Celebrating and Promoting International Education and Exchange International Education Week (IEW) is a a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to recognize the global exchange environment between the United States and other countries.

International Education Week (IEW) is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. Initiated in 2000 by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education, IEW (http://iew.state.gov ) takes place annually in many universities and schools around the country and globe. It emphasizes the importance of increasing student knowledge and awareness of the world’s cultures, peoples and languages, and affirms the critical role that international education and exchange programs play in fostering world peace. 

Tuesday, July 8, 2008
6:30-7:15 PM
Great America 1 Room, Marriott Hotel
Chicago, Illinois

GPEIG Business Meeting Agenda Items:

1) Review of GPEIG activities: (Annette M. Kim) 15 minutes
Begun by Faranak two years ago, GPEIG has been focusing on developing two things: 1) research that advances the discourse on the ethics of working internationally as global planners 2) sharing our knowledge through exchanges and the internet.  Towards these ends, we have worked on the following things the past year:

a) Introduce the new website
b) HUD Cityscape journal articles
c) Faranak and Neema’s collaborative web teaching resource project proposal
d) Keith’s digital grid news
e) Roundtable with Alven Lam, HUD Director of International research

2) GPEIG co-chair elections:  (Annette M. Kim) 5 minutes
Nominations for the 2009-2011 co-chair position will be open for the next month.  Because we will not be convening again until October 2009, we would like to hold electronic elections on our new website.
(AMK)

3) Financial review and further institutionalization of GPEIG (Petra Doan) 20 minutes

4) Report from GPEAN about future collaboration ideas (Vanessa Watson) 5 minutes

GPEIG welcomes our foreign guests to our sessions and to our business meeting. Below is a list of GPEAN activities. The times are subject to change. Check the final program for accuracy.  If you would like more information on any of this please contact Johanna Looye at

Sunday 6th July 2008: 1.00-5.00pm
Global Planning Education Association Network
Steering Committee Meeting, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Co-Ordinating Committee Meeting, 1:00-5:00pm
American Planning Association
122 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 1600
Chicago, IL 60603
Catherine Bauer Room

Tuesday, July 8, 11:30am - 1:00pm
GPEAN Presidents Gathering
Room: Marriott Hotel, Hibbard Presidential Suite

Thursday, July 10, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
GPEAN Journal Editors Interest Group Meeting
Room: 6th Floor, Marriott Hotel, Great America I

Friday, July 11
GPEAN Steering Committee, Part Two, 8:00am . 10:00am
Room: 10th Floor, Marriott Hotel, Navy Pier
GPEAN Coordinating Committee, Part Two, 10:30am . 12:30am
Room: 10th Floor, Marriott Hotel, Navy Pier
GPEAN Steering & Coordinating Committee Combined Meeting, 2:30pm . 4:30pm
Room: 5th Floor, Marriott Hotel, Chicago Ballroom, Section D

In recognition of the commitment of our late colleague, Gill-Chin Lim, to the study of humanistic aspects of globalization, the ACSP Global Planners Educators Interest Group (GPEIG) has established an award in his name.  The Gill-Chin Lim Award for the Best Dissertation on International Planning recognizes superior scholarship in a doctoral dissertation completed by a student enrolled in an ACSP-member school.

The Dissertation Committee chairperson jointly with the department chair or director of graduate studies will make the nominations. It is expected that submissions will be selected through a participatory faculty and student process. The nominees must have received their degree in the two years preceding the deadline.

The award committee will evaluate the submissions based on: a) innovative scholarship and perspective that advance the understanding of the diverse processes of international planning in the global context, with a special focus on low-income countries of the “Global South;” b) relation to global cooperation, global social responsibility, global ethics, and respect for global diversity pursued by GPEIG; c) creativity in exploring/proposing international planning alternatives; and d) organization, structure, style, clarity, and originality.

The application must include four copies of:

1) A cover letter with full contact information, including telephone number and e-mail address.

2) Table of contents, abstract, and the introductory and concluding chapters, as well as the full dissertation on disc.

3) Two letters of recommendation, one of which must be from the chair of the nominee’s dissertation committee indicating why the nominated dissertation is deserving of the award.

4) Official university document indicating the date of award of the degree.

Submit materials to:

Gill-Chin Lim Dissertation Award Committee
c/o Sukumar Ganapati
Assistant Professor
Florida International University
867 NW 170th Terrace,
Pembroke Pines, FL 33028
Tel (305) 348-6275
ganapati@fiu.edu

Deadline:  All materials must be received by September 15, 2008

We are pleased to be able to offer again the Gill-Chin Lim Grants for student travel to this year’s ACSP/AESOP conference in Chicago this July.  Please forward this link to students who will be presenting papers.  Attached is the application form and eligibility information.  Please send applications to Petra Doan via email by the June 20 deadline.

see you in Chicago!
Annette Kim and Petra Doan

The ACSP Global Planning Educators Interest Group (GPEIG) will support student travel to the ACSP Conference in Chicago, Illinois. The grantees will receive their award checks and be recognized at the ACSP Business meeting.

Criteria:

Only graduate planning students enrolled at an ACSP member school during the 2007-2008 year; presenting papers at the conference with a focus on an international development/global planning topic, with a special focus on low-income countries of the global south, and traveling more than 100 miles are eligible to apply.

The application must be sent electronically and must include:

1) Complete application form (see attachment)
2) An up-to-date one-page vita that includes the student?s research interests, projects, and previous papers presented and/or published.
3) Abstract (250 words maximum) of the paper to be presented at the conference.

Award: US $250

Applications should be sent via email to:

Dr. Petra Doan
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Fl 32306-2280
pdoan@fsu.edu

2008_Travel_grant_application.doc

As we mentioned in our last email, GPEIG has been given the wonderful opportunity to select two papers for possible publication in a special international issue of HUD’s Cityscape Journal in Nov 2008.  The guest editors for this issue are Professors Steve Malpezzi and Richard Green.

The scope of the issue is quite flexible.  The articles can be of international issues or cases that may be of interest to a U.S. policy audience or U.S. cases that might be of interest to a foreign audience.  Please note that while these articles will not go through the usual editorial process of double-blind, peer reviews, they will be reviewed to see if they are appropriate for a U.S. government publication.  Previously published papers may be accepted if copyright approval is attained.  Here is a link to Cityscape?s webpage: http://www.huduser.org/periodicals/cityscape.html

In their own words:
“Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research strives to share HUD-funded and other research on housing and urban policy issues with scholars, government officials, and others involved in setting policy and determining the direction of future research. Cityscape focuses on innovative ideas, policies, and programs that show promise in revitalizing cities and regions, renewing their infrastructure, and creating economic opportunities. A typical issue consists of articles that examine various aspects of a theme of particular interest to our audience.”

Interested authors, please send your submission by March 7 to annette@mit.edu.

As mentioned in the last email, we are still seeking volunteers to review and select the submissions.  GPEIG will receive $2500 for this effort.  As you may recall, we are in need of funds to provide the Lim travel awards, student subsidized tickets to our business luncheon, etc.  If you are interested in volunteering, please contact either annette@mit.edu or pdoan@fsu.edu.

Sincerely,

GPEIG co-chairs
Petra Doan
Annette M. Kim

To read what GPEIG members and other colleagues have to say about the passing of the esteemed Professor Himi Jammal, go to GPEIG’s archives at: http://gpeig.org/himi/Himi_Jammal.html

With great sadness I write that Professor Emeritus Ibrahim Jammal (Himi) died on November 13. As many senior academics will remember, Himi was a pioneer in thinking about global education in planning and did much to advance its cause. Himi came to UB in 1969 and served in the department until his retirement in 1999. He was a much loved teacher and had a passion for international planning, the use of futures studies and forecasting methods, and negotiation and conflict resolution in planning and policy. Himi served as our Department chair and started our graduate program in 1976. His interest in international issues and his engagement with our Department continued after his retirement. In 2001, Himi and Viviane Jammal established the Jammal Fellowship Program in the UB School of Architecture and Planning. The Fellowship supports some of our international students and last year allowed us to host the noted theorist of globalization, Professor Saskia Sassen, as the inaugural Jammal lecturer on globalization.

A short obituary published in today’s Buffalo News can be accessed through this link (click here). No doubt, in the coming days those of you who knew Himi Jammal will have more to say about this important scholar and much loved member of our faculty.

Niraj Verma, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
University at Buffalo
The State University of New York

MIT and the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai are jointly organizing an international competition for the best research paper on innovative responses to India’s urban challenges. The competition, titled Hidden Successes, seeks to highlight usually overlooked cases of innovation and success in response to rapid urbanization.

Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT
International competition for the best paper about planning practices in India

MIT and the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai are jointly organizing an international competition for the best research paper on innovative responses to India’s urban challenges. The competition, titled Hidden Successes, seeks to highlight usually overlooked cases of innovation and success in response to rapid urbanization.

/Hidden Successes/ is an opportunity for scholars and practitioners to reflect on innovative financial and institutional arrangements that have allowed some Indian cities to cope with rapid expansion and population growth. Much of the published literature on India’s urbanization focuses on the many constraints faced by local authorities and the central government. In contrast, this competition seeks to discover where urban areas have succeeded, for example, in delivering infrastructure and essential services, in spite of constraints. The competition anticipates that the crafting and implementation of new approaches to planning will require planners who are not confined by orthodox theories and ideological biases. The cultivation of such a new heterodox mindset requires new teaching material for professional education, which is the ultimate purpose of this competition.

The deadlines for the competition are 15th October 2007 (for Abstract Submission) and 1st December 2007 (for the Final Paper). Details about the competition and submission guidelines can be found on the competition website: http://hidden-successes.mit.edu

Further details can also be sought by email: hidden-successes@mit.edu

Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007
From: Faranak Miraftab
Subject: co-chair nomination; gpeig special panels and IDP track panels
Reply-to: faranak@uiuc.edu

Dear all:
only three weeks away form the ACSP meeting in Milwaukee, we would like to share some information on upcoming panels and roundtables; and also remind you that we are still accepting (self) nomination to serve as Gpeig co-chair. Please feel free to submit your nomination to us until October 11th, but we do NOT plan to take nominations in Milwaukee.

To inform you of the upcoming sessions of interest to the group please find the following;

1. A list of panels in IDP track (thanks to Victoria Beard and Keith Pezolli track co-chairs for providing the list). Please note that there are other panels at the conference that concern important global planning issues but are not included in this list as they have been submitted through other tracks --the good news is the integration of global planning issues in all tracks.

2) A list of Gpeig pre-organized sessions on Ethics and Politics of International Development Planning, which emerged from discussions at last year’s Gpeig luncheon meeting.

In that list there is one information that needs clarification as it might not appear in the program you’ll receive in Milwaukee. The session listed as Gpeig hosted session for Friday morning refers to an innovative mixed poster roundtable discussions on Ethics in International Planning Educational Exchange . This panel will be held 9:00 am to 11:15 and will go through the 10 o’clock break to 11:15. Gpeig will keep the 8-9 time slot on Friday morning, in case there is an overflow of discussions at Thursday’s luncheon business meeting.

We look forward to seeing many of you at the Thursday’s luncheon business meeting and various panels throughout the conference.
Warmly,
Faranak, Michael, Petra and Annette