 4 May […]
RIPESS in Cartagena: Economies for Life, agrarian reform and peoples’ sovereignty
From 21 to 28 February 2026, Cartagena de Indias was the scene of a key international process for the present and future of economies for life, agrarian justice […]
Workshop on the Appropriation of International Instruments for the Promotion of SSE – Bamako
On 16–17 December 2025, the Workshop on the Appropriation of International Instruments for the Promotion of the […]
RIPESS at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4)
RIPESS will actively participate in the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), to be held in Seville from June 30 to July 3, 2025.
In the current […]
Press release: Social and Solidarity Economy Integrated in New Global Financing for Development Agenda
22 June 2025
Against all odds, the RIPESS-led advocacy campaign […]
The African Union adopts its 10-year Economic Plan with the Social Solidarity Economy at its core
The recent adoption of the 10-year Economic Plan by the African Union (AU) marks a milestone in the transformation of the continent, where the Social and Solidarity […]
The urgency of decoding the differences between Social Solidarity Economy and Social Entrepreneurship: on the webinar of 9th July 2024
On 9 July, RIPESS held an online discussion entitled “Decoding the differences between social and solidarity economy (SSE), social entrepreneurship and related initiatives“. In it, the author of […]
Total success of the RESSCAM workshop at FORA’ESS24
The Social Solidarity Economy Network of Cameroon, RESSCAM created and active since 2013 and which signed a partnership agreement with the Ministry in charge of SSE (MINPMEESA) […]
The Cameroonian Social and Solidarity Economy (ESS) Network (RESSCAM) is organizing a session on the ESS and entrepreneurial innovation with a gender perspective at FORAESS.
Under the name of “Social Solidarity Economy (SSE), Gender Equality and Promotion of Innovation”, RESSCAM organised this […]
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 […]
“SSE is a driver of change: if done with passion, it presents real alternatives and answers to the sustainable development goals and we must strive to maximise it”
It was one of the conclusions heard at the presentation of the UN resolution for the Social Solidarity Economy held last Friday 20 October in Barcelona; the […]
RIPESS LAC participates in the XVI International Solidarity Economy Encounter in Colombia
By: Lucero Adriana Blanco Zambrano, co-coordinator of RIPESS LAC 2023- 2025
With the slogan: “Associativity for the construction of territorial peace“, the XVI International […]
International recognition at the UN of the SSE as the indispensable transformation towards the SDGs
2022 ended with an increase in the debate, interest and momentum of the social and solidarity economy as the alternative to the cause of the inequalities that […]
