YOUNG PLANNING
PROFESSIONALS’ WORKSHOP
Brussels, Beigium, 26 – 30 September 2022
Organised as part of the 58th ISOCARP World Planning Congress
How to (Re)design a Healthy Neighbourhood
Building on the theme of the 58th ISOCARP World Planning Congress, the 2022 Young Planning Professionals Workshop is centred on the notion of “healthy cities for all” between 26 and 30 September, in Brussels, Belgium. We are witnessing utterly a flow of challenges from climate or biodiversity agenda to inequalities and vulnerabilities of poverty, food sovereignty, migration and gender politics with profound impacts on the paradigm shift on the way we build and live our cities. The current pandemic has only deepened such vulnerabilities with an old but forgotten layer, health. Putting health at the forefront, at the same time, has culminated a transformative action while responding to complex issues of socio-spatial injustices, inequalities and climate resilience. Within this scope, the workshop is a call to present future imperatives for urban health and healthy urbanity by unfolding socio-spatial justice, health inequalities and climate resilience, and to advocate for transformative action addressing equitable, resilient, and inclusive cities through rethinking the public realm while providing a quest upon the plural meanings attached to health.
Thanks to all our members and network for extensive interest in the event showcased itself in the applications. Thus, ISOCARP Experts Dhiru Thadani (Thadani Architects + Urbanists, Washington DC, USA) and Slawomir Ledwon (Ministry of Municipality, Doha, Qatar) together with Maarten Demarsin (Urban.Brussels), Ernesto Diez and Chris Steenhuis (BUUR, Sweco) representing Brussels are invited to coordinate the 2022 YPP Brussels workshop. The workshop is bringing together 20 young professionals from 13 countries.
The results of the workshop will once again be presented during the 58th ISOCARP World Planning Congress in the plenary of 4th October.
The workshop is hosted by the State Secretary of the Brussels-Capital Region for Urbanism and Heritage, European and International Relations, Pascal Smet and organised in collaboration with the urban.brussels, perspective.brussels and environment.brussels. Alfredo Corbalan from Perspective.Brussels and Louise Prouteau and Tony Van Nuffelen of Urban.Brussels are leading the Local Organisation Committee. Thank you for all the efforts, Wishing us all an exciting collaboration and a creative process!
For detailed information on the workshop,
please check out the website (https://isocarp.org/young-planning-professionals-workshop-brussels-belgium-2022/) and our Facebook group page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/yppbrussels)
For more information on the YPP programme, please directly contact Zeynep Gunay, Director YPPs, gunay@isocarp.org