Commonwealth Association of Planners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 CAP Planning Awards!

The winners from Canada and Malaysia were announced on 8 November during the MIP National Planning Congress in Malaysia.

The CAP Awards for Outstanding Planning Achievement in the Commonwealth seek to champion the very best examples of planning practice across Commonwealth countries and the winning entries really rose to the top. You can read more about the winners at the link below.

Dy is the Director of Planning and Environment at the City of Gold Coast (Australia’s second largest local authority) and has extensive experience in leadership and management in strategic planning, business process improvements and development assessment...

Read Dr Lauren Andres' blog on the SAPER project which CAP is supporting. This is a major project reviewing the planning curriculum in South African Higher Education. The project is being led by a team from the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University and the University of the Free State in Bloemfuntein.

A book to celebrate our 50th Anniversary will soon be published. Planning, Sustainable Urbanisation, and the Commonwealth: The Commonwealth Association of Planners, Past, Present and Future records unique first-hand accounts from Commonwealth planners of the progress of modern planning over the last 50 years. It looks at the emergence of sustainable urbanisation and the key role that CAP played in this. And it examines what might happen over the next 50 years.

An Opinion Piece by Clive Harridge | Think global! This is what planners are being asked to do. Has this passed you by? Did you notice what happened on 23 -25 September? Planning has been recognised at a global level as a means to help tackle global challenges. Planning is now seen as centre stage in delivering sustainable urban development. It feels to me that planning has at last ‘come of age’ internationally...

The shortlists have been announced for the CAP Awards for Outstanding Planning Achievement in the Commonwealth and for the Commonwealth Young Planners of the year 2021. The shortlisted entries span the Commonwealth including entries from Canada ,India, Malaysia, Nigeria and New Zealand .

The winners will be announced on 8th November 2021 at the City Expo Malaysia.

On 27th May, a major webinar took place debating planning and design for urban pandemic resilience, looking beyond the current crisis. The Commonwealth Association of Planners was represented in the debate by Ian Tant, UK Vice President (and Immediate Past President of the Royal Town Planning Institute) spoke on behalf of CAP...

CAP was one of a number of organisations that was a Partner to the International Federation of Housing and Planning’s (IFHP) Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) held over three days in Belfast.

Read Clive Harridge's report on the UTC event here...

The CAP Young Planners Network is looking for mentors! The 2nd Edition of the Headway Mentoring Programme has now been launched and aims to provide support, guidance, and professional development opportunities to young planners within the commonwealth. The call for mentees has now closed with over 30 applications and YPN is now calling for mentors to support these young planners.

You can find more information at the link below and also under the Young Planners tab in the navigation bar.

Applications invited for grants for 2 young planners to attend CAPs South Africa Business Meeting and Planning Africa Conference, October 2018

I am very pleased to let you know that the CAP Executive Committee has agreed to offer grants of GBP £1,000 (British pounds) to two young planners to attend the CAP biennial Business Meeting and Planning Africa Conference 2018...