Background

New in 2025 for the ISOCARP60 anniversary, this award recognizes innovative and successful co-creative planning processes. While many urban and regional plans demonstrate high-quality design and technical expertise, too often they fall short in meaningfully involving the communities they intend to serve. This award seeks to highlight planning efforts that go beyond conventional consultation methods and instead embed inclusive, participatory processes throughout the development of policies, plans, and projects.

The focus is on process-driven excellence—initiatives where planners, local authorities, community members, civil society, and other stakeholders have genuinely co-created outcomes that reflect shared values and diverse needs.

Eligible entries

  • Planning firms and consultancies involved in participatory or community-led planning initiatives
  • Municipal planning departments or local government agencies responsible for collaborative planning processes
  • National or regional planning institutions and departments within planning ministries that have implemented co-creative planning approaches

Submission Materials

  • Written Description of the plan/project/policy (maximum 10,000 characters including spaces)
  • Visual Supporting Materials, such as drawings, maps, posters, graphic representations, or charters (up to 4 pages, A3 format)
  • Optional Video illustrating the work (e.g., community engagement, planning process, implementation highlights)

Evaluation criteria

  • Inclusiveness of Stakeholder Engagement
  • Transparency of the Process
  • Responsiveness to Local Context
  • Innovative Co-Creation Methods
  • Capacity Building
  • Implementation Potential
  • Replicability and Scalability
  • Contribution to Sustainable and Just Outcomes

Jury

The jury is composed of five experienced ISOCARP members

Registration Fee

ISOCARP Institutional Member: 500 Euros for each entry (a candidate can apply with multiple proposals).

Institutional Non-Member: 1000 Euros for each entry (a candidate can apply with multiple proposals).

Substance of the Award

Award: one year of free membership to ISOCARP, official ISOCARP plaque, official ISOCARP certification of the award, and dissemination of the project through the ISOCARP website, social media, and newsletter.

Special Mention: official ISOCARP certification of the award, and dissemination through the ISOCARP communication channels

Application Procedure

  1. Submit the Planning Process Award 2025 online application by clicking on the button below
  2. Pay the registration form

Remark: The application is not eligible if the registration fee has not been paid.

Deadline for submission

August 31, 2025

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Tijana Tufek Memisevic, ISOCARP Awards and Publication Director, at (tmemisevic@isocarp.org), or reach out to awards@isocarp.org.