Kenya will host the annual International Society of City and Regional
Planners (ISOCARP) Congress next month. ISOCARP is a platform for
discussing issues of city planning and organization.
The event will be held at the United Nations complex in Gigiri and
KICC. The official registration will start on September 19.
Kenya was picked to host the congress during the 45th international
ISOCARP congress held in November 2009. This is the first time the
congress will be hosted in sub-Sahara Africa.
The theme for this year's conference is "Sustainable city Developing
World". The theme is in line with the ideals of Kenya's development
blue print, vision 2030, which is to transform Kenya into an
industrialized middle income country by 2030.
Over one thousand experienced planners are expected to attend the
congress, with most of them representing government urban planning
agencies in the East African Community.
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