‘Play the change you want to see in the world’: Learning and spreading Transformative Economies through playing
Last November, Athens became the place chosen to launch the final version of ‘The Change’, a board game in which nobody wins and everybody learns about Transformative Economies […]
Unlocking the full potential of the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) towards sustainable development with UNTFSSE and other entities and institutions

RIPESS Intercontinental is taking part in this hybrid event in which the ambassadors of France, Senegal and […]
The African Union adopts its 10-year Economic Plan with the Social Solidarity Economy at its core
The recent adoption of the 10-year Economic Plan by the African Union (AU) marks a milestone in the transformation of the continent, where the Social and Solidarity […]
The urgency of decoding the differences between Social Solidarity Economy and Social Entrepreneurship: on the webinar of 9th July 2024
On 9 July, RIPESS held an online discussion entitled “Decoding the differences between social and solidarity economy (SSE), social entrepreneurship and related initiatives“. In it, the author of […]
ECOOVIDA 2024, le rencontre international des Économies pour la Vie sera à Cali, 22-26 octobre
Ecoovida, la rencontre des économies pour la vie, organisée par le gouvernement colombien et d’autres mouvements et entités tels que RIPESS LAC (qui fait partie […]
The Cameroonian Social and Solidarity Economy (ESS) Network (RESSCAM) is organizing a session on the ESS and entrepreneurial innovation with a gender perspective at FORAESS.

Under the name of “Social Solidarity Economy (SSE), Gender Equality and Promotion of Innovation”, RESSCAM organised this […]
Towards the Nyéléni global food sovereignty forum in 2025 in India
Colour drawing on amate bark-paper by the artist Abraham Mauricio Salazar. Reproduced for informational purposes from the book El ciclo mágico de los días, by Abraham Mauricio Salazar and Antonio Saldívar. CONAFE, Mexico, 1979
Ripess Europe deepens its roots in the continent after the general assembly
Country representatives [France (APES, MESS Occitanie, UFISC, Université Paris 8, MES France), Portugal (REDPES), Luxembourg (INEES), Poland (FAIRTRADE POLSKA), Germany (CSX), […]
RIPESS LAC participates in the XVI International Solidarity Economy Encounter in Colombia
By: Lucero Adriana Blanco Zambrano, co-coordinator of RIPESS LAC 2023- 2025
With the slogan: “Associativity for the construction of territorial peace“, the XVI International […]
Ecosol workshop: SSE, an alternative development model for access to decent work and social protection.
Social protection is the coverage of a range of human rights such as health, education, care, housing or the possibility to prosper. According to the ILO, it is […]
SOCIAL INNOVATION EXPERIENCES FROM THE SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY
Virtual Side Event for the 8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals
Organized by Diesis Network, the Intercontinental […]
International recognition at the UN of the SSE as the indispensable transformation towards the SDGs
2022 ended with an increase in the debate, interest and momentum of the social and solidarity economy as the alternative to the cause of the inequalities that […]
Webinar on decent work and SSE in the LAC region. Conclusions after Ripess LAC gathering
RIPESS LAC concluded its “Latin American meeting” on 25 November with a presentation by the coordinator, Karin Berlien, on 7 December at the Webinar on Decent Work and […]
The 110th International Labour Conference comes to an end with the SSE in the spotlight
RIPESS Intercontinental attended the 110th International Labour Conference as an observer for the last two weeks, having been the organisation that officially introduced the SSE at the ILO in 2009.
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