Who we are
RIPESS Europe – Solidarity Economy Europe, was born from the synergy produced by the meetings of the Globalisation of Solidarity organised by the intercontinental network RIPESS Intercontinental, the first of which took place in Lima in 1997. The 4th International Forum of “Globalisation of Solidarity”, Lux’09, which took place in Schifflange in April 2009, led to the launching of a dynamic by establishing trust and shared-knowledge between networks of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) at continental and intercontinental levels. During this meeting, Eric Lavillunière (INEES) and Christine Gent (WFTO) initiated the structuring of a European RIPESS platform.
In Barcelona, in 2011, RIPESS Europe was born. It included representatives of networks from Belgium, Catalonia, France, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania and Germany.
- Ireland
- Portugal
- France
- Switzerland
- Belgium
- Romania
- Greece
- Czech Republic
- Poland
- Germany
- Croatia
- Lithuania
- Bulgaria
- Luxembourg
- United Kingdom
- Hungary
- Austria
- Macedonia
- Spain
- Italy
- Russia
- AAE Cooperative from Ireland
- ANIMAR, REDPES, APDES, CRESACOR from Portugal
- MES FRANCE / MES OCCITANIE / UFISC / APES / CNLRQ / ESSPLICITE / SOCIOECO
/ RIUESS / RTES from France - APRES GE / APRÈS VAUD / MONNAIE LEMAN from Switzerland
- SAW B from Belgium
- CRIES from Romania
- DOCK from Greece
- EKUMENIK ACADEMY / FAIRBIO COOP from Czech Republic
- FAIRTRADE POLAND from Poland
- CSX NETWORK / FORUM SOLIDARISCHE OKONOMIE / TECHNET BERLIN / NETZ from Germany
- ZMAG from Croatia
- GREEN LIBERTY from Latvia
- IDEAS FACTORY from Bulgaria
- TRANSITION MINETT from Luxemburg
- SOLIDARITY ECONOMY NETWORK from UK
- PROFILANTROP ASSOCIATION / KIFESZ / FAKETE / SOLIDARITY ECONOMY CENTER from Hungary
- VSOK from Austria
- OUR GOOD EARTH from Macedonia
- XES / REAS from Spain
- RIES / SOLIDARIUS from Italy
- TRAVA from Russia
- URGENCI / DUNIA – International networks
News from Europe—
The Kandy Declaration: A Collective Roadmap for Systemic Transformation
From 6 to 13 September 2025, more than 700 delegates from over 100 countries gathered in Kandy, Sri Lanka, for the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum for Food Sovereignty. Peasants, Indigenous Peoples, pastoralists, fishers, feminist movements, youth, workers, and activists came together to renew the global struggle for justice, dignity, and life — giving birth to the Kandy Declaration: A Collective [...]
Ruby van der Wekken: Food as a Commons, Cornerstone of Systemic Change
Ruby van der Wekken is part of the food cooperative Oma Maa (“Our Soil”), located in the Helsinki region of Finland. For over 16 years, this cooperative has worked toward food sovereignty through a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model that brings together producers and consumers in a collective effort to transform the food system. The cooperative produces organic and vegan [...]
RIPESS at the Nyéléni Forum: For an Economy Serving Life, Not Profit
RIPESS, represented by Souhir Inas from the Réseau Marocain de l’Économie Sociale et Solidaire (REMESS), took the floor during the Nyéléni forum to share the political contexts facing its members and allies in their territories: Today, the world stands at a crossroads. We face overlapping crises: growing inequality, crushing debt, militarisation, climate disruption and ecosystem collapse. However, instead of turning [...]
