Promotion of SSE at different levels
As a global network covering all continents, RIPESS is uniquely placed to undertake advocacy at different levels from local communities to international institutions, to ensure the promotion of SSE for sustainable, inclusive and transformative development from local to global levels.
Together with our members and international partners, we are working to raise the voice of SSE in international arenas, and to enhance cooperation between States and SSE networks and actors to support the construction of ecosystems that promote SSE development as the alternative development model, driven by the needs of peoples and communities, and the protection of our planet.
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RIPESS, WIEGO, WSM, iNSP!R and ANMC at GSEF 2025
RIPESS (Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy), together with its allies WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing), WSM (We Social Movements), INSP!R (International Network for Social Protection Rights) and ANMC (Alliance Nationale des Mutualités Chrétiennes) will be present in Bordeaux from October 24 to November 1 with a packed agenda of strategic meetings and inspiring [...]
Cancelling debt is sowing justice: for the planet, for women, for life
During Rural Women, Food Sovereignty and Poverty Eradication Week, RIPESS joins the campaign Stop the damage! Cancel the debt NOW! Illegitimate debt, austerity policies and extractivist models imposed by the IMF, the World Bank and countries of the Global North continue to deepen the economic, climate and social crisis that particularly affects rural communities and women in the Global South. [...]
RIPESS at the International Forum of Economies for Life – ECOOVIDA2025
RIPESS will participate in the International Forum of Economies for Life – ECOOVIDA2025, to be held on September 15 and 16 in Bucaramanga, Colombia. ECOOVIDA is a space for reflection and collective construction around economies for life, with the presence of national and international leaders. On September 15, our executive secretary Sandra Moreno Cadena will take part in the panel [...]
Ongoing projects—
Advocacy work in international arenas—
We are leading the construction of SSE support ecosystems in different international arenas jointly with the continental and thematic member networks. This includes:
RIPESS has been participating in the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on SSE as an observer since its creation in 2013. We work side by side with UN Agencies and other international SSE networks to strengthen the SSE agenda in discussions and policy building at the global level.
Le RIPESS a été étroitement associé à l’initiative depuis le début de ce processus en 2019, et co-modère le groupe de travail sur la gouvernance avec le secrétariat d’État français à l’ESS.
RIPESS is a member of GSEF and vice versa, and we working together to promote intense cooperation between social economy organizations and local governments. RIPESS has been actively present in all GSEF forums, has participated in the organising committees from the first one in Seoul to the most recent one in 2021 in México.
As an observer member in the Economic and Social Council, we have been advocating in the different sessions of the HLPF (through the NGO constituency) urging for the need to include SSE in international strategies for the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals. We are also working to ensure the inclusion of SSE in Voluntary National Reviews (VNR) presented by the Member States.
RIPESS, like many other civil society and local government organisations committed to political action and social change through the promotion, defence and enforcement of the Right to the City at all levels, is part of the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C). It aims to inspire a better future for all human settlements; it is an open, flexible and diverse network with a special focus on people and communities affected by exclusion and marginalisation. We are united by the values of cooperation, collaboration, horizontality, transparency, accountability, equity, participation, empowerment and solidarity.
