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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RIPESS highlights the importance of multilateral coordination and institutional capacity for advancing the Social and Solidarity Economy
RIPESS reaffirms the value of multilateral coordination and institutional capacity in advancing the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) within the United Nations system and beyond. Over the years, the United Nations Inter‑Agency Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) has provided an important space for cooperation, technical exchange, and dialogue among UN agencies, governments, and civil society actors. [...]
22 March: WATER as a Common Good and Life. A perspective from the Social and Solidarity Economy
Community aqueduct meeting held as part of Community Water Management Day. Photo: courtesy of ACER Agua Viva Artice by Sandra Moreno, executive secretary ofRIPESS. Water is more than just a resource: it is the principle that sustains all forms of life. Wherever it flows, lands, crops and communities flourish. And where it is lacking, migration, inequality and the loss of [...]
Seeing Hope Through a Sustainable Lens: Honoring the Work of Yvon Poirier
Article by Dr. Tamara Stenn. *Original article published on the Sustainability Lens Game website. At the heart of the Sustainable Lens Game is a simple but powerful idea: when we learn to see the world differently, we begin to act differently. We notice relationships, systems, values, and consequences that too often remain invisible in conventional business thinking. Few people embody this [...]
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.
