Global Planners Network
In June 2006, at the World Planners Congress, some 15 countries signed the Vancouver Declaration (2006). The Declaration sets out the highest order issues that the world’s planners aspire to uphold. Initially drafted and signed by CIP and its partners, the American Planning Association, the Royal Town Planning Institute (U.K.), and the Commonwealth Association of Planners in 2005, it was presented to participants at the WPC and served as the foundation for the Global Planners Network (www.globalplannersnetwork.org). The GPN and the Declaration were legacies of the World Planners Congress, creating a forum for sharing best planning practices, strengthening personal and institutional networks, and finding ways to bring planners together from throughout the world.
Global Planners Network Congress
The Global Planners Network Congress, held October 31-November 2, 2008, in Zhenjiang, China, highlighted critical planning issues of urbanization, poverty, and climate change and hazards. The Congress immediately preceded the United Nations World Urban Forum 4 in Nanjing.
One of the outcomes of the Congress was a communiqué presented to WUF4 highlighting the recommendations on these issues on behalf of planners. CIP President Blake Hudema and Vice President Marni Cappe attended the Global Planners Congress as well as the World Urban Forum on behalf of CIP. For additional information on the Congress, please read the Memorandum from the Closing Plenary.