Tongji University, Shanghai
July 14th, 2001

Representatives of national and international planning education associations gathered at Tongji University in Shanghai and agreed on the goal of increasing mutual communication in order to improve the quality and visibility of planning and planning education. To achieve this, it was agreed to establish a global planning education association network and committees to plan holding the second World Planning Schools Congress and to develop an inclusive communication network.

Signature

COSTA, Geraldo Magela
Past Director, Associacao Nacional de Pos-Graduacao e Pesquisa em Planejament Urbano e Regional (ANPUR), [Brazil]

HARPER, Thomas
Past President, Association of Canadian University Planning Program (ACUPP)

MASTOP, Hans
President, Association of European schools of planning (AESOP)

NNKYA, Tumsifu Jonas
Representative, Interim Coordinating Committee for the Revitalization of Planning Education in Africa (ICCRPEA)

RODRIGUEZ-GARZA, Roberto
President, Associacion Latino Americana de Escuelas de Urbanismoy Planeacion (ALEUP)

STIFTEL, Bruce
President, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), [USA]

SUBANU, Leksono
Vice President, Association of Schools of Planning, Indonesia

THOMPSON, Susan
Representative, Australian and New Zealand Association of Planning Schools (ANZAPS)

YIM, Chang-Ho
President, Asian Planning Schools Association (ASPA)

MOTTE, Alain
Vice-President, Association internationale pour la Promotion de l`Enseignement et de la Recherche en Amenagement et Urbanisme (A.P.E.R.A.U.)