About ISOCARP

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)

President Elect
Ismael Fernαndez Mejνa (Mexico)

Secretary General              
Pablo Vaggione (Spain)

Vice President/Treasurer
Manfred Schrenk (Austria)

Vice Presidents
Jim Colman (Australia)
Dirk Engelke (Germany)
Chris Gossop (United Kingdom)
Zeynep Merey Enlil (Turkey)
Francisco Pιrez Arellano (Mexico)

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