Planning of Small and Medium-Sized European Towns since 2000

The call for projects is out! You can download it from the link here below:

[ectp_dynlink ID=”7572″]ypws2025-ENG-call.pdf[/ectp_dynlink]

Deadline is
Monday, 14^th September 2025

You will be notified one week later (22^nd September), in the evening, if your contribution will be admitted to be presented at the ECTP-CEU’s 40^th Anniversary Conference in Brussels, Belgium on 7^th November 2025. The selected participants are asked to attend at least two online meetings: the first one between 29^th September and 4^th October and the second one between 20^th and 25^th October to discuss how to present their works.

Who can apply? Young planners — this year only practitioners (i.e., no undergraduate or PhD students, no researchers and no academics) — aged less than 35 years or with less than 10 years’ post-qualification experience in planning (“35-10-years rule”). Applications must come from individual young planners only (no groups this year). Another difference this year is — due to the full programme of the anniversary celebration along with the 13^th European Urban and Regional Planning Awards and the 14^th Young Planners Workshop (a full programme!) — that only 5 contributions can be accepted instead of the usual 10 contributions.

Can’t afford travelling to Brussels? No problem. Every participant will receive from the ECTP-CEU a contribution of 400 euros. This should cover all or at least most of the travelling and hotel costs. In addition, the participants are invited to attend the official anniversary dinner on Friday 7^th November free of charge, and theirposters will be printed at the expense of the ECTP-CEU.

Any question? Don’t hesitate to contact ECTP-CEU’s Young Planners Project Board at secretariat@ectp-ceu.eu.

Looking forward to receiving applications from many young planners around Europe.