Dear colleague,

The International Political Science Association (IPSA) has extended the bid process to select a host city for the 27th World Congress of Political Science (July 2022). All IPSA Collective Members are invited to submit a bid.

If your association is interested in hosting the 2022 IPSA World Congress of Political Science, please visit the IPSA Call for Bids - WC2022 page to download a copy of the Request for Proposal (RFP) and related documents.

The Call for Bids for WC2022 includes the following documents:

• RFP: REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL for the WC2022 (Bid Manual to host IPSA 2022 World Congress)
• 5 Annexes (Provide additional guidelines for the bidder’s information)
• 4 Appendixes (Must be filled out and returned along with bidder’s proposal)

The Call for Bids to host the WC2022 is open until July 31st, 2019.

After the deadline, three (3) host cities will be shortlisted by the Bid Evaluation Committee (BEC) and site visits will be organized in October 2019. The 2022 host city will be selected by the IPSA Executive Committee, based on the recommendation of the BEC and announced in December 2019.

As per the IPSA Rules and Procedures, an application to host the Congress can be submitted by a national or regional political science association that is a collective member of IPSA, or by another body recognized by IPSA as an appropriate host organization (University campus, faculty, or department).

We encourage our Collective members to get support from a Destination Management Organization (DMO) such as the Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) in the bidding process.

Any questions regarding the WC2022 bid should be directed to wc2022@ipsa.org

Yours sincerely,
 

Yannick Saint-Germain
World Congress and Event Director

International Political Science Association (IPSA)
1590, av. Docteur-Penfield, SB 331
Montreal (QC) H3G 1C5
www.ipsa.org/events/host-an-ipsa-event
wc2022@ipsa.org