We would like to thank all of the
participants across the world who have made
this AESOP 2015 congress a fruitful success
in sharing their ideas, thoughts and
invaluable knowledge. To remember this event
by we have posted some photos which you can
see above and also you can find here the
VIDEO stream from the Opening reception in
BETHLEHEM CHAPEL
15. 07. 2015
Keynote
Panel: Encounters in Planning Thought
/Personal Reflections from Key Thinkers in
Planning/; 16 July 2015, 15:50-17:20
15. 07. 2015
Find the schedule of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY which
is taking place on July 16 from 2pm in the room
105
15. 07. 2015
See more information about SPECIAL
ROUNDTABLE: "AESOP Quality
Recognition project for the European and
International Dimension in Planning
Programmes" which is taking place
tomorrow at room 245
While many of the initiatives and
powers moved outside public control, the sense of
responsibility for spatial change and sustainable
development of cities and regions hardly overstepped the
domain of city halls and ministries, and planners as their
experts. The gap between sprawled powers / potency and
blurred sense of responsibility should be the focus of the
Congress debates.
Our cities are spreading, the
distances that most of us have to travel for jobs, shopping,
entertainment, etc. are steadily increasing, and money
available for maintenance and improvement of roads,
utilities and public services is shrinking. Rich people are
retiring to gated communities while some others may remain
trapped in social and ethnic ghettoes.
All these problems are expected
to be tackled by planning as an instrument for urban and
regional management. But planning itself was affected by
drift from hierarchic control by state and local
governments, through public-private partnership projects, to
governance where the actual field of municipalities´ and
states´ action is dissolved and shared with business. Also
many services formerly provided by public domain have been
outsourced. Who should take responsibility for how the
cities and regions are being changed?
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How can we take advantage
of the energy and momentum created by local
initiatives to make our cities more livable,
prosperous and sustainable?
What is the role of the
government and planners in shaping these
conditions?
Prague, similarly to other
post-communist cities of Central Europea,
experiences a dynamic growth of citizen initiatives
that engage with the built environment.
The traditional roles of
governance, private actors and civil society is
changing, questioning the traditional dominance of
public sector. The on-going trend is particularly
evident in the field of urban planning where it is
apparent we need to adapt to a more people-centered
ways of working.
/facebook webpage in
Czech langauge/
Following speakers will be
discussing the topic:
ERIC SWYNGEDOUW
(professor of geography at the University of
Manchester) WILLEMIJN LOFVERS
(PhD student at University of Ghent) LAURA SAIJA
(Research Fellow at University of Catania) MATĚJ STROPNICKÝ
(Vice-Mayor of Prague)
The discussion will be moderated by Petr
Návrat, the team leader for public
participation in planning at the Prague Institute of
Planning and Development.
The discussion is free and open to the public.
Working language is English.
Following the discussion, a documentary film
called "Plan will be
screened"
