YOUNG PLANNING
PROFESSIONALS’ PROGRAMME SPECIAL SESSION
To be organised as part of the 58th ISOCARP World Planning Congress
Change 4 Resilience
Today, cities face multiple and often interrelated global problems such as natural disasters, climate change, biodiversity loss, wars, forced migrations, economic crises, water crisis, food crisis, and pandemics, in addition to disasters such as earthquakes. These problems become even more profound when combined with current urbanization practices and it becomes crucial to focus on the “resilient city” approach to tackle these challenges. With the help of this approach, cities can maintain their resilience in the face of risks, adapt to changes and develop their flexibility against predictable and unpredictable futures of cities and societies. Without a doubt, ensuring holistic and inclusive urban resilience is a compelling challenge itself since this means providing an adaptation process for all segments of society, especially vulnerable groups, to the new conditions while creating solutions to different problems that constantly evolve.
Young Planning Professionals Special Session, “Change 4 Resilience” is designed to open a dialogue on future imperatives for a resilient city that meets the current needs of the city, improves the quality of life, protects and develops ecological values, and contributes to the transformation of the environment of the project areas with holistic and just approaches. Major questions to explore are: Can current urbanization practices tackle these challenges? Can public space be the driver towards a more resilient city and society? How health contributes to this vision considering the trilogy of people, planet and governance? The session is organised in collaboration with Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality and Marmara Municipalities Union.
The Kocaeli YPP workshop was offered this year on ‘Change for Resilience . Resilience for Change’ between 19 and 25 March in collaboration with the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, Marmara Municipalities Union, and the ISOCARP Institute, Centre for Urban Excellence. It welcomed 25 YPPs from 15 countries from Colombia to Mongolia, Russia to Botswana! – showcasing the global territorial outreach of ISOCARP. This was our 50th workshop that is designed for young professionals since 1991. The results of the workshop were presented in the Kartepe Summit on 25 March 2022. Being in my home country made the event even more special.
The Workshop under the leadership of Director YPP Zeynep Gunay, is coordinated by Hanna Obracht-Prondzynska (University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland), Alessandra Sammartino (TSPA – Thomas Stellmach Planning and Architecture, Berlin, Germany), Görsev Argın (Marmara Municipalities Union, Istanbul, Turkey), Ezgi Küçük Çalışkan (Marmara Municipalities Union, Istanbul, Turkey), Rahmi Erdal Tümpalay (Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey) and Fatih Durmuş (Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey)
YPPs of the 2022 YPP Kocaeli: Mohamed Hagras, Egypt, Oluwafemi Joshua Ojo, Nigeria/UK, Sohini Maiti, India/Germany, Samman Qayyum, Pakistan/Netherlands, Alejandra Rivera, Colombia, Tripti Mahaseth, Nepal, Ekaterina Adrianova, Russia, Rajae Haissouss, Morocco, Thato Kesego Motlhaping, Botswana, Georgies Srour, France/China, Riya Sethia, India, Atefeh Soleimani Roudi, Iran, Munguntuya Otgonjargal, Mongolia, Eike Haumann, Germany/Netherlands, Shinjini Saha, India, Keynes Pofd Kacinthe Tamo Nwafeu, Cameroun/Togo, Ömer Melikoglu, Türkiye, Murat Ölmez, Türkiye, Gizem Ak, Türkiye, Büsra Yilmaz, Türkiye, Irem Kurtulus, Türkiye, Nazlican Akca, Türkiye, Sümeyye Nur Yazici, Türkiye, Sahika Kiliç Türkiye, Elif Uyar Türkiye
Special thanks goes to the Major of Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, Tahir Buyukakin, and General Secretary of Marmara Municipalities Union, Cemil Arslan, together with Municipality officials including Gokmen Menguc, Municipality Deputy General Secretary, Raşit Fidan, General Directorate of Cultural and Social Affairs, Hayriye Sözer, Directorate of Culture and Arts, Ali Yeşildal, General Directorate of City History and Presentation, Rahmi Tumpalay, Directorate of Urbanism and Construction, Volkan Şenel, Directorate of Historic Environment all the local organisation committee, Muzaffer Sabur, Fatih Durmuş, Çağlar Oktay, Ali Gölcü who made this event a success through incredible commitment and contribution.
For detailed information on the workshop,
please check out the website (https://isocarp.org/young-planning-professionals-workshop-kocaeli-turkey-2022/) and our Facebook group page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/yppkocaeli)