The European Council of Spatial Planners (ECTP-CEU) is the umbrella organisation for
spatial planning
Spatial planning mediates between the respective claims on space of the state, market, and community. In so doing, three different mechanisms of involving stakeholders, integrating sectoral policies and promoting development projects mark the th ...
institutes in Europe. It was founded in 1985 (when it was called the European Council of Town Planners, hence its initials in English). In June 2014 it had 32 members in 24 European countries. When they join, new member organisations sign an International Agreement on the nature of spatial planning, the responsibilities of planners, common educational standards and a code of conduct. It runs an Awards Scheme every two years, giving prizes for outstanding work in creating attractive places.
Current work of ECTP-CEU includes:
* Dissemination of the Charter of European Planning - a manifesto for planning European cities in the 21st century
* The design of a Vision enhancing the quality and efficiency of cities and urban life in Europe
* The production of a guide to spatial planning and territorial cohesion
* Publishing the proceedings of conferences on European spatial development and the preparation of forthcoming conferences
* Organising the next European Urban and Regional Planning Awards.
* Participation in the organisation of the Biennial of European Towns and Town Planners
* Publishing studies on the Recognition of Planning Qualifications in Europe and proposals on the mutual recognition and mobility of planners across Europe
* Organising workshops for young planners on current urban issues and objectives of the European Union relating to territorial and urban planning
Members
Associate:
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Bundessektion – Ingenieurkonsulenten / Bundesfachgruppe Raumplanung, Landschaftsplanung und Geographie- bAIK
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Chambre des Urbanistes de Belgique CUB
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Vlaamse Vereniging voor Ruimte en Planning- VRP
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Association of Croatian Urban Planners- UHU-ACUP
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Cyprus Association of Town Planners- CATP
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Asociace pro urbanismus a územní plánování České republiky- AUUP
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Eesti Planeerijate Ühing- EPU
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Société Française des Urbanistes- SFU
Office Professionnel de Qualification des Urbanistes- OPQU
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Bundesarchitektenkammer E.V. / Federal Chamber of German Architects- BAK
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Association of Greek Urban Planners & Land Planners- SEPOX
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Magyar Urbanisztikai Társaság- MUT
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Irish Planning Institute- IPI
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Associazione Nazionale degli Urbanisti Urbanisti e dei Pianificatori Territoriali e Ambientali- ASSURB
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Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica- INU
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Kamra Maltija Ghall-Ippjanar- KMaP
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Forum for Kommunale Planlegging- FKP
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Associação Portuguesa de Urbanistas- APU
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Registrul Urbaniştilor din Romăniă- RUR
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Udruženje urbanista Srbije– UUS
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Združenie pre urbanizmus a územné plánovanie na Slovensku- ZUUPS
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Društvo Urbanistov in Prostorskih Planerjev Slovenije- DUPPS
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Asociación Española de Técnicos Urbanistas- AETU
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Royal Town Planning Institute- RTPI
Corresponding:
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National Territorial Planning Agency- NTPA
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Consejo Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de España- UAAU
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Vereinigung für Stadt-, Regional- und Landesplanung- SRL
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Downey Planning*
* Association of Architects of Macedonia - AAM
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University of Gdansk- Faculty of Architecture
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University of Belgrade- Faculty of Architecture
Executive Committee Members
Autumn 2019 - Autumn 2021
* President / Treasurer : Michael Stein
* Vice-President : Janet Askew
* Secretary-General : Joris Scheers
* Administrators : Vladan Djokic, Chantal Guillet, Rachel Ivers (resigned on 22/02/2021)
Autumn 2017 - Autumn 2019
* President : Ignacio Pemán
* Vice-President / Treasurer : Michael Stein
* Secretary-General : Joris Scheers
* Administrators : Janet Askew, Vladan Djokic, Henk Van der Kamp
Autumn 2015 - Autumn 2017
* President : Joris Scheers
* Vice-President : Henk Van der Kamp
* Secretary-General : Dominique Lancrenon
* Treasurer : Michael Stein
* Administrators : Vincent Goodstadt, Ignacio Pemán, João Teixeira
Autumn 2013 - Autumn 2015
* President : Henk Vander Kamp
* Vice-President : Joris Scheers
* Secretary-General : Dominique Lancrenon
* Treasurer : Michael Stein
* Administrators : Vincent Goodstadt, Ignacio Pemán, João Teixeira
Awards
The European Urban & Regional Planning Awards were inaugurated in 1990 by the former European Council of Town Planners (ECTP) supported by the
European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body o ...
. The biennial awards have the stated objectives to:
* demonstrate successful and innovative planning projects and developments which improve the quality of life of European citizens
* promote the ECTP-CEU Vision of the future of European cities and regions – a way to create and enhance conditions favourable to sustainable development.
* illustrate the diversity and wide scope of planning activity
* demonstrate the advantages of participation in the planning process, facilitated and enabled by professional planners
* the concept of “territorial cohesion”
* explain how stakeholders in spatial development formulate joint strategies to tackle problems in an inter-connected world.
Recipients:
* 1991 1st Planning Awards
** Citizen participation in urban planning at
Solingen
Solingen (; li, Solich) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located some 25 km east of Düsseldorf along the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area, and, with a 2009 population of 161,366, ...
, Germany, (Urban Planning)
** The West Forest Park Project, Denmark,
Danish Forest and Nature Agency
The Danish Nature Agency (Danish: ''Naturstyrelsen'') is part of the Ministry of Environment ( da, Miljøministeriet), and deals with a number of tasks in nature conservation and forestry. In addition, the agency is in charge of operation and admin ...
(Rural Planning)
** The Development and Planning between France and Geneva,
Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè d'Amont'' or ''Hiôta-Savouè''; en, Upper Savoy) or '; it, Alta Savoia. is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its prefecture is ...
(Cross-Border Planning)
** Programma Risorgive Storga, Italy, Provincia di Treviso (Special Award: Best Planning Document)
** Barcelona 2000, Spain, Barcelona City Council (Community’s Special Award: Strategic City Planning in a European context)
* 1994 2nd Planning Awards
** Rehabilitation of the
Matera
Matera (, ; Materano: ) is a city in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy.
As the capital of the province of Matera, its original settlement lies in two canyons carved by the Gravina River. This area, the Sassi di Matera, is a comple ...
historical site and the facing Murgia high plateau, Italy (Urban Planning)
** The
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
Green Audit, the Lancashire Environmental Action Plan, the Lancashire Structure Plan, UK (Regional Planning)
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Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
2010: Strategic Planning in Action, France (Regional Planning Award)
** Bedre By – Towards the Sustainable City,
Aalborg
Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalb ...
, Denmark (Best Planning Document)
* 1998 3rd Planning Awards
** Historic
Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of St ...
Cherishes its Past, Spain (Local Planning)
** Popular support for
Po Delta
The Po ( , ; la, Padus or ; Ligurian language (ancient), Ancient Ligurian: or ) is the longest river in Italy. It flows eastward across northern Italy starting from the Cottian Alps. The river's length is either or , if the Maira (river), Mair ...
Plan, Italy (Regional Planning)
** Keeping old
Toledo Alive, Spain, in association with USA (Planning between EU and other countries)
* 2002 4th Planning Awards
** Land Planning Guidelines for
Valladolid
Valladolid () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province o ...
, Spain ( Planning)
** The ROM-Project for the Gent canal Zone, Belgium ( Regional Planning)
** Special Plan for the Old City of León, Spain ( Urban Design)
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Südstadt, Tübingen, Germany ( Conversion and Renewal)
** The Village,
Caterham-on-the-Hill, England ( Conversion and Renewal)
** Kanaalzone Plan at
Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. It is located about 60 km east of Utrecht, 60 km west of Enschede, 25 km north of Arnhem and 35 km south of Zwolle. The ...
, The Netherlands ( Water and City)
* 2004 5th Planning Awards
** Abandoibara regeneration project and new southern railway line (OAVS), Bilbao, Spain ( Local Plans: Re-development)
** Urban Restructuring: Workshop for the City's Future,
Leinefelde
Leinefelde-Worbis is a town in the district of Eichsfeld, in northwestern Thuringia, Germany. The town was formed on March 16, 2004, from the former independent towns Leinefelde and Worbis along with the municipalities of Breitenbach and Wintz ...
, Germany ( Local Plans: Re-development)
** Master Plan
Steigereiland, Amsterdam, Netherlands ( Local Plans: New Development )
** Child-Friendly Urban Renewal in
Prenzlauer Berg
Prenzlauer Berg () is a locality of Berlin, forming the southerly and most urban district of the borough of Pankow. From its founding in 1920 until 2001, Prenzlauer Berg was a district of Berlin in its own right. However, that year it was incorp ...
, Berlin, Germany ( Urban & Neighbourhood Management)
* 2006 6th Planning Awards
** Asturias Coastal Zone Protection Plan (POLA), Spain ( Regional Planning )
** The Basque Regional Strategy, Spain ( Regional Planning )
** Local Spatial Plan for Wzgórze Św. Bronisławy (St. Bronisława Hill), Poland ( Local Planning)
** Parc Saint-Léonard, Liège, Belgium ( Urban Design)
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The Bullring, Birmingham ( Urban Design)
* 2008 7th Planning Awards
** The Green Metropolis - tri-national regional development project, Germany-Netherlands-Belgium ( Cross-Border Planning / Regional Planning / Territorial Cohesion)
**
Drammen
Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken (county), Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and village ...
, Norway ( Urban Region)
** Rombeek-Enschede, Netherlands ( Public Participation in Planning)
**
Stonebridge, London
Stonebridge is a locality in the London Borough of Brent that forms the western part of Harlesden in Northwest London, England. The A404 runs through the district known locally as Brentfield and Hillside, while to the south are railway tracks a ...
, UK ( Public Participation in Planning)
** Ecocity of Sarriguren, Spain ( Environmental / Sustainability)
* 2010 8th Planning Awards, presented in Brussels
** Cross-border Geneva: an urban project as the cornerstone for a united conurbation, Geneva
** Progetto Po – Plans, programmes and projects for the protection and enhancement of the
Po River
The Po ( , ; la, Padus or ; Ligurian language (ancient), Ancient Ligurian: or ) is the longest river in Italy. It flows eastward across northern Italy starting from the Cottian Alps. The river's length is either or , if the Maira (river), Mair ...
in Piedmont, Italy
**
Liverpool One
Liverpool ONE is a shopping, residential, and leisure complex in Liverpool, England. The project involved the redevelopment of 42 acres (170,000 m2) of land in the city centre. It is a retail-led development anchored by the department store ...
- Regeneration, Renewal, Reinvention, UK
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Torino
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. T ...
Town Plan, Italy
** Transformation plan of La Mina neighbourhood in the Barcelona conurbation, Spain
* 2012 9th Planning Awards
** Central
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
Project, Spain
** The Garden City - Jardin Plessis Robinson, France
* 2014 10th Planning Awards
[ECTP-CEU]
"The 10th European and Regional Planning Awards"
retrieved 30 June 2014
** Embarking the Whole Territory on the Path of Sustainability - Department of Town and Country Planning, Housing and Energy, Republic and State of
Geneva
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...
, Switzerland
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Montmélian
Montmélian () is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Montmélian station has rail connections to Grenoble, Modane, Bourg-Saint-Maurice and Chambéry.
Geography Climate
Montmélian ha ...
and its future Triangle Sud solar area, France
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Fornebu
Fornebu (local form ''Fornebo'') is a peninsular area in the suburban municipality of Bærum in Norway, bordering western parts of Oslo.
Oslo Airport, Fornebu (FBU) served as the main airport for Oslo and the country since before World War II and ...
green town built on outstanding national and international expertise, Norway
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Limburg
Limburg or Limbourg may refer to:
Regions
* Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium
* Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands
* Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...
Territorial Development Programme, Belgium
References
External links
ECTP-CEU Official site
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Urban planning organizations