RIPESS will actively participate in the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), to be held in Seville from June 30 to July 3, 2025.
In the current complex geopolitical context, marked by deep global inequalities and urgent socio-ecological challenges, the international network for the promotion of the Social and Solidarity Economy enters this space with the goal of integrating SSE into the new global Financing for Development Agenda.

With a strong track record of international advocacy, RIPESS has played a key role in recent progress, including the historic UN General Assembly Resolution 77/281 and its follow-up, Resolution 79/213, which “encourages Member States to consider how the social and solidarity economy could contribute to and feature in relevant upcoming multilateral processes, such as the FfD4.”

RIPESS Agenda

Discover the diverse spaces inside and outside the official FfD4 program—where RIPESS will be actively contributing, in collaboration with institutional and civil society partners.

Event co-organized by RIPESS 

Mainstreaming the Social and Solidarity Economy in the Financing for Development Agenda and its Follow-up


Date: Wednesday, 2 July, 2025.
Time: 14:30-16:00 CEST
Place: Room Side Event 2, FIBES, Sevilla

Organized by: RIPESS, the Global Fund for Cities Development (FMDV), and the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE).
In collaboration with: The Ministry of Labour and Social Economy of Spain, the Special Administrative Unit of Solidarity Organizations (Colombia), and the Iberoamerican Network of Governments for the Social and Solidarity Economy (RIGESS).

 The main objective of this side event is to follow up on UNGA resolution 79/213, adopted in December 2024, that “encourages Member States to consider how the social and solidarity economy could contribute to and feature in relevant upcoming multilateral processes, such as the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development”.

RIPESS Panelists:

·       Ms.  Sandra Moreno, RIPESS Executive Secretary

·       Mr.  Madani Koumaré, RIPESS General Coordinator and President of RAESS

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Financing Local Economic Development for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

Date: Wednesday, 2 July, 2025.
Time: 17:30–19:00 CEST
Place: Casa de la Provincia (Plaza del Triunfo 1), Care Pavilion – Seville

This side event aims to contribute to the FfD4 and reaffirm the essential role of territories in achieving global development goals, with a particular emphasis on care as a transformative axis of the economic and social model. Recognizing care work—both paid and unpaid—as a central component of Local Economic Development means moving toward a more equitable, inclusive, and people-centered economy.

RIPESS Panelist:

·       Ms. Sandra Moreno, RIPESS Executive Secretary

Performance – “Bodies in Network: Connection, Care, and Shared Listening”

Conversation – “New Narratives from Care and Solidarity Economies: We Care, We Move Forward”

Date: Thursday, 3 July, 2025.
Time: 11:00–11:30 & 11:30–12:30
Place: Casa de la Provincia (Plaza del Triunfo 1), Care Pavilion – Seville

Organized by: RIPESS, RIPESS Europe & Mujeres Supervivientes

RIPESS Panelist:

·       Ms. Andrea Rodríguez, RIPESS Europe & Youth for Care

RIPESS Press Release

Social and Solidarity Economy integrated in the new global Financing for Development Agenda

Thanks to strong advocacy efforts with partners across the Global South and North—and a clear mandate from the UNTFSSE—RIPESS succeeded in securing explicit recognition of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in the draft outcome document of FfD4: The Seville Commitment, to be officially adopted during the conference.

The SSE is now recognized as a key actor for sustainable development, and development banks are called upon to support its growth with tailored financial and non-financial assistance.

To read the full press release, click here.