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Please note: From the September 12, 2025, Forum organizers will no longer be able to issue official invitation letters for visa applications.

Indeed, deadlines for requesting appointments with embassies are very tight!

For participants who need to obtain a visa to attend the Forum Bordeaux GSEF 2025, here are the steps to follow:

❯ After registering, send us a request for an invitation letter, enclosing the confirmation of registration received by email, as an attachment to the following address: contact@bordeauxgsef2025.org

❯ Then, to compile the applications, you will need to visit the France-visas website and carefully follow the list of documents to be provided. For information, a visa application can be submitted 6 months before the planned date of travel. To find out more and prepare your application, you can log on to the France-Visas portal at the following address: https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en/web/france-visas/

The average processing time for a visa application is 2 to 3 weeks. So make sure you apply as early as possible! You can do so now!

❯ You must ensure that you complete the France-Visas procedure in order to make an appointment without delay, even if this is after the date of the event, with a view to submitting their visa application. For information, finalising the form and making an appointment are 2 separate things. You must complete the procedure to finalise the form in order to obtain a France-Visas number.

Please note: The letter of invitation to apply for a visa sent to you by the City of Bordeaux does not constitute validation of your visa. It is only a document to be added to your application to be sent to the consular authorities.

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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