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American Planning Association

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	American Planning Association
Address:	205 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60601 United States of America
Phone:	312-431-9100
Fax:	312-786-6700
Email:	global@planning.org
Web site:	planning.org
Organization type:	Non-governmental organization
Languages:	English

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Biodiversity Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Culture Development Economics and Finance Energy Environment Governance Habitat Indigenous Peoples Population Safety Sustainable Development Water Financing for Development: Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development Population: Population distribution and internal migration Population structure Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Governance and Public Administration Social Development: Cooperative Information and Communications Technologies Social policy Technical cooperation Sustainable Development: Agriculture Biodiversity Capacity-building Climate change Demographics Desertification and Drought Disaster management and vulnerability Education Energy Finance Forests Freshwater Health Human settlements Indicators Industrial development Information for decision-making and participation Institutional arrangements Integrated decision-making International cooperation for an enabling environment Land management Partnerships Protecting and managing the natural resources Rural Development Sanitation Sustainable Tourism Sustainable development in a globalizing world Trade and environment Transport Waste Management
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Brazil Trinidad and Tobago Peru Bangladesh Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Jamaica Chile China Barbados Mexico
Millennium Development Goals:	Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	The American Planning Association is the largest and oldest nonprofit organization in the world dedicated to creating communities of lasting value. Chartered as an educational and research institution, APA focuses on long term improvement of planning through training, research, special initiatives and has a long history of sharing work internationally. Today APA has over 40,000 members in more than 85 countries.
Year established (YYYY):	1978
Year of registration (YYYY):	2004
Organizational structure:	Elected Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer who manages a staff of about 100 in offices in Washington DC and Chicago Illinois.
Number and type of members:	40,000 members including professional planners, academics, public officials, citizen advocates and others.
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fees for education and training services Fees for providing consulting or research services Product sales and business services Donations and grants from domestic sources Grants from Governments Foreign and international grants

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:	Non-governmental organization
Involvement in UN Partnerships:	Yes
If yes, explain in detail:	UN Habitat: participate actively in the World Urban Forum; Staff serve on the Board of ICOMOS and attend the General Assembly of UNESCO.
Publications:	Planning Magazine, Monthly Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA) Quarterly