“We have to be careful not to go backwards, to remember that we are still here” Interview with Isa Alvarez
Isa Alvarez is an agro-ecologist and researcher living in Vitoria (Spain). She originally comes from the academic world, but has been active for 15 years in different activist organizations working […]
“Women’s cooperatives are a privileged place of expression and empowerment” Interview with Sabine Martel
Interview with Sabine Martel, gender equality consultant for SSE associations and companies in PACA region (France), member of Osez le Féminisme 84 and expert on women’s cooperatives.
Hello Sabine, how was your […]
Participation of RIPESS’ members at the WSF of Transformative Economies
RIPESS Intercontinental and its members from different continents will be at the World Social Forum of Transformative Economies (WSFTE), organizing different continental and intercontinental virtual activities. The meetings are held […]
RIPESS contributes to GSEF’s policy dialogues in Europe and Latin America
The GSEF Regional Policy Dialogues are organized to promote the exchange of knowledge between policy-makers and key SSE actors. RIPESS has participated in both dialogues with the objective of contributing […]
Facing repression and rights cuts in the world, the SSE stands in solidarity with the people for a fairer, solidarity and sustainable world
Rojiva, Ecuador, Chile and Catalunya are all places that are witnessing the protests of wider social movements. Global SSE movement has expressed its solidarity with the people who are fighting […]
Transforming Europe in the world we want
Josette Combes, from RIPESS Europe, explains the different opportunities that will soon arise to think and transform Europe through SSE. Elections to the European Parliament or the World Social Forum […]
GA2018: more inter-cooperation and convergence!
In a lively Zagreb filled with people enjoying the world cup festive atmosphere, RIPESS EU – Solidarity Economy Europe celebrated its 7th General Assembly meeting with members from all over […]
Launching the preparation of the World Social Forum of Convergence of Transformative Economies, Barcelona 2019 & 2020.
The Other World already exists. It is time to join forces and build an Inclusive World Agenda!
As announced in the World Social Forum of Salvador de Bahia (read March […]
Good economy conference hosting the RIPESS Europe General Assembly
On the 15th of June 2018, the 5th Good Economy Conference will take place, followed by the 7th General Assembly of RIPESS Europe (April 16-17). Organized by the Green Network of Activists Groups […]
Strengthening the SSE Networks and converging Movements: the Orientation of the New RIPESS Coordinator
RIPESS is continuing to building alliances between alter-economic movements, and has appointing Jason Nardi of RIPESS Europe as its new coordinator.
Jason has a long-standing commitment to the emergence of the […]
2d European Meeting of Independant Medias and SSE
During the 1st meeting at the UniverSSE Congress in June 2017 in Athens, RIPESS Europe requested the second European meeting “Independent, Alternative and Cooperative Media and SSE” in […]
From Salvador to Barcelona 2019 : another economy is paving the way
At the World Social Forum in Salvador de Bahia, the global thematic forum on transforming economies (Barcelona – April 2019) was presented.
From the 12th to the 17th of March the thirteenth […]
RIPESS EU organizes the 2nd European meeting of Independent Media and SSE
The second European meeting of Independent Media and SSE will occur from the 9th to the 11th of February 2018 at La Bergerie de Villarceaux (an eco-farm near Paris).
During […]
Raising the voice of SSE in Public Policies at the GSEF Policy Dialogues in Asia and Europe
Since 2013 GSEF, as a regional platform for promoting the co-construction of Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) public policies, has been hosting annual Policy Dialogue meetings. In 2017, RIPESS […]
First European Report on Ethical Finance
Ethical finance is very different from speculative finance, this is why it allows to preserve and increase economic value to savings over time and add to the last line of […]
RIPESS EUROPE’s Webinar: Public policies, the stake of the Solidarity Economy. Nov 24
RIPESS Europe and its members are actively investing in the co-construction of public policies at a national and European level, pursuing an objective of general interest and the development of […]
A Charter For Developing Commons Of Data And Mapping
One of the earliest such maps was TransforMap, a project with origins in Austria and Germany that is using OpenStreetMap as a platform for helping people identify and connect with […]
