With over 150 members, AESOP is the only representation body which brings together the Planning Schools of Europe. Given this unique position, AESOP will strengthen its profile as a professional body. AESOP will mobilize its resources taking a leading role and entering its expertise into ongoing debates and initiatives regarding planning education and planning qualification of future professionals. AESOP will promote its agenda with politicians and all other key stakeholders in place development and management across Europe.

These aims are achieved through a number of activities. Our Annual Congress, on European, national, regional and local spatial planning issues, is the best known of our activities, but there is much more :

• Yearly meeting of the Heads of Schools discussing planning curricula,

• Cooperation with planning professionnal bodies and other key stakeholders,

• Research thematic groups,

• Prizes,

• Publications,

• Yearly PhD workshop preceeding the annual conference,

• AESOP Young Academics Network

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