Event Type
International conference
Organization(s) hosting
- UN-Habitat
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of the Government of Japan
- City of Fukuoka
- Seinan Gakuin University
Venue
Seinan Gakuin University
City, Country
Fukuoka, Japan
Summary of event
The first Global Symposium on Urban and
Territorial Planning: “Improving Planning for More Sustainable Cities and Territories” will take place from July 30 to August 01, 2018 in Fukuoka, Japan. It will focus
on UN-Habitat’s International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning (IG-UTP) and explore ideas, experiences and opportunities for their implementation. The symposium is also an opportunity to strengthen partnerships for the improvement of planning systems worldwide. It will be followed by the launch of the Spatial Planning Platform, an initiative of MLIT and UN-Habitat, introduced in 2017 as their contribution to the regional implementation of the IG-UTP.
Contacts
Website: http://gsutp.urbanpolicyplatform.org
Andrea Oyuela: andrea.oyuela@un.org
Remy Sietchiping: remy.sietchiping@un.org