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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The role of networks, from the local to the global, in promoting SSE in a post-Covid-19 context
RIPESS, in cooperation with the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation (ACCD), is organising an international webinar on Tuesday 17 November at 3pm (GMT+1) to discuss with RIPESS networks (national, sub-regional and international) the role of networks, from the local to the global, in the promotion of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in a post-Covid-19 context. In this context of [...]
Promotion of SSE for a sustainable post-COVID19 recovery
RIPESS and the Catalan Cooperation Agency (ACCD) initiate a collaboration for the promotion of the ESS as a key strategy in sustainable development in a post-Covid19 context. The project, funded by the ACCD, will last one year in a pilot phase, and will strengthen the actions of RIPESS (Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy) in the promotion [...]
“We speak about solidarity, so let’s put it into action!”
This is an interview, with the newly elected co-coordinators Marcus Hill from the RIPESS North America United States, Judith Hitchman from the global Community Supported Agriculture network, URGENCI, and Shigeru Tanaka from ASEC/RIPESS Asia, Japan. They share their vision of SSE, their ambitions for RIPESS and their opinions about how their particular experience can benefit the network. - You [...]
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.
