Who we are
RIPESS LAC is a continental network that brings together various community-based, associative, co-operative and mutual organisations as well as citizens’ movements that work towards the implementation of solidarity economy in Latin America. We contribute the production and sharing of resources and knowledge that creates the basis of an alternative movement to the current capitalist system.
Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Brazil
- GRESP (Grupo Red de Economía Solidaria del Perú)
- MESSE (Movimiento de Economía Social Solidaria del Ecuador)
- RET (Red de Economías Territoriales Wallmapu de Chile)
- MNESC (Mesa Nacional de Economía Solidaria de Colombia)
- REDESOL (Red de Organizaciones de Economía Solidaria de República Dominicana)
- Foro Brasileño de Economía Solidaria (FBES)
- Movimiento de Economía Solidaria y Comercio Justo de Bolivia (MESyCEJB)
- Red de Economía Social Solidaria (RedESS) de Costa Rica
- Red Peruana de Comercio Justo y Consumo Ético (RPCJyCE)
- Centro de Investigación Económica Mundial (CIEM) de Cuba
- Coordinadora de Economía Solidaria y Comercio Justo (CESCJ) de Uruguay
- Red Mexicana de Comercio Comunitario (REMECC)
- Confederación AGROSOLIDARIA de Colombia
- PECOSOL de Guatemala
- Instituto de Economía Social y Cooperativismo (INDESCO) Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
- Red Nacional de Investigadores y Educadores en Cooperativismo y Economía Solidaria (REDCOOP) de México
- Red Nicaragüense de Comercio Comunitario (RENICC)
- Red ECOSOL México
- Red Cubana de Economía Social y Solidaria y Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (ESORSE)
- Comunidad Nacional de Circuitos Económicos Solidarios (CONACES)
- Red Nacional de Investigadores y Educadores en Cooperativismo y Economía Solidaria (REDCOOP) de México
- Instituto de Cooperativismo de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
- Red de Economía Social Solidaria del municipio de Mecapaca RESS-Mecapaca
- Foro de Economías Transformadoras y Alternativas de Colombia FSMET
News from Latin Amercia and the Caribbean—
RIPESS participates in the First National Meeting of the Economies for Life Alliance of Colombia
Bogotá, July 30 – August 1, 2026 Colombia is experiencing a decisive moment for the Economies for Life. Across the country, hundreds of community‑based, popular, solidarity‑driven and cooperative processes are strengthening new forms of production, exchange and care that place life at the center. This organizational momentum — spanning food sovereignty, fair trade, cooperativism, mutualism, handicrafts, community tourism, agro‑industry, community [...]
Registration now open | International Chair 2026: Popular, Social and Solidarity Economy and Social Rights
🌎✨ Sign up for the International Lecture Series 2026! As part of the commitments made during ECOOVIDA – a forum for coordination, exchange and collective action amongst organisations, movements and networks committed to the Social and Solidarity Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean – we invite you to take part in the International Lecture Series 2026: Popular, Social and [...]
Launch of the International Chair on Popular, Social and Solidarity Economy (EPSS) and Social Rights
https://www.youtube.com/live/e7hzo55J9As On Wednesday 17 June, the International Chair in Popular, Social and Solidarity Economy (EPSS) and Social Rights was officially launched. This is a joint initiative of the Colombian Government’s Administrative Department for Social Prosperity (DPS), RIPESS Intercontinental, the Ecoovida Platforms and the governments of the Ibero-American Network for the Promotion of the Social and Solidarity Economy (RIFESS). This initiative [...]
