Smart Cities for Sustainable Development (Virtual Knowledge Exchange)
VirtualSmart Cities for Sustainable Development (Virtual Knowledge Exchange) This virtual knowledge exchange will help attendees understand "the true value and implementational practicality of key technologies in their full depth for their deployment in the construction of new smart cities or in the regeneration of legacy cities to advanced smart ones in the right way." Abstract […]
Climate and Disaster Risk Screening: Identifying Risk to Enhance Resilience
Climate and Disaster Risk Screening: Identifying Risk to Enhance Resilience Registration Ends Before: Apr 13, 2021 Climate change and disasters pose a growing threat to development. It is essential to identify the related risks early in the preparation stage of development operations and programs, to better integrate appropriate resilience measures to mitigate and cope with […]
Global Academy on the Green Economy
Global Academy on the Green Economy 10 - 21 May 2021 (40 Hours) Topics covered: What is Green Recovery? How "green" are recovery plan Nationally determined contributions Green recovery and just transition Financing tools and mechanisms Budgeting and tax policy tools Green industries and enterprises. For more information please seed the Information Note To pre-enrol, […]
What if South Africa had a special economic zone that was actually special?
Virtual (Zoom)Special economic zones (SEZs) are formally defined geographic areas in which the business environment is different from that of the rest of the economy. They are places where challenges that business faces in the rest of the economy are eased. When successful, this has been the way that other countries have lifted people out of […]
Eastern Cape SPLUM Forum and Review and Amendment of the Planning Profession Act, 2002 Consultative Workshop
Virtual (Microsoft Teams)Eastern Cape SPLUM Forum and Review and Amendment of the Planning Profession Act, 2002 Consultative Workshop The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is facilitating the process to review and amend the Planning Profession Act. You are invited to the Eastern Cape SPLUM Forum meeting and the Review and Amendment of the Planning […]
City Spatialised Economic Data Launch
Virtual (Zoom)National Treasury and the Human Sciences Research Council is launching eight Metropolitan Municipality Spatialised Economic Data Reports based on the mining of anonymised tax data sources. This is the first time that this data is available in South Africa and fills a strategic gap that can inform better and more integrated metro planning and performance […]
57th ISOCARP World Planning Congress – Call for Contributions Now Open
Doha, QatarThe International Society of City and Regional Planners’ (ISOCARP) 57th ISOCARP World Planning Congress taking place on 8-11 November 2021 in Doha, Qatar is now receiving abstract submissions for its five tracks and special sessions and forums! How will we unlock and build back better cities and communities? Urban and territorial planning is the vaccine. […]
ICLEI Africa Webinar – African cities acting for nature
Topic: African cities acting for nature Description How are cities in Africa responding to the urgent call by Antonio Gueterres, UN Secretary General, to reconcile with nature and to show ambition, stop the assault on our planet, and do what we need to do to guarantee the future of next generations? Time May […]
Become a Tender Expert 2-day workshop
RandburgAccredited for CPD points with The “Become a Tender Expert” 2-day workshop is a comprehensive workshop of the whole tender process and includes case studies being done in the presence of the facilitator. We also present these workshops online via webinars. You receive the Tender Manual as well as a certificate of attendance and a […]
Planning Festival 2021 – PIA Congress
VirtualThe Planning Institute of Australia’s Planning Congress for 2021 will be delivered as a virtual event. It will be called Planning Festival 2021, and it will be held for a week from 24-28 May 2021. It will be an exciting, new way of learning, networking and celebrating online. Registrations are now open and can be […]
Become a Tender Expert 2-day workshop
VirtualAccredited for CPD points with The “Become a Tender Expert” 2-day workshop is a comprehensive workshop of the whole tender process and includes case studies being done in the presence of the facilitator. We also present these workshops online via webinars. You receive the Tender Manual as well as a certificate of attendance and a […]
A Webinar on Sustainable Community Planning
Virtual (Zoom)At this interactive Webinar, participants will: Engage with a sustainability perspective on key challenges facing Town and Regional Planners and Practitioners in Built Environments and Human Settlements Explore effective, transformative, and innovative concepts and ideas for sustainable development Enhance understanding of Integrated Development Plans, Spatial Development Frameworks and Land Use Management Schemes as tools for […]