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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A global call to end poverty: The Roadmap’s joint article has been published
(Image credit: Eleanor Shakespear/The Guardian) We are pleased to announce that the opinion piece accompanying the Roadmap to Ending Poverty Beyond Growth has now been published in The Guardian and Le Monde. It is a collective article signed by Olivier De Schutter, president of NEEP, alongside leading international voices such as Joseph Stiglitz, Jayati Ghosh, Thomas Piketty, Kate Raworth and [...]
RIPESS takes part in the launch of the Group of Friends on the Social and Solidarity Economy in Geneva
A key meeting for the SSE in the multilateral arena On 11 June 2026, the launch meeting of the Friends Group on the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) will be held at the headquarters of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva. This initiative has been promoted by the governments of Brazil, Colombia and Spain as a contribution to the [...]
RIPESS at the 114th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC)
As every year, RIPESS will participate in the 114th International Labour Conference (ILC), taking place from 1 to 12 June 2026 in Geneva. This year, RIPESS will be represented by Akkanut Wantanasombut (Thailand), from RIPESS ASEC – Research Group in Innovation for Social Solidarity and Inclusive Economy in Asia, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University, who will follow the discussions [...]
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.
