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 Youth Entrepreneurship Program
The enthusiasm of young people to establish entrepreneurship is a good sign in the economy hence more economic actors will distribute the power of the economy. The Asian Solidarity Economy Council carried out the hype by conducting the Youth Entrepreneurship Program (YEP), a mentorship program where expert mentors provide guidance to young men and women who are motivated to run [...]
RIPESS 2021-2023 STRATEGIC PLAN
RIPESS intercontinental network is moving forward. We have adopted a new, more robust form of international coordination and strategic plan for 2021-2023. This plan takes into account both the context, as well as updated priorities, needs and visions of the different SSE continental and sectorial member networks. The Strategic Plan represents the symbolic beginning of a new chapter. We believe [...]
RIPESS is getting ready for GSEF2021
RIPESS and its continental SSE network members will be actively involved and fully mobilised for the Global Social Economy Forum 2021, which will take place on site in Mexico and online from the 4th to the 8th of October. In addition to participating in the opening and other plenary activities, we will be collaborating and bringing inputs from different continents [...]
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.
