Conference européenne des Ministres responsables de l'Aménagement du Territoire

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The Conference européenne des Ministres responsables de l'Aménagement du Territoire , or CEMAT for short, is a European conference of ministers for spatial planning that was first convened in 1970 .

This happened at the initiative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , which in the 1960s considered European spatial planning to be one of the most important tasks of the future.

At its conferences, CEMAT u. a. following topics:

• Objectives and measures of spatial planning in the member countries
• Regional development policies in Europe
• Regional approaches to a European planning strategy for region types
• Technical approaches to a European planning strategy
• Spatial planning and urbanization problems

The results of the conferences are of a recommendation for the Council of Europe.

Exemplary results and work

• European Spatial Planning Charter ( 1983 )
  • For the first time, this provided orientation points for a common spatial planning.
• European regional planning strategy ( 1988 )
  • A summary of all recommendations made up to then.
• Guidelines for Sustainable Spatial Development on the European Continent ( 2000 )
  • These guidelines consist of a ten-point program with content-related statements on the orientation and strategies of future spatial planning. It also includes a call for better coordination among the member countries.