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  • BBP Newsletter. Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Bristol Bordeaux Partnership (BBP)  – March's edition. Today we reflect on a number of initiatives underway to promote greater twinning between Bristol and Bordeaux. 
  •     #CommunityofPurpose   Ce fut un plaisir de vous accueillir comme chaque année !   It was a pleasure to welcome you to Bordeaux in 2024!   #CommunityofPurpose    https://communityofpurpose.com/  
  • Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Bristol Bordeaux Partnership (BBP)  – February's edition. Today we reflect on the recent AGM, the visit of Bordeaux students to Bristol and our work with UWE.
  • BBP Newsletter. Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Bristol Bordeaux Partnership (BBP)  – the first for 2025. Today we reflect on 2024 and start to plan some further  twinning events for 2025.
  • Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Bristol Bordeaux Partnership (BBP)  – the last one for 2024. Today we reflect on some further recent twinning events.
  • Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Bristol Bordeaux Partnership (BBP) for November 2024. Today we reflect on some further recent twinning events.
  • Bristol Bordeaux Partnership Newsletter. Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Bristol Bordeaux Partnership (BBP) for October 2024. Today we reflect on some recent twinning events and future planned social evenings.
  • Bristol Bordeaux Partnership Newsletter. Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Bristol Bordeaux Partnership (BBP) for August  2024. Today we reflect on some recent twinning events and future planned social evenings.
  • Bristol Bordeaux Partnership Newsletter. Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Bristol Bordeaux Partnership (BBP) for July  2024. Today we reflect on a month of visits to Bordeaux by BBP members and by University Students.
  • Bristol Bordeaux Partnership Newsletter. Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Bristol Bordeaux Partnership (BBP) for June 2024. Today we reflect on a month of further twinning activities  underway, and some planned. This month the French Embassy was in Bristol and our Chair, Mike Healey was invited to take part in discussions about how twinning and other inter city activities can bolster economic, cultural and social links between France and the UK. We will share with you over the next months any new initiatives that arise as a result of that Embassy discussion.
  • Bristol Bordeaux Partnership Newsletter. Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Bristol Bordeaux Partnership (BBP) for April 2024. Today we reflect on a month of twinning activities with our fellow City twinning organisations.
  • Bristol Bordeaux Partnership Newsletter. Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Bristol Bordeaux Partnership (BBP) for March 2024. Today we reflect on the recent visit of seven Bordeaux Students to Bristol and their work placements in Bristol Primary Schools.
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  • PIERRE HURMIC, MAYOR OF BORDEAUX  It was a privilege earlier this year (2023)  to start our 2023 AGM in the company of Monsieur Pierre Hurmic, the Mayor of Bordeaux, who was visiting the City of Bristol at the time. As you’re probably aware, he had been elected as the first green Mayor of Bordeaux in 2020, after first being elected to the municipal council in 1995. So, almost three years into his administration, and having volunteered to be interviewed, was he ready for some questions?
  • Les étudiants français ont une longue tradition de voyager à l'étranger pour poursuivre leurs études. Une destination de plus en plus populaire pour les étudiants français est la ville de Bristol, située dans le sud-ouest de l'Angleterre.
  • We get asked this a lot on-line and in person. My own daughter travelled to Bordeaux twice on a family exchange and is now a secondary school modern foreign languages teacher. I am still in contact with my exchange partner and his family from 1980 ( and yes I still use my French on a regular basis).
  • The Bristol Bordeaux Partnership exists to support and amplify the links and activities between the two cities particularly in Twinning, Business, Culture and Education. We will cover frequently asked questions and information in this blog. Please feel free to leave comments or contact us directly. We want to help grow the Bristol Bordeaux Partnership and we need your assistance.