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.
News from Latin Amercia and the Caribbean—
RIPESS supports the first anniversary of JuventudESS Activas (Active Youth) in Latin America
We at RIPESS Intercontinental had the honour of participating in the celebration of the first anniversary of JuventudESS Activas, an initiative that brings together young people from different Latin American countries, such as Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico and more, who are committed to the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE). This group was born just over a year ago after training [...]
RIPESS at the VI World Forum on Local Economic Development (WFLED)
RIPESS is participating in the VI World Forum on Local Economic Development, which will take place from 1 to 4 April 2025 in Seville, to bring the perspective of the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE), which is key to ecofeminist local economic development with inclusive financial mechanisms that prioritise social justice. Two years ago, in April 2023, the first UN Resolution [...]
Care and those who provide it, the basis of life… And of the social solidarity economy
Published in Spanish in the newspaper El Salto and on the website of REAS red de redes. In the framework of the feminist mobilisations on #8M, and as highlighted in the recent Intergenerational Dialogue on Care and Social Solidarity Economy, organised by the Gender Commission of RIPESS, care is not only an individual responsibility, but a collective and public issue. [...]