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RIPESS Asia/ASEC: an SSE Course organised on March 14-18, 2016 at the University of Philippines

RIPESS Asia/Asian Solidarity Economy Council (ASEC) SSE Course “Revitalizing Community Partnership for Sustainable Development” March 14-18, 2016. Manila, Philippines The SSE Course organised by RIPESS Asia/ASEC provides an opportunity for civil society networks in ASEAN to collaborate with each other in developing solidarity-based community enterprises towards a people-centered ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The SSE Course …

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EFSSE: European Forum on SSE (Brussels, January 28 – 2016)

In May 2015, the European United Left / Nordic Confederation Group (GUE / NGL) decided to turn its traditional support to the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) into one of its main strategic processes for this legislature (2014-2019).Therefore, the European parliamentary group has set as one of its main goals for 2016 the organisation of the first European Forum of …

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The call for proposals for the Global Social Economy Forum-GSEF 2016 is now open!

Be there! Montreal, November 7-9, 2016 3 days / over 30 workshops / site visits and hundreds of meeting opportunities to: Share your best practices and learn about others in the social and solidarity economy taking place around the planet in collaboration with local governments. Identify opportunities and issues regarding coordinated action between your local …

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RIPESS includes in its action plan a work axis on Women and the Social Solidarity Economy

In November 2013, at the International Meeting of RIPESS in Manila, a group of women elaborated and presented in a plenary session a Declaration for a Gender Perspective in the Social Solidarity Economy underlining the importance for the SSE movement to integrate in its processes a gender perspective as well as a greater attention to …

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Joint Declaration Signed by the International Leading Group Members

On September 28, a High Level Event of the International Leading Group on the Social Solidarity Economy was hosted by French President of the Republic François Hollande in the United Nations on the occasion of the Summit for the adoption of the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. A Joint Declaration was signed by the Leading Group …

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RIPESS joins the Global Platform for the Right to the City

In September 2015, the Intercontinental network for the promotion of social solidarity economy (RIPESS) has joined the Global Platform for the Right to the City. The network is now part of an important social movement that has been built since the end of the 90’s in order to contribute to the recognition of the Right …

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Solikon 2015: the Social Solidarity Economy, an Integrated Approach for Implementing the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals

The Solikon Congress of Solidarity Economy and Transformation, held in Berlin from September 10-13th, 2015, brought together 1400 participants from Germany, Europe and abroad to discuss with numerous workshops and field visits the paths towards transforming the economy and building fair and sustainable societies. RIPESS Intercontinental organized a panel on the theme “The Post-2015 International …

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Solikon 2015: over 1400 participants in Berlin!

Source: RIPESS Europe The Solidarity Economy European Congress – Solikon 2015 has brought together over 1400 participants from all over Europe and beyond (Brasil, USA, Canada, Cuba, Korea, Japan, and many other countries). More than 100 workshops, Forums and Round Tables took place at the Technischen Universität in Berlin, to discuss alternative forms of economics, lifestyle and work. …

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