What is Social Solidarity Economy?
Today, perhaps as never before, more people are becoming aware that capitalism has turned our lives and our planet into a commodity. A system that is environmentally unsustainable and socially unjust, and that it is not able to guarantee the happiness and dignified life conditions of all persons in any place on the planet.
Social Solidarity Economy includes a wide range of practices that span economic, social, environmental, political, communitarian or holistic dimensions.
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Towards the Nyéléni global food sovereignty forum in 2025 in India
Colour drawing on amate bark-paper by the artist Abraham Mauricio Salazar. Reproduced for informational purposes from the book El ciclo mágico de los días, by Abraham Mauricio Salazar and Antonio Saldívar. CONAFE, Mexico, 1979
UN resolution on Social Solidarity Economy turns one year old
The United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) held a webinar on 18 April 2024 to highlight progress and discuss challenges at the international level on implementation of a landmark UN resolution on social and solidarity economy (SSE) one year after its adoption. Key government representatives from Spain, Chile and the newly elected Senegalese governments were present, as [...]
RIPESS TAKES PART IN UNTFSSE’S WEBINAR ON THE PROGRESS MADE ONE YEAR AFTER THE UN DECLARATION ON THE SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY
This webinar celebrates the first anniversary of the UN General Assembly ratified Resolution A/RES/77/281 "Promoting the social and solidarity economy for sustainable development". The process was ably led by the French, Senegalese and Spanish governments at the UN under Yolanda Diaz, Minister of Labour and Social Economy and Second Vice-President of the Spanish Government. Next 18th April at 13:30 (CEST), [...]
What is RIPESS?
RIPESS is a global network of continental networks committed to the promotion of Social Solidarity Economy. The member networks themselves (Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania) bring together national and sectorial networks, thus ensuring strong territorial anchoring.
The combined local and global scope gives RIPESS legitimacy to promote SSE, foster intercontinental cooperation, and advocate at different levels. RIPESS members believe in the importance of the globalisation of solidarity, and the ability to build and strengthen an economy that places people and planet at the centre of its activities.