Global Planners Networking Event at WUF 5 Planning

Global Planners Networking Event at WUF 5 Planning Sustainable Urbanisation and the Right to the City: 22 March 2010

Royal Town Planning Institute n UK professional institution for spatial planning n 23, 000+ members n Strong engagement with UK governments around the development of planning policy and the improvement of planning systems

The Vancouver Declaration 2006

Signatories to the Vancouver Declaration Canadian Institute of Planners Commonwealth Association of Planners American Planning Association Planning Institute of Australia Royal Town Planning Institute Barbados Town and Country Planning Society South African Planning Institute Singapore Institute of Planners Kenya Institute of Planners Malaysia Institute of Planners Nigerian Institute of Planners Hungarian Society of Urban Planning Institute of Town Planners Sri Lanka Ghana Institute of Planners Uganda Institute of Physical Planners Jamaican Institute of Planners Bangladesh Institute of Planners S. B. Asia L’Ordre National des Urbanistes du Cameroun L’Association des Urbanistes du Bénin L’Association des Urbanistes du Togo L’Association Tunisienne des Urbanistes L’Association des Urbanistes de Côte D’Ivoire L’Association des Urbanistes et des Aménageurs Algériens La Société Française des Urbanistes

The Vancouver Declaration 2006 ‘We assert that there can be no sustainable development without sustainable urbanisation and no sustainable urbanisation without effective planning: political will and investment is required for effective planning. ’

Re-inventing Planning 2006 Ten Principles of New Urban Planning: - 1. Sustainability 2. Integrated Planning 3. Integrated with Budgets 4. Planning with Partners 5. Subsidiarity 6. Market Responsiveness 7. Access to Land 8. Appropriate Tools 9. Pro-poor and Inclusive 10. Cultural Variation http: //www. planning. org/knowledge/pdf/reinventin gplanning. pdf

Why Re-invent Planning?

Why Re-invent Planning? ‘Time is short. . Urban development is rapid and its impacts are long lasting. Unless urban areas can be made more sustainable, and rural life more tolerable, the legacy of environmental and social costs will be irreversible. . That is why a new urban planning is needed. ’ Reinventing Planning: A New Governance Paradigm for Managing Human Settlements, 2006

The State of World Cities Report 2008/2009 The report ‘. . . reflects new and innovative approaches to urban planning and development that engages citizens more directly and that are inclusive and pro-poor. ’

Global Planners Network Congress 2008 Three themes: n Poverty n Urbanisation n Climate change and natural disasters

Zhenjiang Communiqué 2008 The Global Planners Network will: n Continue to champion and promote strategic, integrative, inclusive and pro-poor planning; n Concentrate on building capacity as a sound basis for action; n Narrow the gap between the rate of urbanisation and our capacity to plan and manage settlements in an expeditious, affordable and harmonious way;

Zhenjiang Communiqué 2008 The Global Planners Network will: n Broaden its reach, connect planners across the world and strengthen links; n Sustain and deepen its relationship with UN-HABITAT; n Forge partnerships with donor agencies and other bodies so that appropriate funding goes to well planned projects; n Share and disseminate lessons and good practices

Zhenjiang Communiqué 2008 The Global Planners Network invites: n The World Urban Forum to re-assert the importance of planning. . . ; n Governments and planners at all levels to design and implement planning systems that respond to these priorities;

Global Planners Network Draft Action Plan Priorities for the next five years based on: n Identifying gaps in the capacity for planning; n The linkage to the key global issues being identified by WUF etc. ; n Reinforcing existing work streams; n Existing initiatives which provide a momentum for future new areas of work; n The need for a ‘hub’ for our network

Contact the GPN www. globalplannersnetwork. org email: globalplanning@rtpi. org. uk