Commonwealth Association of Planners

The RTPI is offering three free webinars on 8 November in celebration of World Town Planning Day.

The webinars that will be available are Fostering Innovation Through Planning, Sustainability and Resilience Through Planning, and Equity and Social Justice Through Planning.

You can find more information about the webinars and other World Town Planning Day events put on by RTPI at the link below.

CAP was represented by Neil Blackshaw (retired RTPI member and specialist in health and planning) at the launch of A “Manifesto to secure a healthy planet for all” at the Overseas League in London on 31st July. The Manifesto was developed by the InterAction Council a group of former heads of government that addresses some of the most difficult global challenges. The launch was attended by representatives of the Governments of Papua New Guinea , Belize , Barbados, Sri Lanka, Germany, Denmark Ireland and Wales as well as many Commonwealth organisations...

Following an excellent response to the call for entries to the inaugural CAP Awards for Outstanding Planning Achievement in the Commonwealth our three eminent Judges (Trudi Elliott CBE, Professor Barbara Norman and Emeritus Professor Cliff Hague OBE) have identified a short list of entries ...

As we approach the 74th World Town Planning Day, the Global Planners Network (GPN)–the largest gathering of national and international planning associations–has released a statement that 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.

As people living every day with the ever-growing threat of the climate emergency and as members of GPN, CAP is proud to endorse this statement. You can read the entire statement from the GPN below.

CAP recently celebrated the southern hemisphere launch of "Planning, Sustainable Urbanisation and the Commonwealth: The Commonwealth Association of Planners, Past, Present and Future". The second event was held with Te Kokiringa Taumata – New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPI) and took place on 29 August in Tāmaki Makaurau-Auckland. The event was hosted at Beca House by the NZPI Deputy Chair Megan Couture who acted as the master of ceremonies and facilitator. It followed a similar format to the London launch with a seminar first on "Resilience and Sustainable Urbanization" followed by a reception and panel discussion for the book launch.

The speakers at the seminar were:

Dy Currie, AM, Chief Planner for Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and also the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Host City Office Lead. A former CAP President and Co-Chair of UN Habitat Stakeholder Advisory Group, Dy presented on Living with Resilience in a River City and shared some of the stories about the extreme weather events the city experienced in 2022 and outlined some of the successful planning and other responses developed to improve resilience and move the city towards a more sustainable future.

Tom Mansell, Head of Sustainable Outcomes, Healthy Waters for Auckland, New Zealand. Tom provided an update on Auckland Council's plans to help Tāmaki Makaurau recover from the extreme weather events and consequential flooding that took a major toll on the region earlier this year. The Council are currently consulting with the public on its Making Space for Water initiative which Tom was able to share with the seminar attendees.

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...

Winning entries from Ghana, Scotland, South Africa and New Zealand were announced on 30th November 2022 during CAP’s Biennial Meeting. The judges also commended two projects from Bangladesh.

CAP President Eleanor Mohammed congratulated the winners and spoke to the high quality of all the entries. “The range and quality of the winning entries shows once again the skill of Commonwealth planners. These projects also highlight the value of planning to the communities they serve and demonstrate planning’s contribution to delivering the Sustainable Development Goals.”

CAP was an active participant in the United Nations COP23 Climate Change conference held in Bonn from 30 October – 17 November 2017. In particular, CAP participated in the launch of the Planners for Climate Action initiative as part of the COP23 Human Settlements day on the 11 November...

CAP is honoured to announce the appointment of Trudi Elliot CBE MRTPI as Patron of CAP.

The appointment, which had been agreed by the CAP Executive Committee, was formally announced by CAPs President Dyan Currie at a dinner held in London on 18 April 2018. The dinner was hosted by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) for international guests on the occasion of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting taking place in London at the time...

The Commonwealth Association of Planners is delighted to invite interested professionals to the launch of a programme of events focused on a call to action on sustainable urbanisation across the Commonwealth.

Wednesday June 24th, 2020 13:00PM Rwanda, 12:00PM UK, 11:00AM UTC