 Policy
Thrusts |
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Advocate essential reforms and innovations
in legislative and executive policies and programs and systems
that will strengthen and promote the interests of the profession; |
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Initiate and promote Market
Opportunities for the Institute and its members in partnership
with other sectors in business and civil society |
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Pursue, in partnership
with the academe, professional development education programs that
will prepare environmental planners for regional and global competitiveness; |
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Promote responsive and
alternate systems of urban planning , development controls and
renewal; and |
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Promote broader access
to planning systems and technologies, thru planning extension services
to depressed communities and less developed regions |
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| Objectives |
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To promote the comprehensive
physical, economic, socio-cultural, aesthetic and environment-friendly
development of the different regions, cities and municipalities
of the Philippines and to encourage rural-urban interdependence
in the best interest of the nation; |
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To advance at all levels
the study and practice of national, regional and urban planning,
encompassed in the term Environmental Planning, and the related
arts and science; |
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To raise the professional
status of environmental planners, and to protect and advance the
interests of the profession and of those engaged therein; and |
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To promote professional
relationships and understanding between its members and the members
of other related professions. |
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| Undertakings |
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Advancement of the professional
practice: fora, symposia, round-table discussions, planning consultations
/ assistance |
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Advocacy and networking:
internal/external linkages |
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Continuing professional
education: seminars, workshops, conferences, refresher courses
in planning |
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Research: policy research,
strategy formulation, socio-economic studies, impact analysis,
evaluative research, writing fellowships |
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Information and publications:
database, directories, newsletter, e-groups |
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