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GPEAN is pleased to announce that the sixth World Planning Schools Congress will take place in July 2026 in Helsinki Capital Region, Finland. The congress, themed “Peripheral Visions: Rethinking Planning”, will be hosted jointly by Aalto University, University of Helsinki, and Tampere University.

Global Planners Network (GPN) released a statement for the 74th World Town Planning Day. The statement calls for planning action for a just transition to a net-zero climate resilient world: PLANNING ACTION FOR A JUST TRANSITION TO A NET-ZERO CLIMATE RESILIENT WORLD Every person and community in the world today is threatened by a deepening climate and biodiversity emergency, compounded by conflicts, the pressures of demographic and other societal change and the continuing legacy of the pandemic. The Global Planners Network (GPN)-the largest gathering of national and international planning associations-calls for urgent action to stop any further irreversible degradation of the natural world and adverse impacts on communities globally before the window for action closes. Following our Katowice Declaration in June 2022, we re-assert that there can be no sustainable development without sustainable urbanisation and no sustainable urbanisation without effective planning. Effective planning, however, requires political support, financial and human

Read More Global Planners Network World Town Planning Day Statement

GPEAN is an endorser of the joint 5th Urban Economy Forum and 59th ISOCARP World Planning Congress that will take place in Toronto, Canada, from 10 to 13 October 2023.  This year, the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) has partnered with the Urban Economy Forum (UEF) to deliver this joint unique Congress on a very timely topic, “For Climate Action, Urban Finance: Climate-responsive Planning for Equitable Places & Communities“. The purpose of this joint event is to highlight the role of urban finance and integrated climate-responsive planning in the achievement of sustainable development. More information can be found at the official Congress website: https://toronto2023.isocarp.org/

GPEAN invites institutional members of GPEAN Associations to submit proposals to host the 6th World Planning Schools Congress, which is to take place in 2026. Applicants are asked to comply with the following deadlines in submitting their proposals: Submission of the preliminary proposals: August 1st, 2023 Announcement of selections: September 1st, 2023 Submission of the final proposals: October 1st, 2023 The final selection will be made by GPEAN Council in December 2023. For detailed information on the Call for Proposals, please download the Call Document and its Appendices, provided below:

As educators and scholars, your input is needed to help define the future of UN-Habitat’s partnerships with universities. WUF11 is the perfect occasion to bring the conversation on UN-Habitat UNI to the next stage of development. UN-Habitat UNI will be in focus during three events at WUF: UN-Habitat UNI: Shaping the future of university partnerships: Monday 27 June, 17:00 – 19:00 (hybrid) Academia Roundtable: Wednesday 29 June, 13:30 – 15:30 (hybrid) From Theory to Practice: Universities and Researchers Contribute to the NUA: Thursday 30 June, 14:00 – 15:30 (only in person) All the events build on the report Linking UN-Habitat and Universities: Harnessing the Potential of Knowledge Partnerships, which is available for your review now. Whether you intend to attend online or in-person, registering beforehand is necessary. Don’t forget to register at https://www.unevents.org/Home/Register to confirm your participation. For more information, please visit: https://mailchi.mp/f672dbc9ea21/get-your-certificate-from-un-habitat-learn-today-5624539?fbclid=IwAR31yzArih59-pStO_EglaTxY-R–1ButNhmujjOYd5CxX1FQmFHdOaAB2U

The Fifth World Planning Schools Congress (WPSC V) to be held in Bali Indonesia, from 29 August to 2 September 2022, is organizing a Ph.D. Colloquium as part of the Pre-Congress program. The colloquium is a discussion forum, jointly organized by the WPSC APSA 2022 and Planning Doctoral Schools of GPEAN members, where global postgraduate students are invited to present their undergoing research at every stage they are working on – proposal, analysis, discussion, etc. – in planning-related disciplines across regions. The submission is open to all postgraduate students/Ph.D. candidates in planning-related fields. However, a quota will be applied to allow 60 Ph.D. candidates’ presentations. The Ph.D. colloquium is a complementary event for Ph.D. students who have already registered to the WPSC-APSA Congress (abstracts authors/co-authors, or participants) and wish to present their work in the Ph.D. colloquium, with no additional charge. The deadline for applications to the Ph.D. Colloquium is 15 May 2022. For

Read More International Ph.D. Colloquium at the WPSC V – Deadline: 15 May 2022

The Fifth World Planning Schools Congress (WPSC V) to be held in Bali Indonesia, from 29 August to 2 September 2022, is inviting planning students to present their studio project work in the Pre-Congress program. The International Students Competition aims to encourage students’ planning work to face global transformation. The GPEAN member representative judges will examine entries for their planning concept, originality, innovation, content, and presentation. The competition theme is “Inclusive and Innovative Spatial Planning” and the submission of project works are accepted until 31 May 2022. For more information please visit: https://wpsc-apsa2022.org/international-students-competition/

Registration for the joint World Planning Schools Congress (WPSC) and Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA) is now open. The congress will take place in Bali, Indonesia, from 29 August to 2 September 2022. The Early Bird rate will only be available until 15th May 2022. The deadline for payments to ensure your contribution is included in the conference program is 15th July 2022. To make your conference registration and pay the conference fee, please follow this link: https://wpsc-apsa2022.org/registration/

Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) released a message for peace and justice. The statement can be accessed at http://www.aesop-planning.eu/news/en_GB/2022/03/07/readabout/for-peace-and-justice and reads as follows: We appeal to the Russian Government to stop its aggression against Ukraine, stop the war, destruction, and violence against civilians, stop the threats of using nuclear weapons, stop misinformation attacks, stop the persecution of citizens fighting for peace and against the war in Ukraine.   All of us suffer jointly with the Ukrainian and people from other war-affected nations for the tragedy caused; we are humanly close to all our colleagues, friends, and those suffering. We express our commitment to universal values of dialogue and mutual respect. As representatives of the Association of European Schools of Planning, we hope we will return soon in peace to a renewed responsibility for space and responsibility for life. This can be done jointly with our Ukrainian and other colleagues worldwide based on mutual understanding and absolute protection of our planet

Read More AESOP Message for Peace and Justice

The Call for Abstracts and Sessions for the World Planning Schools Congress V is open until 28 February. The Congress will be held from August 29 to September 3, 2022 in Bali, hosted by the Association of Indonesian Planning Schools (ASPI) and held jointly with the 15th congress of the Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA). The congress format will be hybrid with a mix of onsite and online attendees, with onsite activities based at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center. For more information on the congress, please visit https://wpsc-apsa2022.org/ The congress theme is “Planning a Global Village: Inclusion, Innovation and Disruption” and applications for abstract and session proposals are open until February 28, 2022, 23:59 WIB (Western Indonesia Time / GMT +7). For submitting your proposals and for further information on submissions, please visit https://wpscapsa.m-pages.com/wWCZZG/call-for-submissions