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Ripess
Rising inequality, entrenched poverty and a deepening ecological crisis have mobilised the global community to seek new models of business and trade that drive fair and sustainable economies. Over many decades, the Fair Trade movement has developed and implemented a range of models that serve as an experiment in transforming the broader global economy. The …
Ripess
The United Nations High Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals was established in 2012 to further the implementation of the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda. It convenes in New York every July, with specific SDGs coming up for review. However, the annual process is far more complex than it might at first sight …
Ripess
Latest GSEF2018 Bilbao forum ‘Social economy and cities – Values and competitiveness for an inclusive and sustainable local development (1~3 Oct)’ programmes and key speakers are available now (to be updated more). Do not miss one of the biggest international gatherings on the social economy where you can learn from innovative social economy practices from …
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For the 5th session of our Women & SSE seminar cycle, we wanted to address the issue of social protection, particularly with regard to the status of women and the SSE. It is an emblematic topic of many social struggles that remains a recurring concern shared by many citizens, especially in Latin America and Africa, …
Ripess
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 2018 article), we have committed to starting a process of convergence, between all initiatives, movements and ways of understanding the economy that share the …
Ripess
For the 5th session of our Women & ESS seminar cycle, we will discuss the issue of Women, SSE and Social Protection with four activists in the field, coming from Bolivia, Cameroon, Senegal and Belgium. This session will be hold on June 12th at 13H UTC / GMT. Note: check out what time the webinar …
Yvon Poirier
Why does RIPESS consider this important? Over the last 30 years or so, SSE has grown all over the world. Sometimes this approach is considered as local development, community development, solidarity economy or social economy. They all have similar approaches, they are community or civil society-led. In many cases, the projects have developed in less …
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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 Social Solidarity Economy and RIPESS. He is a co-founder of Solidarius in Italy, an organization that supports the development of networks of solidarity economy …
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