[19 May, 2025] Webinar: Mainstreaming the social and solidarity economy in the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4)

This webinar is aimed at the FfD4 negotiators. The webinar’s objective is to follow up on UNGA […]
RIPESS at the VI World Forum on Local Economic Development (WFLED)

RIPESS is participating in the VI World Forum on Local Economic Development, […]
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 […]
RIPESS LAC at the Regional Forum on Local Economic Development for Latin America and the Caribbean
The 4th Regional Forum on Local Economic Development for Latin America and the Caribbean is being held in Montevideo, Uruguay from 26 to 28 August . […]
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 […]
Total success of the RESSCAM workshop at FORA’ESS24
The Social Solidarity Economy Network of Cameroon, RESSCAM created and active since 2013 and which signed a partnership agreement with the Ministry in charge of SSE (MINPMEESA) […]
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 TAKES PART IN UNTFSSE’S WEBINAR ON THE PROGRESS MADE ONE YEAR AFTER THE UN DECLARATION ON THE SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY
This webinar celebrates the first anniversary of the UN General Assembly ratified Resolution A/RES/77/281 “Promoting the social and solidarity economy for sustainable development”. The process was ably […]
“SSE is a driver of change: if done with passion, it presents real alternatives and answers to the sustainable development goals and we must strive to maximise it”
It was one of the conclusions heard at the presentation of the UN resolution for the Social Solidarity Economy held last Friday 20 October in Barcelona; the […]
RIPESS Report at GSEF23 Dakar
We publish a detailed report about the activities in which RIPESS participated and/or (co-)organised within the official programme of the Global Forum of the Solidarity Economy, held […]
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 […]
World SSE meets in Dakar: GSEF23 kicks off with RIPESS in the forefront
Ripess Europe & Ripess Intercontinental
The Global Social Solidarity Economy Forum (GSEF) 2023 is a key international gathering for all stakeholders of the Social […]
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 […]
















