Every two years, the GSEF pilots a Global Social and Solidarity Economy Forum, co-constructed with member cities across the continents. It has become a key event for the SSE, reflecting its vitality. Each edition adopts a declaration binding the host cities and participants, formalising their commitment to work for this people-centred economy, an essential tool for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The GSEF is a privileged platform for mutual learning and the exchange of knowledge and views on all aspects of the social and solidarity economy.

The GSEF is a global network of local governments and civil society networks committed to promoting the social and solidarity economy (SSE) as a path to a “different economy” for the benefit of all, and to emancipatory local development, centred on people and respectful of the environment.