From the SSE perspective, youth are seen as key actors for social transformation and for promoting alternative economic models oriented towards care, solidarity, social justice, environmental sustainability and cooperation. SSE values young people not only as beneficiaries, but as active agents of change, with a central role in the development of more equitable and sustainable societies.
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Cooperative housing as a breeding ground for the transition
It is the cooperative and collective housing that led me to the social and solidarity economy (SSE), the economy of the Commons, and the Ecological and Social Transition. At the time a student in socio-economics, I lived the beginning of my adult life at La Ciguë, a...
YOU’CONOMY: Youth Initiative for Ethical Finance
Article by Andrea Rodríguez Valdés, Ripess Europe RIPESS Europe is delighted to announce the start of a new project on youth and ethical finance. This Erasmus+ project that has just begun and has a duration of one year, will be led by APDES, and will have the...
Youth Assembly for the economic transition: preparing for Strasbourg
Article by Andrea Rodríguez Valdés, RIPESS Europe In this "2022 European year of Youth", young people will also be present at the Strasbourg event that is planned for May 5 and 6 under the name of The Future of Europe. In fact, youth will be a fundamental theme in...
