The 28 January Klaus Kunzmann Lecture, "Planning Education in Europe: Challenges and Pathways into the Future" will be streamed live for those unable to attend in person. The link will become active Saturday, 28 January at 14.20 CET: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lecture-series1. This lecture is part of the AESOP-IFHP Decade of Planning Initiative. We hope you can join us!
IFHP 56th World Congress 2012
Inclusive Cities in a Global World. Call for Papers open until 1 February 2012! See the flyer for more information.
The International Federation for Housing and Planning is a world-wide network of professional institutions and individuals of many signatures active in the broad fields of housing, urban development and planning. With a main focus on sustainable development, the Federation organises a wide range of activities and creates opportunities for the international exchange of knowledge and experience in these professional fields.
Professional Visit to Wrocław, Poland
Wrocław, Poland
With the help of the Wrocław University of Technology (Faculty of Architecture) and the City of Wrocław, IFHP is currently making arrangements for a professional visit to the City of Wrocław in Poland from 26th - 28th April 2012. Take the unique opportunity to be shown around Wrocław's mixed urban environment by local experts and planners for two days!
IFHP-AESOP Decade of Planning Lecture Series
Klaus Kunzmann
As part of their Silver Jubilee (2012) and Centenary (2013) celebrations, AESOP and IFHP have launched a joint activity – a lecture series by eminent planners and planning related academics and professionals – that is attractive to not only the planning community but also a wider audience: politicians, community leaders and organizations, business and the media.
2013 IFHP Centenary
Celebrating 100 Years
Centenary Congress: Our 2013 World Congress will celebrate the one-hundred-year anniversary of IFHP and the beginnings of its second centenary. We are heading towards a congress to be held in June, 2013, at University College London (UCL).
Latest News
23.01
IFHP is offering two ‘housing and planning’ internships at its secretariat in The Hague, Netherlands for the spring of 2012. The length of both internships is estimated at about 3 months. There is some flexibility in the length of the internships as there are always other things to do in IFHP. The themes of the internships are:
1. Affordable housing in times of economic and financial recession
2. Decentralisation tendencies in European Planning
02.01
The deadline to submit abstracts for the 26th Annual AESOP Congress "Planning to Achieve/Planning to Avoid" is January 15th, 2012. Since 2012 marks the 25th Anniversary of AESOP, their aim is to celebrate the Silver Jubilee with a number of activities, including a special plenary session on the past 25 years and future of AESOP. For more information, please visit www.aesop2012.org.
18.12
The report of the 55th IFHP World Congress, The Impact of Housing and Planning on the Economy, is now available digitally for IFHP Members. The Congress report includes presentation texts from many of the keynotes and parallel session presenters (presentations also available in PDF). For those who were unable to join us in Tallinn, it's a great chance to learn more about the topic from international scholars, policy makers and practitioners!
Calendar
28.01
Klaus Kunzmann
Cappenberg Castle, nr Dortmund, Germany
13.05 - 18.05
Building a Sustainable Global Future
Dublin, Ireland
14.05 - 16.05
RE-MIXING THE CITY - Towards Sustainability and Resilience
Vienna, Austria
