Visa

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