Who we are
The Asian Solidarity Economy Council is the Asian hub for enhancing the responsibilities of stakeholders in co-creating a compassionate, solidarity economy. It brings together 18 national and continental networks in 21 countries of Asia.
Phillipines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Hongkong SAR – China, Japan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka.
• Dew Crafts/ Bangladesh
• ASSEFA/ India
• Parinaama/ India
• NAFAN/ Nepal
• Fair Trade/ Nepal
• HOMENet/ Thailand
• HOMENet/ Philippines
• HOMENet/ Cambodia
• ASKA/ Philippines
• PAKISAMA/ Philippines
• Pacific Asia Resource Center/ Japan
• Hong Kong Baptist University/ Hong Kong
• University of Phillpines/ Philippines
• Yayasan Bina Swadaya/ Indonesia
• OA Organic Farm/ Malaysia
• APPGM-SDG/ Malaysia
• LEADS/ Sri Lanka
• Sarvodaya/ Sri Lanka
News from Asia—
Launch Of Webinar Series: Learning SSE From The Continents, Japan 2017
Starting from June 2017, Pacific Asia Resource Center (PARC) which is a member of ASEC/RIPESS-Asiabased in Japan, will host a webinar series “Learning SSE from the Continents“. What is it that comes across between movements in EU, Africa, Latin America, North America, Asia and Japan? In spite of the divers socio-economic situations that these places face, there is yet a [...]
An example of a national multi stakeholders approach for implementing the SDGS, including SSE – Case of Malaysia
Dr Denison Jayasooria, from Malaysia, member of ASEC / RIPESS Asia is the co-chair of the Malaysia CSO-SDG Alliance, being an informal grouping of CSOs in development, human rights, environment and think tanks – including Social & Solidarity Economy organizations. This group has come together since Oct 2015 to focus joint effort on SDGs. This alliance among other is undertaking a mapping [...]
The Ambitious Journey of ASEC to Spread SSE in Asia
On November 21-23, 2016, over thirty participants from Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines gathered at the University of the Philippines-College of Social Welfare and Development to discuss the plans to promote SSE in Asia. Participants shared their diverse insights on the situation in their country or field of activities and recognized at least three common needs for action. 1) One is increasing the [...]
