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Official launch of Bordeaux GSEF 2025

The 7^th Global Social Solidarity Economy Forum kicked off at Bordeaux City Hall on Tuesday 3 December 2024.

Juan Mari Aburto, Mayor of Bilbao, member of the GSEF Steering Committee and host of GSEF2018 and Mamie Awou Dieng Lô, Deputy Mayor of Dakar, GSEF continental co-chair for Africa, host of GSEF23 will be on hand to wish the 7^th edition of this major global event every success.

The launch provided an opportunity to highlight the collective dynamic of the local authorities organizing the event. Speakers included: Pierre Hurmic – Mayor of Bordeaux y president of the GSEF, Alain Garnier – Vice-President of Bordeaux Métropole in charge of SSE and the local economy, Jean-Luc Gleyze – President of Departmental Council of Gironde, Alain Rousset – President of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regional Council Stéphane Montuzet – President of the Chamber for the Social and Solidarity Economy Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Benoît Hamon – President of ESS France who attended the event, also took the floor.

They all emphasised the opportunity represented by this Forum to highlight the SSE: its values, its usefulness and its capacity for innovation and transformation in the service of society, throughout the world. Marie-Agnès Poussier-Winsback, French Minister for SSE, also wished this international event every success.

The official ceremony ended with the signing of an 8-metre-long wooden structure made by Compagnons Bâtisseurs Nouvelle-Aquitaine, a local SSE player representing a giant #BordeauxGSEF2025.

The totem, which will be displayed at various points around the Bordeaux metropolitan area and completed during the afternoon as a participatory worksite, symbolises cooperation, co-construction and openness, the hallmarks of this 2025 edition of the Forum.

A look back at the day's highlights in pictures

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 – ESS 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

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