From the AESOP representative in GPEAN:
In July 2001, four planning school associations representing urban and regional planning schools on four continents convened the first World Planning Schools Congress in Shanghai. 650 scholars from over 250 schools in over 60 countries met for five days to exchange research results, teaching experiences and ideas about the future of the urban planning profession. Leaders of the four associations, Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA), Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP; USA), Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP), and Australia and New Zealand Association of Planning Schools (ANZAPS), took the opportunity to convene a meeting of leaders of all the world’s planning school associations. They were joined by six other associations representing schools in Africa, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, Latin America, and the francophone world, in two days of meetings discussing the potential for future cooperation.
You can find the full text here: https://www.gpean-planning.org/the-20th-anniversary-of-the-shanghai-statement-the-worlds-planning-schools-joined-hands-in-shanghai-in-2001/
