European Council of Spatial Planners

• 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

• Chambre des Urbanistes de Belgique
• Vlaamse Vereniging voor Ruimte en Planning
• Association of Croatian Urban Planners
• Cyprus Association of Town Planners
• Asociace pro urbanismus a územní planování České Republiky
• Eesti Planeerijate Ühing
• Société Française des Urbanistes
• Vereinigung für Stadt-, Regional- und Landesplanung
• Greek Planners Association
• Magyar Urbanisztikai Társaság
• Irish Planning Institute
• Associazione Nazionale degli Urbanisti Urbanisti e dei Pianificatori Territoriali e Ambientali
• Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica
• Malta Chamber of Planners
• Forum for Kommunale Planleggere
• Associação de Urbanistas Portugueses
• Registrul Urbaniştilor din Romăniă
• Udruženje urbanista Srbije
• Društvo Urbanistov in Prostorskih Planerjev Slovenije
• Fédération suisse des urbanistes
• Asociación Española de Técnicos Urbanistas
• Sehir Plancilari Odasi
• Royal Town Planning Institute

• Collectif national des jeunes urbanistes
• Leinster Planning Advisors
• Downey Planning
• Future Analytics Consulting
• Skipulagsfraeðingafélag Íslands
• Association of Architects of Macedonia
• University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture
• Republic Agency for spatial planning of the Republic of Serbia

  Awards

• 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.

• 1991 1st Planning Awards
• * Citizen participation in urban planning at Solingen, Germany,
• * The West Forest Park Project, Denmark, Danish Forest and Nature Agency
• * The Development and Planning between France and Geneva, Haute-Savoie
• * Programma Risorgive Storga, Italy, Provincia di Treviso
• * Barcelona 2000, Spain, Barcelona City Council
• 1994 2nd Planning Awards
• * Rehabilitation of the Matera historical site and the facing Murgia high plateau, Italy
• * The Lancashire Green Audit, the Lancashire Environmental Action Plan, the Lancashire Structure Plan, UK
• * Lyon 2010: Strategic Planning in Action, France
• * Bedre By – Towards the Sustainable City, Aalborg, Denmark
• 1998 3rd Planning Awards
• * Historic Santiago de Compostela Cherishes its Past, Spain
• * Popular support for Po Delta Plan, Italy
• * Keeping old Toledo Alive, Spain, in association with USA
• 2002 4th Planning Awards
• * Land Planning Guidelines for Valladolid, Spain
• * The ROM-Project for the Gent canal Zone, Belgium
• * Special Plan for the Old City of León, Spain
• * Südstadt, Tübingen, Germany
• * The Village, Caterham-on-the-Hill, England
• * Kanaalzone Plan at Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
• 2004 5th Planning Awards
• * Abandoibara regeneration project and new southern railway line, Bilbao, Spain
• * Urban Restructuring: Workshop for the City's Future, Leinefelde, Germany
• * Master Plan Steigereiland, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• * Child-Friendly Urban Renewal in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany
• 2006 6th Planning Awards
• * Asturias Coastal Zone Protection Plan, Spain
• * The Basque Regional Strategy, Spain
• * Local Spatial Plan for Wzgórze Św. Bronisławy, Poland
• * Parc Saint-Léonard, Liège, Belgium
• * The Bullring, Birmingham
• 2008 7th Planning Awards
• * The Green Metropolis - tri-national regional development project, Germany-Netherlands-Belgium
• * Drammen, Norway
• * Rombeek-Enschede, Netherlands
• * Stonebridge, London, UK
• * Ecocity of Sarriguren, Spain
• 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 in Piedmont, Italy
• * Liverpool One - Regeneration, Renewal, Reinvention, UK
• * Torino Town Plan, Italy
• * Transformation plan of La Mina neighbourhood in the Barcelona conurbation, Spain
• 2012 9th Planning Awards
• * Central Madrid Project, Spain
• * The Garden City - Jardin Plessis Robinson, France
• 2014 10th Planning Awards
• * Embarking the Whole Territory on the Path of Sustainability - Department of Town and Country Planning, Housing and Energy, Republic and State of Geneva, Switzerland
• * Montmélian and its future Triangle Sud solar area, France
• * Fornebu green town built on outstanding national and international expertise, Norway
• * Limburg Territorial Development Programme, Belgium