ISOCARP is a global association of experienced professional planners. It was founded in 1965 in a bid to bring together recognised and highly qualified planners in an international network. The ISOCARP network consists of both individual and institutional members of more than 70 countries all over the world.

ISOCARP is a non-governmental organisation recognized by the UN, UNCHS and the Council of Europe and has a formal consultative status with UNESCO.

The objectives of ISOCARP include the improvement of planning practice through the creation of a global and active network of planners. ISOCARP encourages the exchange between planners, promotes the profession in all aspects, stimulates research, improves education and training, increases information and awareness on major planning issues.

City and Regional Planners act in spatial processes and are consultants to key decision-makers. Their task is to propose or support spatial interventions and plans on behalf of the society in general or specific actors. Planners combine knowledge, science, design and strategy and are used to work in joint ventures and multi-disciplinary teams.

The association’s main event is the annual congress, which focuses on an international planning theme. The congress takes place in a different country every year, preferably on a different continent. ISOCARP also organises smaller scale seminars and publishes reports and other professional documents. It is represented at major international planning events.

ISOCARP Executive Committee

President

Pierre Laconte (Belgium)

Secretary General

Pablo Vaggione (Spain)

Vice President/Treasurer

Manfred Schrenk (Austria)

Vice Presidents

Elias Beriatos (Greece)

Jim Colman (Australia)

Ismael Fernández Mejía (Mexico)

Paolo La Greca (Italy)

Zeynep Merey Enlil (Turkey)

Executive Director

Judy van Hemert (The Netherlands)

Contact address:

P.O.Box 983

2501 CZ The Hague, The Netherlands

Phone: +31-70 346 2654

Fax: +31-70 361 7909

isocarp@isocarp.org

www.isocarp.org

ISOCARP Congresses:

Four Decades of Knowledge Creation and Sharing

1965 – Amsterdam, Holland The Position of The Netherlands in a Uniting Europe

1966 – Coimbra, Portugal Urban Development in the Region

1967 – Lyon, France Text Programme of ISOCARP

1969 – Dusseldorf, Germany Integration of Public Transport in Town Planning Policy

1970 – Aix-en-Provence, France Education of the Planner

1971 – Antwerp, Belgium Physical and Economic Planning

1972 – Gothenberg, Sweden Visual Qualities of the Built-Up Environment

1973 – Zurich, Switzerland Integration and Segregation in Urban Land Activities

1974 – Munich, Germany Urban Planning and Political Decisions

1975 – Edinburgh, Scotland Planning for Our Inheritance

1976 – Helsinki, Finland Demands on Land

1977 – Athens, Greece Change and Urban Structure

1978 – Montreal, Canada Evolution of Urban and Regional Planning

1979 – Strasbourg, France France Planning and Energy

1980 – Tunis, Tunisia Planning and Education

1981 – Stockholm, Sweden Renaissance of the City. How?

1982 – Istanbul, Turkey Habitat for All: What is the Solution?

1983 – Amsterdam, Holland Implementation of Planning: The Partners

1984 – Braga, Portugal Implementation of Planning: Agents of Action

1985 – Berlin, Germany Implementation of Planning: Non Governmental Actions

1986 – Paris, France Research for Urban Planning Practice

1987 – New Delhi, India Shelter for the Homeless

1988 – Taormina, Italy Urban and Metropolitan Peripheries

1989 – Basel, Switzerland Communication Technology and Mobility

1990 – Warsaw, Poland The Environment and the City

1991 – Guadalajara, Mexico Planning for Leisure: The Challenge of Tourism

1992 – Cordoba, Spain Cultural Identities

1993 – Glasgow, Scotland Cities, Regions and Well-Being

1994 – Prague, Czech Republic Expanding Demands on Planning

1995 – Sydney, Australia Planning for Rapid Urban Change

1996 – Jerusalem, Israel Migration and the Global Economy

1997 – Ogaki, Japan Risk Assessment and Management

1998 – Azores, Portugal Planning for Land and Water

1999 – Gelsenkirchen, Germany The Future of Industrial Regions

2000 – Cancun, Mexico People’s Empowerment in Planning

2001 – Utrecht, Holland Planning in the Information Age

2002 – Athens, Greece The pulsar Effect in urban Planning

2003 – Cairo, Egypt Planning in a More Globalised and Competitive World

2004 – Geneva, Switzerland Management of Urban Regions

2005 – Bilbao, Spain Making Spaces for the Creative Economy

2006 – Istanbul, Turkey Cities between Integration and Disintegration

2007 – Antwerp, Belgium Urban Trialogues – Co-productive Ways to relate Visioning and strategic urban Projects

2008 – Dalian, China Urban Growth Without Sprawl