Joining the Network

The Commission has established a growing network of planners, architects, civil engineers and other urban planning professionals.

The network members have the opportunity to meet each other through UBC-organized seminars – to exchange ideas and experiences, learn about new developments in urban planning, collaborate, and interact with members of the UBC.

Finances

UBC support the Commission to support the host cities and to run the steering group. Annual budget is 10-20.000 Euro depending of the number of seminars and steering group meetings.

Steering group

The steering group is currently comprised of representatives from the leading cities of the Commission:

Gdynia, Poland
Paulina Szewczyk
Chair
e-mail: p.szewczyk@gdynia.pl

Riga, Latvia
Māra Liepa
e-mail: mara.liepa@riga.lv

Turku, Finland
Björn Grönholm
e-mail: bjorn.gronholm@turku.fi

Visby, Sweden
Frida Brunner
e-mail: frida.brunner@gotland.se

Network seminars

The Commission arrange 1-2 annual seminars in different host cities focusing on the local challengees.

Last seminars of the Commission:

Planning Cities Commission Seminar, Gdynia, 27.10.2019 to 30.10.2019
Planning Cities Commission seminar, Visby 21.10.2018 to 24.10.2018 
Planning Cities and Smart&Prospering Cities Commissions workshop14-17 May 2017, Rostock
“Rediscovering water in the city: public realm strategies on the waterfront”, 16-19 October 2016, Klaipėda
“New times – new dynamics”, 22-25 May 2016, Söderhamn
“Developing seacoast – local and city-wide perspective”, 18-21 October 2015, Gdańsk
Urban Planning and Environment seminar “Urban Streams”, 14-17 September 2014, Riga
“From a Traffic corridor and wasteland to a lively city”, Urban Planning in co-operation with Environment and Transport 18-21 May 2014, Örebro