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Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of the Social Solidarity Economy

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Aging Agriculture Biodiversity Business and Industry Children Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Coorporate Accountability Culture Development Disabled Persons Economics and Finance Education Energy Environment Extreme poverty Family Financing for Development Food Governance HIV/AIDS Habitat Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Industrial Development Information Justice Labour Least Developed Countries Media Micro-Credit Migration Minority Rights New Global Institutions Peace and Security Population Private Sector Refugees Social Development Statistics Sustainable Development Technical Cooperation Trade and Development Values Volunteerism Water Women Women/gender Equality Youth Financing for Development: Addressing systemic issues Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development International Trade as an engine for development Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development Mobilizing international resources for development Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Indigenous women Policy advice Service provision Women and HIV/AIDS Women and health Women and poverty Women and the economy Women and the environment Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Governance and Public Administration Knowledge Systems and E-government Public Financial Management Public Service and Management Innovation Socio-Economic Governance and Management Social Development: Aging Conflict Cooperative Disabled persons Employment Indigenous issues Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Technical cooperation Youth Statistics: Development indicators Environmental Accounts Informal Sector Statistics International Comparison Programme International Economic and Social Classifications Labour and Compensation Sustainable Development: Agriculture Atmosphere Biodiversity Biotechnology Capacity-building Climate change Consumption and production patterns Demographics Desertification and Drought Disaster management and vulnerability Education Energy Finance Forests Freshwater Gender equality Health Human settlements Indicators Industrial development Information for decision-making and participation Institutional arrangements Integrated decision-making International cooperation for an enabling environment International law Land management Major Groups Marine Resources Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.) Mining Mountains Oceans and seas Partnerships Poverty Protecting and managing the natural resources Rural Development Sanitation Science Sustainable Tourism Sustainable development for Africa Sustainable development in a globalizing world Sustainable development of SIDS Technology Toxic chemicals Trade and environment Transport Waste (hazardous) Waste (radioactive) Waste (solid) Waste Management
Geographic scope:	International
Mission statement:	RIPESS believes in the importance of global solidarity in order to build and strengthen an economy that puts people and the planet front and center. The social solidarity economy is based on human values and principles of solidarity that advocate the recognition of others as the foundation of human action and the source of the renovation of politics, economy and society. The social solidarity economy includes activities and organizations of associative, cooperative, and mutual nature created to respond to the need for jobs and the well-being of people, as well as those citizen movements geared toward democratizing and transforming the economy. RIPESS pursues a way of economic organization that determines what is productive from the standpoint of the human person and the respect for ecological limits. This implies an economy that makes it possible that all the people have access to the material, intellectual and spiritual resources that guarantee their dignity; that promotes the respect for individual, social and economic rights; that stimulates democratic participation in economic decision making and citizen control of the operation of the markets and the intervention of the State; that push for the adoption of environmental and social responsibility criteria in production, distribution and consumption; and finally, that strives for social and gender equity in wealth distribution. The members of RIPESS, are a part of the growing consciousness that respect for individual and people’s rights, for the environment and for democracy must prevail in the economic organization of the world. The mission of RIPESS is to build and promote social solidarity economy, taking into account the social and ethical dimension in all economic activities. This consists of producing, exchanging and consuming goods and services that correspond to the long term economic and social needs of the local and international community, and the establishment of harmonious relations between competitors in economic sphere. This social, solidarity-based, economy values the priority of work over capital. It is aimed at satisfying the needs of individuals and communities rather than the quest for profit or financial gains. Solidarity-based economy units rest upon a model of democratic decision-making and a participatory and transparent resource management system, which aims at ensuring the collective ownership and responsibility for the outcomes of economic activities, as well as an ongoing motivation and contribution to their success. The contribution of this economy is appraised by its incidence on local, national and international development, mainly, through the creation of permanent jobs, the development of new services, the enhancement of living standards, the contribution to gender equity, the protection of the environment and the creation of wealth under ethical conditions.
Year established:	2002
Year of registration:	2004
Organizational structure:	RIPESS is an intercontinental network that connects social and solidarity economy networks throughout the world. As a network of networks, it brings together five continental networks that in turn bring together national and sectoral networks. These are: RIPESS Latinoamerica y Caribe (RIPESS-LAC), RIPESS-North America, RIPESS-Europe, RAESS (Réseau Africain d’économie sociale et solidaire) and the ASEC (Asian Solidarity Economy Coalition). RIPESS-LAC brings together 7 national Networks, 3 Latin-American Networks and 10 sub-national, national or continental organisations. It is present in 12 countries of the region. RIPESS North America has four members: Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet), Chantier de l’économie sociale du Québec, Groupe d’économie solidaire du Québec (GESQ) and US Solidarity Economy Network (SEN) RIPESS Europe is composed of a platform of sectoral networks within IRIS and a gathering of national and territorial networks called RIPESS Europe Territorial. RAESS The Réseau africain d’économie sociale et solidaire is a space of dialogue, exchange and sharing of information about the ESS for the national networks of 14 countries. It also aims to enable advocacy with governments and African and international organisations in favour of the ESS. ASEC The Asian Solidarity Economy Coalition brings together eighteen organizations that have made a commitment pledge to work as Partner organizations for concerted and collective action towards advancing solidarity economy in Asia.
Number and type of members:	RIPESS Latinoamerica y Caribe: ARGENTINA: Instituto para el Comercio Equitativo y el Consumo Responsable (ICECOR); Comité de Movilización Buenos Aires del Foro Social Mundial en Argentina; Asociación Emprender Mendoza, Red Latinoamericana de socioeconomía Solidaria - Red LASES. BOLIVIA: Movimiento de Economía Solidaria y Comercio Justo de Bolivia BRASIL: Fórum Brasileiro de Economia Solidária (FBES) CHILE: Red de Economía Solidaria de Santiago COLOMBIA: Consejo Nacional de Economía Solidaria (CONES) del Valle del Cauca; Mesa Nacional de Trabajo Cooperativo y Solidario. CUBA: Centro de Investigaciones de la Economía Mundial - (CIEM) ECUADOR: Gruppo Salinas MEXICO: Espacio ECOSOL México; Comercio Justo México PANAMA: Instituto Cooperativo Interamericano (ICI) PERU: Grupo Red de Economía Solidaria del Perú (GRESP) URUGUAY: Comercio Justo Uruguay VENEZUELA: Equipo de Formación, Información y Publicaciones - (EFIP) LATINOAMÉRICA: Mesa de Coordinación Latinoamericana de Comercio Justo; Regional Latinoamericana de la Unión Internacional de Trabajadores de la Alimentación, Agrícolas, Hoteles, Restaurantes, Tabaco y Afines (Rel- UITA): Coordinadora Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Pequeños Productores de Comercio Justo (CLAC) RIPESS North America: The Canadian Community Economic Development Network is a member-led organization committed to strengthening communities by creating economic opportunities that improve environmental and social conditions. The membership of the Canadian CED Network is made up of community-based organizations, co-operatives, practitioners, students, researchers, and active citizens from every region of the country. The Chantier de l’économie sociale is a network of territorial and sectoral networks of the social and solidarity economy. Its main mission is to promote the social economy as an integral part of the socio-economic structure of Quebec. The Chantier de l’économie sociale works to enable and sustain the emergence, the development and the consolidation of enterprises and organizations of the social economy in all sectors of the economy. The Groupe d’économie solidaire du Québec is an organisation that coordinates the actions of its members internationally and facilitates their interaction with international solidarity networks of social economy. The U.S. Solidarity Economy Network connects a diverse array of individuals, organizations, businesses and projects in the shared work of building and strengthening regional, national and international movements for a solidarity economy. RIPESS Europe Member networks: ADEPES (France) ANIMAR (Portugal) APEAS (France) APRES-Genève (Suisse) CNLRQ (membre transverse) CRESACOR (España) CRIES (Roumania) EMES (membre transverse) Energie Alternative (France) Groupe Terre (Belgique) INAISE (membre transverse) INEES (Luxembourg) IRIS (membre transverse) MES (France) OPE (Lëtzebuerg) Pactes Locaux (membre transverse) REAS (España) RES (Italia) RIUESS (membre transverse) RTES (France) SAW-B (Belgique) Solidarische Ökonomie (Österreich) UFISC (France) URGENCI (membre transverse) VOSEC (Vlaanderen) XES (Catalunya) RAESS: The RAESS includes the ESS networks of the following countries: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Togo and Tunisia. ASEC: Members include regional partners and universities in India, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea.
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Foreign and international grants

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