Call for Proposal WPSC VI 2026

All the members of GPEAN are welcome to submit the proposal for hosting and organizing the Sixth World Planning Schools Congress (WPSC) in 2026.

Proposals to host the Sixth WPSC 2026 are submitted via a two-stage process. In the first stage, applicants submit a preliminary proposal. The SC will select viable Congress proposals and invite the short-listed institutions to prepare a full proposal. The SC will provide feedback to those proposals that are on the shortlist in an effort to make the final proposals as strong and complete as possible.

GPEAN Council will make the final selection by December 2023. In the case when the current representative to GPEAN is a member of an institution submitting a proposal, the regional/national association will either suggest an alternative representative or the current representative will be excluded from the deliberations, leaving any regional/national association’s letter of endorsement to serve as the only input to the selection process. Following the final selection, the SC will undertake a site visit to confirm the suitability of the application with regard to venues, financial and processing viability (e.g., acceptance of international credit cards), institutional support, website operability, logistics, and other factors that will ensure a successful event.

Important Dates

Timetable for Proposals:

  • May 1st, 2023: Call for proposals.
  • August 1st, 2023: submission of preliminary proposals
  • September 1st, 2023: Decision on the submission of preliminary proposals
  • October 1st, 2023: submission of final proposals
  • November 2023: Presentation of proposals
  • December 2023: Decision on the final submission proposals

GPEAN Council will make the final selection in December 2023. For detailed information on the Call for Proposals, please download the Call for Proposal document and its Appendices

Timetable for Congress:

  • December 2023: Setting up of Local Organising Committee
  • January 2024: Signing of the agreement between HI/LOC and GPEAN / first SC visit to the site
  • May 2025: Website goes live/Call for Papers
  • September 2025: Deadline for abstracts submission
  • December 2025: Decision on abstracts acceptance
  • February 2026: Submission of final papers and the deadline for Early Bird Registration that guarantees the inclusion of the paper in the proceedings book / second SC visit to the site
  • May 2026: Deadline for online registration
  • July 2026: Implementation 6th WPSC events.

Download Call for Proposal

  • Call for WPSC VI Proposal download
  • Call for WPSC VI Proposal Appendices download