Commonwealth Association of Planners

The main activities since the last newsletter have been the completion of United Nations Habitat III in October in Ecuador, and the CAP 2016 Business Meeting and Planning for Sustainable Development Conference held between 7-10 November in Fiji ...

CAPs Fiji Conference was the first major international planners’ conference held after Habitat III. Recognising the huge significance of the New Urban Agenda so recently approved at Habitat III, CAP delegates from across the Commonwealth agreed the CAP Fiji Declaration...

The 2016 CAP Conference is now underway, see below link for news/updates...

I am very pleased to let you know that the CAP Executive Committee has agreed to offer grants of GBP£1000 (British pounds) to two young planners to attend the CAP biennial Business Meeting and Planning for Sustainable Development Conference in Fiji on 7-10 November 2016...

It's a busy time for CAP and our member Institutes with lots of on ground activities and preparations for Habitat 3 in Ecuador in October where the New Urban Agenda is likely to be adopted and discussions held around implementation projects to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals ...

The CAP Executive is very excited to announce that 3 new member institutes have joined our association. Welcome to the planners from the Zambia Institute of Planners, St Lucia Institute of Land Use Planners and the Planner’s Association of Dominica. In other news, preparations continue for United Nations Habitat 3 in October in Ecuador and details of the CAP 2016 Conference have been announced for 7-10 November in Fiji. It’s also been conference season around the world so updates from Canada, Caribbean, South Africa and the United Kingdom are ...

Welcome to a new way of updating our members on the activities of the Commonwealth Association of Planners (CAP). We’ll be issuing regular newsletters to members with more frequent versions in the months leading up to Habitat III in October. This issue will focus on some of the key projects CAP is involved with around the world on behalf of our 40,000 members...

Dyan Currie and Clive Harridge, President and Secretary-General, respectively, of the Commonwealth Association of Planners (CAP), were recently in Malta to attend the Commonwealth People’s Forum (CPF) in the run up to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). The Malta Chamber of Planners (MACP) met with both Dyan and Clive and had the opportunity to exchange views on current planning issues, particularly with reference to Malta...

CAP has achieved a great success in securing recognition of the importance of planning and the UNs Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Malta in November 2015. For the first time ever CAP participated in the main Commonwealth People’s Forum (CPF) programme, and also for the first time our CHOGM representations have been appended to the main CHOGM communiqué...

Many CAP members from across the Commonwealth participated in the World Town Planning Day Online Conference held on 4-6 November 2015. The theme of the Conference was “Housing Regeneration – Strengthening Communities”. As part of the Conference CAPs Secretary-General, Clive Harridge, gave a presentation on CAP and its current activities, see below link.

Further details of the Conference can be found here: www.planningtheworld.net