Association of European Schools of Planning
Mission
AESOP was established in 1987 in Belgium as an international association with scientific, artistic and educational purposes and operates according to its Charter. With over 150 members, AESOP is the only representation of planning schools of Europe. Given this unique position, AESOP strengthens its profile as a professional body. AESOP mobilizes its resources, taking a leading role and entering its expertise into ongoing debates and initiatives regarding planning education and planning qualifications of future professionals. AESOP promotes its agenda with professional bodies, politicians and all other key stakeholders in spatial and urban development and management across Europe. These aims are achieved through a number of activities: - Annual Congress, on European, national, regional and local spatial planning issues - 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
Voluntary Commitments
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.