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—
RIPESS, WIEGO, WSM, iNSP!R and ANMC at GSEF 2025
RIPESS (Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy), together with its allies WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing), WSM (We Social Movements), INSP!R (International Network for Social Protection Rights) and ANMC (Alliance Nationale des Mutualités Chrétiennes) will be present in Bordeaux from October 24 to November 1 with a packed agenda of strategic meetings and inspiring [...]
Chandana Pokuna, a community facing microcredit extortion
By Isabel Alvarez Vispo, URGENCI’s President. Originally published in Urgenci's website. When you travel very far away, as far as Sri Lanka, you expect to find landscapes, people, cultures, in short, a part of the world that is very different from your everyday life. And indeed, you find them: temperatures and humidity you have never experienced before, a culture and [...]
Lighting the Path to Rural Transformation : ASSEFA Sangamam 2025 Begins
Shanthigram, Natham – September 28, 2025:The three-day ASSEFA Sangamam 2025 conference began today at Shanthigram village in Natham with the ceremonial lighting of the traditional lamp by Sri J. Chandrapaul, Chairman of ASSEFA. This significant gathering brings together stakeholders to reflect on the progress of Community Organisations promoted by ASSEFA, revisit the ideals of the second phase of the Bhoodan [...]
