Conclusions from the Latvian Presidency team in the field of territorial cohesion and urban matters
Message from The Latvian Presidency: Dear Colleagues, The Latvian Presidency team in the field of territorial cohesion and urban matters would like to thank you very much for close and efficient collaboration during the Latvian Presidency! Finalising the Presidency duties, we would like to share with you the following materials: 1. Riga Declaration agreed during the informal Ministerial meeting on […]
The future of globalized Spatial Planning
It was on the 10th BIENNALE OF VENICE IN ARCHITECTURE in summer 2006 when it was the first time of Earth’s history officially announced that half of the world population already lives in urban settlements. This could be a good reason of rising the importance of spatial planning and spatial planners. Alas it was only […]
Das 7. World Urban Forum
The 7th World Urban Forum ( WUF ) will be held in Medellin (Colombia) from 5 to 11 April 2014. The WUFs are the biggest events centred around human habitat . These are biannual events organized by UN-HABITAT, where meet and discuss governments, local authorities, NGOs , financial groups, academics, private businesses, professionals and any […]
Für ein Europa der Regionen und Städte: die Sicht der jungen Menschen
As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) will be inviting some 150 young people from a variety of youth organisations and European political parties, including students and interns from the EU institutions, the regional representation offices and Brussels-based think-tanks. They will discuss the future of a multi-level Europe and […]
RIP Sir Peter Hall
ECTP-CEU joins the world of planning to pay tribute to Sir Peter Hall, deceaced July 30th 2014 Tribute from the RTPI: 31 July 2014 The RTPI is sad to learn news of the death of Sir Peter Hall, who is considered by many to be one of the foremost planners and academics of his generation. […]
3rd Edition ECTP/ Young Planners Workshop 2014 Spatial planning and energy
3rd ECTP/ Young Planners Workshop 2014 Spatial planning and energy 1.- Introduction. 1.1 Young Planners Workshop: an ECTP-CEU project ECTP-CEU (the European Council of Spatial Planners – le Conseil Européen des Urbanistes), founded in 1985, brings together 40 000 spatial planners with 27 professional town planning associations and institutes from 25 European countries. It is an umbrella association […]
International Young Planning Professionals Award (YPPA), 2014, 1st-8th September, Tours, France
International Young Planning Professionals Award (YPPA), 2014, 1st-8th September, Tours, France >>> online application form and abstract submission <<< Introduction The Directorate responsible for planning at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment (I&M) is encouraging young planning professionals in Europe to provide new ideas on the forms, methods and possibilities in spatial planning needed to […]
Spatial planning: 16th session of the CEMAT and 97th meeting of the Senior Officials of the CEMAT, Nafplion, Greece, 16-17 June 2014
The 16th session of the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Spatial/Regional Planning (CEMAT) took place in Napflion (Greece) on 17 June See all information on the Council of Europe Website
Second ESPON 2013 Scientific Report
February 2014 – One of the objectives of the ESPON Programme is to support the European wide research community in the field of European territorial science and to involve a wide European network of scientists and practitioners in the field of territorial research and its related fields. A large involvement is indispensable to get high qualified […]
Deregulation in Poland
The Polish government plans to abolish all formal rules for the exercise of Spatial Planning in Poland. The ECTP-CEU strongly supports the Polish Planning Chamber. Letter from Jacek Sztechman, President of The Polish Chamber of Urban Planners, October 17 2012 Dear Colleagues, We, the Polish urban and spatial planners, associated in The Chamber of Town […]
In Memoriam – Prof. Dr. Jef. Van den Broeck (1940-2019)
Last 27 November, the international community of spatial planners lost one of its most respected professionals. Jef Van den Broeck started as a practitioner, founding the Antwerp based Planning office ‘Studiegroep Omgeving’ (1973–1998). He was chairman of the Antwerp City Commission for Spatial Planning (GECORO) between 2006 and 2014, and was a consultant to numerous […]