Commonwealth Association of Planners

The 3rd International Conference on Urban & Regional Planning, hosted by the Bangladesh Institute of Planners in Dhaka, will be held between 13-15 May 2023. Its theme, “Spatial Planning for Sustainable Development – Achieving National and Global Goals”, is particularly relevant as Bangladesh continues to pursue a national development programme that aligns to the SDGs. Robust urban, regional and rural planning is at the heart of achieving such an agenda in Bangladesh, the wider Commonwealth and beyond.

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The winners of the 2019 CAP Awards for Outstanding Planning Achievement in the Commonwealth were announced on the 9th November 2019 at the 50th anniversary conference of the Ghana Institute of Planners in Accra, Ghana. Entries were reviewed by the independent judging panel consisting of: Trudi Elliot CBE (Chair), Kristin Agnello, Dr Carol Archer, Viral Desai, Emeritus Professor Cliff Hague OBE and Professor Barbara Norman...

The South African Planning Institute (SAPI) will be hosting the Planning Africa Conference this year from August 18-21 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

The themes of the conference are based on the SDG 2030 Goals and will be used to evaluate how the planning profession has measured up to, and what projects have helped us move closer to the realisation of these goals.

Technical tours of Westown Square and Dube Tradeport will be taking place on Sunday, August 18, and the conference programme will commence on Monday, August 19.

You can find out more, including information about registration, the venue, and accommodations, at the link below.

Viral Desai, the leader of CAPs young planners network, has won the 2015 Young Planner of the Year Award from the UKs Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). Viral was one of 4 short listed candidates and the winner was announced at the RTPI Awards Ceremony held on 6 July at London’s Shaw Theatre in front of an audience of over 400 planners...

Following an excellent response to the call for entries to the 2019 CAP Awards, a shortlist of entries has been identified by our eminent judging panel - Trudi Elliott CBE (CAP Patron and Chair of Judges), Emeritus Professor Cliff Hague OBE (CAP Honorary Vice President), Professor Barbara Norman, Kristin Agnello (CAP Women in Planning Network Coordinator), Viral Desai (CAP Young Planners Network Coordinator), Dr Carol Archer.

This survey of the planning profession represents an attempt to assess the current state of the planning profession in the Commonwealth and its capacity to help deliver the targets contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda. Follow the below link for preliminary findings…

You're invited to contribute to our manifesto, 'How can young people within the Commonwealth help to deliver Sustainable Development Goal 11, to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable?' - SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 15TH MARCH...