World Town Planning Day and Official Opening of ISOCARP Africa - Nairobi Liaison Office - 8 November 2008
(excerpt Proceedings)
The 8th November of every year is marked and celebrated as World Town Planning Day. This annual worldwide event has been set aside to highlight achievements and concerns of town and regional development and planning in the world. For a long time, this event has not been observed and celebrated in Africa and Kenya for that matter. The 8th of November 2008 was therefore the first time that World Town Planning Day was being marked and celebrated in Kenya and Africa at large.
The highlight of this first World Town Planners Day Celebration in Africa was the launching of ISOCARP Africa Region and Official opening of the Nairobi Liaison Office. The Nairobi Liaison Office is hosted by the Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) Town Planners Chapter offices at the Professional Centre,Parliament Road, Nairobi.
The World Town Planners Day Celebrations and Official Launch of ISOCARP Africa Region and opening of Nairobi Liaison Office was indeed a major event that attracted international, regional and local participants. ISOCARP Head office in The Hague, Netherlands, was represented by the Secretary General, Pablo Vaggione. United Nations Center for Human Settlement, HABITAT, also recorded a message of support. At the Africa continent level, African Development Bank also registered support for the event.Delegates from many parts of Africa- South Africa, West Africa, North Africa and East Africa were invited and graced the occasion. Locally, participants were drawn from various Government departments, Local Authorities, the Private Sector, the Academia and Professionals in the Built Environment. Those in attendance included Town and Country Planners, Architects, Engineers, Quantity Surveyors and Landscape Architects.
Address:
Nairobi Liaison Office
The Professional Centre – Parliament Road
P.O.Box 44258-00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20 222 4806
Fax: +254-20 222 0582
Contact person: Mairura Omwenga: m.omwenga@isocarp.org