About Us
The Croatian Association of Urban Planners was founded in 2008 to define and protect the common interests of legal entities authorized to perform professional spatial planning activities, as well as individuals engaged in spatial planning. In 2011, the Association joined the ECTP-CEU (European Council of Spatial Planners), which brings together national associations and serves as the umbrella organization for spatial planners in Europe.
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THE ATHENS CHARTER
16. 05. 2025.
What it was – what it is – what it will be ... So what, then, is the essence and significance of the Athens Charter? Many of its principles existed earlier, but exclusively within the realm of strictly professional and scientific urban planning bibliography, scattered across specialized (and rare) journals, in technical books, or in their even more specialized chapters. The Athens Charter unified them—briefly and concisely in one place—infusing them with an entirely new spirit in many respects.
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URBAN AGENDA FOR THE UNION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN
16. 05. 2025.
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is a multilateral partnership between the European Union and the countries of the southern Mediterranean, encompassing 43 countries: 28 EU member states, 15 countries of the southern Mediterranean, the European Commission, and the Arab League. It was established by the signing of the Paris Declaration in 2008 with the purpose of promoting dialogue and cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean region, and institutionally builds on the Barcelona Process.
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THE AMSTERDAM PACT
16. 05. 2025.
The need to develop an Urban Agenda for the EU arose from the fact that already today more than 70% of Europe’s population lives in urban areas, with a tendency for this to reach 80% by the year 2050. Urban areas, that is, cities along with their surrounding suburban spaces, as drivers of economic growth and development, sources of employment for the population, and hotspots of competitiveness, are also areas exposed to very complex challenges such as increased energy consumption, pollution, social segregation, unemployment, and poverty.
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NEW URBAN AGENDA
14. 05. 2025.
Over the past 40 years, since the First United Nations Conference on Cities – Habitat I, held in 1976 in Vancouver, when 37.9% of the world’s population lived in urban areas, the world has changed significantly. These changes, both positive and negative, have primarily taken place in cities.
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