Join our International Society of City and Regional Planner

Subscribe your membership today and contribute to our mission of making our cities and regions more sustainable through planning and placemaking practice, training, research, and education.

You can join as individual or institution!
Contact us for any question.

Join our International Society of City and Regional Planner

Start or renew your membership today and contribute to our mission of making our cities and regions more sustainable through planning and placemaking practice, training, research, and education.

You can join as individual or institution!
Contact us for any question.

Individual Membership

Institutional Membership

Individual Membership

Introduction

Our association brings together 700+ individual members from more than 85 countries, who work in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Our members share a common interest in international cooperation to enable our vision to make our cities and regions more sustainable through planning and placemaking practice, training, research, and education.

Who is eligible?

Anyone who has the education and/or experience to practice city and regional planning as:

  • Professional planners
  • Placemakers

  • Developers

  • Teachers

  • Researchers

Institutional Membership

Introduction

ISOCARP counts around 40 institutions among its members that actively contribute to the global community of the professional city and regional planners. As part of place-based policies and programs, city and regional plans are developed in organisations that employ most of the world’s planners.

Who is eligible?

  • Multilateral agencies
  • National, regional and local governments and their agencies

  • Educational and research institutions

  • Professional and academic institutes and associations

  • Non-government policy and advocacy organisations

  • Technical, research, and consulting corporations.

  • Planning and housing agencies, cities, universities

Individual Membership

Introduction

Our association brings together 700+ individual members from more than 85 countries, who work in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Our members share a common interest in international cooperation to enable our vision to make our cities and regions more sustainable through planning and placemaking practice, training, research, and education.

Who is eligible?

Anyone who has the education and/or experience to practice city and regional planning as:

  • Professional planners
  • Placemakers

  • Developers

  • Teachers

  • Researchers

Institutional Membership

Introduction

ISOCARP gathers together +35 seeks to work with organisations to strengthen its role as the global community connecting professional city and regional planners.
City and regional plans, as part of place-based policies and programs, are developed in organisations that employ most of the world’s planners.

Who is eligible?

  • Multilateral agencies
  • National, regional and local governments and their agencies

  • Educational and research institutions

  • Professional and academic institutes and associations

  • Non-government policy and advocacy organisations

  • Technical, research, and consulting corporations.

  • Planning and housing agencies, cities, universities

What’s included?

  • You become part of the global sustainability movement, with a focus on place-based creative and innovative solutions.

  • You will have voting rights and be eligible to apply for elected positions in the Board of the Society.

  • You will have global networking opportunities and benefit from the wealth and diversity of professional expertise and knowledge from members worldwide.

  • You will have the chance to develop your planning expertise through various ISOCARP activities, events, and members-only opportunities.

  • You will enjoy reduced rates for ISOCARP events, endorsed events (when applicable), and publications.

  • You will have access to high-quality publications and reports on the latest issues concerning urban and regional planning.

  • You will have exclusive access to the private Members’ Area of the website.

  • You will join an organization that is officially recognized by the United Nations and engages in collaborative partnerships to advance the Global Sustainability Agenda.

What’s included?

  • Institutional members can connect with resources, partners, and collaborators addressing common issues and problems.

  • Institutional members can reach a global audience, marketplace, and employment market.

  • Institutional Members may participate in, contribute to and benefit from the activities of the ISOCARP Institute.

  • Institutional members are able to offer the Society’s members resources, information, and opportunities for networking and professional development.

  • Institutional members are encouraged to be actively and visibly involved in the World Planning Congress, ISOCARP’s website and publications, and core activities including UPATs and the Awards.

  • Institutional members support the International Society of City and Regional Planners and enrich the global city and regional planning community.

  • Institutional members can nominate a given number of individuals (including staff, members, associates, students, and clients) to become individual members of ISOCARP with the same rights of participation and voting as all other individual members. These will act as representatives and primary points of contact. Institutional representatives must complete the regular individual membership applications.

What’s included in the individual membership?

  • You become part of the global sustainability movement, with a focus on place-based creative and innovative solutions.

  • You will have voting rights and be eligible to apply for elected positions in the Board of the Society.

  • You will have global networking opportunities and benefit from the wealth and diversity of professional expertise and knowledge from members worldwide.

  • You will have the chance to develop your planning expertise through various ISOCARP activities, events, and members-only opportunities.

  • You will enjoy reduced rates for ISOCARP events, endorsed events (when applicable), and publications.

  • You will have access to high-quality publications and reports on the latest issues concerning urban and regional planning.

  • You will have exclusive access to the private Members’ Area of the website.

  • You will join an organization that is officially recognized by the United Nations and engages in collaborative partnerships to advance the Global Sustainability Agenda.

What’s included in the institutional membership?

  • Institutional members can connect with resources, partners, and collaborators addressing common issues and problems.

  • Institutional members can reach a global audience, marketplace, and employment market.

  • Institutional Members may participate in, contribute to and benefit from the activities of the ISOCARP Institute.

  • Institutional members are able to offer the Society’s members resources, information, and opportunities for networking and professional development.

  • Institutional members are encouraged to be actively and visibly involved in the World Planning Congress, ISOCARP’s website and publications, and core activities including UPATs and the Awards.

  • Institutional members support the International Society of City and Regional Planners and enrich the global city and regional planning community.

  • Institutional members can nominate a given number of individuals (including staff, members, associates, students, and clients) to become individual members of ISOCARP with the same rights of participation and voting as all other individual members. These will act as representatives and primary points of contact. Institutional representatives must complete the regular individual membership applications.

Fees for individual membership

ISOCARP has a single, individual membership category. We encourage you to join the Society for multiple years at a discount and authorise a
continuing automatic direct debit from their credit card, to be paid on the anniversary of their joining.

  • 1-year Membership: €60
  • 3-years Membership: €155
  • 5-years Membership: €250

  • Life Membership: €850

Fees for institutional membership

  • Platinum Membership: €1500 per year.
    Institutional members may maintain their own page on Planetary (our website), organize a session at the World Planning Congress, receive support for active involvement in the activities and programs of the Society, and pay a reduced entry fee for the Awards of Excellence. Included in the membership fee are ten memberships of the Society and three delegates to the Congress.

  • Gold Membership: €1000 per year.
    Institutional members may maintain their own page on Planetary, receive support for active involvement in the activities and programs of the Society and pay a reduced entry fee for the Awards of Excellence. Included in the membership fee are six memberships of the Society, and two delegates to the Congress.

  • Silver Membership: €500 per year.
    Institutional members may maintain their own page on Planetary, receive support for active involvement in the activities and programs of the Society and pay a reduced entry fee for the Awards of Excellence. Included in the membership fee are two memberships of the Society and one delegate to the Congress.

Fees

ISOCARP has a single, individual membership category. We encourage you to join the Society for multiple years at a discount and authorise a
continuing automatic direct debit from their credit card, to be paid on the anniversary of their joining.

  • 1-year Membership: €60
  • 3-years Membership: €155
  • 5-years Membership: €250

  • Life Membership: €850

Fees

  • Platinum Membership: €1500 per year.
    Platinum members may maintain their own page on the ISOCARP website, organise a session at the World Planning Congress, receive support for active involvement in the activities and programs of the Society, and pay a reduced entry fee for the Awards of Excellence. The membership fee includes ten Individual Memberships of the Society and three free registrations to the World Planning Congress.

  • Gold Membership: €1000 per year.
    Institutional members may maintain their own page on the ISOCARP website, receive support for active involvement in the activities and programs of the Society and pay a reduced entry fee for the Awards of Excellence. The membership fee includes six Individual Memberships of the Society and two free registrations to the World Planning Congress.

  • Silver Membership: €500 per year.
    Institutional members may maintain their own page on the ISOCARP website, receive support for active involvement in the activities and programs of the Society and pay a reduced entry fee for the Awards of Excellence. The membership fee includes two Individual Memberships of the Society and one free registration to the World Planning Congress.

Note: The approval of your application may take up to five working days and might entail queries to complete all information required for membership validation. Becoming a member of ISOCARP requires you to agree to our Constitution and Code of Professional Conduct. Read our Membership Regulation.