Who we are
RIPESS Europe – Solidarity Economy Europe, was born from the synergy produced by the meetings of the Globalisation of Solidarity organised by the intercontinental network RIPESS Intercontinental, the first of which took place in Lima in 1997. The 4th International Forum of “Globalisation of Solidarity”, Lux’09, which took place in Schifflange in April 2009, led to the launching of a dynamic by establishing trust and shared-knowledge between networks of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) at continental and intercontinental levels. During this meeting, Eric Lavillunière (INEES) and Christine Gent (WFTO) initiated the structuring of a European RIPESS platform.
In Barcelona, in 2011, RIPESS Europe was born. It included representatives of networks from Belgium, Catalonia, France, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania and Germany.
- Ireland
- Portugal
- France
- Switzerland
- Belgium
- Romania
- Greece
- Czech Republic
- Poland
- Germany
- Croatia
- Lithuania
- Bulgaria
- Luxembourg
- United Kingdom
- Hungary
- Austria
- Macedonia
- Spain
- Italy
- Russia
- AAE Cooperative from Ireland
- ANIMAR, REDPES, APDES, CRESACOR from Portugal
- MES FRANCE / MES OCCITANIE / UFISC / APES / CNLRQ / ESSPLICITE / SOCIOECO
/ RIUESS / RTES from France - APRES GE / APRÈS VAUD / MONNAIE LEMAN from Switzerland
- SAW B from Belgium
- CRIES from Romania
- DOCK from Greece
- EKUMENIK ACADEMY / FAIRBIO COOP from Czech Republic
- FAIRTRADE POLAND from Poland
- CSX NETWORK / FORUM SOLIDARISCHE OKONOMIE / TECHNET BERLIN / NETZ from Germany
- ZMAG from Croatia
- GREEN LIBERTY from Latvia
- IDEAS FACTORY from Bulgaria
- TRANSITION MINETT from Luxemburg
- SOLIDARITY ECONOMY NETWORK from UK
- PROFILANTROP ASSOCIATION / KIFESZ / FAKETE / SOLIDARITY ECONOMY CENTER from Hungary
- VSOK from Austria
- OUR GOOD EARTH from Macedonia
- XES / REAS from Spain
- RIES / SOLIDARIUS from Italy
- TRAVA from Russia
- URGENCI / DUNIA – International networks
News from Europe—
A cooperative Call Center from Refugees to Refugees (R2R)
The phone line of the cooperative call service ‘Refugees to Refugees (R2R) Solidarity Call Center’ began to operate on Thursday 8th September 2016 in Greece. For three months now, 4 refugees (from Syria, Egypt, Morocco and Gambia) and people from the solidarity movement have been working cooperatively together, through open and democratic processes, in order to create a cooperative initiative [...]
A General Assembly of RIPESS Europe under the sign of openness and conviviality
La Bergerie de Villarceaux, lovely eco-centre and organic farm outside Paris, was the convivial setting for RIPESS Europe’s 5th General Assembly, which took place from 20 to 22 June 2016, thanks to the hospitality of the Foundation for the Progress of Humankind (FPH). Several new members and observers participated. During an opening session, ... read more>>
For A Visual Cartography Of SSE Public Policies And Territories – Ripess Europe Wants To Promote The Mapping Initiative Globaly
The role of Public Policies for Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) suffers a visibility challenge. However these policies can be crucial to bring out collective initiatives involving citizens. We wish to enhance Public Policies for the ESS through case studies and a mapping compilation, to resume the policies that contribute to create territorial ecosystems in favor of the development of [...]
