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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

The 7th Volume of Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning is out. Edited by Andrea Frank and Christopher Silver, the theme of this new volume is Transformative Planning: Smarter, Greener and More Inclusive Practices. The book features contributions from leading planning scholars and practitioners who critically examine how transformative planning practices seek to reduce inequalities, promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, achieve gender equality, improve human health and well-being, foster resilience of urban communities and protect the environment and thereby change urban planning paradigms. Several case studies of emerging transformative planning interventions illustrate practical ways forward. This seventh volume of Dialogues is dedicated to Dr. Vanessa Watson, AAPS, co-editor of volumes 1 and 2 of Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning. Copies in hardback, paperback and eBook are available from Geography, Planning & Urban Studies at Routledge in: https://www.routledge.com/…/Silver…/p/book/9781032014166

GPEAN will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Shanghai Statement by holding a Roundtable on Wednesday 10th of November, 14h30 Brasilia Time (12h30 New York; 18h30 Paris; 01h30 11 Nov Shanghai). The event will be webcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/IAUUSPS%C3%A3oCarlos

Vanessa Watson, AAPS and GPEAN pioneer and friend On Wednesday 15 September 2021, the international planning community lost a formidable scholar and dedicated teacher. Vanessa’s prowess as urban thinker has been celebrated in many forums. Since her passing, we have received messages from possibly every continent on this planet. Her work is now a sizable and recognized part of the planning canon[1]. We could spend many words testifying to Vanessa’s many contributions to academia, including her profound effects on the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, and the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town[2]. However, it is her role as one of the pioneers of both the Association of African Planning Schools (AAPS) and the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN) that we would like to reflect on, since it is a legacy that is critically connected to the evolution of cooperation among planning schools. Professor

Read More Tribute to Vanessa Watson

In July 2001, four planning school associations representing urban and regional planning schools on four continents convened the first World Planning Schools Congress in Shanghai. 650 scholars from over 250 schools in over 60 countries met for five days to exchange research results, teaching experiences and ideas about the future of the urban planning profession. Leaders of the four associations, Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA), Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP; USA), Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP), and Australia and New Zealand Association of Planning Schools (ANZAPS), took the opportunity to convene a meeting of leaders of all the world’s planning school associations.   They were joined by six other associations representing schools in Africa, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, Latin America, and the francophone world, in two days of meetings discussing the potential for future cooperation.  Although the ten associations reflected wide differences in organization, activities and politico-economic contexts,

Read More The 20th Anniversary of the Shanghai Statement: The World’s Planning Schools Joined Hands in Shanghai in 2001

World Planning Schools Congress V has been rescheduled for 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.

Registration is now open for the ACSP (Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, US) Annual Conference, to be held online, November 5-8, 2020. ACSP celebrates its 60th Conference this year. In a time when in-person events are just not feasible, ACSP leadership is committed to the continuance of an exceptional conference. For registration and more information, please visit https://www.acsp.org/page/ConfAllAbout2020

GPEAN is one of 12 urban planning professional associations that signed the World Planners’ Abu Dhabi Declaration of cooperation following the 10th World Urban Forum. The Declaration reads in part, “We, representatives of the planning profession of the world, dedicate ourselves to working together, and with others, to tackle the challenges of the scale and pace of urbanization, informal settlements, the dire consequences of poverty and inequity, and the hazards posed to both humans and the environment by climate change and natural disasters.” http://www.globalplannersnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/abu-dhabi-declaration-signed.pdf Other signatories are: American Planning Association, Canadian Institute of Planners, Commonwealth Association of Planners – CAP, Ectp-ceu Secretariat, International Federation for Housing and Planning, ISOCARP – International Society of City and Regional Planners, Planning Institute of Australia, PUP Global Heritage Consortium, Royal Town Planning Institute, New Zealand Planning Institute, and South African Council for Planners (SACPLAN).