Bidding Process for IPSA World Congresses of Political Science
Cities interested in hosting the IPSA World Congress of Political Science will be asked to respond to a specially-prepared Request for Proposal (RFP) taking into account the requirements necessary for ensuring a successful event. Application must be submitted by an IPSA Collective member (national association of political science) or by another body recognized by IPSA as an appropriate host organization. View the list of IPSA Collective members. A Convention and Visitor Bureau (CVB) or another Destination Management Organization can support our members in preparing their bid. A Bid Evaluation Committee (BEC) will review each bid in detail, and a shortlist of candidates will be produced. Each short-listed city will receive a site visit/inspection. The BEC will present a report to the IPSA Executive Committee (EC), featuring the results of the site visits. The 2025 host city will be selected by the IPSA Executive Committee based on the recommendation of the BEC and announced in January 2023.
Any questions should be directed to callforbids@ipsa.org.
The Call for Bids to host the WC2025 is now closed!
The call for bids to host the WC2025 is now closed. Once cities are shortlisted by the BEC, site visits will be organized in August-October 2022. The 2025 host city will be selected by the IPSA Executive Committee based on the recommendation of the BEC and announced in January 2023.
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).
Any questions regarding the WC2025 bid should be directed to callforbids@ipsa.org.
Hosting an Inter-Congress International Conference
IPSA invites its collective members (national and regional associations) to host an international conference between congress years. Past examples are Montreal 2008, Luxembourg 2010 and Sao Paulo 2011.
A representative of the interested member association (e.g. President or Secretary General) should contact IPSA at callforbids@ipsa.org.
Supplier Request for Proposal (RFP)
IPSA will post Requests for Proposal (RFP) for supplier services as needed. Please check back often or write to events@ipsa.org to ask about any open RFPs.
