{"id":341088,"date":"2025-09-17T15:41:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ripess.eu\/?p=341088"},"modified":"2025-10-24T14:36:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:36:53","slug":"from-local-action-to-global-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ripess.eu\/en\/from-local-action-to-global-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"From Local Action to Global Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;From Local Action to Global Challenges&#8221; is a webinar that will take place September 23, 2025 and it is organized within the framework of the Looking Up project. This webinar aims to show how Social and Solidarity Economy initiatives can connect grassroots practices to global systemic change.<\/p>\n<p>The link for the webinar is <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/_4TdYYkwQl6_NVzsM2JZSg\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/_4TdYYkwQl6_NVzsM2JZSg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below you can find the detailed program of the webinar<\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> September 23rd, 2025<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Time:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 16:00 \u2013 18:00 CEST<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Duration:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2h<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Welcome &amp; Introduction (5 min) &#8211; RIPESS Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brief presentation of the session objectives: To reflect on how local SSE initiatives can address global crises (climate change, social inequalities, food sovereignty, migration, gender justice, wars, etc.)\/ To explore pathways that connect community practices with broader strategies, policies and transnational solidarity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. Presentation of the Looking Up project (30 min) &#8211; Solidarius Italy, UFISC France and CRIES ROMANIA<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overview of the Erasmus+ project: aims, partners, key learnings from the training path &#8230;Why it matters today: connecting participatory local development with the construction of a European SSE strategy, the \u201clooking up perspective\u201d. Taking into account this scenario and the challenges it presents, especially for small organisations. We would like the \u2018looking up perspective\u2019 to spread and become a common principle for working towards shared objectives.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. From practice to policy: What strategy to strengthen the European dimension? (15 min) &#8211; RIPESS Europe\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to translate grassroots initiatives into political advocacy and policy frameworks at the European level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linking local voices with global networks and institutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The role of the Social and Solidarity Economy on Geopolitics today.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4. Open Debate with Participants (40 min) : Building bridges between local practices and global challenges- how to scale the impact of the small organizations through supralocal and sectoral networks &#8211; RIPESS Europe moderates with REAS, Urgenci &amp; CRIES, Solidarius Italia and Ufisc<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guiding questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What strategies have you seen (or used) to make local experiences more visible at the national or European level?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How can SSE networks support local initiatives to avoid isolation and scale their impact?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In times of multiple crises (climate, migration, inequalities), how can local SSE initiatives connect with global struggles without losing their rootedness in the territory?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What role should public authorities and policies play in supporting this connection between the local and the global?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>5. 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