The UN continues to provide advocacy frameworks for the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) by adopting a new resolution
Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) is increasingly at the forefront of the political agenda. After much work by RIPESS, as detailed by Yvon Poirier, RIPESS advisor in this […]
Civil Society raises its voice at the 2nd UN Financing for Development Preparatory Session (FfD4): for a real transformation of the global financial system
This week, the United Nations headquarters in New York is witnessing the second preparatory session of the Financing for Development Committee (FfD4), a space that […]
Once again, the United Nations has adopted a resolution to promote the Social and Solidarity Economy for sustainable development
Yesterday, 26th November, during the Second Committee of the 24th plenary session of the 79th General Assembly, the new resolution on the Social and Solidarity Economy was presented […]
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of our partner: WSM (We Social Movements)
n the framework of the celebration day/seminar, held in Brussels today, 18 November 2024, we join together to celebrate the close collaboration between this organisation and RIPESS. Both […]
RIPESS at the COP16 Trade Day on Biodiversity
RIPESS has a leading role in the #TradeDay of the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16), which takes place on 26 October 2024 in Cali, Colombia. Our Executive Secretary, […]
RIPESS IN COLOMBIA – Where to find RIPESS LAC and RIPESS Intercontinental during these days?
Everything is ready for the events before and during #COP16, including, the #Ibero-AmericanDiverseEconomiesMeeting, #ECOOVIDA and other side events where RIPESS delegations from 4 continents will participate in #Bogotá […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
RIPESS LAC at the meeting of the CONTINENTAL ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY and the Civil Society Consultation for the 38th FAO Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean
On the 26th and 27th of February, a representative of RIPESS LAC participated in Santiago de Chile in the “Assembly of the Alliance, the Nyeleni consultation and the […]
RIPESS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF GUATEMALA
In view of the growing concern about the situation in the country, RIPESS echoes a statement that PECOSOL, a partner of RIPESS LAC, has written to denounce the […]
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 […]
RAESS, moving forward on the Social Solidarity Economy pathway in Cameroon
Last August, a configuration session was held between RESSCAM (ESS Cameroon), member of the African Network of the Social Solidarity Economy (RAESS) and the Municipal Council of the […]
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.
RIPESS […]
Advocacy experience of the Bolivian platform with a gender perspective.
In 2005, the first fair trade and solidarity economy coordination was created in Cochabamba in the framework of the International Fair of the city. From that moment on, various alternative […]



















