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Signature of the European Charter on Participatory Democracy by the Minister-President of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region Mr Rudi Vervoort

European Charter on Participatory Democracy ECTP-CEU is proud to announce the signature of the European Charter on Participatory Democracy by the Minister-President of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region Mr Rudi Vervoort. The European Charter on Participatory Democracy was signed by the Minister-President of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region Mr Rudi Vervoort, in Brussels, on […]

Orbituary for Guus Franken April 2016

EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF SPATIAL PLANNERS President of ECTP 1985 Guus Franken 23 February 1933 – 21 April 2016 It was with great sadness that we learned that Guus died following a long period of ill health. With the support of his family and his wife Maud, he faced his health difficulty with great strength and […]

Pan European Guide / SPECIAL

2016 – Pan-European Guide Energy and Spatial Planning – A Practical Guide for Planners The SPECIAL (Spatial Planning for Energy in Communities of All Landscapes) project, funded by Intelligent Energy Europe, is a three year project on integrating spatial planning and energy. The lead partner is the Town and Country Planning Association in the United […]

ECTP-CEU Young Planners Workshop 2015: e-book released

The European Council of Spatial Planners (ECTP-CEU) strongly supports and promotes the annual Young Planners Workshop. One of its central objectives is to bring young planning professionals together from different parts of Europe. By doing so, participants experience in a very direct way how different viewpoints and approaches of different planning cultures can bring on […]

Max Fabiani Award

The Town and Spatial Planning Association of Slovenia (TSPAS), in collaboration with the Max Fabiani Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning of the Republic of Slovenia, announces a call for the International Max Fabiani Award for 2005–2015 achievements for exceptional work in urban design, urban planning, regional planning, or spatial […]

Edoardo Salzano

We share the sad news from Italy. Edoardo Salzano died at age 89, one of the most important town planners in Italy. Born in Naples, but based in Venice since 1974, over several decades he teached and made research in town planning at IUAV University. He also worked out many plans across the country and […]

World Town Planning Day 2015

Professional planners and allied professionals around the world will mark World Town Planning Day 2015 with an international online conference on: Housing Regeneration: Strengthening Communities See event info See website

2015 WTPD Online Conference Recordings

2015 Conference Recordings Thank you for registering for the World Town Planning Day Online Conference. We hope that you enjoyed the sessions this year. In reflecting on the past conference on Housing Regeneration, we recognize that it was the most technically challenging year we have had. However, the organizing committee has committed to learning from these challenges and addressing them […]

Excellence in Planning Education: Local, European & Global Perspective

Edited by Izabela Mironowicz In 2008 when Anna Geppert was editing the first issue of Planning Education, it was meant to be more an internal report providing the AESOP community with an impression of our debates, given the importance of the issues at stake. After more than 2,000 downloads, she realised that the AESOP community […]

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 […]

The 7th 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 […]

2015 – European Charter on Participatory Democracy

The European Charter on Participatory Democracy in Spatial Planning Processes The Charter of participatory Democracy was approved at the ECTP-CEU General Assembly, Dublin, October 17th 2015.This primary vocation of this text is to invite all the actors of the planning processes – including politicians and citizens – to share the values stated in this call […]

For a Europe of regions and cities: the view of young people

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 […]