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The SSE will be represented at The Development Evaluation Week held by the The African Development Bank (AfDB), Abidjan, Ivory Coast from 7 to November 10, 2016

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host the 2016 Development Evaluation Week from November 7-10, 2016 at its Headquarters in Abidjan about : “Accelerate the transformation of Africa – Best practices and strategies for development practitioners”. The aim of Evaluation Week is to improve the effectiveness of development work across the continent.) The Development Evaluation …

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The international leading group on social and solidarity economy adopts a declaration in view of HABITAT III

Meeting in New York in parallel with the 71st United Nations General Assembly, the States, International Institutions and civil society organizations that are members of the International Leading Group on Social and Solidarity Economy (ILGSSE) adopted a declaration on “SSE as a strategic means of implementing the New Urban Agenda” which will be approved next …

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High Level Event at the United Nations: RIPESS intervention by Yvon Poirier

On September 20, 2016, in New York, the International Leading Group on Social and Solidarity Economy (ILGSSE) held a high-level event organized by France and coordinated by the association The Mont-Blanc Meetings (MBM) – International Forum of the Social and Solidarity Economy Entrepreneurs as permanent secretariat… Read More

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The New Urban Agenda: a year-long process

Habitat lll, formerly known as the UN Conference on Sustainable Habitat and Cities, has been a bi-decennial global process, taking place in 1976, 1996 and now in 2016. Like all major UN processes today, it is consultative, and civil society organisations are able to play a major role in setting the agenda. Various thematic consultations …

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GSEF 2016, Montreal. A Social and Solidarity Economy Forum under the sign of cooperation between local groups and SSE´s actors.

Jason Nardi (RIPESS EU), Laure Jongejans (executive secretary RIPESS INT), Judith Hichman (Urgenci), Tetay RIPESS ASIA, Anna Leighton RIPESS LAC, Yvon Poirier RIPESS NA The World Forum on Social and Solidarity Economy took place at Montreal’s Conference Centre from 7 to 9 September. This third edition, jointly organized by the city of Montreal and the …

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A cooperative Call Center from Refugees to Refugees (R2R)

The phone line of the cooperative call service ‘Refugees to Refugees (R2R) Solidarity Call Center’ began to operate on Thursday 8th September 2016 in Greece. For three months now, 4 refugees (from Syria, Egypt, Morocco and Gambia) and people from the solidarity movement have been working cooperatively together, through open and democratic processes, in order …

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Follow Up Of The Inclusion Of The SSE In The Implementation Of The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals : Un Inter Agencies Working Group Meeting On The SSE At The High-Level Policy Forum (HLPF), July 11-20, NY

UN Inter Agencies Working Group on the SSE (UN Task Force on SSE, in English) organized in collaboration with France and Costa Rica, a meeting as part of a side event of the High Level Policy Forum (HLPF) of the UN which was held in New York from 11 to 20 last July. As a …

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Collective Letter On The SSE Sent To Habitat III Secretariat For A New Urban Agenda

In collaboration with the Global Fund of Cities Development (FMDV), the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) and Habitat International Coalition (HIC), RIPESS was present at several meetings at the preparatory dialogues for the HABITAT III conference which will be held in Quito, Ecuador, next October. To promote …

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