On the occasion of its General Assembly on January 15, 2026, which brought together 90 participants, GSEF, the global forum on the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), elected its board of directors for the 2026-2028 period, with renewed governance following the amendment of the statutes approved at the general assembly during #BordeauxGSEF2025.
There are now 20 members, belonging to different colleges, who make up GSEF’s board of directors:
GSEF Co-Presidents
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, replacing the Gironde Department
- CRESS Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Continental Co-Presidencies
- Africa: City of Dakar (Senegal), substitute: REMCESS (Cameroon) and RESSCAM (Cameroon)
- Asia: SSEGOV (South Korea)
- North America: City of Montreal (Quebec, Canada) and Chantier de l’Économie Sociale (Quebec, Canada)
- Latin America and the Caribbean: City of Cuenca (Ecuador) and RAEPS – Austral Network of Popular and Solidarity Economy (Ecuador)
- Europe: City of Bordeaux, substitute Bordeaux Métropole and ConcertES (Belgium)
Host City of GSEF 2027
City of Maricá (Brazil)
Thematic Seats on the Board of Directors
- Youth: ABEWE (Ivory Coast) and NEXT G – Next Generation of Social Economy (South Korea)
- Social and Solidarity Finance: Sen’Finances Foundation (Senegal)
- Research: Chair Territories of SSE (France), substitute: Cooperative University of Colombia (Colombia)
Open Seats on the Board of Directors
- RIPESS – Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of SSE
- City of Bilbao (Spain)
- Council of the Oriental Region (Morocco)
- Platform of Non-State Actors of Senegal
Find HERE the document presenting the new composition of GSEF’s board of directors.
