The Board of the World’s Poultry Science Association (WPSA) has received three bids to organise the World’s Poultry Congress 2025. The bidding Branches are Argentina (Buenos Aires), Canada/Mexico/USA (Toronto) and South Africa (Cape Town).
In the Constitution it is stated that if there are more than two bids, an electronic vote of the Council will be conducted to pre-select two finalists (WPSA By-Laws, Article III-4).
The winner of the bid will be selected by the Council by secret ballot during the Council meeting, which will be held at WPC2021 in Paris.
59 Branches were eligible for the pre-selection, 33 branches took the opportunity to send their votes.
After receiving the ballot forms the following result was obtained:
Argentina Buenos Aires 113 votes
Canada Toronto 120 votes
South Africa Cape Town 143 votes
The Canada/Mexico/USA bid and the South Africa bid therefore are selected to the final ballot during the Council meeting, August 2021, Paris, France.