Commonwealth Association of Planners

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...

The date of the 3rd International Conference on Urban & Regional Planning has been updated to 23-25 September 2023. The conference will be taking place at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka.

What are the key issues, barriers and solutions in engaging young people in the development process? At the CAP Business Meeting and Planning Africa Conference in Cape Town South Africa CAP Young Planners launched a new Call for Practice and Examples. We would like to hear your examples and practice about how you have engaged Young People in the Development Process...

A World Town Planning Day 2019 message from the CAP President and Presidents of the Global Planners Network associations.

At its heart, planning is about equity: it serves to balance the competing demands and needs of all people and of the built and natural environment. Planning seeks to act in the public interest to ensure fairness in the use of land and resources between those in need of housing, of jobs, of services and of infrastructure and those whose lives, property or outlooks might be harmed by such development...

The capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, will host the Ninth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF9) in 2018. UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, as the convener of WUF, announced the decision on Monday 3 November as the culmination of a six months bidding process...

I am delighted to welcome Kelley Moore to the role of CAP Secretary–General. Kelley was appointed by CAPs Executive Committee in April and she formally took over the role on the 1 May 2021. Kelley has excellent credentials for the role and I wish her every success.

I would like to use this opportunity to briefly reflect on my time as CAP Secretary- General over the past 10 years and to thank those who helped me over the years.

CAP had the great honour of being invited to a reception hosted by the HRH Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Charles to recognise the work of Commonwealth Organisations around the world. The event took place on 27 October 2015 at St James’s Palace, London and was timed to be in advance of the Commonwealth Heads of Governments’ meeting in Malta...

“Our time is now. We’ve been talking about climate change and sustainable development since the 1970s,” Kelley Moore, Secretary General of CAP, said on RTPI’s Planning for Tomorrow’s Environment Podcast Episode 4. “We need to change the way we plan.”

She and podcast guest Simin Davoudi, Chair of Town Planning and co-Director, Newcastle University Centre for Researching Cities, went on to discuss how global awareness, government policies and local development can work together to create sustainable urbanisation, with examples.

The participants, hosts, and organizers of the 6th Pacific Urban Forum (PUF6), held in Suva, Fiji, have come together to reaffirm the vital role of the Pacific Island Forum in fostering regional cooperation for sustainable and climate resilient urban development, commit to fostering sustainable risk-informed urban development practices, and acknowledge and strengthen the pivotal role of cities, towns, and local communities in paving the way for a brighter future.

The entire outcome statement for PUF6 can be found at the link below.

As part of this year’s 50th anniversary celebrations the results of the 2021 CAP award for planning excellence were announced at the City Expo Malaysia on 8th November 2021. The ceremony was led by CAP President Eleanor Mohammed.

Full details of the winners and those commended can be found below.