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  • BBP Newsletter. Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Bristol Bordeaux Partnership (BBP)  –  the edition for our activities in September. Today we reflect on a number of initiatives to promote greater twinning between Bristol and Bordeaux. 
  • BBP Newsletter. Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Bristol Bordeaux Partnership (BBP)  –  the edition for our activities in August. Today we reflect on a number of initiatives to promote greater twinning between Bristol and Bordeaux. 
  • BBP Newsletter. Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Bristol Bordeaux Partnership (BBP)  –  the edition for our activities in June. Today we reflect on a number of initiatives to promote greater twinning between Bristol and Bordeaux. 
  • BBP Newsletter. Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Bristol Bordeaux Partnership (BBP)  – April's edition. Today we reflect on a number of initiatives underway to promote greater twinning between Bristol and Bordeaux. 
  • BBP's Vivien Brown gets the Lord Mayor's Medal  Vivien Brown, our Deputy Chair for many years, has recently been awarded the Lord Mayor's medal for her international work supporting Bristol.  We see her regularly in her work with Bordeaux, and she also works with the Bristol International Twinning Association, BITA. Having known the Bordeaux community for many years, and speaking French fluently, Vivien is always ready to build the links between our cities, especially through her wide range of contacts at the Association Bordeaux Bristol.   She brings warmth and selfless dedication to our conversations with Bordeaux, both in phone / video links […]
  • 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.

BBP Newsletter February 2024