Recent News
Flemming Borreskov (IFHP) and Diane Smith (TCPA) signed a memorandum of agreement that the Centenary Congress will be held in London from 8th to 11th June 2013. (Click on the title to see a photo of the signing!)
Good progress being made in planning for the 56th IFHP World Congress - Inclusive Cities in a Global World. The first confirmed keynotes and study visits, along with other key information, can be found on the Congress website. Keep checking back for updates! If you'd like to prepare a paper or poster, please note that the Call for Papers has been extended through February 15, 2012.
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 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
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.
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!
IFHP is partnering with AESOP and ECTP-CEU on a new initiative, "A Decade of Planning" - an opportunity for planners, urban professionals and politicians to discuss fundamental new ways of improving the livability and quality of life in the cities of tomorrow.
The programme for the professional visit Wrocław, Poland (26-28 April 2012) is now available and includes several intriguing study tours of both the historic and modernistic, as well as informative and interactive meetings with local planning officials. We're also taking a straw poll to gauge enthusiasm for a similar professional visit to St. Petersburg and/or Moscow in May of 2012. Please register your interest in either to the Secretariat!
The call for hosting the 3rd AESOP-ECTP-IFHP-ISOCARP European Urban Summer School is now open, with all institutional AESOP Members encouraged to apply. The deadline for the submission of the proposals is 18th December 2011, with the final host to be selected by end of January 2012.
The Prime Property Award recognises European real estate investments that combine ecological and sociocultural sustainability with commercial success. Real estate projects in Europe completed between 2006 and 2011 which exhibit exceptionally high quality with regard to the three key aspects of sustainability are welcome for submission prior to 15 December 2011.
