We are continously adding information about the programme, keynote speakers, Young Planning Professionals and tours - please visit us regularly!
UN Habitat - City Changer Dialogues
Planning responses to urbanization challenges
Nearly 4000 people participated in the first week of the City Changer Dialogues on www.worldurbanforum.org! More>
HANNOVER MESSE, 23-27 April 2012
ISOCARP China special session at the world largest industry fair
China has been the partner country of this year’s Hannover Messe (Germany) with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Premier Wen Jiabao present. As part of the knowledge partnership of ISOCARP and the Hannover Messe a full day "China Special" session was organized on April 25 at “Metropolitan Solutions”, a successful venue at the fair. More>
The ISOCARP Awards for Excellence intend to stimulate and to promote innovative spatial projects, successfully elaborated and implemented. This award is the highest honour ISOCARP can award to a city, region or an institution. More>
YPP Workshop Pushchino, Russia - Call for Coordinators
ISOCARP and the Russian Urban Planning Association (RUPA) have recently made an agreement which entails a Young Planning Professionals Workshop in Pushchino in June, intended for Russian young planners. Interested ISOCARP Members can apply for the position of co-ordinator. More> (members only)
International YPP Award 2012
The Directorate responsible for planning at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment is encouraging young planning professionals to provide new ideas on forms, methods and possibilities in spatial planning needed to face present-day challenges facing our human settlements. An International Young Planning Professionals Award gives YPPs the opportunity to present their proposals on planning methods. More>
17th International CORP Conference: "RE-MIXING THE CITY - Towards Sustainability and Resilience", 14-16 May 2012, Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna / Austria. More>
UPAT East Lake Scenic Area Wuhan, March 2012
The East Lake Scenic Area UPAT Team of eight ISOCARP members assembled on Sunday 11 March in Wuhan for a week of intensive work in Wuhan, China. More>
Discussion on Future of ISOCARP
PLANNER is the new interactive platform for all ISOCARP members. It has been created so that all members can communicate and collaborate with one another, and join in the discussions on matters relating to our Society. More> (access only for members)
The Offices of Culture
Spanish public tv channel has dedicated a short documentary to the Urban and planner profession, with Alfonso Vegara, ISOCARP Past President as a main protagonist.
To view it click the link below: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/los-oficios-de-la-cultura/oficios-cultura-alfonso-vegara-urbanista/1332655/
AESOP-ECTP-IFHP-ISOCARP European Urban Summer School 21-30 September 2012
3rd European Urban Summer School
Times of Scarcity – Reclaiming the Possibility of Making
21-30 September 2012, University of Westminster, London, UK. Application deadline: 31 May 2012. More>
Follow-up of winning Award for Excellence
- Credit: Mr. Jossef Avi-Yair Engel (Jucha) - Advisor to the President
Thanks to winning the ISOCARP Awards for Excellence the project ''Rahat - Planning the Largest Bedouin City in the World - Coexistence in the Middle East'' by Amos Brandeis which was relatively unknown in Israel received a lot of PR there. President Shimon Peres who heard about the project and the award invited Amos. More on follow-up>
The International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) is a global association of experienced professional planners. It was founded in 1965 in a bid to bring together recognised and highly-qualified planners in an international network. The ISOCARP network brings together individual and institutional members from more than 80 countries worldwide. More>
