A special ISOCARP activity is the bestowal of awards to highlight and celebrate planning and network achievements. These ISOCARP Awards are:
- ISOCARP Awards for Excellence
- Gerd Albers Award
- ISOCARP Student Award
- Routledge Poster Prize (given to participants of the Young Planning Professionals Programme during the annual Congress – until 2018)
- Sam van Embden Award (given on the occasion of ISOCARP’s 50th Anniversary in 2015)
The ISOCARP Award for Excellence (AfE) rewards plans in design phase as well as projects in progress or already implemented and is open to a wide range of professionals and institutions operating in the domain of urban and regional planning. Participants are invited to submit different tools used in planners’ daily practice: normative plans, strategic plans, urban projects, programmes, policies, research works, software, smart tools facilitating planners, etc. This prestigious award is bestowed in two categories: Grand Award and Merit Award.
The Gerd Albers Award (GAA) was established in 1999 in honour of Professor Gerd Albers, a co-founder and past president of ISOCARP, who placed a particular emphasis on the task of publishing as a means of elucidating both the current debate and practical achievements in the planning field. This reputable award is given for the high-quality academic publications written by ISOCARP members.
Student Award
The Student Award is addressed to a student or student-group with outstanding results (undergraduate-bachelor, graduate-master) in a related field to urban and regional planning.
Siena New Awards
ISOCARP Siena Innovative and Creative Awards 2024