page_title: European Council of Spatial Planners
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: European Council of Spatial Planners / Awards
caption_attribution_description: These are three fountains in the shape of cubes and the Spiral Cafe (to the right) in St Martin's Square in the Bullring Shopping Centre, Birmingham
context_page_description: The European Council of Spatial Planners is the umbrella organisation for spatial planning institutes in Europe. It was founded in 1985. In June 2014 it had 32 members in 24 European countries. When they join, new member organisations sign an International Agreement on the nature of spatial planning, the responsibilities of planners, common educational standards and a code of conduct. It runs an Awards Scheme every two years, giving prizes for outstanding work in creating attractive places.
  Current work of ECTP-CEU includes:
  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
context_section_description: The European Urban & Regional Planning Awards were inaugurated in 1990 by the former European Council of Town Planners (ECTP) supported by the European Commission. The biennial awards have the stated objectives to: 
  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.
  Recipients:
  1991 1st Planning Awards
  Citizen participation in urban planning at Solingen, Germany, (Urban Planning)
  The West Forest Park Project, Denmark, Danish Forest and Nature Agency (Rural Planning)
  The Development and Planning between France and Geneva, Haute-Savoie (Cross-Border Planning)
  Programma Risorgive Storga, Italy, Provincia di Treviso (Special Award: Best Planning Document)
  Barcelona 2000, Spain, Barcelona City Council (Community’s Special Award: Strategic City Planning in a European context)
  1994 2nd Planning Awards
  Rehabilitation of the Matera historical site and the facing Murgia high plateau, Italy (Urban Planning)
  The Lancashire Green Audit, the Lancashire Environmental Action Plan, the Lancashire Structure Plan, UK (Regional Planning)
  Lyon 2010: Strategic Planning in Action, France (Regional Planning Award)
  Bedre By – Towards the Sustainable City, Aalborg, Denmark (Best Planning Document)
  1998 3rd Planning Awards
  Historic Santiago de Compostela Cherishes its Past, Spain (Local Planning)
  Popular support for Po Delta Plan, Italy (Regional Planning)
  Keeping old Toledo Alive, Spain, in association with USA (Planning between EU and other countries)
  2002 4th Planning Awards
  Land Planning Guidelines for Valladolid, Spain (Category: Planning)
  The ROM-Project for the Gent canal Zone, Belgium (Category: Regional Planning)
  Special Plan for the Old City of León, Spain (Category: Urban Design)
  Südstadt, Tübingen, Germany (Category: Conversion and Renewal)
  The Village, Caterham-on-the-Hill, England (Category: Conversion and Renewal)
  Kanaalzone Plan at Apeldoorn, The Netherlands (Category: Water and City)
  2004 5th Planning Awards
  Abandoibara regeneration project and new southern railway line (OAVS), Bilbao, Spain (Category: Local Plans: Re-development)
  Urban Restructuring: Workshop for the City's Future, Leinefelde, Germany (Category: Local Plans: Re-development)
  Master Plan Steigereiland, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Category: Local Plans: New Development )
  Child-Friendly Urban Renewal in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany (Category: Urban & Neighbourhood Management)
  2006 6th Planning Awards
  Asturias Coastal Zone Protection Plan (POLA), Spain (Category: Regional Planning )
  The Basque Regional Strategy, Spain (Category: Regional Planning )
  Local Spatial Plan for Wzgórze Św. Bronisławy (St. Bronisława Hill), Poland (Category: Local Planning)
  Parc Saint-Léonard, Liège, Belgium (Category: Urban Design)
  The Bullring, Birmingham (Category: Urban Design)
  2008 7th Planning Awards
  The Green Metropolis - tri-national regional development project, Germany-Netherlands-Belgium (Category: Cross-Border Planning / Regional Planning / Territorial Cohesion)
  Drammen, Norway (Category: Urban Region)
  Rombeek-Enschede, Netherlands (Category: Public Participation in Planning)
  Stonebridge, London, UK (Category: Public Participation in Planning)
  Ecocity of Sarriguren, Spain (Category: Environmental / Sustainability)
  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
  Tori
caption: Bullring, Birmingham (2006)
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