RIPESS Roadmap 2024-2025 and Future Perspectives: Participation in EDGE Conference 2025
RIPESS Intercontinental will participate in the EDGE Conference, to be held in Bogotá, Colombia, from April 28-30, 2025, to share its roadmap and explore collaborations to continue strengthening […]
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 […]
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 […]
RAESS at the Sub-regional Forum of the Social Solidarity Economy in Mauritania
On 27, 28 and 29 February, the Sub-regional Forum of the Social Solidarity Economy was held in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, in the framework of the project: […]
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 […]
Towards the strengthening of SSE ecosystems at all levels: Co-construction of public policies for the promotion of SSE, and advocacy strategies and tools from local to global.
On Tuesday 14th of December, RIPESS members and other SSE actors from around the world got together to exchange on advocacy strategies and collaboration with local, national and international policymakers […]
How SSE initiatives contribute to achieving the SDGs in the post-Covid context
MESSAGE FROM OUR JOINT COORDINATION
RIPESS participated in the RIO+20 meeting in 2012 when the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) process was launched. From 2012 to 2015, we advocated for the inclusion […]
RIPESS 2021-2023 strategic orientations: Strengthening SSE solutions and Advocating for a more transformative impact
SSE grassroots networks and their members across all continents are playing a key role in overcoming the Covid19 challenges and showing their resilience and capacity to innovate. The challenge we […]
Strenghtening of SSE networks for realisation of SDGs in a post-Covid19 context
RIPESS and the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation (ACCD) organised a webinar on the 17th November that brought together participants from more than 30 countries to share about the role […]
The role of SSE actors in the post-Covid19 economic and social reconstruction: advocacy for an inclusive public policy
Like all other continents, Africa is experiencing the full impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which continues to cause decimate families, destabilise our health systems and weaken our respective economies.
In reality, […]
Promotion of SSE for a sustainable post-COVID19 recovery
RIPESS and the Catalan Cooperation Agency (ACCD) initiate a collaboration for the promotion of the ESS as a key strategy in sustainable development in a post-Covid19 context.
The project, funded […]
The collaboration between the city of Bamako and RENAPESS: an example for Africa on the co-construction of SSE Public Policies
Cities and the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) have a decisive role to play in promoting local economic development. This is particularly important in African countries, as noted during the “Second […]
Mali starts to draft a law on the organization of SSE
Mali is starting a process of co-construction of public policy between the Government and the various SSE actors to create a law on the organisation of SSE. Madani Coumare, from […]
RENAPESS Mali at GSEF2018: Pilot project on SSE and Migration
A pilot project in Bamako plans to train 3000 young people on Social and Solidarity Economy to reduce the rural exodus and migration.
RENAPESS, the national SSE support network in Mali […]
Challenges of the new SSE Parliamentary Network in Cameroon
As a result of the collaboration between RESSCAM (Social and Solidarity Economy National Network of Cameroon) and the parliamentarians, the Social and Solidarity Economy Parliamentarians Network (the KEY) was officially […]
Praia Manifesto, a commitment to an Inclusive and Sustainable Local Economic Development (LED)
The major international networks of Social and Solidarity Economy and Finance (SSEF) commit to an Inclusive, Resilient, Low Carbon and Sustainable Local Economic Development (LED).
Meeting in Praia, Cabo […]