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Coordination Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.5″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” border_color_all=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” border_color_bottom=”#E02B20″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
The Coordinating committee meets 1-2 times a year in face-to-face meetings and works online for the rest of the time. Members who are not part of the Coordination Committee can participate and comment without voting rights.
The Coordination Committee consists of the representatives of the main working Circles (Ecosystems, Foundations, Movement building, Policy) which are the basis for the activities outlined in the Activity Plan of the Network approved by the General Assembly. Every working Circle proposes a coordinator who is a candidate at the Coordination Committee. Thus, the Coordination Committee consists of at least 3 members derived from the functional circles (communication, finance, knowledge) and 4 members representatives of the main working Circles.
The Coordination bureau consists of the Coordinators of the Network, the representatives of the functional circles according to the Statute of the Association (communication, finance) and the General Delegate with executive functions without voting rights.<\/p>\n
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Coordination Committee Members<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|1px|1px|1px|1px” border_color_all=”#166eb5″ border_width_bottom=”1px” border_color_bottom=”#0C71C3″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/ripess.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Drazen-1.png” title_text=”Drazen 1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Dra\u017een \u0160imle\u0161a<\/strong><\/p>\nWorks as a senior research associate at the Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences in Zagreb. The fields of work are social and solidarity economy, sustainability, permaculture and civic education. He has published eight books and several scientific papers. The last book is Public Policies for Social and Solidarity Economy \u2013 Manual for Cities (2021).
He is active in the association Green Network of Activist Groups (ZMAG) as the Coordinator of the Center of knowledge program and as the manager of the Cooperative for a Good Economy. He is the General Co-Coordinator of the Solidarity Economy Network \u2013 RIPESS Europe.<\/p>\n
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Ruby Van Der WEKKEN <\/strong><\/p>\nRuby\u00a0van der Wekken considers herself a member of the Global Justice Movement and is a producing member of Oma Maa Food cooperative in Finland and works as a team member for RIPESS Europe.\u00a0Ruby\u00a0has been a founding and driving member of community currency Helsinki Timebank, active at large around the promotion and furthering of solidarity economy building & the commons and has worked previously for the Siemenpuu foundation, an environmental foundation with partners in the global south working in the context of Finnish development cooperation.
Ruby van der Wekken – expert in commons and solidarity economy, agroecological practices, community currencies and lead of the Knowledge Commons expert circle \u2013 coordinator of socioeco.org.<\/p>\n
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Josette Combes<\/strong><\/p>\nA sociolinguist by training, she has led several programs to create early childhood centers and promote educational success in intercultural settings. An associate lecturer at the University of Toulouse 2, she has taught project methodology. Consultant to public institutions for the development of solidarity economy projects and trainer in intercultural communication. She represents the Movement for the Solidarity Economy (MES) and the Interuniversity Network for the Social and Solidarity Economy (RIUESS).<\/p>\n
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Georgia Bekridaki<\/strong><\/p>\nA Social and Solidarity Economy practitioner and a PhD candidate researching SSE and social movements in the Department of Sociology at the University of Crete. She is a founding member of Dock, the SSE support cooperative in Athens (https:\/\/dock-sse.org\/), which has been a member of Ripess Europe since 2015. Since 2012, she has worked in cooperative development, training, advocacy, and European networking. Her experience includes social consultancy, promotion activities and networking. She holds a Master\u2019s in the Social Psychology of Conflicts and a BA in Sociology. She is currently co-responsible of Ripess Europe SSE Strategy Paper.<\/p>\n
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Maria Francesca De Tullio<\/strong><\/p>\nis a post doc researcher in Constitutional Law (Federico II University of Naples). She works on participatory democracy, EU economic governance, commons, and digital rights. She is active in co-research processes with Italian and European commons movements, also in their legal negotiations with administrations.<\/p>\n
She is part of the RIES \u2013 Rete Italiana Economia Solidale and she\u2019s activist of l\u2019Asilo (www.exasilofilangieri.it), Attac Italy, as well as in Italian and European commons and municipalist movements.<\/p>\n
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Berenice Dondeyne<\/strong><\/p>\nRepresents MES Occitanie. She is currently Director of NOVETAT, Institute of Development Research in Social and Solidarity Economy in Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es (founded by social and solidarity enterprises and academics and consultants in the areas of Local Development, Social and Solidarity Economy and planning).\u00a0Since 2011 Berenice is the president of ADEPES – Agency for Development and Promotion of Solidarity Economy in Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es (4 employees, a network of 760 actors and social and solidarity enterprises).\u00a0Professional and activist, she has experience in implementing local development policies and in advancing solidarity economy, especially within organizations registered in the field of vocational training and social inclusion.<\/p>\n
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Monika Onyszkiewicz<\/strong><\/p>\nMonika Onyszkiewicz is an educator, trainer, and activist from Poland specializing in food sovereignty and ecofeminism. With over 20 years of experience, she has co-created the Foundation for Sustainable Development, supported CSA movements through URGENCI, and contributed to the European FoodShift2030 project, working to drive sustainable food system transformation.<\/p>\n
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[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|1px|1px|1px|1px” border_width_bottom=”1px” border_color_bottom=”#0C71C3″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Anne Marie Flandrin<\/strong><\/p>\nShe is the treasurer of APES – APES Hauts-de-France, a RIPESS Europe member.
\nShe has developed projects in rural areas for many years and have created and led several associations, a cooperative, and a training center. I studied sociology, socio-cultural facilitation, and territorial development, and trained in communication, personal development, and Theatre of the Oppressed.
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Zs\u00f3fi Per\u00e9nyi<\/strong><\/p>\nRepresents URGENCI<\/p>\n
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The Coordinating committee meets 1-2 times a year in face-to-face meetings and works online for the rest of the time. Members who are not part of the Coordination Committee can participate and comment without voting rights.
The Coordination Committee consists of the representatives of the main working Circles (Ecosystems, Foundations, Movement building, Policy) which are the basis for the activities outlined in the Activity Plan of the Network approved by the General Assembly. Every working Circle proposes a coordinator who is a candidate at the Coordination Committee. Thus, the Coordination Committee consists of at least 3 members derived from the functional circles (communication, finance, knowledge) and 4 members representatives of the main working Circles.
The Coordination bureau consists of the Coordinators of the Network, the representatives of the functional circles according to the Statute of the Association (communication, finance) and the General Delegate with executive functions without voting rights.<\/p>
The members today are:<\/p>
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Dra\u017een \u0160imle\u0161a, general coordinator
<\/strong>He represents the Good Economy Platform - Croatia, in RIPESS Europe. Born in 1976 and till today raising two amazing kids Bjanka and Mikula. At University of Philosophy, Department of Sociology he finished his MA and PhD work. Work as research associate at Institute for Social Science Ivo Pilar in Zagreb where he runs a project iPRESENT - Installation Project for REsearch about Social ENTrepreneurship funded by Croatian Science Foundation and EU Interreg project INNO-WISEs. Main field of work and interest are globalization, sustainability, economy and permaculture. Within those areas he wrote six books and several scientific papers. Last books are Ecological footprint \u2013 how development runs over sustainability and in 2016 Good Economy. He teaches on Peace Studies in Zagreb and gave many lectures around Croatia. He is an active member of citizens\u2019 initiatives and organizations and work as a volunteer in Green Network of Activist Groups (GNAG) and as President of Cooperative for Good Economy.<\/p>![\"jason-nardi\"](\"https:\/\/europe.ripess.rio20.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/05\/jason-nardi-90x90.jpg\")
<\/a>Jason NARDI, general delegate
<\/strong>Jason represents Solidarius Italia in RIPESS Europe and is president of RIES (Italian Solidarity Economy Network). A trainer on the themes of solidarity economy and ethical finance, Jason is general delegate of RIPESS EU and former coordinator of the board of directors of RIPESS Intercontinental. Promoter of environmental and social justice, commons and communication rights, Jason is an active member of the International Council of the World Social Forum and promoter of the World Social Forum on Transformative Economies. With a background in communication and media (Princeton University, USA and a Master's degree from the University of Florence), he was director of Unimondo, the Italian center of Oneworld.net - an international portal on global rights - and worked for the Fondazione Finanza Etica and the annual Terra Futura event. Jason currently lives in Florence, where he promotes projects of CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), mutualism (in MAG Florence) and the Forum Firenze Beni Comuni (Florence Commons Forum).<\/p>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/europe.ripess.rio20.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/Josette-Combes.jpg\")
Josette COMBES, Communications coordinator
<\/strong>Josette represents the MES network in RIPESS Europe. Josette holds a Degree in sociolinguistics and was responsible for a national programme for the development of early childhood places with parental participation in social housing neighbourhoods (creation or restructuring of more than 45 places in France).\u00a0From 1990 to 1998, she contributed as an expert to the work of the OECD\u2019s Education Research Centre.\u00a0From 1990 to 1998, she contributed as an expert to the work of the OECD\u2019s Education Research Centre, \u201cProgrammes relating to the coordination of services for children at risk\u201d. Living in the\u00a0Occitania\u00a0\u00a0region since 1994, she has worked as a consultant for several organisations in the region, working on the issues\u00a0of intercultural matters, project methodology and the development of the solidarity economy, and has directed action\/evaluation studies for several local authorities. From 2000 to 2012, as Associate Lecturer, at the University of Toulouse 2, she taught project methodology in social and solidarity economy and development economy focused on grassroots community initiatives. Administrator of MES (Mouvement pour l\u2019Economie Solidaire, France) and RIPESS Europe. Member of the Facilitation and Management Committee of the SSE Inter-University Network.<\/p>![\"Bruno](\"https:\/\/europe.ripess.rio20.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/05\/bruno_lasnier-90x90.jpg\")
Bruno LASNIER, Treasurer<\/strong>
Born in 1960 in Paris, Bruno Lasnier worked for M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (Doctors without borders) between 1994 and 2002, in charge of a program of risk reduction drugs users within the Mission of France, then the health rehabilitation program manager of the House Arrest and Correction of Abidjan in C\u00f4te d'Ivoire. In January 2003, he became Director of the Provencal Agency for Alternative and solidarity economy (APEAS). In 2004 he became member of the Board of Directors of the MES - national movement of solidarity economy, the where he held the position of President since 2008. Today, Bruno is national coordinator of MES.<\/p>![\"\"](\"http:\/\/ripess.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/11\/eric.jpg\")
Eric LAVILLUNIERE<\/strong>\u00a0represents INEES in RIPESS Europe.<\/strong>
He holds a Master \"Social Economy and Local Development\" from the University of Paris XIII (1986). He began his militant commitment in the early 90s within the Network for Alternative and Solidarity Economy (REAS in France, then at MB2). He animated a Pole in solidarity economy in Auvergne and accompanied the development of several projects in organic agriculture, fair trade, culture, wood energy sector. He worked at the CECOP (European Confederation of Cooperatives of Production) in Brussels from 2001 mainly on the themes of corporate social responsibility, social enterprise and the relation with social movements including the European Social Forums. He joined INEES in Luxembourg in early 2006 to promote the solidarity economy as the third economic pillar between private sector and public economics. After organizing the 4th intercontinental congress on \"Globalization of Solidarity\" in Schifflange in 2009, he was one of the founders of RIPESS Europe in 2011. In 2010 INEES also organized the 10th meeting of the Interuniversity network RIUESS, with the University of Luxembourg, Protagonist of an European dynamic within RIPESS Europe, Eric Lavilluni\u00e8re promoted popular education, inspired to the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire. He is also very engaged in the Transition Minett ', which is involved in the movement of Transition Towns.<\/p>![\"Patricia](\"https:\/\/europe.ripess.rio20.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/05\/Patricia-Coler-90x90.jpg\")
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Patricia COLER<\/strong>\u00a0represents <\/strong>UFISC (Union F\u00e9d\u00e9rale d\u2019Intervention des Structures Culturelles).<\/strong>
<\/strong><\/p>Patricia is the General Delegate of UFISC and co-President of the MES - Mouvement de l'Economie Solidaire, France.<\/p>
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Ruby Van Der WEKKEN represents Urgenci<\/strong>.<\/p>(under construction)<\/p>
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<\/a>Berenice DONDEYNE represents MES Occitanie.<\/strong>
She is currently Director of NOVETAT, Institute of Development Research in Social and Solidarity Economy in Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es (founded by social and solidarity enterprises and academics and consultants in the areas of Local Development, Social and Solidarity Economy and planning).\u00a0Since 2011 Berenice is the president of ADEPES - Agency for Development and Promotion of Solidarity Economy in Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es (4 employees, a network of 760 actors and social and solidarity enterprises).\u00a0Professional and activist, she has experience in implementing local development policies and in advancing solidarity economy, especially within organizations registered in the field of vocational training and social inclusion.<\/p>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/europe.ripess.rio20.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/jeanrossiaud-90x90.jpg\")
<\/a>Jean ROSSIAUD represents the APRES-GE<\/strong> (Chambre de l'ESS de Gen\u00e8ve), as well as the Monnaies Leman.<\/strong>
Jean is active in many social domains, from the peace movement to his political environmental engagement.\u00a0 Coordinator of the Forum for a New World Governance, since April 2013, Jean Rossiaud became co-director, in May 2015 with Arnaud Blin (New York), of the World Democratic Forum. Jean holds three master's degrees in political science, law and sociology and also holds a doctorate in economics and social sciences from the University of Geneva (2006). He was an assistant and then an associate of the Swiss sociologist and politician Jean Ziegler from 1988 to 1996.
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<\/a>Elena TZAMOURANOU represents DOCK Zone (Greece).
<\/strong>She was born in 1979 and holds a Dipl. Ing degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics of the Polytechnic School of Patras. Currently she is completing her MA in Responsible Corporate Management (Steinbeis University Berlin). Her professional experience in project management, product development management & presales engineering was followed by business development in the field of telecommunications. With regards to SSE, she has been researching alternative ways of trading since 2011 and supported for 4 years small producers in Greece through the cooperative Alternative Trade Network she co-founded. The last 3 years she co-created the supporting structure for SSE Dock, is part of the management team and supports initiatives and groups in becoming active SSE ventures. In parallel, she teaches \"small business management\" and \"sustainability\" as a VET Educator and is a Technical & Scientific Consultant in issues of management, responsibility & sustainability.<\/p>
Works as a senior research associate at the Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences in Zagreb. The fields of work are social and solidarity economy, sustainability, permaculture and civic education. He has published eight books and several scientific papers. The last book is Public Policies for Social and Solidarity Economy \u2013 Manual for Cities (2021).
He is active in the association Green Network of Activist Groups (ZMAG) as the Coordinator of the Center of knowledge program and as the manager of the Cooperative for a Good Economy. He is the General Co-Coordinator of the Solidarity Economy Network \u2013 RIPESS Europe.<\/p>\n
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Ruby Van Der WEKKEN <\/strong><\/p>\n Ruby\u00a0van der Wekken considers herself a member of the Global Justice Movement and is a producing member of Oma Maa Food cooperative in Finland and works as a team member for RIPESS Europe.\u00a0Ruby\u00a0has been a founding and driving member of community currency Helsinki Timebank, active at large around the promotion and furthering of solidarity economy building & the commons and has worked previously for the Siemenpuu foundation, an environmental foundation with partners in the global south working in the context of Finnish development cooperation. 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An associate lecturer at the University of Toulouse 2, she has taught project methodology. Consultant to public institutions for the development of solidarity economy projects and trainer in intercultural communication. She represents the Movement for the Solidarity Economy (MES) and the Interuniversity Network for the Social and Solidarity Economy (RIUESS).<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|1px|1px|1px|1px” border_width_bottom=”1px” border_color_bottom=”#0C71C3″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Georgia Bekridaki<\/strong><\/p>\n A Social and Solidarity Economy practitioner and a PhD candidate researching SSE and social movements in the Department of Sociology at the University of Crete. She is a founding member of Dock, the SSE support cooperative in Athens (https:\/\/dock-sse.org\/), which has been a member of Ripess Europe since 2015. Since 2012, she has worked in cooperative development, training, advocacy, and European networking. Her experience includes social consultancy, promotion activities and networking. She holds a Master\u2019s in the Social Psychology of Conflicts and a BA in Sociology. She is currently co-responsible of Ripess Europe SSE Strategy Paper.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/ripess.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/georgia-bekridaki-foro.png” title_text=”georgia bekridaki foro” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|1px|1px|1px|1px” border_width_bottom=”1px” border_color_bottom=”#0C71C3″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/ripess.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/DeTulio.png” title_text=”DeTulio” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Maria Francesca De Tullio<\/strong><\/p>\n is a post doc researcher in Constitutional Law (Federico II University of Naples). She works on participatory democracy, EU economic governance, commons, and digital rights. She is active in co-research processes with Italian and European commons movements, also in their legal negotiations with administrations.<\/p>\n She is part of the RIES \u2013 Rete Italiana Economia Solidale and she\u2019s activist of l\u2019Asilo (www.exasilofilangieri.it), Attac Italy, as well as in Italian and European commons and municipalist movements.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|1px|1px|1px|1px” border_width_bottom=”1px” border_color_bottom=”#0C71C3″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Berenice Dondeyne<\/strong><\/p>\n Represents MES Occitanie. She is currently Director of NOVETAT, Institute of Development Research in Social and Solidarity Economy in Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es (founded by social and solidarity enterprises and academics and consultants in the areas of Local Development, Social and Solidarity Economy and planning).\u00a0Since 2011 Berenice is the president of ADEPES – Agency for Development and Promotion of Solidarity Economy in Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es (4 employees, a network of 760 actors and social and solidarity enterprises).\u00a0Professional and activist, she has experience in implementing local development policies and in advancing solidarity economy, especially within organizations registered in the field of vocational training and social inclusion.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/ripess.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/05\/img-berenice.jpg” title_text=”img berenice” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|1px|1px|1px|1px” border_width_bottom=”1px” border_color_bottom=”#0C71C3″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/ripess.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Monica.png” title_text=”Monica” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Monika Onyszkiewicz<\/strong><\/p>\n Monika Onyszkiewicz is an educator, trainer, and activist from Poland specializing in food sovereignty and ecofeminism. With over 20 years of experience, she has co-created the Foundation for Sustainable Development, supported CSA movements through URGENCI, and contributed to the European FoodShift2030 project, working to drive sustainable food system transformation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|1px|1px|1px|1px” border_width_bottom=”1px” border_color_bottom=”#0C71C3″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Anne Marie Flandrin<\/strong><\/p>\n She is the treasurer of APES – APES Hauts-de-France, a RIPESS Europe member. Zs\u00f3fi Per\u00e9nyi<\/strong><\/p>\n Represents URGENCI<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Coordination CommitteeThe Coordinating committee meets 1-2 times a year in face-to-face meetings and works online for the rest of the time. Members who are not part of the Coordination Committee […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"parent":67,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" The Coordinating committee meets 1-2 times a year in face-to-face meetings and works online for the rest of the time. Members who are not part of the Coordination Committee can participate and comment without voting rights. The members today are:<\/p> Patricia COLER<\/strong>\u00a0represents <\/strong>UFISC (Union F\u00e9d\u00e9rale d\u2019Intervention des Structures Culturelles).<\/strong> Patricia is the General Delegate of UFISC and co-President of the MES - Mouvement de l'Economie Solidaire, France.<\/p> \u00a0<\/p> Ruby Van Der WEKKEN represents Urgenci<\/strong>.<\/p> (under construction)<\/p> \u00a0<\/p>
Ruby van der Wekken – expert in commons and solidarity economy, agroecological practices, community currencies and lead of the Knowledge Commons expert circle \u2013 coordinator of socioeco.org.<\/p>\n
\nShe has developed projects in rural areas for many years and have created and led several associations, a cooperative, and a training center. I studied sociology, socio-cultural facilitation, and territorial development, and trained in communication, personal development, and Theatre of the Oppressed.
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The Coordination Committee consists of the representatives of the main working Circles (Ecosystems, Foundations, Movement building, Policy) which are the basis for the activities outlined in the Activity Plan of the Network approved by the General Assembly. Every working Circle proposes a coordinator who is a candidate at the Coordination Committee. Thus, the Coordination Committee consists of at least 3 members derived from the functional circles (communication, finance, knowledge) and 4 members representatives of the main working Circles.
The Coordination bureau consists of the Coordinators of the Network, the representatives of the functional circles according to the Statute of the Association (communication, finance) and the General Delegate with executive functions without voting rights.<\/p>Dra\u017een \u0160imle\u0161a, general coordinator
<\/strong>He represents the Good Economy Platform - Croatia, in RIPESS Europe. Born in 1976 and till today raising two amazing kids Bjanka and Mikula. At University of Philosophy, Department of Sociology he finished his MA and PhD work. Work as research associate at Institute for Social Science Ivo Pilar in Zagreb where he runs a project iPRESENT - Installation Project for REsearch about Social ENTrepreneurship funded by Croatian Science Foundation and EU Interreg project INNO-WISEs. Main field of work and interest are globalization, sustainability, economy and permaculture. Within those areas he wrote six books and several scientific papers. Last books are Ecological footprint \u2013 how development runs over sustainability and in 2016 Good Economy. He teaches on Peace Studies in Zagreb and gave many lectures around Croatia. He is an active member of citizens\u2019 initiatives and organizations and work as a volunteer in Green Network of Activist Groups (GNAG) and as President of Cooperative for Good Economy.<\/p>![\"jason-nardi\"](\"http:\/\/www.ripesseu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/jason-nardi.jpg\")
<\/a>Jason NARDI, general delegate
<\/strong>Jason represents Solidarius Italia in RIPESS Europe and is president of RIES (Italian Solidarity Economy Network). A trainer on the themes of solidarity economy and ethical finance, Jason is general delegate of RIPESS EU and former coordinator of the board of directors of RIPESS Intercontinental. Promoter of environmental and social justice, commons and communication rights, Jason is an active member of the International Council of the World Social Forum and promoter of the World Social Forum on Transformative Economies. With a background in communication and media (Princeton University, USA and a Master's degree from the University of Florence), he was director of Unimondo, the Italian center of Oneworld.net - an international portal on global rights - and worked for the Fondazione Finanza Etica and the annual Terra Futura event. Jason currently lives in Florence, where he promotes projects of CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), mutualism (in MAG Florence) and the Forum Firenze Beni Comuni (Florence Commons Forum).<\/p>Josette COMBES, Communications coordinator
<\/strong>Josette represents the MES network in RIPESS Europe. Josette holds a Degree in sociolinguistics and was responsible for a national programme for the development of early childhood places with parental participation in social housing neighbourhoods (creation or restructuring of more than 45 places in France).\u00a0From 1990 to 1998, she contributed as an expert to the work of the OECD\u2019s Education Research Centre.\u00a0From 1990 to 1998, she contributed as an expert to the work of the OECD\u2019s Education Research Centre, \u201cProgrammes relating to the coordination of services for children at risk\u201d. Living in the\u00a0Occitania\u00a0\u00a0region since 1994, she has worked as a consultant for several organisations in the region, working on the issues\u00a0of intercultural matters, project methodology and the development of the solidarity economy, and has directed action\/evaluation studies for several local authorities. From 2000 to 2012, as Associate Lecturer, at the University of Toulouse 2, she taught project methodology in social and solidarity economy and development economy focused on grassroots community initiatives. Administrator of MES (Mouvement pour l\u2019Economie Solidaire, France) and RIPESS Europe. Member of the Facilitation and Management Committee of the SSE Inter-University Network.<\/p>Bruno LASNIER, Treasurer<\/strong>
Born in 1960 in Paris, Bruno Lasnier worked for M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (Doctors without borders) between 1994 and 2002, in charge of a program of risk reduction drugs users within the Mission of France, then the health rehabilitation program manager of the House Arrest and Correction of Abidjan in C\u00f4te d'Ivoire. In January 2003, he became Director of the Provencal Agency for Alternative and solidarity economy (APEAS). In 2004 he became member of the Board of Directors of the MES - national movement of solidarity economy, the where he held the position of President since 2008. Today, Bruno is national coordinator of MES.<\/p>Eric LAVILLUNIERE<\/strong>\u00a0represents INEES in RIPESS Europe.<\/strong>
He holds a Master \"Social Economy and Local Development\" from the University of Paris XIII (1986). He began his militant commitment in the early 90s within the Network for Alternative and Solidarity Economy (REAS in France, then at MB2). He animated a Pole in solidarity economy in Auvergne and accompanied the development of several projects in organic agriculture, fair trade, culture, wood energy sector. He worked at the CECOP (European Confederation of Cooperatives of Production) in Brussels from 2001 mainly on the themes of corporate social responsibility, social enterprise and the relation with social movements including the European Social Forums. He joined INEES in Luxembourg in early 2006 to promote the solidarity economy as the third economic pillar between private sector and public economics. After organizing the 4th intercontinental congress on \"Globalization of Solidarity\" in Schifflange in 2009, he was one of the founders of RIPESS Europe in 2011. In 2010 INEES also organized the 10th meeting of the Interuniversity network RIUESS, with the University of Luxembourg, Protagonist of an European dynamic within RIPESS Europe, Eric Lavilluni\u00e8re promoted popular education, inspired to the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire. He is also very engaged in the Transition Minett ', which is involved in the movement of Transition Towns.<\/p><\/p>
<\/strong><\/p><\/p><\/a>Berenice DONDEYNE represents MES Occitanie.<\/strong>
She is currently Director of NOVETAT, Institute of Development Research in Social and Solidarity Economy in Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es (founded by social and solidarity enterprises and academics and consultants in the areas of Local Development, Social and Solidarity Economy and planning).\u00a0Since 2011 Berenice is the president of ADEPES - Agency for Development and Promotion of Solidarity Economy in Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es (4 employees, a network of 760 actors and social and solidarity enterprises).\u00a0Professional and activist, she has experience in implementing local development policies and in advancing solidarity economy, especially within organizations registered in the field of vocational training and social inclusion.<\/p><\/a>Jean ROSSIAUD represents the APRES-GE<\/strong> (Chambre de l'ESS de Gen\u00e8ve), as well as the Monnaies Leman.<\/strong>
Jean is active in many social domains, from the peace movement to his political environmental engagement.\u00a0 Coordinator of the Forum for a New World Governance, since April 2013, Jean Rossiaud became co-director, in May 2015 with Arnaud Blin (New York), of the World Democratic Forum. Jean holds three master's degrees in political science, law and sociology and also holds a doctorate in economics and social sciences from the University of Geneva (2006). He was an assistant and then an associate of the Swiss sociologist and politician Jean Ziegler from 1988 to 1996.
<\/span><\/p><\/a>Elena TZAMOURANOU represents DOCK Zone (Greece).
<\/strong>She was born in 1979 and holds a Dipl. Ing degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics of the Polytechnic School of Patras. Currently she is completing her MA in Responsible Corporate Management (Steinbeis University Berlin). Her professional experience in project management, product development management & presales engineering was followed by business development in the field of telecommunications. With regards to SSE, she has been researching alternative ways of trading since 2011 and supported for 4 years small producers in Greece through the cooperative Alternative Trade Network she co-founded. The last 3 years she co-created the supporting structure for SSE Dock, is part of the management team and supports initiatives and groups in becoming active SSE ventures. In parallel, she teaches \"small business management\" and \"sustainability\" as a VET Educator and is a Technical & Scientific Consultant in issues of management, responsibility & sustainability.<\/p>