AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The aim of the Institute is to enhance the art and science of sustainable local, regional and national human and physical development planning, and the theory and practice relating thereto.
Objectives:
The objects of the Institute shall be:
- to promote the profession of planning in South Africa;
- to promote a high level of professionalism and ethical conduct in the broad interests of society at large;
- to promote and protect the interests of its members;
- to promote the standard of education and training of persons in the planning profession;
- to ensure that planning within South Africa promotes the sustainable use of natural resources, and the social and economic upliftment of all segments of the population;
- to initiate and promote reforms in the laws, policies and programmes relating to planning in South Africa; and
- to promote inter-disciplinary discussion and collaboration, and also national and international contact and exchange.