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5th Urban Economy Forum + 59th ISOCARP World Planning Congress (UEF5 + WPC59)

Every one of us can help limit global warming and take care of our planet. By changing our habits and making choices that have less harmful effects on the environment, we have the power to confront the climate challenge and build a more sustainable world. Joint Congress of The International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) […]

‘ECTP-CEU takes part in meeting of Davos Baukultur Alliance in Switzerland’

Janet Askew, President of the ECTP-CEU had the privilege of attending a meeting of the Davos Baukultur Alliance in January in Switzerland. The ECTP-CEU found itself in esteemed company to discuss vital issues so important to spatial planners. Ministers of 31 countries, along with civil society organisations (NGOs and IGOs) and major construction and real […]

Charter on participative democracy

This autumn another 10 cities and municpalities and one province in Flanders (B) signed ECTP-CEU’s Charter on participative democracy. Our member VRP is promoting local authorities to sign the charter and to exchange best practices in taking citizens on board in spatial planning processes. Foto’s form signing events in Ghent and Bruges.  ECTP-CEU is encouraging all our members to promote local […]

Future of the Traces of modernity: public mass housing neighbourhoods – Conference

Janet Askew, President of ECTP-CEU was invited to make the opening remarks for the conference which was held in Bratislava on 27th September 2022. The ECTP-CEU co-operated with SPA-CE.NET and AUÚP to hold a conference with SPECTRA CE EU at STU in Bratislava, with the inspiring theme, ‘Future of the Traces of modernity: public mass housing neighbourhoods’. The conference included a […]

ECTP-CEU Statement on Ukraine

The European Council of Spatial Planners (ECTP-CEU) stands in solidarity with the planners and citizens of Ukraine against the destructive invasion of their country.  As an organisation which represents the planning profession across the countries of Europe, we condemn the unprovoked and catastrophic attack on Ukraine. The Ukraine people have demonstrated just how much they believe […]

Welcoming migrants: an urban planning issue

As part of its monthly “rendez-vous”, the SFU (French Society of Urban Planners) organised on 29 November 2021 a zoom discussion on the theme of MIGRATION which brought together more than 35 participants; among them Damien Carême, Member of the European Parliament, President of the National Association of Welcoming Cities and Territories ANTIVA (today 37 […]

European Urban Agenda: Ljubljana agreement officially adopted !

ECTP was actively involved as European stakeholder in this Ljubljana agreement. For the past two years, we participated at the various EU- presidency meetings and highlighted the importance of integrated urban planning and incorporating planning professionals in the urban agenda projects.    For more info, see:  Informal meeting of Ministers for Urban Matters Informal meeting of ministers responsible for urban matters […]

New ECTP-CEU ExCo 2021-2025

At its Autumn General Assembly in Athens on 5 November 2021, the European Council of Town Planners (ECTP-CEU) elected its new Executive Committee (ExCo) for the next four years until autumn 2025. Its composition is as follows: Janet Askew, RTPI (Royal Town Planning Institute – United Kingdom), as President; Markus Hedorfer, ASSURB (Associazione Nazionale degli […]

CITY REBOOT: Post-Pandemic Planning and the New European Bauhaus – eBook

ECTP-CEU Young Planners Workshop 2021 The topic relies on the New European Bauhaus initiative launched in order to open the door to a more holistic approach to our built environment, seeking to combine design, sustainability, accessibility, affordability, and investment to help deliver the European Green Deal and to enhance, at the same time, economic, social, […]

EUROPEAN CLIMATE LAW

The European Parliament, in plenary session on 24 June, adopted the provisional agreement reached with the Council, which had formally adopted it on 28 June.In addition to enshrining the 2050 climate neutrality objective in EU law, the regulation sets a binding target of reducing the EU’s net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 55% […]

LANDSUPPORT Live round tables (06/05 – 20/05 – 27/05 – 17/06 – 01/07/2021)

LANDSUPPORT has been very active and developing tools as indicated in the project objectives. Now, it is time to talk about them! #LetsTalkAboutLand – LANDSUPPORT goes live! During these live round tables, LANDSUPPORT experts and users will guide us through today’s land policy and management challenges, and will show us how LANDSUPPORT tools can help […]

CITY REBOOT : Post-Pandemic Planning and the New European Bauhaus

ECTP Young Planners 2021 This year’s topic builds on the initiative launched by Ursula von der Leyen (President of the European Commission) called New European BAUHAUS (NEB) which aims at a holistic approach to our built environment, seeking to combine design, sustainability, accessibility, affordability and investment to contribute to the implementation of the European Green […]

ECTP-CEU RE-START EUROPE Manifesto : Declaration for an inclusive and just post-Covid future for all communities.

ECTP-CEU (European Council of Spatial Planners – Conseil Européen des Urbanistes) felt the need to reflect on the effects of the current crisis on our future living and working environment.

This Declaration seeks to harness the creative power and technical expertise of spatial planners in tackling the social and economic crisis created by the Covid-19 pandemic. It has amplified inequalities and exposed the fragilities in societies across Europe, impacting the short term, but threatening the medium and long-term wellbeing of communities across Europe.
Besides a preamble and an annex with mega-trends, this Declaration sets out the principles that must be applied in the Recovery plans for Europe.

The New Leipzig Charter

The New Leipzig Charter

The New Leipzig Charter- The transformative power of cities for the common good was adopted at the Informal Ministerial Meetings organised on 30 November 2020 under German Presidency.

The New Leipzig Charter provides a key policy framework document for sustainable urban development in Europe. The Charter highlights that cities need to establish integrated and sustainable urban development strategies and ensure their implementation for the city as a whole, from its functional areas to its neighbourhoods. The document is strongly aligned with the Cohesion Policy and its framework for sustainable urban development. Member States agreed to implement the Charter in their national or regional urban policies.

The common principles are useful references for programming Cohesion Policy (Integrated territorial development and sustainable urban development). The Charter would allow Member States to develop national urban policies of high quality.

The New Leipzig Charter is also accompanied by an Implementing document which intends to guide the next phase of the Urban Agenda for the EU according to renewed parameters.

The New European Bauhaus

Making the Renovation Wave a Cultural Project

The ECTP-CEU, in collaboration with the representative European organisations of architects, spatial planners, landscape architects, interior architects, engineers, designers, artists, educators and researchers of the built environment, welcomes the New European Bauhaus initiative put forward by the President of the European Commission as part of the Renovation Wave strategy.

New European Bauhaus : Commission Launches design phase

The Commission launched on 18 January 2021 the design phase of the New European Bauhaus initiative, announced by President von der Leyen in her 2020 State of the Union address.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_111

La Commission a lancé le 18 janvier 2021, la phase de conception de l’initiative relative au nouveau Bauhaus européen, annoncée par la présidente von der Leyen dans son discours sur l’état de l’Union de 2020.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/fr/ip_21_111