The Global Planners Network (commonly abbreviated to GPN) is a group of

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institutes and other organizations, who have signed the Vancouver Declaration. Current GPN membership extends to 25 organizations representing more than 150,000 planners.

History

The Global Planners Network was founded in 2006 at the first World Planners Congress in

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, as an informal collaboration. This Congress was held on June 17 to June 20, 2006, and was hosted by the

Canadian Institute of Planners The Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) is a professional organization in Canada for those involved in land use planning. It is responsible for advocating at national and international levels for members, developing public policy positions, and ...

and the

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, in collaboration with the

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. It directly preceded and fed into the third World Urban Forum (WUF3), organized by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (

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) in Vancouver and facilitated and funded by the

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. The Global Planners Network mission was first set out at the first Global Planners Congress; World Planners Congress 2006, in the Vancouver Declaration. The objectives in this Declaration were shaped by discussions at the Congress and a position paper on what was termed "new urban planning." At the second Global Planners Congress, held in

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from 31 October to 2 November 2008, the commitment was engraved in a commemorative stone at the Congress venue. Professor Stuart Emin has been made Honorary Member of the organization. The Global Planners Network held a second Congress directly preceding the fourth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF4) in

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, China 2008, in nearby

. The Congress was organized by the

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and the Zhenjiang Municipal People's Government. The Global Planners Network founder members attended WUF4, which was hosted by the UN-HABITAT, and the

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, PRC. At a WUF4 UN-Habitat Seminar ‘Global Planners Network Messages & Outreach’ the GPN presented its Communiqué and latest Action Plan.

Members

Founder members are:

(APA)

(CIP)

(CAP) Planning Institute of Australia (PIA)

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(RTPI) In addition to the founder members, plus UN-HABITAT, the following organizations have joined the Global Planners Network: *Bangladesh Institute of Planners *Barbados Town and Country Planning Society *Ghana Institute of Planners *Hungarian Society of Urban Planning *Institute of Town Planners Sri Lanka *Irish Planning Institute *Jamaican Institute of Planners *Kenya Association of Planners *L’Association des Urbanistes de Côte d'Ivoire *L’Association des Urbanistes du Bénin *L’Association des Urbanistes du Togo *L’Association des Urbanistes et des Aménageurs algériens *L’Association Tunisienne des Urbanistes *L’Ordre National des Urbanistes du Cameroun *La Société Française des Urbanistes *Malaysia Institute of Planners *Nigerian Institute of Planners *Singapore Institute of Planners *South African Planning Institute *Uganda Institute of Physical PlannersUganda Institute of Physical Planners: http://www.uipp.ug

References

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