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Fighting discrimination

The Global SSE Forum Bordeaux GSEF 2025 is committed to fighting all forms of discrimination!

More than 5,000 people will gather at the Global SSE Forum Bordeaux GSEF 2025 from 29 to 31 October 2025.

To ensure that everyone has a peaceful, respectful and fully inclusive experience at this unmissable event, the Forum organizers have put in place a protocol to prevent and combat gender-based and sexual violence, as well as all forms of discrimination.

What does this protocol guarantee?

The presence of trained advisors who are available at all times;
Awareness-raising spaces and safe zones accessible at the various sites;
The involvement of professional partner associations such as Le Girofard, COSIM Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Projet Luna;
A dedicated email address for reporting any problematic situations.

All this will take place at three venues (Palais 2 l'Atlantique, Hangar 14 and Cité Bleue) throughout the Forum (from 29 to 31 October).

The charter reflects the values of inclusion and respect upheld by the Forum, which can be found here and at each of the event venues.

The Forum's Ethical Charter

Choisissez votre langue / Choose your language / Elige tu idioma

French version

English version

Spanish version

Composition of the Scientific Committee:

chaired by Timothée Duverger, Doctor of History and lecturer at Sciences Po Bordeaux, where he heads the TerrESS chair.

National researchers

Eric Bidet – ADDES
Eliabetta Bucolo – RIUESS
Timothée Duverger – CIRIEC France
Marilyne Filippi – RECMA
Xabier Itçaina – ScPo Bx
Francesca Petrella – EMES
Nadine Richez-Battesti – ADDES

International researchers

Marie Bouchard – CIRIEC International – Québec – Canada
Rafael Chaves-Avila – CIRIEC Spain
Cheikh Gueye – Think Tank Network - Senegal
Marguerite Mendell – Karl Polanyi – Québec – Canada – Institute member of the Advisory GSEF committee
Sybille Mertens – EMES – Belgium
Leandro Morais - University of Sao Paulo (UNESP) – Brazil - member of the Advisory GSEF GSEF
Amadou Ndiaye – French-speaking network of the SSE City of Dakar and Amadou-Mahtar-M'Bow University – Senegal
Sambou Ndiaye – Saint Louis GB University – Senegal – Chairman of the Dakar GSEF2023 Scientific Committee
Ilcheong Yi – UNRISD – Switzerland

National players

Alain Arnaud – CIRIEC France
Ghislain Brégeot – IFAID
Mahel Coppey – RTES
Mélissa Gentile – Coop Tiers lieux
David Le Norcy
Jérôme Saddier SSE France
Hugues Sibille – Labo de l’ESS
Claire Thoury – Le mouvement associatif
Mélanie Thuilier – CRESS NA

International players

Bérénice Alcade Castro – INAES – Mexico – Continental Co-Chair GSEF
Fabrice Adelphe Balou – PoJET – Ivory Coast – GSEF Africa Youth Pole
Alain Coheur – International Forum SSE - Belgium
Malick Diop – Platform of Non-State Actors Senegal – Continental Co-Chair GSEF
Laurence Kwark – GSEF Advisory Committee – South Korea
Denise Fatoumata Ndour – INAISE – Senegal – member of the GSEF advisory committee
Mireille Pelchat – Chantier de l’ESS du Québec – Canada – Continental Co-Chair GSEF
Yvon Poirier – RIPESS – Quebec – Canada
Emilio R. Rabasco – FAMSI/CGLU – Spain
Barbara Sak – CIRIEC International – Belgium
Denis Stokkink – Consultant – Belgium